Question Regarding Reverse Bets...

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Why don't many, if any, offshores take these bets? A lot of locals have stopped as well. Are these bets a bad deal for the bookmaker? I don't know the eact math behind them but it would seem that the book would still have the edge with:
win/win +400
lose/win -110
lose/lose -220

Anyone have any insight?

 

[Tablarasa]

With squares, the book will make plenty of money on reverses.

Unlike parlays though, a reverse does not have a built in juice advantage for the house, it has the same advantage as the straight plays.

People who play a lot of reverses tend to be rollercoasters too. Peaks and valleys, much more volatile.

 

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Tablarasa-

Thanks for the response. When you say the same advantage as straight plays, there is at least a built in -110/100 advantage though, correct?