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flakfizer
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Saints, Cards, over
Ravens, Ravens, over
Minn, Minn, over
San Diego, Jets, over |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 2:22 am Post subject: |
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AZ/AZ/OVER
BALT/BALT/UNDER
DAL/DAL/OVER
SD/SD/OVER
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ForceOne
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 2:54 am Post subject: |
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| Interesting strategy yingwenlaoshi. AZ and BALT to win, yet the favorites (NO/IND) to cover... |
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yingwenlaoshi
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 3:22 am Post subject: |
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| ForceOne wrote: |
| Interesting strategy yingwenlaoshi. AZ and BALT to win, yet the favorites (NO/IND) to cover... |
Is that impossible? I'm not too informed on how the spread works. Doesn't it have to do with betting? Like how people will bet rather than who wins? |
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ForceOne
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 3:50 am Post subject: |
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Yes, it would be impossible.
Points are given to the underdogs to make the betting more difficult, or so that there is more likely to be a fairly equal number of bets placed on each team.
For example, take the AZ/NO game. If bets were taken on this game without any points given (and the bet paid equal money to the amount wagered), then the vast majority would likely bet on NO (way too easy to win money). So, oddsmakers will give the underdogs points. The oddsmakers give AZ 7 points, so it is written as NO -7 (or sometimes AZ +7). In this example, if you took NO to win, NO would have to win by 8 or more points for you to win your bet (cover the spread). If you bet NO, and NO won by 6 points or less, you would lose the bet. On the other hand, if you bet AZ to win, you would win the bet if NO won by 6 points or less, or obviously if AZ won the game outright.
I think I know what you meant to do, but you just had it backwards. If you think that the favorite will win, but it will be a close game, you would want to pick the underdog on the spread bet (take the points).
I hope that makes sense. Also, because we are just playing for fun, I'm pretty sure nobody will be upset that I'm helping you out.
Enjoy the games! |
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drkalbi
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 3:58 am Post subject: |
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AZ,AZ, over
Indy, Bal, Under
Dal, Dal, over
SD, SD, over |
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yingwenlaoshi
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 4:34 am Post subject: |
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| ForceOne wrote: |
Yes, it would be impossible.
Points are given to the underdogs to make the betting more difficult, or so that there is more likely to be a fairly equal number of bets placed on each team.
For example, take the AZ/NO game. If bets were taken on this game without any points given (and the bet paid equal money to the amount wagered), then the vast majority would likely bet on NO (way too easy to win money). So, oddsmakers will give the underdogs points. The oddsmakers give AZ 7 points, so it is written as NO -7 (or sometimes AZ +7). In this example, if you took NO to win, NO would have to win by 8 or more points for you to win your bet (cover the spread). If you bet NO, and NO won by 6 points or less, you would lose the bet. On the other hand, if you bet AZ to win, you would win the bet if NO won by 6 points or less, or obviously if AZ won the game outright.
I think I know what you meant to do, but you just had it backwards. If you think that the favorite will win, but it will be a close game, you would want to pick the underdog on the spread bet (take the points).
I hope that makes sense. Also, because we are just playing for fun, I'm pretty sure nobody will be upset that I'm helping you out.
Enjoy the games! |
Ok, I changed it. I briefly researched spreads las week and I got confused. Of course it's by how much a team loses/wins by. |
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ForceOne
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:36 am Post subject: |
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NO/AZ/OVER
INDY/INDY/UNDER
DAL/DAL/OVER
SD/NYJ/OVER |
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kiknkorea
Joined: 16 May 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:49 am Post subject: |
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NO/NO/OVER
IND/BAL/UNDER
MIN/MIN/OVER
SD/SD/OVER |
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T-dot
Joined: 16 May 2004
Location: bundang
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:16 am Post subject: |
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NO/NO Under
Indy/Indy Under
Minny/Minny Over
Chargers/Jets Under |
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ForceOne
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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Please double-check your score.
t-dot 15
flakfizer 11
ForceOne 11
drkalbi 9
kiknkorea 9
yingwenlaoshi 6 |
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ForceOne
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
Game 1 5am Monday Jan. 25th
NYJ @ IND -7.5 O/U 39.5
Game 2 8:40am Monday Jan. 25th
MIN @ N.O. -3.5 O/U 53 |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:23 am Post subject: |
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| ForceOne wrote: |
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
Game 1 5am Monday Jan. 25th
NYJ @ IND -7.5 O/U 39.5
Game 2 8:40am Monday Jan. 25th
MIN @ N.O. -3.5 O/U 53 |
Colts, Jets, under
Saints, Saints, under |
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drkalbi
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:51 am Post subject: |
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Indy, Indy, Under
Saints, Saints, Over |
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ForceOne
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| Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:43 am Post subject: |
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INDY/NYJ/UNDER
NO/MIN/OVER |
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