Betting TV Games at an Online Sportsbook at SBG Global Sports Betting

How much more money is bet on nationally televised NFL games than the ones that are just televised regionally? It is a much higher number than you might think. When it comes to sports betting odds at a sportsbook, particularly NFL games, there is no doubt that the TV games get a lot more money.

Online sportsbook action is wild and wooly on TV games. Some sportsbooks get almost half of their total handle for the weekend on televised football games. The betting odds on TV games are very attractive to most bettors and it is those games that get a ton of money wagered on them each week at an online sportsbook. When you first look at the NFL betting odds you should know that the Sunday games get different amounts wagered on them at an online sportsbook based on which games are on TV. We know that the Sunday and Monday night games are heavily bet but there are also three other games that get a lot of money at a sportsbook. The networks have a deal where they televise an early game and a late game. The early games are usually split between Fox and CBS while one of the two gets the late game. Usually 70% of the country gets one game in each of these slots. That means two early National TV games and one late. It is these games that get the most betting handle each week at an online sportsbook. The same thing happens in the NBA and MLB at an online sportsbook.

Oddsmakers actually spend more time setting the betting odds at an online sportsbook for the National TV games than they do for any other games. These games are critical to the weekend and they make sure to set sportsbook lines that appeal to the public. This probably means the lines on these games are set a certain way to attract action to a certain side at the sportsbook. Usually the public is going to bet the favorite in these TV games so it is likely that the favorite has been shaded in the online sportsbook betting odds.

We said earlier that the two most important games of the week for an online sportsbook are the Sunday and Monday night games. Betting televised games is something that everyone does. The online sportsbook knows this fact and sets lines accordingly. You want to be aware of this fact as you look at the sports betting odds at an online sportsbook this season.