I want to put out a general warning. Be careful at any book putting out an off-number Super Bowl line. Let me give an example:
Let's say that these are the Pinnaclesports.com numbers:
Saints -6.5 -107
Jets +6.5 -101
Now, let's assume book flybynightsports.com has this line
Saints -7.5 -115
Jets +7.5 -105
flybynightsports.com is going to take significant action on the Jets and very little action on the Saints. If the Saints were to cover the 7.5 (about 44% of the time given Pinnacle's numbers), then flybynightsports.com would win huge on the Super Bowl
If the Jets were to cover the 7.5 flybynightsports.com would suddenly become insolvent. At that point they would stop processing withdraws. They might hang around (think Cascade), or more likely would disappear and then possibly reappear under a different name. Either way they would have played a monster freeroll against their players.
I'm not suggesting that all or even most
sportsbooks are willing to do this, but you should be careful when line shopping that a line too good to be true might be just that(Patriots +14.5 Rams...).
Good luck everyone.
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