Vegas was essentially setting a line that public money would have to fall close to 50/50 since people don’t typically bet against Bama unless it’s a massive number.

Vegas is not in the business of predicting games, they’re in the business of making money by way of manipulating money by the lines they place.

LSU -3 is a classic sell high spot for sharps, buy high for squares, and Kelly needs to have these men off of cloud nine and surfaced starting tomorrow…

And I believe he will.

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Posted by RummelTiger

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Member since Aug 2004

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Posted on 11/6/22 at 9:07 pm to NOLA1128

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Vegas is not in the business of predicting games, they’re in the business of making money by way of manipulating money by the lines they place.

No shite.

Back to my question...did he take Bama?

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Posted by TheWalrus

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Posted on 11/6/22 at 9:36 pm to NOLA1128

That is repeated often and completely wrong. They set the UGA-Tennessee line to entice public money on UT and raked it in on UGA for instance.

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Posted by CajunTiger_225

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Member since Jan 2015

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Posted on 11/6/22 at 10:37 pm to NOLA1128

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Vegas is not in the business of predicting games

I agree but still find it weird how they get spot on more times than not. It's eerie.

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Posted by geauxseph69

Member since Oct 2022

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Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:03 pm to NOLA1128

This isn't true. There are numerous, numerous games that will have bets by count and dollar amount that are way off of 50/50. You can see many 80/20 games all while the line stays static or may move a point or two. So indeed yes Vegas will set lines they think are more accurate compared to what public believes, and they don't just move the line to where it's 50/50 on each side by dollar amount.

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