A look back at this past weekend from a bettor?s point-of-view
By Jimmy Mason, Director of Sportsbook Operations
www.betcom.com
With no football this weekend we saw more of a ?grind? than usual. Ask any bookie and he will tell you that when there are no big decisions that one is more likely to win, but there is much less electricity or buzz. Our players did quite well without football this weekend as most of the sexy, fan favorite teams in NCAA baskets covered easily.
Saturday started with a bang as North Carolina (13 ? point favorites) stomped Virginia on their home court 110-76 and with the way UNC had been playing you just knew our players were going to be on the ?tar heels?. So it was, round to the players!
Another high profile game that could have been better for the house Saturday was Texas at Kansas. The ?jayhawks? opened at -7 and our players liked them so much they moved that line all the way up to KU -9 ?. This train wreck of a game saw the players cashing tickets left and right as Kansas cruised to victory 90-65.
The savior for the house Saturday was the Kentucky/Arkansas game where we saw a ticket count of nearly 6-1 on the UK. Our head linesmaker Rick held steady at 2 ? most of the day and when the scrappy ?razorback? squad almost pulled off the victory 68-67, the house got much of its losses back.
Sunday was a day most bookies would just as soon forget with Purdue, Washington and Maryland all being good sized decisions where the favorites won and covered in the afternoon session and the Duke boys putting a serious beat down on Virginia Tech 100-65 in the evening game.
If you like to bet the shiny, happy teams in the NCAA as our players did, then you probably did quite well this weekend.
Until next Monday, when we?ll be breaking down the Super Bowl?.
Jimmy Mason
By Jimmy Mason, Director of Sportsbook Operations
www.betcom.com
With no football this weekend we saw more of a ?grind? than usual. Ask any bookie and he will tell you that when there are no big decisions that one is more likely to win, but there is much less electricity or buzz. Our players did quite well without football this weekend as most of the sexy, fan favorite teams in NCAA baskets covered easily.
Saturday started with a bang as North Carolina (13 ? point favorites) stomped Virginia on their home court 110-76 and with the way UNC had been playing you just knew our players were going to be on the ?tar heels?. So it was, round to the players!
Another high profile game that could have been better for the house Saturday was Texas at Kansas. The ?jayhawks? opened at -7 and our players liked them so much they moved that line all the way up to KU -9 ?. This train wreck of a game saw the players cashing tickets left and right as Kansas cruised to victory 90-65.
The savior for the house Saturday was the Kentucky/Arkansas game where we saw a ticket count of nearly 6-1 on the UK. Our head linesmaker Rick held steady at 2 ? most of the day and when the scrappy ?razorback? squad almost pulled off the victory 68-67, the house got much of its losses back.
Sunday was a day most bookies would just as soon forget with Purdue, Washington and Maryland all being good sized decisions where the favorites won and covered in the afternoon session and the Duke boys putting a serious beat down on Virginia Tech 100-65 in the evening game.
If you like to bet the shiny, happy teams in the NCAA as our players did, then you probably did quite well this weekend.
Until next Monday, when we?ll be breaking down the Super Bowl?.
Jimmy Mason
