Betting Line for UF vs UK game?

[themistocles]

Originally Posted by REM08

I don't know the exact stat for this, but I did attend a conference on compulsive gambling a couple weeks ago (didn't stay at a Holiday Inn though). It suggested that, while every state is effected by gambling and has a large number of gamblers in it, Kentucky doesn't have quite the % that many other states do because of how rural most of the state is (a big body of land with only two decent size cities - and even they are pretty small).

Sure anyone - rural or otherwise - has access to sports betting, but my guess is that Florida would have a FAR greater number of frequent sports betters than a state like Kentucky. The only possible equalizer here might be the fact that its a Kentucky basketball game. Maybe it could bring enough betters out of the woodwork to offset Florida gamblers that may be more focused on any other number of sports/teams in the state. I still doubt it but sure I'm certainly far from an expert on this. My bet (...) is that the line will be relatively unaffected by fans of either team.

You are almost surely correct Rem.

[mac4lyfe]

UK gets much more betting action than UF on a given game day. UK has a much larger following outside of the given states, including followers from other countries.

Originally Posted by REM08

I don't know the exact stat for this, but I did attend a conference on compulsive gambling a couple weeks ago (didn't stay at a Holiday Inn though). It suggested that, while every state is effected by gambling and has a large number of gamblers in it, Kentucky doesn't have quite the % that many other states do because of how rural most of the state is (a big body of land with only two decent size cities - and even they are pretty small).

[TampaGatorFan]

Well, the Gators covered.

[MichaelJoeWilliamson]

Originally Posted by TampaGatorFan

Well, the Gators covered.

Yep. The line opened at 11, dropped to 10, bounced between 10.5 and 10 the whole day before settling down to 10.5 at game time.

The over under started at 129, which I thought was extremely low. I guess the handicappers knew how inept UK is on offense, when faced with a team that knows how to play quality defense