Showing posts with label historical data. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historical data. Show all posts

Monday, October 25, 2010

NHL Grand Salami -- Totals

I have been toying with this idea about NHL totals (total goals scored by both teams for that given day's NHL games). Many sportsbooks offer a line for total goals scored in the NHL for that day. Some books call this the "Grand Salami."

I originally thought that since much of the public generally leans to "overs" -- that it might be good to take "under" for the entire Grand Salami. I didn't have a source of historical data on this type of bet, so I started to collect data...

After just a short while, it appears that you can capture the statistical "tail" in some ways. In any given game, the current total of about 5.5 goals is a good over/under line for the total. However, there is a certain percentage of games that might be 8+ goal games (and even higher).

This seems like it can skew the results to the over side a bit (you can have a 10 goal game for instance at 6-4, but you can't have fewer than 1 goal in a game).

this play is also fun because you sort of have "action" on every NHL game that day... We'll keep an eye on this play...

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Welcome to Jim Cee Sports

Welcome to my blog: the Jim Cee Sports (Betting) Blog.

I will post information on topics related to sports betting and sports gambling -- with the idea of using:
  • sports analytics,
  • historical data,
  • research, and
  • objective observations
-- to remove emotion from this endeavor -- and turn it into the more businesslike approach of investing in the sports marketplace. Some folks have coined the phrase "sports investing."

Please visit some of my favorite sites such as:
  • SportsInsights, and
  • Covers