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This blog post will be updated after the completion of the 2023 March Madness Tournament for accuracy.

The 2023 March Madness Matrix

It's no secret Vegas makes a majority their money during the NFL season, playoffs to be exact, but what's the second biggest money making event for them? You guessed it, March Madness.


Let's take look at how they make most of their money.

To do this, we will start with a review of the 2022 March Madness public betting percentages for games where the public was 72% or more on one side of a game.


March 16, 2022

  • Bryant (78%) — Didn't cover
  • Wright State

March 17, 2022

  • St. Peter's
  • Kentucky (79%) — Didn't cover
  • Texas Southern
  • Kansas (79%) — Covered
  • Georgia State
  • Gonzaga (75%) — Didn't cover

March 18, 2022

  • CS Fullerton
  • Duke (80%) — Didn't cover
  • Wright State
  • Arizona (73%) — Didn't cover

March 19, 2022

  • Creighton
  • Kansas (74%) — Didn't cover

March 20, 2022

  • Iowa State
  • Wisconsin (74%) — Didn't cover

Wow. Vegas went 7 wins and 1 loss, and the one loss was one of the first games of the tournament (just like this year — Kansas covered today), perhaps to give the public hope to keep betting the huge favorite throughout the tournament.


Predictions

Numbers don't lie, we're going to keep betting against the public when games are equal to or greater than 71%, the only question now, is your 'public betting data' accurate? Most likely not.


March 16, 2023

  • Howard
  • Kansas (73%) — Covered
  • Northern Kentucky
  • Houston (76%) — Didn't cover

March 17, 2023

  • Grand Canyon
  • Gonzaga (78%) — Didn't cover

March 18, 2023

  • Northwestern
  • UCLA (71%) — Didn't cover

March 19, 2023

  • Michigan State
  • Marquette (72%) — Didn't cover

Outcome

10 wins, 4 loses for +47 units in just 4 days. Gotta love capitalizing on the corruption.

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