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• If hotter and better teams were the teams that covered most, no bookies would be around
• Always regression to mean
• Best teams would generally have to play better to cover
• Worst teams would generally have to play even worse

Know exceptions

• NBA totals, especially recent years with rules having scores skyrocketing
  • Most top over systems with high totals
  • Most to under systems with low totals
• Reasonable explanation as inflated scores have bettors
  • Terrified of low totals under
  • Even over players get sticker shock at 240

Conclusion

• In sports handicapping “trusting instincts is bad”
  • Oddsmakers know what common beliefs are
• Toughest bets to root for are generally better bets
  • Colder, inferior teams

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