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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: September 12, 2009
1. I know that odds and point spreads are determined to get an even number of bettors on both sides. In your estimation, how much does the fan fervor for teams like the Packers and Steelers skew odds against the payouts on those teams and what team does it affect the most?
Fan fervor obviously plays in to opening lines, but generally the adjustments will happen later in the season as teams really get on a roll. The best example of this would have been two years ago when the Patriots went 17-0 and steamrolled everyone.
As bookmakers, we kept the spread creeping up, but no matter how big the spread (typically 14-17 points t...
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