| First of all, make sure you live in a jurisdiction where it | | | | you to win. If you have to keep laying an extra 1 or 1.5 |
| is legal go bet with an offshore outfit. For most | | | | points on games, eventually that will catch up to you. |
| Europeans this is not an issue, but they may feel more | | | | So if you have multiple betting accounts, you have the |
| comfortable with their local betting shop or maybe | | | | flexibility to line shop. If you want to bet on the |
| Betfair. The problem with that is Betfair or the local | | | | underdog, then the type of sportsbook described |
| U.K.-style book may not offer the odds on the games | | | | above definitely works in your favour. If they are going |
| you need to get down on. So that is the first issue to | | | | to keep jacking the line on the favourite, this is a great |
| get taken care of: make sure the sportsbook takes | | | | place for underdog betting. Now let us say you have |
| odds on all American sports, not just pro football. You | | | | set up an account at another offshore outfit. This |
| need MLB, college basketball, the works. | | | | place takes a maximum bet of anywhere between |
| Next, you must, and I can not stress this enough: you | | | | $10,000 and $50,000. That means they are taking |
| must have multiple outs. Why? Well there are a couple | | | | sharp action and they can not afford to move their |
| reasons for this. The first reason is so you can line | | | | lines off of what the true number is. |
| shop. Maybe you have an account at a sportsbook | | | | Even if they are getting lopsided action (and you can |
| that takes a maximum bet of $5,000 or under. That | | | | forget about shops trying to balance action 50/50, that |
| indicates to me they are a 'square' book. This means | | | | is a myth. I am not sure if that ever was possible but it |
| they only want square action. For those unfamiliar with | | | | sure as heck is not now) they can not stray off the |
| the term, a square is a favourites bettor. They bet on | | | | real line or else they end up taking a $50,000 bet on |
| the well known teams because they do not follow the | | | | the other side in which they were giving out a |
| sport that closely. If you are betting at a square shop, | | | | favourable number. That wipes out most of the |
| there is a chance you are not getting a fair line. They | | | | potential profit on a game. But this is a great place for |
| will just keep raising it on the popular teams (like the | | | | you to do your favourites betting. Even if they take a |
| Los Angeles Lakers in basketball, or the New Orleans | | | | big maximum bet, 99% of the shops still will have a |
| Saints in football) and that makes it even harder for | | | | very low minimum bet, usually as low as $1. |