
Originally Posted by
JimmyG_415
I think Daly posted something about this. Did they go 8-0? EDIT: only Sea/CAR didn't hit the under that hardly counts..
My first book wouldn't take teasers on playoff games, until like 10 15 years ago.
Not sure if that was the norm and the industry changed or that was his rule only.
NFL teasers deal Vegas sportsbooks a huge loss
https://t.co/6K7AX1lNbg
Teasers did so much damage to Las Vegas sportsbooks this weekend that there were grumblings from beat-up bookmakers about
eliminating the increasingly popular form of parlay bet.
.....15 of the possible 16 winning six-point teaser combinations hit .......
This is a puff piece for the casino industry. They love stories like this, because they encourage gamblers to take their shot for this "free money" on largely -EV bets.
The day of the +EV NFL teaser is over. It's sad, because I did very well with these, though I jumped on board in just the final few years it was viable.
NFL teasers are only a decent bet if the 6-point tease crosses the line of 3 AND 7 points (since these are the most common NFL score differences). So if you tease from -8 to -2, that's great. If you tease from +1.5 to +7.5, that's also great. If you tease from +8 to +14, that's a bad tease. If you tease from -16 to -10, again that's bad. If you tease from -3 to +3, that's also not good, though not quite as bad as the other two examples I just gave.
Secondary factors for teasing call for preferring to tease home favorites or road dogs (but within the parameters described above), avoiding teasing games with high totals, and avoiding teasing teams which tend to get blown out often.
But then there's the payouts. You need +180 for 3-teamers, +100 for 2-teamers, and +300 for 4-teamers. If you don't get those payouts (and you can't find this anymore at reputable books), then you're still -EV, even you tease-select perfectly.
Most people teasing NFL teams have no clue what they're doing, and this is a HUGE edge for the casino.
This piece is promoting that people who teased the games -- even the clueless ones -- beat Vegas for a lot of money. That's a fluke. They are not going to eliminate this lucrative bet for the casino, though.