No Way The Giants Are a Good Bet With These %'s

[rm18]

8:15 PM
NBC

NFL
New York Giants (7-1) --
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68.2% This matchup has 49.2% of all active picks.
@ Philadelphia Eagles (5-3) -- 31.8%


68.2% of the country thinks they win the game even though they are a decent size dog.

[yisman]

streak for the cash?

I'm considering picking the Eagles

[rm18]

yep, I took Philly for that

[yisman]

right now I have a 5 game streak and I'm hoping Oakland can battle back and beat out Williams in rushing yards. That long TD run was a killer.

[rm18]

it is even but will be hard with the score to win

[ryanXL977]

ravens were like 90%, so what

[yisman]

you do get a lot of odd stuff with SftC. Ton of people use it, but sometimes you'll see 3 or 4 point dogs getting 70%. I don't get it.

[nick2060]

no disrespect but theres no actual direct relation in how a team plays and how many people bet on them

[rm18]

true but they were favored or at pick until late. Books say Philly wins game over 60% of time

[ryanXL977]

streak for the cash is a game , you have to understand how many million people play it, most of whom aint betting. it means zip

[Dbldown11]

what is your point????These are percentages based on what people voted on ESPN????? what is your point?

The people that voted this were not voting on the spread, nor were they betting money on it....You are actually going to bet money based on this info??!?!?!?!

[rm18]

what is your point????These are percentages based on what people voted on ESPN????? what is your point?

The people that voted this were not voting on the spread, nor were they betting money on it....You are actually going to bet money based on this info??!?!?!?!

History has shown that when the team that the general public thinks will win is a game is an underdog, they should be a bigger underdog. Unranked teams that are favorites against ranked teams in college sports cover at a very high clip when if you asked the average person they think the ranked team wins.

[ryanXL977]

dbldowns right
its just people picking for fun. completely random people. i
nobody will ever get 25 in a row by the way, most i saw was 21 and that was once

[ryanXL977]

texas tech, bama, florida state,

all were huge faves on streak for cash

do not use that espn game for betting buddy

[JBC77]

ravens were like 90%, so what

Exactly, public money thing overated.

[Dbldown11]

but the point is the people picking this game on ESPN are housewives, and children with no knowledge of football....how can you use those figures?????

So we've taken "fading the public" now to a whole new level. Not only are we fading squares that bet on games....now we are fading anyone that clicks a questionaire on ESPN.com HAHAHA

[Dbldown11]

so wait if you pick 25 straight up winners on there you win a million bucks?????

[rm18]

texas tech, bama, florida state,

all were huge faves on streak for cash

do not use that espn game for betting buddy

this is a ML bet of course they are huge favorites, all three teams favored by more than a FG, why would people think the other team more likely to win? That is why people taking the Giants who are dogs of slightly more than a FG at pinnacle is so amazing.

[Dbldown11]

some kid currently has a streak of 21.......picks away from a million bucks...talk about a lot of pressure

[rm18]

so wait if you pick 25 straight up winners on there you win a million bucks?????

if you are the first one only, even though it has not been done mathmatically it should happen. Some bets they put out there are over 90% winners.

[jjgold]

Stats mean nothing capping, it is all about how a team is playing and who is th QB

[bigboydan]

Look at the line history at BetJam on this game:

11/03 10:47AM: +3 -125 / -3 +105
11/06 01:03PM: +3 -120 / -3 +100
11/07 06:04PM: +3 -115 / -3 +100
11/08 12:05AM: +3 -120 / -3 +100
11/08 11:58AM: +3 -115 / -3 -105
11/09 12:02PM: +3 -110 / -3 -110
11/09 03:31PM: +3 -105 / -3 -115
11/09 04:09PM: +3 -102 / -3 -118
11/09 06:17PM: +3 +100 / -3 -120
11/09 06:37PM: +3 +102 / -3 -122

It seems like the money is coming in on Philly right now.

[rm18]

It would be easy to hedge if you were a gambler, you could pick spot and bet a +500 line for 20k

[Dbldown11]

yeah if you ever get to that 24 mark and you only have one pick left for that million you can make big money no matter what

[yisman]

it's not a questionnaire, it's a game. But yeah, the vast majority of people playing it are not bettors.

Anyway, looks like my streak ends at 5. Brutal. Williams got 140.

[Dbldown11]

I just signed up haha.....took westbrook to outgain Jacobs tonight

[rm18]

right it is betting just free money, if you have a streak of 20 you are betting 30k to get to 60k of winning expectancy

[rm18]

damn you actually won your bet

[yisman]

hmmm Walter scrambled for 13 yards. This is going to be close..