Nfl Betting Percentages
This page gives the betting percentages on every upcoming NFL game. This data represents the percentage of the total number of wagers placed on each side (or total) of the games. For example, if 100 bets have been placed on the New England Patriots/Baltimore Ravens game and 55 of those bets were placed on the Patriots, the Spread % for the Patriots would be 55%. What this doesn't tell us, however, is the total amount wagered on each game. In the example given, 55% of the number of bets may be on the Pats, but the amount wagered may be $500. The Ravens may only have received 45% of the bets, but let's say the amount of those wagers equals $1,000. In this case the Ravens actually received about 67% of the total amount bet on the game, which gives a clearer indicator of why a book might move a point spread than the percentage of the number of bets.
Actual wager amounts are not available to the general public, however, you can glean some useful information off of the raw betting percentage numbers simply to gain some perspective on how soft the public views a line. As a general rule, if a huge majority of the public loves a game, the line may prove too good to be true. With that being said, long-term studies on blindly betting against the public have yielded mixed results; no better than betting with the public. We still feel this information can be a useful tool, just don't look at it as the Holy Grail of sports betting.
The National Football League (NFL) is the most popular sport among North American bettors, and there are plenty of trends available for the benefit of pro football handicapper. In fact, the sharpest NFL bettors use the massive popularity of the league to isolate winners!
- Betting trends for moneyline, against the spread (ATS) and Over/Under in the NFL this season. Use these records and percentages to make smarter NFL bets!
- If you believe that the 56 percent are right, you are betting with the public. Conversely, if you believe that the 44 percent are right, you are betting against the public. This is also known as “fading” because you.
- Additionally, as a clarification, betting percentages refer solely to the number of wagers placed on one side of a game, not the amount wagered. As a result, if 75 people placed wagers on Team A and 25 people placed wagers on Team B, the betting percentages would be a 75% to 25% split.
- NFL against the spread history gives you a snapshot of how a squad has contended in different situations and what the betting odds were. Database searches can also be done on team vs division or team vs conference, giving you even more NFL betting insight.
Contrarian handicapping - going against the opinion of the mainstream sports fans - is a profitable concept in every sport. The more popular a sport is with the 'average Joe', the better it is for the player looking to bet against the public. There are several ways to use our NFL football betting trends to take a contrarian position wagering on football action. Our NFL betting trends tool provides data on betting patterns so you can determine how much action is coming in on pointspread, moneyline and totals wagers. You can easily learn who the 'public' is backing on a game and go the other way.
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Situational NFL betting trends are also useful for the contrarian NFL handicapper. It's a well - known fact that the 'public' likes to bet on the best teams. While this might not sound like a bad idea, the pointspread is often set so that bettors have to 'pay a premium' in terms of line value to back the top teams. Conversely, less desirable teams are often undervalued to make them a more attractive betting proposition.
One effective strategy is to find situations where losing teams have a winning pointspread record. Some teams play better than you'd expect when stepping up in class against elite level franchises. Mediocre teams will often 'take out their frustrations' on weaker teams. Many teams 'bring their A game' when playing on nationally televised games on ESPN - particularly prime time games.
Nfl Percentage Odds
The use of NFL football betting trends in handicapping is limited only by your imagination. No matter what strategy you employ, you can find all of the trends and statistics you need at Sportsbook.