Vegas Betting: Vols Getting Dissed

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The current line has Tennessee as the HOME team as a 13 point underdog to Bama.

Vandy AWAY against Georgia, and they are 14 point underdogs.

SERIOUSLY? People think we have about the same chance of beating Bama at home as Vandy has of beating the Dawgs in Athens! Unfreakinbelievable disrespect.

Injuries or not, we'll finally break the second longest losing streak this Saturday. Long overdue. See you in Hotlanta for round 2 Bama.
 
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OuterBanksVol said:
The current line has Tennessee as the HOME team as a 13 point underdog to Bama.

Vandy AWAY against Georgia, and they are 14 point underdogs.

SERIOUSLY? People think we have about the same chance of beating Bama at home as Vandy has of beating the Dawgs in Athens! Unfreakinbelievable disrespect.

Injuries or not, we'll finally break the second longest losing streak this Saturday. Long overdue. See you in Hotlanta for round 2 Bama.
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Vegas is trying to make money.. they care lesswho and what like a fan
 
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OuterBanksVol said:
The current line has Tennessee as the HOME team as a 13 point underdog to Bama.

Vandy AWAY against Georgia, and they are 14 point underdogs.

SERIOUSLY? People think we have about the same chance of beating Bama at home as Vandy has of beating the Dawgs in Athens! Unfreakinbelievable disrespect.

Injuries or not, we'll finally break the second longest losing streak this Saturday. Long overdue. See you in Hotlanta for round 2 Bama.
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They opened at ten and everyone jumped all over it thinking thats to low. I think vegas is just making money.
 
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The general public SUCKS at gambling. Vegas is not there because the general public knows how to pick winners and losers.
 
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yoyoyoyo said:
What % of the money is on Alabama currently?
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So the way Vegas (or any bookie) works is - after setting the initial line - they move the line up or down to attract additional bets on either the favorite or the underdog with the goal of having 50% of the money on each team. So, when all the betting is done, if they have half the money on one team and half the money bet on the other, the house NEVER loses. They normally take 10% cut on all the bets made.

So to answer your question, roughly 50%.

This applies to point spreads only, not moneylines... which is a whole other story.
 
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Bama homers going to bet on Bama regardless is my guess. Got to open the line up to get more money on the Vols.

Vegas could care less who the "better team" is. They want even money in the game. And idiot homer Bammers got to bet on the tide! Raaawwwlllll Taaaaahhhdddd!!
 
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OuterBanksVol said:
So the way Vegas (or any bookie) works is - after setting the initial line - they move the line up or down to attract additional bets on either the favorite or the underdog with the goal of having 50% of the money on each team. So, when all the betting is done, if they have half the money on one team and half the money bet on the other, the house NEVER loses. They normally take 10% cut on all the bets made.

So to answer your question, roughly 50%.

This applies to point spreads only, not moneylines... which is a whole other story.
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Not always. On a few games Vegas allows one side to load taking advantage of the public. An example was the UT/UF game this year where even with the line moving down to 4 or 5 from opening at 10 points, 76%-78% of money was on UF. I was just being lazy and not looking up the money movement.

69% currently on Alabama.
 
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Vegas knows how good we are. Just as they did the last few weeks (and abused it weeks 1 and 2)

Now that we've finally lost they'll use the public perception to overinflate the actual line by about 3 points or so plus Bama looking invincible all year when we're the first great team they'll play all year. And, honestly, the best all around team they'll play all year when factoring in home field advantage, playoffs included most likely.
 
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I'm considering on putting money on the VOLS. I'm not confident in picking a side, but I am confident that we aren't going to lay down and let Bama have their way with us at home. We will make it close either way.
 
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OuterBanksVol said:
So the way Vegas (or any bookie) works is - after setting the initial line - they move the line up or down to attract additional bets on either the favorite or the underdog with the goal of having 50% of the money on each team. So, when all the betting is done, if they have half the money on one team and half the money bet on the other, the house NEVER loses. They normally take 10% cut on all the bets made.

So to answer your question, roughly 50%.

This applies to point spreads only, not moneylines... which is a whole other story.
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Not true. Juice barely covers overhead and they are in it to make money. They have their own computer driven lines which they then tweak to take advantage of public betting. In this case the public perception is that an ass whipping is coming at the hands of Bama, which is actually a good thing for the Vols and Vols bettors.
 
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According to vegasinsider.com, 98% of the money is on the Vols. Seems like most people think Bama is too heavy of a favorite
 
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yoyoyoyo said:
Not always. On a few games Vegas allows one side to load taking advantage of the public. An example was the UT/UF game this year where even with the line moving down to 4 or 5 from opening at 10 points, 76%-78% of money was on UF. I was just being lazy and not looking up the money movement.

69% currently on Alabama.
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Don't confuse betting against the spread (where points are given to the underdog) with betting straight up (moneyline). With the spread, it's always 50%, while straight up Vegas gives you higher payout odds depending on how much money is on each team STRAIGHT UP. For the Bama game, you are correct as the moneyline is currently +400 for the Vols, which means if you take that bet and we win the game, you win $400 on your $100 bet. So, yes, with the current moneyline, about 80% of the money is on Bama.
 
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as of this morning, 59% of the money is on Bama -12.5, 41% on the Vols

on the money line 84% is on Vols +380

86% is on the over at 58

per sportsbook
 
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Vegas is probably seeing that we are one, maybe 2 injuries away from going from 11-1 to 9-3 this year. If we have somebody like Barnett or Jennings get hurt in the Bama game, we are in deep trouble for the rest of the season. We are operating on smoke and mirrors right now due to injuries.
 
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GreveHaller said:
as of this morning, 59% of the money is on Bama -12.5, 41% on the Vols

on the money line 84% is on Vols +380

86% is on the over at 58

per sportsbook
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What does that mean to sharps? Why would so much money be on vols to win straight up but not on points?
 
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Too much attention is given to Vegas and their lines. It's a betting line and designed to make vegas money. My attention is on the fact that we stayed in the top 10 after a loss, that is respect.

We are the underdog in this fight and I'm fine with that. We may not win but I know for a fact that it's not a case of we can not win. Our guys are going to go out their and play their hearts out and let's just enjoy and see how the ball bounces.
 
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