Hypothetical wager

[Justin7]

If you have the opportunity to bet every single college football dog, getting 8 extra points but laying -240, would you?

Same thing for favorites. Would you lay -240 to buy 8 points on favs? You can choose to not cross the "0" with the point buying... pass on all favs of 7.5 or less (or any other cutoff you choose).

[xyz]

Using the half point calculator, it seems like there is value in taking -240 to buy 8 points on the favorite when the spread is around 10 points. There are probably other spreads that would work. But crossing key numbers like 10, 7, and 3 seems valuable.

[Toples]

yea there's value in those bets, but where can you get those odds???

[RickySteve]

Not blindly profitable, but many good spots.

Using the half point calculator, it seems like there is value in taking -240 to buy 8 points on the favorite when the spread is around 10 points. There are probably other spreads that would work. But crossing key numbers like 10, 7, and 3 seems valuable.

You're doing it wrong.

[Cookie Monster]

And you must parlay 2 bets or more... it is called teaser / pleaser

[trixtrix]

And you must parlay 2 bets or more... it is called teaser / pleaser

you get 8pts in a +100 teaser?? where?

[wrongturn]

quick, somebody run a database query to see if 71+% of games covers the spread plus 8 points. if they do, the answer is yes, otherwise no.

[CHUBNUT]

People need to understand odds like these quoted are across the board and literally hypothetical like most questions on here. In reality there's a good chance you will hit a bad run and go skint as you will not be getting the best of it on a regular basis. When are posters like Austin 7 going to give real life situations where prices move before you know it and betting stale lines mean discontinued accounts.

[HedgeHog]

There's definitely value if you can pick your spots. For example, taking dogs of +2.5 and favs of -10.5, an 8pt buy has fair value of -300 if my math is right.

PS Betting all games at -240 with the 8 points would be -ev.

[Nomadik]

No...

[HedgeHog]

[quote=Justin7;6315093]If you have the opportunity to bet every single college football dog, getting 8 extra points but laying -240, would you?

Same thing for favorites. Would you lay -240 to buy 8 points on favs? You can choose to not cross the "0" with the point buying... pass on all favs of 7.5 or less (or any other cutoff you choose).[/quote]

I choose to only bet 2.5 dogs and 10.5 favs. How would I do at the 8pt buy for -240?

[Justin7]

I think at 8.5, it becomes profitable to bet all of them. But at 8, the ones ID'ed by Hedgehog work well.