1. 09-04-19 11:06 PM #1
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    Avoid The Hometown Bias At Your Local Book

    The Horseshoe in Hammond Indiana opened their sports book today. It's the closest casino with a sports book you can drive to if you live in Chicago (about a 20 minute drive from downtown) until Illinois casinos get their books up and running. WGN did a piece on the opening of the book and showed a couple shots of the odds boards. They had the Bears winning the Super Bowl at 9/1 (1:06 mark in the video). Just checked 5Dimes for the hell of it and they got 20/1.

    Moral of the story: If you're gonna bet at a local book, bet anything but the local team or be prepared to be juiced to hell.

    https://wgntv.com/2019/09/04/nw-indi...ports-betting/
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  2. 09-04-19 11:24 PM #2
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    Vegas was 7-1 when offshore was 15-1 a few months ago
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  3. 09-04-19 11:31 PM #3
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  4. 09-04-19 11:42 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by gauchojake View Post
    Vegas was 7-1 when offshore was 15-1 a few months ago
    This may be why:


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  5. 09-05-19 12:17 AM #5
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    It definitely seems like they are exposed big on the Chicago teams. I was with a gal from Iowa whose brother wanted her to place the Bears future bet. I told her just give me the 50 and I'll get him double odds offshore.
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  6. 09-05-19 12:19 AM #6
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    seems smart, i feel sorry for books near patriots fans have to been killed since hoodie and brady
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