No, they are not.
If we flip a coin, you take one side and I take the other, and we each put down $1.00, then after a ton of flips we should be about even.
But if you have to put down $1.05 to my $1.00, then I say flip the coin as many times as we can. I don't care if I have heads or tails, I care that I stand to win the $1.05 to my $1.00 on the flip.
It's the position I like, Brock, not the team.
I'm not trying get the bet that wins, I'm trying to make the winning bet.
Pregame, they are not the same thing.