Football season is here and BettingTalk forum is getting more active each day.
Here are the threads and topics bettors that are most popular right now…
Trump vs Harris Betting Market
The 2020 election market of Trump vs Biden had $350,000,000 matched on Betfair alone - more than 2x the Nevada Super Bowl handle.
2024 is on pace to shatter that record, not to mention CRIS with $30,000 limits, BOL with $10,000 and climbing. It’s not doubt bettors are following the betting movement closely.
Recent posts include discussions on upcoming rate cuts, Nate Silver updates and more.
See all the replies and discussion here.
Thoughts on Fezzik and NFL Preseason Week 2 Carpet Bomb Overs
Ed-RAS posted:
The market (including us) was hunting almost exclusively overs in week 1 of NFL preseason, with almost every game getting bet higher from open.
Unders then went 12-4 vs the close.
In Week 2, Fezzik really touted overs, releasing multiple to his clients, and tweeting about it…
Subsequently, we saw someone carpet bomb overs at CRIS not once but twice on Monday morning.
Since then a handful of unders have been played back pretty hard by the market.
It will be interesting to see how the scoring plays out in week 2.
User Kane replied with:
Hey Ed, I’d like to get your honest opinion on Fezz, he seems to be polarizing, over at EOG there’s a whole thread dedicated to him, which is mostly negative, how much respect do you have for him, what are your thoughts on him?
Ed-RAS, Jeff-RAS and others discussed Steve Fezzik and his impact on the sports betting landscape.
See all of the comments here.
Little League World Series Discussion
The Little League World Series is an annual battle between sportsbooks and sharp bettors. User ‘Cools’ started a LLWS thread to discuss games each day.
Love watching the little league world series games on ESPN every year. And always fun to try and win a few bucks.
If anyone has a scouting report for the Czech Republic please lmk. Or if you just have some opinions or insight that’s appreciated too
3-5 games on ESPN starting Wednesday noon.
User ‘Anchor’ was bemused…
It’s still absolutely mind-boggling to me that Americans watch kids (10-12!?), they don’t personally know, play baseball. Even when I lived in the US, I just couldn’t fathom watching kids play against each other, in any sport by the way. You baseball fans are a DIFFERENT breed.
‘Cools’ acknowledged Anchor’s point, but said, he will watch and bet on anything. Cools went on to post scouting reports, recent results and box score analysis for each team in each region.
See the ongoing discussion between bettors about daily games, scheduling and reactions here.
CFL 2024 Thread
The CFL thread has amassed more than 5,500 views this season and continues in tandem with the NFL preseason with weekly write-ups posted.
The highlight of the thread this week was an early tip of Nathan Rourke returning for the BC Lions.
At 8:45am PT on Tuesday, August 13th, user ‘Adam’ posted…
BC Lions +3.5
Rourke will start for the Lions according to team source. Was told “very strong chance.” BC will close favorite when official.
A popular Telegram service posted the play 38 minutes later.
On Friday afternoon, Rourke was confirmed the starter. The line is now BC Lions -3.
In addition to the BC Lions +3.5, Over 47.5 was also posted and later elevated to a release at 48.5. The current total is now 51.5.
Follow the weekly CFL write-ups here.