How did the books do this week? Royal recaps THEIR week!

[Jeff]

Royal Review
By Victor Ludorem

It was a busy weekend for Royal Sports, as cold weather across the country brought a halt to outdoor activities for many sportsmen. Records for handle and actives indicate most of them stayed home to watch and wager on their favorite teams. Too bad for Royal, as most all of them polished on their lucky horseshoes and won this weekend.

Here’s how they did it to us.

Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden must have felt deja-voodoo all over again as another kick sails wide right against Miami once more. This latest saga shall go down as WideRight III. The public was all over the Hurricanes +6.5 as again Bowden gets impaled on Chief Osceola’s flaming spear at midfield in the Orange Bowl. Expect a run on Tuck’s Pads in Tallahassee this week.

In a battle between service academies the Air Force Falcons sank the Navy Midshipmen 27-14. The airmen dominated the game and doubled up on the score however came up short having to lay 16.5 points. Reminiscent of Tora Tora Tora where the flyboys won the battle but lost the war. Anchors away! That’s two weeks in a row where Navy has covered a big decision for the Royal bookmaker.

Have you seen the kid’s picture on the milk carton with the caption “Have you seen….

the only person who didn’t bet on the South Carolina Game****s on Saturday?” An 8to1 ratio of bettors rejoiced as SC rallied in the second half to beat the Wildcats of Kentucky in a southern fried contest. A huge win for the gamblers.

Everybody rode the Bulldogs as well, as Georgia beat the punchless Tennessee Vols ‘between the hedges’ for the first time in ten years. Twice the Dawg defense denied the visitors 4th and 1 inside 10 yard line to preserve the victory. How ‘bout them Dawgs?

On the pro side, we split out. Most folks took the rested Buffalo Bills coming off a bye week on the road against Miami. One thing is for certain a Dolphin is more at home on in SouthBeach than a buffalo. Bring on the heat! Most folks lost on this one.

Go figure how could anybody forecast old totempole head Kordell Stewart would spearhead a 20-3 Steeler rout over the New York Jets. The home team could not get clearance for takeoff without Capt.Vinnie in the ****pit. Fans in the Meadowlands hopes were dashed early as Vinnie and the Jets went down fast as a flaming Concorde.

We have already alerted FedEx headquarters in Memphis to send an extra plane to Curacao for all the Royal checks going out of here this week.

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[Fred]

thanks for some insight into what it's like on the 'other side of the counter'

-- "An 8to1 ratio of bettors rejoiced as SC rallied in the second half to beat the Wildcats of Kentucky"

i had no idea action could be so lopsided!

is this in the very extreme? are ratios of 2-1, 3-1 common?

presumably the SC bettors had shared different numbers? (-1, -1.5, -2, -2.5....how far did it go?)

is the imbalance due, in part, to a lot of late SC money -- so there's little time get buyback?

how do you balance when to move the number to actract opposite action verses the risk of being middled?

cheers

[mls]

Royal - thanks for a very interesting series!

I also wonder why with an 8-1 SC ratio Royal didn't move their line more.

Finally, how is Royal doing for the year so far. Most players I know are having a pretty good year ...

[Wim]

Response to MLS: The Royal mantra of
*Curteous, professional service
*Fair lines to shoot at
*Prompt return of your funds
prevent us from jerking the number around, no matter how lopsided we get. At Royal Sports, unlike others, we are farsighted and well financed enough to not try to win every game or even every day. We realize that you win some and you lose some. Games and days don't matter, months and years do. We are interested only in giving our customers a fair shake,excellent service and payment on demand. Hopefully this will translate into lifelong satisfied customers. Gratefully it has.

[Wim]

Response to Fred:
1. SC money was strong and steady all day long with no ebs and flows.
2. Yes this is towards the extreme end of the ratio spectrum. Ratios of 2,3,4to1 are certainly more common. I have seen ratios here as high as 12to1 before. More evenly balanced action is the norm. Many times the sides just about split out and the real financial outcomes are dictated on how the junk (parlays/teasers)plays out.
3. In regard to The Great Walenda balancing act, this is all done by feel. Feel is gained by experience. The Royal family of handicappers and linemakers work together in concerted effort to achieve this precarious balance point of profitability. A typical weekend afternoon at Royal resembles mission control for an Apollo flight. Needless to say, we take our business very seriously.
4. Thank you very much for the kind words. We are proud of Victor's literary accomplishments. We endorse his motto..."Work hard, Play hard, Stay hard."

[krackman]

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