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

Los Angeles at Golden State (-6, 227.5): Golden State has 93% of the money but only 68% of the bets on them. There is significant sharp action coming in on Golden State to cover as well as the Under.

MLB

Minnesota at Chicago-AL (+107, 8): The White Sox are getting 59% of the money, but only 40% of the bets. There is significant sharp money coming in on the White Sox moneyline.

Philadelphia (+135, 8) at Los Angeles (NL): Philadelphia is getting 77% of the money with only 33% of the bets. There is sharp action coming in on the Philadelphia moneyline, along with a small amount of sharp action on the under.

Toronto at Boston (+145, 8.5): There is decent sharp action coming in on the Under.

NHL

Florida  (+162, 6.5) at Toronto: There is some sharp action coming in on the Toronto moneyline.