Define the Differences between Public and Professional Money Down

Trying to determine if money down is professional or public can be challenging. When it comes to sports betting, probably the most obvious example of big amounts of professional money being put down is horse racing. Often times, when a horse that’s started at 8/1 in the morning hardens in the market and ends up at a price close to evens, it is usually a sign that either the online bookmakers or professional gamblers know something.

Race-Fixing

Notable examples of horse cutbacks in the market in the past have come from race fixing. Professional swindlers could run their horses in aces not suitable for their horses, and then when the horse was running badly enough and became a high enough price for the next race, the man would run his animal in a race that was suitable and from there back his horse with big cash. From a player’s perspective, you are trying to understand why there was a significant change in prices, and sometimes this is because of professional money down.

Form-Readers

Odds shortening the market are not only caused by the money of professional bettors. In fact, online betting shops hire ‘form readers’ whose job it is to interpret what shape the horse is in and placing it in a specific place in the market. These form readers, along with industry-specific views, speak to trainers and owners of their respective animal and assess what chances of winning their horse has. With this data, online bookmakers can rate their horses accordingly, which is why from time to time you will see a horse that hasn’t run for a year at the top of the market, or a horse that hasn’t finished in its last three starts halve, for instance.

Tipsters’ Impact

However, it is difficult to distinguish public and professional betting. The country’s most successful tipsters, make the markets fluctuate all by themselves with their tips. If a famous tipster in a popular publication suggests a particular animal, you can see public money bets to react respectively, being responsible for significant market fluctuations.

Staged Gambles

Gambles can also be arranged at the sports venues themselves. Particularly with greyhounds, people are known to actively support a particular dog that may not have run that well in its last race, or a dog that is weak in betting. This is a simple method to determine the odds the animal can have, and it is often wise not to ignore the market swings.

Caution Near Event Start

If a horse or a dog – or a football team, for that matter – is shortening significantly in the market ahead of the event, then that’s a good indicator of professional money down. Online betting shops usually cut the participant’s odds long before the event in order to decrease their losses. So, unusual activity right before the start implies that someone knows something that the bookmakers don’t. However, this is not a guarantee, and the specialists are sometimes incorrect too.