Line movement: low interest sports = high value betting opportunities
While the North American sports world is waiting has gone into off-season mode with the NBA, NHL on hiatus and everone's betting alarm clocks set for August for NCAA and NFL football - smart bettors can make their money by going against what they know.
Line movement in sports betting is all about bookies covering their asses. If the game conditions change, then the betting line has to move so that the book doesn't get killed by moving action. In the case of international sports or low interest sports, most sportsbook will have a single bookie handling them... very rarely.
We're talking sports like Canadian Football League (CFL), Major League Soccer (MLS), Minor League Baseball, or low seed matches at big tennis/golf tournaments. The key to cashing in off line movements with these sports bets is making sure you're signed up to an online sportsbook that offers these rare bets but isn't focussed on them.
If you're a sports bettor that wants to make money over the next month, start studying our CFL, find your bookie, then take them to the bank. It's hard enough to find an online live-feed for the CFL games but all the game info isn't far away. This makes the bookie's job hard but yours easy.
July 19th, 2009 - 08:37
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