Let's discuss the spreads for sports betting here. It's week 2 of the NFL preseason and I feel better about placing bets knowing the starters for each team will play more then they did in game 1 of the preseason. Here are the spreads for week 2.... I got my eyes on the Seahawks@ Broncos (-1) http://www.covers.com/odds/football/nfl-spreads.aspx My picks for the week: Cleveland@Green Bay (Over/Under 40) = UNDER Cincinnati@Atlanta (-4) = CINCINNATI Tennessee@Tampa Bay (-1.5) = TENNESSEE Jacksonville@New Orleans (Over/Under 39) = OVER Buffalo@Minnesota (Over/Under 37) = UNDER Miami@Carolina (-3.5) = CAROLINA Detroit@Baltimore (Over/Under 38.5) = UNDER NY Giants@NY Jets (Over/Under 36.5) = OVER San Francisco@Houston (-3) = SAN FRANCISCO Kansas City@St. Louis (Over/Under 36.5) = UNDER Washington@Chicago (Over/Under 37) = UNDER Seattle@Denver (-1) = DENVER Indianpolis@Pittsburgh (Over/Under 37.5) = UNDER Philadelphia@New England (-3) = NEW ENGLAND
Actually that's false. Sharps prefer betting on preseason football because it is easier to predict what will happen.
You might have a gambling problem if you are justifying the rationale behind betting on preseason football.
Sharps bet on preseason NFL?? Really?? The spreads for preseason are always super conservative (you rarely see lines over 4 points). And due to the fact that they only play the starters for the first half how on earth is anyone supposed to handicap an NFL preseason game? I've worked in Vegas sportsbooks for 12 years and when it comes to betting big (5 to 10 dimes) on football, the sharps wait until the regular season to start pounding the lines. The only numbers that make any movement in preseason are the totals. If you really want to look for value during the regular football season (college or pro's), bet halftimes, specifically 1st halfs. It's like cutting the spread in half and all you have to do is find a team that's on a roll or that you know well. The Texans last year did not cover many 1st halfs spreads last year, but they did in the 2nd half.
