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<blockquote data-quote="Illiniguy90" data-source="post: 1490516" data-attributes="member: 746457"><p>Like you said their goal is to get an even number of bets on the over and the under to guarantee their profit. The bet line does NOT indicate where the guys in Vegas project our season to fall but rather it predicts where they think the betters will split.</p><p></p><p>With a team like Illinois I'm willing to bet that the vast majority of people making bets on our team this early are Illini diehard fans. I'd also bet that MOST of those betters are going to have pretty high expectations for Illinois going into this season. EVEN the betters that are not Illini fans are probably higher on Illinois due to the positive media spin. All of that leads to Vegas probably placing the over/under on wins at a number a few higher than where they really expect Illinois to finish the season. I expect they probably inflated it 2-3 wins to account for who they think are taking the bets and the general trend of how those betters probably feel about Illinois.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Illiniguy90, post: 1490516, member: 746457"] Like you said their goal is to get an even number of bets on the over and the under to guarantee their profit. The bet line does NOT indicate where the guys in Vegas project our season to fall but rather it predicts where they think the betters will split. With a team like Illinois I'm willing to bet that the vast majority of people making bets on our team this early are Illini diehard fans. I'd also bet that MOST of those betters are going to have pretty high expectations for Illinois going into this season. EVEN the betters that are not Illini fans are probably higher on Illinois due to the positive media spin. All of that leads to Vegas probably placing the over/under on wins at a number a few higher than where they really expect Illinois to finish the season. I expect they probably inflated it 2-3 wins to account for who they think are taking the bets and the general trend of how those betters probably feel about Illinois. [/QUOTE]
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