Middling the Sportsbooks for Fun and Profits
By Michael Williams (5/29/2006)
Middling is a term that stands for wagering on both sides of an event and coming
out profiting from the two wagers. Middling is not possible in events such as
horse racing or rolling dice where there is only one winner. When a point spread
is used to characterize a sporting event, a gambler can middle the sportsbooks
by getting Team A and Team B each at highly favorable point spreads such that
there exists a possibility of either winning both bets or winning one and
pushing another.
For
example, let's say team A is -5.5 on Thursday and is -6 on Friday. And you took
A -5.5 on Thursday but B +6 on Friday, you will middle the bet if B loses by
exactly 6 runs. By losing by 6 runs, you will have pushed the bet you made on
Friday and won the bet on Thursday.
Sportsbooks know that people are shopping for lines. They know you are trying to
get the best possible odd on any event that you wager on, its common sense and
good investment practice on your part. It is also a good business decision for
sportsbooks to offer soft lines. With "soft lines", a sportsbook can guarantee
to get betting action on that event from any gambler shopping lines.
More action for the sportsbooks means more opportunity to make some money. And
even if their soft line bites them with you winning easily, they know they can
get it back from you the next day.
What I have seen people do is get the same bet on both sides of a play but get
them for plus money. See our odds comparison pages or check out which
sportsbooks allow you sell points for opportunities to middle.
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