A few more questions about exchanges?

Iceman · Jan 8, 2006

I have been looking at signing up at Mansion and Matchbook and still have a few questions. Am I missing something but shouldn't you get the best line on almost EVERY game on these exchanges, unless the public is all over 1 team. They will never bar you or limit you if they think you are scalping/middiling, will they (seems they like they wouldn't care.) Why would anybody make any offer that they couldn't get better at another book, the reason I ask this is I think I have noticed some offers out there that are worse than other books. Isn't this BY FAR the best way to scalp or even line shop at reduced juice, seems like a no brainer, Is their something I am missing, seems almost to good to be true.

Doug · Jan 8, 2006

A lot of Mansion stuff is their offer at -104, which is really -105 with fee, and that's comparable to Trojan, or Pinny ( until they go -108/ -102) Mansion is great because funds are released when you buy back the other side ( like in bases), but that doesn't happen if the pointspread moves, it does work on ML's.

Fishhead · Jan 8, 2006

Getting 10 scalps MINIUMUM a day at Matchbook..........when the size of the card is average or larger.

jeckll · Jan 8, 2006

I almost always get lower juice at tradesports, often even or -102, -104 when most books are at -110

Iceman · Jan 8, 2006

So they are the one's making the offers? They still wouln't bar you would they? Have any of you guys made offers?

Number_9 · Jan 8, 2006

Fish-

Are those ten scalps all within Matchbook, or Matchbook against another book?

Thanks.

jeckll · Jan 8, 2006

Fish--

Also interested in what you have to say about scalping on exchanges. I've been a user of TradeSports (the oldest exchange AFAIK) for several years but never really used it for scalping purposes, mostly for in game betting and often the odds on straight bets there are better than at books.

How many outs do you have that you scalp with exchanges? It seems like you'd have to be watching the exchanges (matchbook, etc) 24/7 as the odds change so quickly that you'd rarely be able to find scalps.

Either way, very interested in any info ya can give!