Magic -1.5 - TRAP?

[fearless]

My first instinct is that this line is a major, major trap. The public has been on Orlando big and now Vegas is putting them out at the trappy line of -1.5?

[fearless]

I know this thread will get flooded with people saying to pound the Magic and how the Magic are the better team but look at the total scoring in this series and tell me who the better team is:

Magic 519
Cavs 517

If Lewis missed a couple of threes the Cavs could have won this thing in 5. The Magic could have swept too.

[Fiasco]

coinflip

I've been betting games in-game at matchbook thus far this series playoffs and it's worked out very well for me...

same game plan here for me...

I'll probably just root for a 6-8 point magic lead at the half and then bet the cavs at the half and then look to middle later in the game when the magic price gets better... (I fully anticipate final score within 5 points either way...)

I'm taking a risk by not gambling on the magic -1.5, because I think it wins... but if the cavs put it together I may be saving money... who knows

I'm just betting these games for fun though...

[Fiasco]

oh and I'd play the ml here for either side as opposed to the 1.5

...with the way this series has gone

[Emmett Brown]

The Magic are DONE

[fearless]

If the Cavs can duplicate what they did in the fourth quarter for the whole game in game 6, this series is over. If you say that can't be done, I say it's what great players do.

[SexyMit]

I think it can happen.... Will it happen. Tune in Saturday night to find out

[pavyracer]

Is there any game this douche doesn't find a trap.

[Enforcer_23]

Is there any game this douche doesn't find a trap.

[WileOut]

fearless,

There has never, ever, EVER been a line put out that is designed to be a trap. Just an FYI. Good luck.

[WileOut]

If trap lines were put out, sharps would know they were way off and early line books would get pounded. That is why the linesmakers try to always make the most accurate line possible, to try to get even action from the start.

Of course they are not always right with the line, which is why there are professional gamblers who are able to make money. But the linesmakers always try to make the right line.

Some books use their own lines like pinnacle because I have heard from SBR members that pinnacle is (or at least use to be) a gambling operation more so than a bookmaking one.

[fearless]

fearless,

There has never, ever, EVER been a line put out that is designed to be a trap. Just an FYI. Good luck.

The quote below proves that the linesmakers try to get people to bet the wrong side (the definition of a trap):

"I feel like we put up a good number. I feel like the public is on the wrong side of the game, and to get them on the wrong side of a college game is tough to do," White said.

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Sep-10-Fri-2004/sports/24739276.html

I think this is common sense.

[BillAccpetor]

It is the linemakers job to create the wrong direction for the public.

[Razz_Donkey]

A smarter man than me once said to consider a line less as a trap, and more as though there were a public tax to it. Any side in which the public (average fan bettor) is likely to take will be have additional points added or subtracted. The other side may appear to be a trap, due to the number being off but such is not the case. The books simply are taxing the side likely to receive the most public money. There is a fine line in doing this as to not provide a significant edge to sharp bettors, but the books of course have the advantage of closing/adjusting lines and betting limits. They will therefore on the average, attempt to seek a balanced number of bets on each side, and continue to pocket the rake, while charging a small tax to any marquee teams and big names.

[pavyracer]

So last game you said Cavs -1 was a trap and the Magic won in OT. Are you saying that the linemakers knew Cavs will be up by 1 with 6 seconds left and the Cavs will turn the ball over to give it back to Magic and they would have made a three and then Lebron would have been fouled with 0.5 seconds to tie the game? Because this was the only way your predicted trap would have cashed out?

[alukk]

guys they are just linemakers, they are not nostradamus.

[TheLock]

It'S a tArp!!!!11111

[fearless]

guys they are just linemakers, they are not nostradamus.

You've got to watch the movie "Bookies."

[unknown Gambler]

Cavs are unable, to beat the magic in ORLANDO.

they are 0-4 for the whole year, with 3 double digit LOSSES,i have not bet one game of this series played in Cleveland.

if your a fan of money, either play the Magic, or wait for game 7.(if)

out of all the bets one can make,to load upon the Cavs in this spot is crazy.

the only traps here, are those who will trap themselves with the Cavs on SAT NIGHT.

[crisp]

fearless stop thinking so much. there are no traps only coinflips. flip a coin and bet.

[shantystar]

magic certainly win!!!

[unknown Gambler]

magic certainly win!!!

Oh No,i haven`t heard a better case for the Cavs to win game 6 yet.

[shantystar]

magic will win!

[Thor4140]

If trap lines were put out, sharps would know they were way off and early line books would get pounded. That is why the linesmakers try to always make the most accurate line possible, to try to get even action from the start.

Of course they are not always right with the line, which is why there are professional gamblers who are able to make money. But the linesmakers always try to make the right line.

Some books use their own lines like pinnacle because I have heard from SBR members that pinnacle is (or at least use to be) a gambling operation more so than a bookmaking one.

Enuf with this oddsmaker crap about trying to get equal action on both sides. Good fuking griefs there are still jackasses out there that believe this nonsense?

[DeeWizzle]

Every game is a trap. There, problem solved.

[unknown Gambler]

Every game is a trap. There, problem solved.

thats certainly true, always betting into -110

[pavyracer]

Who wants to bet money with me that if Cavs were fav -1.5 he would have said it was a trap because of Lebron?

[paco]

i think the better team which is Orlando will win, Stern can put a nice twist with Shaq on the Sidelines with a Orlando jersey on and booing Kobe, or vice versa

[redbull]

why -1.5 ?
orlando win the series more better price , if lose at game 6 , we still have game 7.

[unknown Gambler]

Cavs are unable, to beat the magic in ORLANDO.

they are 0-4 for the whole year, with 3 double digit LOSSES,i have not bet one game of this series played in Cleveland.

if your a fan of money, either play the Magic, or wait for game 7.(if)

out of all the bets one can make,to load upon the Cavs in this spot is crazy.

the only traps here, are those who will trap themselves with the Cavs on SAT NIGHT.

[pavyracer]

Trap! Trap! Trap!

[cockblocker]

I know this thread will get flooded with people saying to pound the Magic and how the Magic are the better team but look at the total scoring in this series and tell me who the better team is:

Magic 519
Cavs 517

If Lewis missed a couple of threes the Cavs could have won this thing in 5. The Magic could have swept too.

Get the flock outa here with that horsecrap. Cavs are overrated and outclassed. Magic controlled this entire series.

[lakerboy]

Trap! Trap! Trap!

so i guess it wasnt fixed to get the cavs in- now what you gonna say its fixed for the lakers to win

[DeeWizzle]

TRAP!!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldnt mind it one bit if i never heard the word trap again. Fvck a trap. Its only a trap if ur stupid enuff to get caught up in it. Traps are for mindless animals. End of discussion.