Hello Curious and all.
Insightful thread.
I too have (manually) looked over the win / loss ratios of individual NBA game quarters for several years.
Thanks for turning me us the Database. It's a brilliant time saver.
The initial concept is (statically) an overall winner.
However here are the problems that I've run into.
First off there are indeed several online sports books that do allow 2nd and 4th quarter wagering. I had no ides that there were B+M casinos in Vegas that permitted these bets.
I know that online Bet365 is one of them that does allow these bets and I'm certain that there are several others. Problems is that online these types of bets are usually only allowed at well established books in the U.K.
The U.S. books that allow these bets are available to be seen (only during NBA season) at this site:
http://odds.sbrforum.com/
This site offers you everything LIVE. In the upper left part You'll have to navigate around. It offers a live comparison of all of the different books. It's got 3 pages of live sports books (and you can choose your favorite books to compare) and you can choose any option you wish to see. 1st Half ML, ATS, O/U. 2nd Half ML, ATS, O/U, 1st, 2nd 3rd 4th Quarter ML, ATS, O/U...etc.
The problem with this is that the time in between quarters is so brief that the books call it "live" betting and the juice is -120 for a point spread wager. I've never checked out how much an average ML per quarter wager goes for.
Anyway, It's really tough when your quarter FINALLY wins you lose anyway by 1 point because of the spread!!!! This has happens to me over and over...and it's tough to eat it.