Sports Betting Advice For Betting Offshore: Line Shopping

My customer base has developed exponentially over the past year, and that increase has incorporated a lot of global clients. Some of these people are a little unsure how to continue with signing up with an offshore sportsbook and I’ve been getting a variety of questions dealing with this matter. I figured it was a good time to make available a short guide for those who find themselves in the same dilemma.

First of all, make certain you live in a jurisdiction where it’s legal go bet with an offshore outfit. For most Europeans this isn’t an issue, but they may feel more at ease with their local gambling shop or maybe Betfair. The trouble with that is Betfair or the local U.K.-style book may not offer the odds on the games you need to get down on. So that’s the first issue to get taken care of: make sure the sportsbook takes odds on all American sports, not just pro football. You need MLB, college basketball, the works.

Next, you should, and I can’t stress this enough: you have to have multiple outs. Why? Well there are a couple reasons for this. The first reason is so you can line shop. Possibly you have an account at a sportsbook that takes a highest bet of $5,000 or under. That indicates to me they are a ‘square’ book. This means they only want square action. For those unfamiliar with the word, a square is a favorites bettor. They bet on the well recognized teams since they don’t stick to the sport that closely. If you’re gambling at a square shop, there’s a probability you aren’t receiving a fair line. They’ll just keep raising it on the admired teams (like the Los Angeles Lakers in basketball, or the New Orleans Saints in football) and that makes it even harder for you to win. If you have to keep laying an extra 1 or 1.5 points on games, ultimately that will catch up to you.

So if you have several betting accounts, you have the flexibility to line shop. If you desire to bet on the underdog, then the type of sportsbook described above positively works in your favor. If they’re going to continue jacking the line on the favorite, this is a great place for underdog betting. Now let’s say you have set up an account at another offshore outfit. This place takes a max bet of someplace between $10,000 and $50,000. That means they are taking sharp action and they can not afford to move their lines off of what the true number is.

Even if they are getting lopsided action (and you can forget about shops trying to balance action 50/50, that’s a myth. I’m not sure if that ever was probable but it sure as heck isn’t now) they can’t stray off the real line or else they end up taking a $50,000 bet on the other side in which they were giving out a positive number. That wipes out nearly all of the would-be profit on a game. But this is a great place for you to do your favorites betting. Even if they take a large max bet , 99% of the shops still will have a very low minimum bet, usually as low as $1.

Line shopping is one of the major reasons to have multiple outs, but there’s another factor involved. In my judgment it’s even more critical. I’ll talk to you about that next time.

Thanks,

Rich Allen, Sports Betting Professor

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Rich Allen is owner of the Sports Betting Professor website www.sportsbettingprofessor.com. 2 years ago he hired an actual PhD Statistician to develop a quantitative system to win consistently betting on American Football, NBA Basketball, College Football and Major League Baseball. His results have been stellar. The Average Guy, Can Learn The Secrets Of His Sports Betting System And Propel To Unthinkable Winnings For Life!"

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