The Las Vegas papers reported this morning that 2/3 of straight bets were on the Giants and Giants moneyline bets were 30x that of the Pats moneyline bets. That is an imbalance of huge proportions and it's their own damn fault for not managing their risk exposure differently. Had they lowered the moneyline price and kept lowering it until they were balanced, they could have found all the New England action they wanted. They thought the public was wrong (as did I) and they took a position. In essence, the Vegas books were gambling yesterday, rather than booking to equal action. They paid the price for it. And yes, they will recover, but the corporate suits who manage for quarterly earnings can't like it one bit.
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