Some weeks ago one man here asked what is the difference between Asian Handicap -0.5 of a team and straight win for this team. I told him that there is no difference /because both bets wins if this team wins and both bets loses if this team doesn't win/, but this man was not convinced and today I saw something which made me understand why he asked it.
I don't bet on 1X2 but today I took a look at the odds for Barcelona - Real Madrid and Belenenses - Benfica in one of the best bookies and what did I see:
Barcelona - Real Madrid 1.83 3.30 4.33
Belenenses - Benfica 3.75 3.25 1.83
OK, but when I took a look at the Asian Handicap section in the same bookie I saw the following:
Barcelona (-0.5) - Real Madrid (+0.5) 1.975 1.925
Belenenses (+0.5) - Benfica (-0.5) 1.875 1.975
You see that 1.83 and 1.975 are two different things! And the difference is not small at all!
Why is this difference? I doubt there are many idiots who want to bet on Barcelona /or Benfica/ and will bet at odds 1.83 instead of AH-0.5 at 1.975.
/By the way the Double chance for Real gives us: 3.30*4.33/(3.30+4.33) = 1.87, the Double chance for Belenenses 3.75*3.25/(3.75+3.25) = 1.74 and again Asian +0.5 has much bigger value./
Please someone who has an idea to tell us, I am very interested.
I don't bet on 1X2 but today I took a look at the odds for Barcelona - Real Madrid and Belenenses - Benfica in one of the best bookies and what did I see:
Barcelona - Real Madrid 1.83 3.30 4.33
Belenenses - Benfica 3.75 3.25 1.83
OK, but when I took a look at the Asian Handicap section in the same bookie I saw the following:
Barcelona (-0.5) - Real Madrid (+0.5) 1.975 1.925
Belenenses (+0.5) - Benfica (-0.5) 1.875 1.975
You see that 1.83 and 1.975 are two different things! And the difference is not small at all!
Why is this difference? I doubt there are many idiots who want to bet on Barcelona /or Benfica/ and will bet at odds 1.83 instead of AH-0.5 at 1.975.
/By the way the Double chance for Real gives us: 3.30*4.33/(3.30+4.33) = 1.87, the Double chance for Belenenses 3.75*3.25/(3.75+3.25) = 1.74 and again Asian +0.5 has much bigger value./
Please someone who has an idea to tell us, I am very interested.
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