I'm pretty sure i've seen olympic take advantage of posting a bad line on the occasional halftime and then changing it faster than the clones - posting a new line somewhere in between the bad line and the true line. Not saying the bad lines were intentional, just that they may have made a mistake and then taken advantage of clones. This may have been easier in years past then it would be today.
TTinCO said:
And they should . Not saying they do, but more power to them. Cloning in this industry is often sickening. Olympic would make 1000's of props only to see them on every other site an hour later. I deal with the same thing on a weekly basis. At least give a book the decency to write a few bets before you have a $5 an hour copy and paste specialist steal their work.
If you are going to clone, be prepared to get turned upside down at some point in time. :howdy:
Your better off paying for the service than cloning long term. 1 dinger can cost you 10k+ a month. 10k a month on average is alot more than a few thousand a month and the integrity that comes with it.
Just my 2 cents.
nimue77 said:
It was on earlier this year, and the re-run was on last night. It was funny, how one of the CSIs was explaining to a chick, Duke -15 and Louisville +23, etc. The girl was repeating back to him what +23 meant. It landed on 22. Not very realistic, but it was cool to see on CBS tv.
Before the Internet other stores would paint our #s. The twits would wait till we got flattened out then put them up. Most #s would come back toward our openers meaning we had mostly two way action. The copy joints would have basically one sided business. Guess who won over the long haul. They would lose and have the balls to blame it on us to their bosses......Scotty
THere is nothing more valuable than a good lines maker..There are good ones around, but the great ones are scarce..The software is like driving a car during the 24 hours of LeMans..You need to always watch for changes, the way the $$ is coming in, but you must also have a feel for the line..Like throwing dice in a way..Its funny, its hard to pick the winners when you wager, but easier to pick the losers..A great linesmen has a feel for the games and the changes as they come in..He can lead players by seeing and favoring a side, without wagering on the game..Some houses wait for certain players to wager, and then they follow that lead..A good linesmen watches the players, and the screen..Its a tough job, and on saturdays during FB..thankless..
In our industry a mistake can help the house, while also exposing it..The game of chance..With props and now first half baseball lines, the line managers job is evolving more and more into the heartbeat of many books..
In our industry a mistake can help the house, while also exposing it..The game of chance..With props and now first half baseball lines, the line managers job is evolving more and more into the heartbeat of many books..
