Rancid teams prove to be bookmakers' nightmare
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"I talked to a few other directors, and it was as bad as it could get in the morning, when you have the favorites going 5-0-1,'' Kornegay said. ''From that point, it's very difficult for the books to dig out of that kind of hole. From there, it's damage control. The parlay liability snowballs.''
The Buccaneers, Rams and Browns are a combined 1-20 straight up and 6-15 against the spread this season.
''We're all wracking our brains trying to figure out these games,'' Vegas Insider handicapper Barry Holthaus said. ''I guess just bet against the Browns, Bucs and Rams every week.''
Not to mention the Chiefs and Raiders, a combined 3-11 straight up and 5-9 against the spread.
The Chiefs were 5-point home underdogs in a 37-7 loss to the Chargers. The Raiders were 6-point home underdogs in a 38-0 loss to the New York Jets.
''When you give a team 14 points at home or 15 points at a neutral site, you think you're doing the right thing,'' Kornegay said. ''In the past, you would hardly ever see a team getting 14 points at home. But some of these teams are so terrible, you might see it on a weekly basis. It creates a bad situation for the sports books when the bad teams don't cover, because liability adds up real fast.
''These are things you don't hear in a sports book: What's that (betting) number on the Rams? Hey, I love the Buccaneers.''
Kornegay said more than 90 percent of the straight bets made at the Hilton on the Colts-Rams game were on the Colts.
Favorites are 8-3-1 against the spread this week. Only Arizona, Buffalo and Cincinnati delivered as underdogs. The Cardinals helped the books by upsetting the New York Giants.
BOOKS GETTING KILLED IN THE NFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"I talked to a few other directors, and it was as bad as it could get in the morning, when you have the favorites going 5-0-1,'' Kornegay said. ''From that point, it's very difficult for the books to dig out of that kind of hole. From there, it's damage control. The parlay liability snowballs.''
The Buccaneers, Rams and Browns are a combined 1-20 straight up and 6-15 against the spread this season.
''We're all wracking our brains trying to figure out these games,'' Vegas Insider handicapper Barry Holthaus said. ''I guess just bet against the Browns, Bucs and Rams every week.''
Not to mention the Chiefs and Raiders, a combined 3-11 straight up and 5-9 against the spread.
The Chiefs were 5-point home underdogs in a 37-7 loss to the Chargers. The Raiders were 6-point home underdogs in a 38-0 loss to the New York Jets.
''When you give a team 14 points at home or 15 points at a neutral site, you think you're doing the right thing,'' Kornegay said. ''In the past, you would hardly ever see a team getting 14 points at home. But some of these teams are so terrible, you might see it on a weekly basis. It creates a bad situation for the sports books when the bad teams don't cover, because liability adds up real fast.
''These are things you don't hear in a sports book: What's that (betting) number on the Rams? Hey, I love the Buccaneers.''
Kornegay said more than 90 percent of the straight bets made at the Hilton on the Colts-Rams game were on the Colts.
Favorites are 8-3-1 against the spread this week. Only Arizona, Buffalo and Cincinnati delivered as underdogs. The Cardinals helped the books by upsetting the New York Giants.
BOOKS GETTING KILLED IN THE NFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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