Huge Saturday NHL card and....

[Talking Poker]

Question for you.

Intertops has the over at 1.7692:1 (I prefer decimal format - feel free to talk me out of it). The under is 2.1:1.

I understand what that means based on what the payouts will be, but why is that? Is it because they think the over is a favorite (buy 7 would be a dog, obviously)? Or is it because they have taken too much action on the over and are trying to get people to bet the other way, to balance things out?

Also.... does it make sense to use 3, 4, 5 sportsbooks, to make sure you are always betting with the absolute best odds, even though the lines themselves may be the same?

BTW... like I said, feel free to tell me why +110, etc. lines are better than decimal format. My brain just seems to process decimal format better, I guess...