slight digression, Probably obvious, but the book wants level money wagered on each side, not necessarily the division of total bets (pedantry interruption over). Defending against overwhelming sharps on one side, versus large #s of public bettors on the other. A lot of the handle data that has been way more readily available the last few years surprisingly shows that this is not that easy for them to do. For instance, there was a Chiefs game last year in which 90% of the money was on the Chiefs at -8 or whatever, and they covered. Though of course they are setting lines for dozens and dozens of games, so in the aggregate they are generally operating with a healthy margin.
Some books actually take a side (take a position) which means their line is one way under or over the buik of the lines posted. This is the book placing a bet itself, which of course is a risk, beyond simply sweeping the vig.
I've made about 18 bets on games during this season (no more than 3 in one week), and I'm not sure this is a game I'm interested in betting on. I do look forward to this one though. I've been to three Axe games, two pretty good ones. This one dwarfs them all by a pretty considerable margin.
