How bad would a NFL lockout hurt the books?

bigbet1234 · Oct 6, 2010

:think2:

WorldNumberOne · Oct 6, 2010

will cost them several hundred dollars...

mplastered · Oct 6, 2010

Screw the books, what about me? Can't take a winter without NFL.

steaktartar · Oct 6, 2010

it would be a huge loss........we booked the replacement games during the last strike 87? ........wasnt much action lol...............i would assume college/tv would step up and have some sunday games to ease the pain

Maniac · Oct 6, 2010

An NFL Lockout would of course be bad, but I would be much more worried about an NBA Lockout.

NFL - 256 Regular season games
NBA - 1230 Regular season games

Nearly 5 times as many NBA games as NFL games over the course of a season, and in terms of overall turnover, an NBA lockout would cost more. Of course it depends on the location and client base of each book, but I would suggest that most books wouldnt take 5 times as much turnover on an NFL game as they do on an NBA match - therefore over the course of a season an NBA lockout would cost more...

billhill999 · Oct 6, 2010

They wouldn't be crushed, but the books would take a serious hurting.

DrunkenHorseplayer · Oct 6, 2010

Don't think that an NFL lockout would hurt the books much. Unlike the last two NFL work stoppages, the NCAA wouldn't hesitate to flood Sundays with games, including marquee matchups.

CarolinaKid · Oct 6, 2010

imo with some owners not dishing out any more money this year, they know it coming.I could care less one way or the other, it a lot of great sports to bet on other than the nfl.ck

soonerdawg1 · Oct 6, 2010

steak tartar said:
it would be a huge loss........we booked the replacement games during the last strike 87? ........wasnt much action lol...............i would assume college/tv would step up and have some sunday games to ease the pain

seems like the true degenerates the books really count on would gravitate to CFB....back in '87, there wasn't nearly as much tv exposure, but these days, just about every team can be found on tv....

VegasJogger · Oct 6, 2010

it would save me money

X-Files · Oct 6, 2010

carolinakid said:
imo with some owners not dishing out any more money this year, they know it coming.I could care less one way or the other, it a lot of great sports to bet on other than the nfl.ck

Yes, and easier sports to win at.

Gravy · Oct 6, 2010

more time to bet on horses

VIEJODINOSAUR · Oct 6, 2010

Huge loss to the bottomline....

BAGIANT · Oct 6, 2010

There is absolutely NOTHING that could replace the NFL. Bookies would take it on the chin and wouldn't recover until the NFL was back in business.

ensign_lee · Oct 6, 2010

Maniac said:
An NFL Lockout would of course be bad, but I would be much more worried about an NBA Lockout.

NFL - 256 Regular season games
NBA - 1230 Regular season games

Nearly 5 times as many NBA games as NFL games over the course of a season, and in terms of overall turnover, an NBA lockout would cost more. Of course it depends on the location and client base of each book, but I would suggest that most books wouldnt take 5 times as much turnover on an NFL game as they do on an NBA match - therefore over the course of a season an NBA lockout would cost more...

Think of the volume difference though.

Hell, on sportsinsights, you'll see wager volumes there of hundreds of thousands even on the lowest rated NFL games vs..., well, thousands on a random NBA game. That is a difference of HUNDREDS in magnitude.

M.Saracen · Oct 6, 2010

only reason i hope we don't see a lockout is it would mean a busier golf course on sundays...NFL sucks...

SportsOptionsGuru · Oct 7, 2010

Gravy said:
more time to bet on horses

Smart man. Thank God Santa Anita getting rid of Poly. That's where I will be.

Maniac · Oct 7, 2010

ensign_lee said:
Think of the volume difference though.

Hell, on sportsinsights, you'll see wager volumes there of hundreds of thousands even on the lowest rated NFL games vs..., well, thousands on a random NBA game. That is a difference of HUNDREDS in magnitude.

Yeah I guess - to be fair, I was thinking more in terms of European books actually, books who no longer accept bets from the US anymore, where the popularity of Basketball accross the whole of Europe is probably at least on a par with NFL.

TyBounce · Oct 7, 2010

They would be fine missing a few Sunday's during the regular season , but if there was no Super Bowl it would be devastating. ... especially to the high-end Vegas books. The Super Bowl by it's self could be 25% of a books annual business.

X-Files · Oct 7, 2010

At BetFair American Football {NFL + NCAA + CFL} is not even listed under "Popular Sports". So it doesn't even crack the top 11.

How bad would a NFL lockout hurt the books?

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