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  • slacker00
    SBR Posting Legend
    • 10-06-05
    • 12262

    #1
    Betting NFL futures.
    I've been watching the NFL futures on Matchbook and placed a couple bets on division winners. I was wondering if anyone else plays NFL futures. If so, what places do you use? I tried looking for lines at CRIS but they don't offer much for NFL futures betting. Is there a page somewhere that will compare lines on NFL division winners, for example, similar to the SBR comparison page on sides? Any info on betting NFL futures would be welcome! Thanks.
  • Senator7
    SBR MVP
    • 08-20-05
    • 1559

    #2
    Very rarely do I play futures, but I usually make a small preseason wager on the Super Bowl winner. I took the Colts this year @ 6/1. There is good money to be made in betting futures. With a job in politics, I have done very well betting political futures. I also made a small preseason play on the Milwaukee Bucks to win the Eastern Conference @ 50/1. Like any wager, if I see value in the odds, I will make a play. I just don't see value that often in futures.
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    • Max Levine
      SBR Wise Guy
      • 10-12-05
      • 614

      #3
      Bodog has odds on SB, AFC and NFC championships. Bet365 also.

      Max
      Last edited by Max Levine; 11-16-05, 03:23 AM.
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      • slacker00
        SBR Posting Legend
        • 10-06-05
        • 12262

        #4
        I agree that it's tougher to find value in futures, at least in my brief experience looking at lines. Getting the Colts at 6/1 is looking good right, now that the line is at 1/1. Hard to comprehend how the books can have Indy as a virtual coinflip against the rest of the NFL.

        Another aspect is that it ties up funds for such an extended period. I put a few more micro bets down at Matchbook, just for fun, but I'd absolutely hate to have any significant money tied up betting a future for an entire season.

        Another interesting prop over at Matchbook that I saw: "Will T.O. play again in 2005". I put a buck down that he will not. This seems more of a legal question. Seems like a sports lawyer could find easy value in that bet.
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        • Max Levine
          SBR Wise Guy
          • 10-12-05
          • 614

          #5
          NFC East

          NY Giants +140
          DAL Cowboys +140
          WAS Redskins +500
          PHL Eagles +650
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          • slacker00
            SBR Posting Legend
            • 10-06-05
            • 12262

            #6
            Originally posted by Max Levine
            Bodog has odds on SB, AFC and NFC championships. Bet365 also.

            Max
            I saw that. I was mostly looking at division winners, because it's of more immediate interest. Playoffs are way down the road, much less SB. But, I did put a few micro bets down on Denver and Seattle because they seemed like good lines.
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            • Max Levine
              SBR Wise Guy
              • 10-12-05
              • 614

              #7
              You got divisions at bet365.
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              • slacker00
                SBR Posting Legend
                • 10-06-05
                • 12262

                #8
                Originally posted by Max Levine
                NFC East

                NY Giants +140
                DAL Cowboys +140
                WAS Redskins +500
                PHL Eagles +650
                HAHA! This is exactly the division I was looking at. I bet the Cowboys at +430 a week ago, now I "hedged" with Washington at +490. You can find Giants at +186 on Matchbook right now. Where did you find these lines?
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                • Max Levine
                  SBR Wise Guy
                  • 10-12-05
                  • 614

                  #9
                  Wow! You got a good line on the Cowboys.

                  That was from bet365.

                  Max
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                  • Max Levine
                    SBR Wise Guy
                    • 10-12-05
                    • 614

                    #10
                    IND Colts regular season record

                    16 - 0 +500
                    15 - 1 +125
                    14 - 2 +200
                    13 - 3 +650
                    12 - 4 +1200
                    11 - 5 +5000
                    10 - 6 +20000
                    9 - 7 +150000

                    Still bet365.
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                    • slacker00
                      SBR Posting Legend
                      • 10-06-05
                      • 12262

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Max Levine
                      Wow! You got a good line on the Cowboys.

                      That was from bet365.

                      Max
                      IMO the NFC East is a jump ball. Redskins=Giants=Cowboys. Right now, I don't know why the Redskins are that much of a dog. They are only one game back, plus they've got the Giants and Cowboys coming back to play in Washington. None of these teams is any more consistent or talented than the other. I'll take 4-1 on any of these 3.
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                      • raiders72001
                        Senior Member
                        • 08-10-05
                        • 11108

                        #12
                        Compare future NFL odds Go to the second drop down menu on the left hand side and put in SB, Conf or the division that you want.
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