Next up, I want to look at how to compare a spread to a moneyline. Although each offshore book is different, here is a chart that is published on the Internet showing a general guideline for converting spreads to moneylines in the NFL. Note that college is slightly different and is omitted here in the interest of space.
<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD>Favorite
Pointspread </TD><TD>Corresponding
Moneyline</TD></TR><TR><TD>-2</TD><TD>-130/+110</TD></TR><TR><TD>-2.5</TD><TD>-140/+120</TD></TR><TR><TD>-3 </TD><TD>-155/+135</TD></TR><TR><TD>-3.5</TD><TD>-175/+155</TD></TR><TR><TD>-4</TD><TD>-200/+170</TD></TR><TR><TD>-4.5</TD><TD>-220/+180</TD></TR><TR><TD>-5/-5.5</TD><TD>-240/+190</TD></TR><TR><TD>-6</TD><TD>-270/+210</TD></TR><TR><TD>-6.5</TD><TD>-300/+220</TD></TR><TR><TD>-7</TD><TD>-330/+250</TD></TR><TR><TD>-7.5/-8/-8.5</TD><TD>-360/+280</TD></TR><TR><TD>-9/-9.5</TD><TD>-400/+300</TD></TR><TR><TD>-10</TD><TD>-450/+325</TD></TR><TR><TD>-11 </TD><TD>-550/+375</TD></TR><TR><TD>-12</TD><TD>-600/+400</TD></TR><TR><TD>-13</TD><TD>-650/+450</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
One of the most common questions I am asked in reader emails is why we don’t offer moneylines for spreads outside the 2-14 range. The reason is that outside these ranges it becomes difficult to balance action. If a spread moves from –1.5 to –1, you don’t have much room to move on the moneyline. Players will simply ignore betting the +1 and take the dog at +105 or even, lowering the vig for the house. Above 14, the moneylines are just too high. Bettors seldom lay the big price and then the House sometimes takes big hits when the big upsets come in (like last year’s Super Bowl).
<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD>Favorite
Pointspread </TD><TD>Corresponding
Moneyline</TD></TR><TR><TD>-2</TD><TD>-130/+110</TD></TR><TR><TD>-2.5</TD><TD>-140/+120</TD></TR><TR><TD>-3 </TD><TD>-155/+135</TD></TR><TR><TD>-3.5</TD><TD>-175/+155</TD></TR><TR><TD>-4</TD><TD>-200/+170</TD></TR><TR><TD>-4.5</TD><TD>-220/+180</TD></TR><TR><TD>-5/-5.5</TD><TD>-240/+190</TD></TR><TR><TD>-6</TD><TD>-270/+210</TD></TR><TR><TD>-6.5</TD><TD>-300/+220</TD></TR><TR><TD>-7</TD><TD>-330/+250</TD></TR><TR><TD>-7.5/-8/-8.5</TD><TD>-360/+280</TD></TR><TR><TD>-9/-9.5</TD><TD>-400/+300</TD></TR><TR><TD>-10</TD><TD>-450/+325</TD></TR><TR><TD>-11 </TD><TD>-550/+375</TD></TR><TR><TD>-12</TD><TD>-600/+400</TD></TR><TR><TD>-13</TD><TD>-650/+450</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
One of the most common questions I am asked in reader emails is why we don’t offer moneylines for spreads outside the 2-14 range. The reason is that outside these ranges it becomes difficult to balance action. If a spread moves from –1.5 to –1, you don’t have much room to move on the moneyline. Players will simply ignore betting the +1 and take the dog at +105 or even, lowering the vig for the house. Above 14, the moneylines are just too high. Bettors seldom lay the big price and then the House sometimes takes big hits when the big upsets come in (like last year’s Super Bowl).
We may see some new ML records this season when The Big Unit Randy Johnson pitches at the Stadium for the Yankees against some Devil Ray call-up rookie righthander next September. What number will they hang if the DRays are 25 games back but the Yanks need the game to put the Red Sox away into wild card country.
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1998 Temple knocked of V-Tech as 35.5 pt. dogs. I also remember ISU beating Nebraska 10-15 years ago as 30+ pt. dogs. There are probably others though.
BLACKSBURG -- Maybe they'll cancel homecoming next year at Virginia Tech.
Temple, a 35 1/2 point underdog, shocked the undefeated and 14th-ranked Hokies with a 28-24 victory Saturday before a stunned Lane Stadium crowd of 47,610. One of Las Vegas' leading oddsmakers ranked it among the top five upsets in college football history from a point spread standpoint.
``I've never been so embarrassed in my life - shell-shocked,'' Tech defensive end Corey Moore said. ``We're the laughingstock of college football right now, and deservedly ...
BLACKSBURG -- Maybe they'll cancel homecoming next year at Virginia Tech.
Temple, a 35 1/2 point underdog, shocked the undefeated and 14th-ranked Hokies with a 28-24 victory Saturday before a stunned Lane Stadium crowd of 47,610. One of Las Vegas' leading oddsmakers ranked it among the top five upsets in college football history from a point spread standpoint.
``I've never been so embarrassed in my life - shell-shocked,'' Tech defensive end Corey Moore said. ``We're the laughingstock of college football right now, and deservedly ...
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