Bookies change the way they set the odds

**noober** · 06-20-10, 06:23 PM

justin7 has a good video about soccer under/over. you should check it out.

**Wrecktangle** · 06-21-10, 08:05 AM

Originally posted by tachi

live betting in asian bookies-soccer

since the last summer I started following the odds for o/u during 2nd half.
It was easy to detect the bookies don't give correct odds on this market,
favoritising the overs during 2nd half.even if someone bet blindly on the unders,he would be in plus,
regardless of the soccer championship.The asian bookies offer almost every soccer match in-play and
of course I made the statistics,based almost on the odds for the low European soccer championships.

But the f.ing bookies changed their odds.Since 3 months there is no point of betting unders,as
the odds they give are a BS.

the bookies aren't in this business to lose money.

The market reacts to league play; when the teams lower their scoring, the totals line goes down. You might want to blame it on the bookies, but it is the market (players) who create the market pressure to lower the lines. The bookies might initially set the lines, but they certainly are subject to the market pressure to balance the action and so the lines move down, else they lose money.

Any "long term" system play (always bet the under for example) will eventually erode as the market becomes aware of it, especially in these days of the internet where clever people post their "secret" findings.

**davidchong** · 06-21-10, 08:16 AM

experimented bookies.