Shopping For Numbers When College Basketball Betting

March Madness betting lines are set to open in the next couple of weeks, as the world’s greatest playoff tournament is set to get underway on March 13. It is during this time, that sportsbooks tighten up their game so to speak, as they attempt to narrow the gap between lines on specific conferences. In other words, throughout the regular season, sharp bettors, because of the differences in odds from shop to shop, mainly handicap college basketball betting lines. However, as the tournament closes in, the shops begin to pay more attention.

One rule of thumb, no matter what sport you wager upon, is to shop around for good value. In fact, you can make the argument, that the distinguishing factor between a profitable and non-profitable gambler, is what lines they are using to place their bets with. For instance, it might not seem like much, but looking at a slew of different sportsbooks, rather then sticking with the same one for every sport, can have an immediate impact on your bottom line. After all, you are betting on the NBA or NCAA to win a few dollars, not increase the revenue of the shop you are with. Meaning to say, if your favorite book offers the March Madness final at -110 but their rival offers the final at – 105 on the favorite, you’re better off taking the rival’s number, as you are paying less juice.

Another good thing about shopping around for good value is your ability to hold multiple accounts with a number of shops. In essence, just because you are losing at one sportsbook, doesn’t mean you can’t make that money back at another shop. What a lot of sharps like to do is hold multiple accounts, and bet the same games. For example, you can wager on Duke to pull the upset on Kansas at one shop, but then take Kansas over Duke at the other shop. As well, you could take Duke on the spread and Kansas on the moneyline.