NFL PLAYOFF betting ratios cortesy of WAGERWEB

Found this tidbit of information at STINGS site, courtesy of WAGERWEBS CEO, Dave Johnson.

The RATIO is the amount of bets(not money), taken on the games thus far.

RAMS at a 2-1 ratio
COLTS at a 5-1 ratio
PACK at a 7-1 ratio
CHARGERS at a 7-1 ratio

Interpret this information how you see if fit.

Thanks Dave for making this information public!

7-1 ratios on both SD & GB

This was a prime example of why betting against JOHN Q. PUBLIC can be highly profitable over the longhaul.

Fishhead, you are right in the long run but betting against the PUBLIC this past weekend would not have ben profitable by betting the pointspread...

I caculate 2-2 ATS based on the above numbers...

THE SHRINK

Fish do you follow this religiously?

If so, perhaps you pull the trigger when the ratio reaches say 5-1 or higher? Any thoughts?

THE SHRINK said:

Fishhead, you are right in the long run but betting against the PUBLIC this past weekend would not have ben profitable by betting the pointspread...

I caculate 2-2 ATS based on the above numbers...

THE SHRINK

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True, but the two 7-1 ratios bit the dust bigtime!

Journeyman said:

Fish do you follow this religiously?

If so, perhaps you pull the trigger when the ratio reaches say 5-1 or higher? Any thoughts?

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This past year was one of the very worst for going against JOHN Q. PUBLIC and provided a losing season for me on STRAIGHT bets for the year.

Betting against BIG RATIOS will get one the cash many more times than not in the NFL and combined with getting solid betting numbers and using strong money mangagement techniques............a sure fire way to come out ahead in the NFL in ones betting career on STRAIGHT wagers.

Wild Cards are always the best Dogs weekend of the playoffs, and wiseguys have always banged dogs in 2nd go-rounds, and intra-division dogs in 3rd go-'rounds ATS and/or ML , with St.L and Minny this past weekend being the two obvious and short-numbered games, a "live dog" also in play in NYJ, then a "let them in/because we can kill them game" with Indy..= 4-0 weekend!

I only juiced out on a split of my weekend card between sides and totals, but am disgusted to have only done so, as in hindsight(usually 20/20 for us all), it was an easy winning weekend for sharps, or those that do their homework, in which I have been lazy to of late.

The oldest rule in the Wiseguy's Wild-Card betting book, was and is bet intra-div 3rd go-'round dogs, especially if "live" or 0-2 for year(*Minny with it's two 3 pt losses, yet with Culpepper's TD #s vs GB*)..

And St.L's "owning" of Seattle, yet made a dog, when St.L looked tough vs great Jet team, while Seattle was "let in" by Atlanta in shootout with it's scrubs.

Jets vs SD, was an 10-plus win team "live dog" getting generous number off an turnaround season team from 4-to-10 win squad(not consistent/current power/playoff newbie), plus Jets have been in dance during recent seasons, have the better Coach & D, and all it showed up in the end.

Then the final game, Indy, a double-digit chalk(BMs begging for post-Elway Shanahan action), that "let in" Denver with soft effort, knowing that from last year, and from what they saw of them before going to Denver in Week 16, they would "play soft" with high-propability for losing game, knowing that they would carve them up at home, then did so in under 30 minutes total, this in conjunction with the 2nd go-'round rematch angle here.

Toss 7-1 public/chalk-play ratios on top of intra-div dog rule, and it makes St.L and Minny the two best "sharp" sides of the weekend by far..regardless of outcomes.

I haven't talked to a soul, but from everything I know of wiseguy's MO, the Baxters of the world either went 4-0, 3-1, or 3-0 with a pass(Indy-Den most probably), to the four sides this past weekend..with totals being more of a crapshoot.

Nice write up Horseshoe!

Er, meant that at 7-1 ratio, plus 3rd go-'round dog, with two losses by 3, getting double that, Minny was the best "sharp" plus anti-public side of the week, regardless of outcome, and St.L at 2-1 ratio qualified as that rare "public's right/they see a live dog" side.

SD clocking in at that 7-1 ratio over a traditional bad west coast traveler, was too lopsided in comparison to their pedigrees, win-or-lose.

Thanks J-Man!