Boxslayer, you are very right. Very. But, you fail to understand, that they are still human. And NO human in this world, unless I'm prooven wrong I will stick to this, can predict the future. No trend, inside info, or ANY information, will give ANYONE, a precise predictiction of the future.
Unless they are involving themselves in collusion with the players themselves, lol, the books have NO more of an ability to predict a game, than a bettor does. Only difference, is that the books have an edge, where in they can set the "lines" a certain way, based on trends, and past information, inside information. To make "conditions" which may loose. In other words, take an nba game..... If you, and the books, and EVERYONE in the world, knows for sure, miami will be at detroit, then, shit, the line is going to be something totally against the bettor. A "condition" that may or may not come into reality. Say the final score is miami 121 detroit 119...
Everyone who bet miami -6 lost. And, the people who bet detroit +6 won. Now, books know MOST bettors will play the "conditions". The lines. -6/+6. Yeah, you'll get a few that play miami to win straight up, but, they're making dirt from that.
Do you see what I mean? They can predict the outcome no more than you can. They just use math, and trends, to set "conditions" you HAVE to play, if you want to be on a side, that pays ATLEAST -110.
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