Summer time is slow time at most online sportsbooks.  After NFL season and March Madness, many square bettors take the season off.  There's not as much interest in betting on MLB and the NBA post-season. Some online sportsbooks report a drop of 35% in betting volume after the Superbowl.and March Madness are finished.  As contrarians, this tends to be our favorite time at Online Sports Betting System.    We like it when sportsbooks are competing for our custom.  It always works out in our favor.

While baseball remains a popular sport in the USA, it is not very popular for betting.  In order to increase handle many online sportsbooks will present the bettor with additional betting options.  First half (5-inning) lines, second-half lines, reverse runlines, etc. start populating the betting boards.  Some books will also offer a variety of MLB prop bets to entice some additional betting action.  Over/unders on total strike outs and total home runs in a game are some popular offerings.  A careful and selective bettor can find some real values in some of these lines.

Promotions on MLB betting usually abound in the spring.  Dime lines are a dime a dozen.  (Pardon the pun!) Freeplays and even cash reload bonus offers start hitting our e-mail in-box in March and barely let up through May.  Couple that with a full slate of games every day for more than 5 months, and MLB season is our most profitable time of the year. 

One thing to be aware of, however is that the decrease in volume in the summer months is due to a loss of interest by the generally unknowledgeable square bettors.  This means that those remaining to gamble at online sportsbooks tend to be more sophisticated.  The sportsbooks are aware of this, of course, so the lines get a little sharper in the summer.  The overround on a dimeline is fairly low so the sportsbooks are cautious when they post them.  Values are still available, but you have to look thoroughly in order to find them.

Happy Hunting!