I am wondering if somebody can explain to me how a bookie makes money in baseball. it seems to me that the public is on the favorite most of the time, usually accounting for 60% or more of the bets. if the favorite loses, the bookie makes money and usually if the favorite wins they lose money. so the bookie (i guess) roots for the underdog. however i looked at the past month and the favorites won an astounding amount of times. the amount the books would lose from the favorites winning would out-wiegh what they win from the underdog winners. can somebody please help?