Episode 250: NFL Week 1 odds and lookahead lines with oddsmaker Jeff Davis
Episode 250, May 12, 2020, 08:48 PM
The 2020 NFL schedule release sparked Week 1 odds as well as lookahead lines for the biggest NFL games of the season. The Sharp 600 welcomes Jeff Davis, director of trading for Caesars Entertainment, to the podcast to talk about how oddsmakers set spreads and totals this far out from football season. Host Rob Cressy and Jeff discuss:
- The Vegas scene during COVID-19 shutdown
- How excited bookies and bettors were for NFL odds
- How books set and manage NFL lookahead lines
- Which early NFL odds hold betting value?
- Monday Night Football and Thanksgiving Day lines
- Will sports-starved fans bet big when leagues come back?
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