If you think of athletic powerhouses across the planet, you believe USA, Germany, Russia.
You likely don’t think of Norway, the Nordic country who is set to start a can of whoop-ass in Pyeongchang.
Either some critically sharp Olympic bettors were piling Norway or even Bovada just eventually realized their odds were far off when they made chances for all the respective events. We have seen some solid movement within the last few weeks, since Norway has gone from +300 to +140 for complete awards and +185 to -120 for gold medals.
There are currently odds for all of the 102 events listed on Bovada and I chose to go through and count the number of people with high 3 chances in each event are from Norway, Germany, and USA. You must bet on Norway at +140…
Norway: 47
Germany: 30
USA: 29
For comparison’s sake, Russia needed 29 awards to take the crown in 2014, USA had 37 for shirts in 2010, and Germany had 29 in 2006. Norway hasn’t taken this name since 1994.
Currently, counting the people with top 3 odds does not mean that Norway is going to have 18 more medals than USA. Also look at the fact that Team USA’s odds are likely shaded. I’m no doctor…or scientist…or census individual, but I would imagine Bovada has more Americans in their website than Norsemen.
As for the gold medals, Norway is likely still a good bet even at -120. They’ve 22 favorites, such as eight occasions with an odds-on favorite. Germany has 13 favorites with six odds-on, and the USA is favored in 12 events, but just three of which have an odds-on favorite. If you’re curious, these 3 events are women’s hockey, Mikaela Shiffrin in women’s ski slalom, and Lindsay Vonn in women’s downhill skiing.
The Olympics are just a few days away and coming your way soon is going to be the super-duper mega Olympic manual, together with odds, picks, and effects for EVERY occasion.
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