Plays
This is our dashboard view. Strictly money. Three columns. Side, Total and Money Line.
In this screenshot, we have Denver vs. Buffalo. You can see Buffalo is favorite at -7.5, and the total is set at 49.
Point Spread Analysis
22% of the spread bets ($970K) were wagered on Denver +7.5 and 78% of the spread bets ($3.36M) were wagered on Buffalo to cover -7.5. Vegas's spread risk for this game was ($970K - $3.36) = ±$2.39M.
Point Total Analysis
65% of the point total bets ($880K) were wagered on o49 points; and 35% of the point total bets ($468K) were wagered on u49 points. Vegas's point total risk for this game was ($880K - $468K) = ±$412K.
Money Line Analysis
8% of the money line bets ($69K) were wagered on Denver; and 92% of the money line bets ($744K) were wagered on Buffalo. Vegas's money line risk for this game was ($69K - $744K) = ±$675K.
Handle ($BET)
$5.72M is the combined total money wagered from all three categories (Spread, Total & Money Line).
Colors
You will notice the lower the percentage, the harder it is to see the value. This was done on purpose. We want to make this dashboard as “scannable” as possible; so when your eye is moving down the list of games, looking for lopsided money ( or conversely, even money) you can look for near 100% opacity or a 50/50 split opacity with ease.
On a day with potentially over 100 games to scan, we wanted to make finding the big lopsided money games as easy as possible.
Filters
Also, we have filters you can utilize if you'd like to search for league specific, or TOP 10 / ROI 10 wagered on games. More filters coming soon.
Game Detail
You can click into any game for an even more granular money breakdown.
Money Splits and Handle Size ($BET) are the same info repeated.
Scroll down to see Money Movement. In this screenshot:
The total amount of $BET on the Broncos +7.5 is $970K which equals 22%.
There are 4603 tickets (bets) placed, with an average of $210 per ticket.
The blue numbers represent the largest steam bet in this list; because even though we are calculating average in the DIF column, it's not 100% accurate.
In this example, you can see 30 bets were placed (4442 - 4412 = 30) between $917K and $807K. It's most likely 29 out of those 30 bets were around ~$200, and there was one steam/outlier bet placed at $110K. As you learn to read these numbers on a per sport basis, you will start to notice steam bet patterns in all sports, at different amounts.
We've been tracking these bets for years, and can confidently say this is where the insider info / funny money is happening. You don't actually believe Vegas is taking massive losses do you? They wouldn't of legalized gambling if they couldn't control the outcome. They are cooking the books to avoid paying taxes on wins, and this is the evidence.