2016 Super Bowl Handle
I tend to follow sports betting a little too much for someone who doesn't actually bet on sports. With this year's Super Bowl between Carolina and Denver, I had heard that all the money was on Carolina. And that was true, initially. At the start of the week (after the one week break between games), 86% of the money bet was on Carolina. But then Denver was getting bet more and more heavily, to the point where it ended up being just 51% of the money on Carolina at kick off. The Panthers winning but not covering the spread would have been the best-case scenario for the books. It looked like it might happen when they had the ball and were down 16-10. But Denver ended up winning and the sports books did pretty well. One area where the books didn't two well was on a prop bet "Will there be a successful two-point conversion?" 96% of those bets were on "Yes" and it did happen. Another area was betting on the Super Bowl MVP. Von Miller opened as high as 60-...