Online sportsbook consensus opinion is where most people are taking the same side of a game. You would think that if a lot of sports services and NFL betting gamblers all liked one side of a game that the game would be a winner.
Online sportsbook consensus games don’t win as often as you might think. If you have tried a “Consensus Service” in NFL betting or college football betting you will understand. These services offer selections of all of the top tout services with the theory being that if most of these services agree on a game then the play must be a good one at the sportsbook. It sure sounds logical doesn’t it? It doesn’t work though.
Very often when you hear people talk about pointspreads at the online sportsbook you will find that everyone seems to think they same way. It is these consensus plays that seem to get bettors into trouble at the sportsbook. You have to remember that the online sportsbook oddsmaker made the pointspread on the game to get action on both sides of the game. That is what they officially say anyway. The reality is that some games have more action on them at the online sportsbook than others. Most of these heavy action games seem to have a consensus opinion on them and very often those plays will lose.
Sometimes a fact that is forgotten is that the online sportsbook likes to win money. They don’t put out pointspreads that will offer easy marks for bettors to attack. They might put out NFL or college football betting lines that look fishy, but those lines are probably traps and not easy marks. The people that win do so because they learn to think like the sportsbook does, not like the public does. If you see a consensus game that everyone and their brother is on you know to tread very carefully at the online sportsbook.
It is not easy to go against the consensus at the online sportsbook. You should realize that upfront at the online sportsbook. Stepping out against the public and against what all the experts are telling you is not easy to do. That is why most people don’t win at the online sportsbook. Going against the grain and against the consensus is tough, but it is necessary at times if you want to win money at the online sportsbook.