Even Action at the Sportsbooks

By Tom Wilkinson

The general theory among  players regarding a  line or  odds posted by an sports gambling house or casino sportsbook is that the betting line or  odds should attract equal action on BOTH sides. This sports betting theory on the motives of online sportsbooks and sportsbooks is actually not true, at least not entirely.

An even better way for an sports gambling house or casino sportsbook to make money is to have a lot of sports betting action on the side of the odds that LOSES! This, in actuality, is what online sportsbooks and casino sportsbooks really want from their sports betting odds and an individual sports betting line.

It is a sports betting fact of life that an sports gambling house or casino sportsbook has no problem at all with lopsided action as long as they are making money at it. What this means to a sports bettor is that a odds set by online sportsbooks or sportsbooks may be a trap to entice sports bettors to make sports wagers or the side that is least likely to win against the odds set by the sports gambling house or sportsbook.

online sportsbooks and casino sportsbooks, in fact, make more money off of lopsided sports betting action than they do with balanced sports betting action.

About the only sports betting line that sportsbooks and online sportsbooks try and draw up for even action would be the super bowl line. Outside of that when it comes to sports betting on football picks or any other sport, for that matter, the online sportsbooks and sportsbooks will look for traps to set for sports bettors to draw a lot of sports betting dollars and action to the losing side.

Part of a sports bettor becoming one of the few that succeeds at sports betting is to analyze the motivation of the sportsbook or sports gambling house when looking at a odds rather than simply take those numbers at face value.