Re: question regarding sports betting
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and for a somewhat related question: is there a database of the final numbers of public money bet on each side for past games? like how covers has the past several years with the spread and total of the games, is there anywhere that has these numbers with the accompanying money on each side? not that i think a strategy as simplistic as "fade the public over %70" or something would work, or everyone would be doing it, but i think it would be interesting to look at.
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no, because the estimates of 'public' betting are pretty shady to begin with
also, books aren't in the business to collect data that players would use to try and beat them unless that data would encourage more poorly placed bets than good ones
unlike poker, where the house merely wants to keep the games running, sportsbooks want you to slowly lose. They are an opponent.
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