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Originally Posted by thaskalos
When you accept bets right up to the start of the game...you never get a 50-50 split on the betting action of these games. Plus...the bookmakers are hesitant to move the line in a sizable way when the wagered money is one-sided...because they then run the risk of getting "middled" by the bettors who first wagered on the "advantageous line". It isn't risk-free to be a bookmaker...regardless of what the popular notion seems to be.
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I rarely bet sports. Maybe five football games a year. The biggest sports bet I ever made was on the Giants-Broncos Super Bowl. The Giants were -10 in NY and -8 in Denver, so I middled the game with one bet and bet the Giants straight with another. I got a thrill when the score was 19-10 at one point.
