Handicapping

[Neemer]

Has anyone ever seen or heard of this?? Never seen it broken down in percentages...

Team Line Action - Where the money is going!
Oddsmakers move a line in part because of one-sided public betting
action on a side or total. They also move the line in reaction to "wise
guy's" selections. Either way, this section attempts to uncover whether
the wise guys and public have a "read" on a given team. It summarizes
both line and total movements. As a general rule, follow the line or total
movement when percentages exceed 57% and go against it when they are
below 43%

IE, would ya happen to have any data on these particular parameters?? Or, if you've happened to use different %'s, can ya post them up...

 

[Neemer]

Ex.....

As indicated by the movement of the line, the betting public is
favoring MIAMI in this game.
The betting public is correct when moving the money line in MIAMI games
48.1% of the time since 1992. (39-42)
The betting public is correct when moving the money line in MIAMI games
60.9% of the time over the past 3 seasons. (14-9)
The betting public is correct when moving the money line in PITTSBURGH
games 59.1% of the time since 1992. (52-36)
The betting public is correct when moving the money line in PITTSBURGH
games 52.2% of the time over the past 3 seasons. (12-11)

 

[Investment Executive]

Sorry, Neemer, never kept track of these particular type of records.