It is very important to continually monitor betting statistics on each day’s games for possible indicators and signals of where the public or sharp money has been wagered.

Betting splits are the difference between the percentage of bets on a specific line, and the percentage of the total money wagered on a specific game. In most games, these percentages will be very similar. However, a large discrepancy can alert you to possible sharp action, resulting in fewer, but much larger bets on one side of the wager.

When a significant amount of public money is on one side of a wager, this could indicate the line has moved from where the oddsmakers believed it should be in order to even out the action. This is what is known as “fading the public.” For much more detailed information, please be sure to complete our sports betting course.

Below are the games with noteworthy public or sharp action for today’s action:

NBA

Philadelphia (+7.5, 217) at Boston: Boston is getting 61% of the money but only 27% of the bets, and there has been significant sharp action comin in on Boston.

MLB

Chicago-NL at Washington (-200, 8): Washington is getting 86% of the money, but only 44% of the wagers, and there is decent sharp action coming in on Washington.

Atlanta at Miami (+117, 8): Miami is getting 55% of the money, but only 24% of the bets. There has been some sharp action coming in on Miami.

New York-NL (-225, 8.5) at Detroit: The Over is getting 79% of the money, but only 39% of the bets. There is significant sharp action coming in on the over.

NHL

New Jersey at Carolina: There is decent sharp action comin in on the Devils moneyline.