Using Asian Handicap to Win at Betting Football

Background Odds and their movements present a unique opportunity to gauge what the bookie thinks and how the markets react to them. Although the position that bookmakers take in public relations exercises is that they stand to make the most when there is an equal amount of bets on both teams in a match, the reality is that sometimes bookmakers think that a certain outcome is likely and use the odds as a psychological tool to draw the public into betting on the team they think will lose. As the public likes to bet on favourites most times and these favourites do not lose or draw often enough for the bookmakers' appetite, it makes sense that they use this psychological function mostly in Asian Handicap odds. Considering how bookmakers always win from the general betting public in the long run, it is wise to piggyback on the bookies' predictions by considering how they market the odds. Exploiting the Odds You can tell what the bookie is trying to achieve from the early odds. If the top of the table-team is giving a