Phase 2: The market

Tickets vs. handle

Tickets are the number of bets. Handle is the dollars.

Example only: 25% of tickets but 60% of the money on one side is a 35-point gap. The average bet on that side is bigger.

We treat a gap of 10+ points as a possible sign of larger-bet money, but only when Circa's line has also moved toward that side. A gap by itself doesn't make a play.

Two cautions:

Splits are a snapshot. They change through the week.
Small samples mislead. If the numbers look like 100/0 or 50/50, we treat them as unverified and re-check later.

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Example only: 25% of tickets and 60% of the money are on one side. What does that suggest?

Bigger average bets on that side
More people on that side
Nothing at all

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A. Bigger average bets on that side. Fewer bets carrying more money means the average bet is larger.

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