No, Vegas sets a line to drive half the money to each side...

then they don't care about the outcome, they just sit back and collect 10% of the total bet.

Yes, there's a relationship berween the line and likely outcome, but there are "emotional biases" in the betting public that Vegas tries to account for so it's not a score prediction.

In response to this post by EDGEMAN

Posted: 11/23/2021 at 1:05PM

ESPN giving VT 51.5% chance to beat Memphis ** -- VT ChemE 1986 11/23/2021 11:26AM

Which means nothing. Vegas gives a much better prediction. ** -- EDGEMAN 11/23/2021 12:06PM

Sure it does -- Pylons 11/23/2021 6:22PM

No, Vegas sets a line to drive half the money to each side... -- vtbball80 11/23/2021 1:05PM

In general but Vegas takes sides often ** -- Colonel Jessup 11/23/2021 2:03PM

So what? The side to pick is obvious 80-90% of the time. ** -- marcbvtgm 11/24/2021 09:25AM

I trust that far more than any lines ESPN puts out dealing with the ACC ** -- EDGEMAN 11/23/2021 1:49PM

I get that, it's just that this game probably has "name recognition" bias.. -- vtbball80 11/23/2021 2:02PM

No, Vegas sets a line to drive half the money to each side...

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