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Books earn small win in Week 7
October 26, 2015
Three undefeated teams had byes during Week 7 NFL action which put bettors in a situation they don't like to be in.
Every week they like the Packers. They have the Bengals and they're starting to trust the Broncos and their stout defense. But none of those teams were available on Sunday.
The teams they had to choose from were a new breed of favorites like the Falcons at Tennessee. Atlanta had covered four of six games.
And there was an old favorite like the Steelers who the public has always loved, but until recently had been skeptical to trust. Pittsburgh had gone 9-1-1 against the spread in its past 11 games and was using third-string quarterback Landry Jones at Kansas City.
With not so much one-sided action, and a week that featured only two late games, the books found themselves in a position to fare well and did.
It was almost as the NFL did them a favor in scheduling, but we already know NFL commissioner Roger Goodell doesn't like Las Vegas -- or at least until he can get a piece of the win percentage.
"The public had their sides they did well on, but stumbled a bit with the Colts and Falcons, said South Point sports book director Bert Osborne. "The Titans turned out to be the best game of the day for us while the Falcons still hurt us a little bit with the teasers."
It's not hard to understand why there was an alure to Atlanta. The Falcons were almost everyone's favorite bet of Week 7, or at least the ticket count showed it that way. Titans' rookie QB Marcus Mariota didn't play and the odds increased from the Westgate's early line of -3 up to -6 with back-up Zach Mettenberger, but it would take a late rally for the Falcons to win 10-7.
"The Titans were the biggest game for us from a parlay standpoint," said Station Casinos sports book director Jason McCormick.
Sharp money did well early on with the Rams 24-6 win as 6-point favorites and also the Jets covering 9-points in a 30-23 loss at New England.
The public loved the Rams as well, but they also laid the points with New England negating any momentum they might have had on parlays. The Jets got a late field goal to the cut the margin to seven points, which ruined several parlays across town. People love the now 6-0 Patriots too, but a few still got paid on them.
"The teaser and money-line parlays with the Patriots still hurt us," said McCormick.
Way to go people. You got the double whammy on the books with that one, but still, it wasn't enough to get the players' fourth win of the season over the house.
And what got things worse for the public was that there was only two games in the afternoon, and most parlay hopes were dashed when the Raiders spanked the Chargers (-3.5) in San Diego, 37-29, a score that wasn't nearly as revealing as the true beat down.
"The afternoon turned out to be a wash for us where we won a little with the Raiders and were even with the Giants," said Osborne. "We got some sharp plays on the Cowboys (+3.5) during the week."
The Panthers moved to 6-0 as 2.5-point home favorites with their 27-16 win against the Eagles and Osborne at the South Point said it was their "best scenario -- favorite to UNDER, and killing Philly teasers."
But the big risk was still to come Monday as America's new team -- the Arizona Cardinals -- seemed to be on everyone's parlay ticket laying 9.5-points against the Ravens.
So far this season, Monday night's have been better than usual for the house, but some Bookmakers would like to trade result positions from the past.
"I kind of liked last years trend better when we'd win on Sunday's and lose on Monday's," MGM Resorts VP of race and sports Jay Rood joked before week 7's games began. "Now we're losing on Sunday's and winning small on Monday's."
Scoreboard reads: Sports Books 4, Players 3
Not bad players. Keep at it!
October 26, 2015
Three undefeated teams had byes during Week 7 NFL action which put bettors in a situation they don't like to be in.
Every week they like the Packers. They have the Bengals and they're starting to trust the Broncos and their stout defense. But none of those teams were available on Sunday.
The teams they had to choose from were a new breed of favorites like the Falcons at Tennessee. Atlanta had covered four of six games.
And there was an old favorite like the Steelers who the public has always loved, but until recently had been skeptical to trust. Pittsburgh had gone 9-1-1 against the spread in its past 11 games and was using third-string quarterback Landry Jones at Kansas City.
With not so much one-sided action, and a week that featured only two late games, the books found themselves in a position to fare well and did.
It was almost as the NFL did them a favor in scheduling, but we already know NFL commissioner Roger Goodell doesn't like Las Vegas -- or at least until he can get a piece of the win percentage.
"The public had their sides they did well on, but stumbled a bit with the Colts and Falcons, said South Point sports book director Bert Osborne. "The Titans turned out to be the best game of the day for us while the Falcons still hurt us a little bit with the teasers."
It's not hard to understand why there was an alure to Atlanta. The Falcons were almost everyone's favorite bet of Week 7, or at least the ticket count showed it that way. Titans' rookie QB Marcus Mariota didn't play and the odds increased from the Westgate's early line of -3 up to -6 with back-up Zach Mettenberger, but it would take a late rally for the Falcons to win 10-7.
"The Titans were the biggest game for us from a parlay standpoint," said Station Casinos sports book director Jason McCormick.
Sharp money did well early on with the Rams 24-6 win as 6-point favorites and also the Jets covering 9-points in a 30-23 loss at New England.
The public loved the Rams as well, but they also laid the points with New England negating any momentum they might have had on parlays. The Jets got a late field goal to the cut the margin to seven points, which ruined several parlays across town. People love the now 6-0 Patriots too, but a few still got paid on them.
"The teaser and money-line parlays with the Patriots still hurt us," said McCormick.
Way to go people. You got the double whammy on the books with that one, but still, it wasn't enough to get the players' fourth win of the season over the house.
And what got things worse for the public was that there was only two games in the afternoon, and most parlay hopes were dashed when the Raiders spanked the Chargers (-3.5) in San Diego, 37-29, a score that wasn't nearly as revealing as the true beat down.
"The afternoon turned out to be a wash for us where we won a little with the Raiders and were even with the Giants," said Osborne. "We got some sharp plays on the Cowboys (+3.5) during the week."
The Panthers moved to 6-0 as 2.5-point home favorites with their 27-16 win against the Eagles and Osborne at the South Point said it was their "best scenario -- favorite to UNDER, and killing Philly teasers."
But the big risk was still to come Monday as America's new team -- the Arizona Cardinals -- seemed to be on everyone's parlay ticket laying 9.5-points against the Ravens.
So far this season, Monday night's have been better than usual for the house, but some Bookmakers would like to trade result positions from the past.
"I kind of liked last years trend better when we'd win on Sunday's and lose on Monday's," MGM Resorts VP of race and sports Jay Rood joked before week 7's games began. "Now we're losing on Sunday's and winning small on Monday's."
Scoreboard reads: Sports Books 4, Players 3
Not bad players. Keep at it!
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