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Originally Posted by rohara66
Except in this case NOBODY (or very few people) bet on Columbus. I'd bet (lol) bookies made out like bandits.
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You would be surprised. The general public will have flooded the Lightning with a large volume of small wagers while the smaller population of long-term positive players will have hit the Blue Jackets with four-figure wagers each.
The lines were so unrealistically skewed in the Lightning's favour that the price for the Blue Jackets presented outstanding expected value for those who routinely seek long-term positive expected value.
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