Place Your bets. Ravens -3 vs. Bills

[TacklingDummy]

Place your bets. Ravens vs Bills +3

Joe "I should have been drafted by the Bills" Flacco's Ravens vs. Leodis "I can't believe the Bills drafted me when they needed a QB" McKelvin's Bills.

[justasportsfan]

my 5k for your 100k.

[TacklingDummy]

my 5k for your 100k.

$5k on Bills or Ravens?

[justasportsfan]

On bills

[TacklingDummy]

On bills

K, $5k on bills +3 for $5k

[BillsImpossible]

It's 3 and a half now. 3.5 point spread.

If the Ravens win by a field goal or less, Vegas is going to cash in and the house wins.

The majority of betters are betting the Ravens.
http://www.scoresandodds.com/casinogrid.html?sort=rot

The only way Vegas wins is if the Bills play another super close game.

Why did they bump it up a half point? To cover their asses in a game decided by 3 points.

I thought the Ravens would have been favored by at least 7 points, but Vegas seems to think this is going to be a close game.

[Novacane]

Can you loan me 25000

[BillsFever21]

It's 3 and a half now. 3.5 point spread.

If the Ravens win by a field goal or less, Vegas is going to cash in and the house wins.

The majority of betters are betting the Ravens.
http://www.scoresandodds.com/casinogrid.html?sort=rot

The only way Vegas wins is if the Bills play another super close game.

Why did they bump it up a half point? To cover their asses in a game decided by 3 points.

I thought the Ravens would have been favored by at least 7 points, but Vegas seems to think this is going to be a close game.

Most of the time the lines are much closer when a better team plays somebody on the road since the home team automatically gets 3 points. So basically Vegas is saying if the game was played on a neutral field then they feel the Ravens would win by 6. If the game was in Baltimore then they would get the extra 3 points and it would turn into a 9 point spread.

Them are the type of games I like to bet on especially if the better team usually plays well on the road. Instead of them needing to cover a spread of over a TD you can get them with only covering a spread of a FG or less because of the 3 point difference for the home team.

If the team is that much better then it's usually not too hard for them to cover the low spread on the road. Some weeks there will be a few games like that and that's when will usually bet on all three of them. More times then not the better teams will cover two out of the three games and you're still in the black.

[TacklingDummy]

Can you loan me 25000
How much you want to bet?

[feldspar]

It's 3 and a half now. 3.5 point spread.

If the Ravens win by a field goal or less, Vegas is going to cash in and the house wins.

The majority of betters are betting the Ravens.
http://www.scoresandodds.com/casinogrid.html?sort=rot

The only way Vegas wins is if the Bills play another super close game.

Why did they bump it up a half point? To cover their asses in a game decided by 3 points.

I thought the Ravens would have been favored by at least 7 points, but Vegas seems to think this is going to be a close game.

Well, the home team generally gets 3 points added to the spread, as you probably know. On neutral ground, Vegas would have you believe that the Ravens are favored by 6.5 points. They will never tell you what they REALLY believe, which is why they are in business and make money.

I wouldn't touch this game with a 40-foot pole, mainly because I am a Bills fan. I want to enjoy the game itself if I can. If I weren't a Bills fan, I don't see how you could really pick the Bills in good faith here. Then again, that might really be the trap Vegas wants bettors to fall into. I really don't know. I do agree that the spread seems a little low, and that Vegas must actually think that the game will be close...maybe trying to sucker in the majority of bettors into picking the Ravens. Gotta be what they are thinking, though. I changed my mind, you gotta be right about that.

The problems the Bills are dealing as far as injuries in the secondary are huge. Colin Brown couldn't block my dead grandmother, and we'll see how Legursky does, because he'd BETTER play if he's healthy enough.

The Ravens are the better team, really. Not many people would argue otherwise. May come down to matchups, and, more importantly, motivation. Maybe the Ravens are overlooking the Bills or something. That happens too.

[Thurmal]

Ravens (-3) looks very, VERY enticing. If I bet on Baltimore, though, as a Bills fan, the finally score would undoubtedly be Ravens 21 - Bills 20.

[BillsImpossible]

The only way Vegas makes money is if the majority of gamblers are wrong.

Right now, the majority of gamblers are picking the Ravens to win and cover the low point spread.

But is the half point bump just a tease to get more people betting on the Bills?

If the Bills win, Vegas wins. If the Bills lose by 3 points or less, Vegas wins.

If the Ravens win by 4 points or more, Vegas loses.

Get ready for another close game.

[BillsFever21]

The only way Vegas makes money is if the majority of gamblers are wrong.

Right now, the majority of gamblers are picking the Ravens to win and cover the low point spread.

But is the half point bump just a tease to get more people betting on the Bills?

If the Bills win, Vegas wins. If the Bills lose by 3 points or less, Vegas wins.

If the Ravens win by 4 points or more, Vegas loses.

Get ready for another close game.

That's exactly what it is. Vegas likes to have the total wagers as close to possible to cover themselves from a potentially huge loss as much as they can. When one team has a huge amount of wagers then they will adjust the line either way to try and get some more people to bet on the other team to make it a little more even. If a lot more people were betting on the Bills then they would be lowering the line to 2.5 or 2 instead of increasing it to 3.5. The spread can change many times throughout a week because of this.

[TacklingDummy]

If the Bills win this game or come within 3 I'll believe what my father always told me, football is fixed.

[BLeonard]

The only way Vegas makes money is if the majority of gamblers are wrong.

Right now, the majority of gamblers are picking the Ravens to win and cover the low point spread.

But is the half point bump just a tease to get more people betting on the Bills?

If the Bills win, Vegas wins. If the Bills lose by 3 points or less, Vegas wins.

If the Ravens win by 4 points or more, Vegas loses.

Get ready for another close game.

The point spread is only there to "balance the action." Meaning, similar amounts of money being bet on both sides.

If the spread moves significantly, that indicates that one side is getting "heavy," meaning more money being bet in that direction. But, 1/2 point isn't really significant. The lack of movement indicates that the betting is pretty balanced on both sides. In this instance, my guess is that the half point is likely a "hook," (as you said a tease) to get more people betting on the game. It's not designed to get more action on either side, just a way to entice the action on both sides.

In this case, it's also a way to guarantee that there won't be "no action" (tie).

-Bill

[BLeonard]

That's exactly what it is. Vegas likes to have the total wagers as close to possible to cover themselves from a potentially huge loss as much as they can. When one team has a huge amount of wagers then they will adjust the line either way to try and get some more people to bet on the other team to make it a little more even. If a lot more people were betting on the Bills then they would be lowering the line to 2.5 or 2 instead of increasing it to 3.5. The spread can change many times throughout a week because of this.

Mostly right, except for that, if there were a "huge amount of wagers" on either side, the line would have moved more than half a point. At a 3 point spread in the NFL, most serious gamblers would buy the extra half point anyway, to guarantee that they don't push.

-Bill

[tampabay25690]

Yea this is a funny game!!!'
Look is like the upset of the week.
The whole country is on Baltimore....

Look for the Biils to lose by 1 or 2 or the Bills win outright!!!!
I like the Bills outright in this game.

[tampabay25690]

The point spread is only there to "balance the action." Meaning, similar amounts of money being bet on both sides.

If the spread moves significantly, that indicates that one side is getting "heavy," meaning more money being bet in that direction. But, 1/2 point isn't really significant. The lack of movement indicates that the betting is pretty balanced on both sides. In this instance, my guess is that the half point is likely a "hook," (as you said a tease) to get more people betting on the game. It's not designed to get more action on either side, just a way to entice the action on both sides.

In this case, it's also a way to guarantee that there won't be "no action" (tie).

-Bill

Half a point in a 3 point spread is just as good as 1-2 points...
It's huge.

There's a reason for this being so low and Vegas knows that the public will bet Balt..

[justasportsfan]

K, $5k on bills +3 for $5k

I win you pay me 100k if you win you have my 5k , ok?

[TacklingDummy]

I win you pay me 100k if you win you have my 5k , ok?

Even money

[justasportsfan]

Forget it then. Its not like you're playing with your own zbs

[TacklingDummy]

Forget it then. Its not like you're playing with your own zbs

You have no clue what I had to do to get them.

[Novacane]

Thanks for the loan. 25000 on the Bills. What happens if I lose? Do I become your *****?

[justasportsfan]

I heard it involved you wearing knee pads

[BLeonard]

Half a point in a 3 point spread is just as good as 1-2 points...
It's huge.

There's a reason for this being so low and Vegas knows that the public will bet Balt..

I'm not sure when the line moved from 3 to 3.5, but again, my guess is, the half point was simply added to try to entice betting on both sides. If people were betting heavy on either side, the line would have moved much more much quicker. The home team usually is a three point favorite just for being the home team... If they give a 3 point edge just for being the home team, a half point means very little, in the grand scheme.

I'd say the spread and the betting on this game are low at least partially due to the questionable status of Ray Rice. If he was sure to play, or even probable, my guess would be that you'd see the line jump up, because I have to think more would bet Baltimore having Rice against the Bills run defense.

-Bill

[stuckincincy]

10K on BAL.

[TacklingDummy]

Thanks for the loan. 25000 on the Bills. What happens if I lose? Do I become your *****?

Then you'll have around $1100.

[clumping platelets]

100K ZB's on Ravens to cover.......by double digits

[TacklingDummy]

100K ZB's on Ravens to cover.......by double digits

Damn your taking the Ravens -10?
Why not just take the -3.

The -3 spot looks too good to be true.
The Ravens will win with last second FG by 1.

[TacklingDummy]

Knew this spot was too good to be true.

[Novacane]

Knew this spot was too good to be true.



STFU! It's only halftime

[TacklingDummy]

STFU! It's only halftime

Final score is not going to be 24-20.

[Novacane]

100K ZB's on Ravens to cover.......by double digits


:lolpoint: Clump TD cleans up.

[TacklingDummy]

:lolpoint: Clump TD cleans up.

We even?

[Novacane]

We even?


Yep. Thanks again for the loan.

[ICRockets]

I'll bet all my zone bucks that the Bills win.

[Night Train]

I'll bet all my zone bucks that the Bills win.

I bet everyone chases last week and has never followed football. :up:

[TacklingDummy]

Clump: $100K


Pay up sucker.