I have accounts with station casinos and william hill. Often times Station makes you pay the extra 1/2 point to be the favorite and i bet a lot of dogs. Mostly though, Vegas lines are never more than a 1/2 point different as it exposes them to getting posted or middled. And yes, Brandon does a lot of what you say. He has some ugly losses anyway. He tried to parlay an easy ML with Pittsburg and got burned. Experienced bettors don't use that technique as the added value rarely pays off (if you actually bet before the game is played).