Stll very new to whole exchange concept and haven't signed up but looking at some of the offers, wouldn't be better for the player making the offer to go on to say pinnacle and get a better price. I don't understand some of these offers if the line is better at other books. Am i missing something, is other people seeing these same "mistakes"? I know in a perfect exhange both the offer and the person accepting should get better juice but sometimes it seems like it don't work that way, why?
When you say baragain odds are you saying they made a mistake? If no mistake are the odds you are seeing still better for the person making the offer than any book has (win-win for everyone) or do you think they don't know better. I know my examples aren't the general rule of thumb on what is going on there, just seems like something I have seen and can't quite figure out why they (person making offer) just wouldn't take better #(esp. better juice) at another book.
That exchanges don't boot winners and scalpers is probably their greatest strength. Never having your limits cut and always feeling confident getting the best number you can without reprisal is powerful stuff.
Matchbook and Mansion are have must exchanges for the American bettor, IMHO. Tradesports too, but their way of making wagers is rather unintutive (I've read the instructions and gone through the tuturials at least twice and still don't adequately understand it). Betbug is an interesting peer-to-peer exchange-type software, but maybe somebody likes it, not me.
Europe has a much more developed exchange scene with Betfair, BetDaq, and BetDaq.co.uk. Betfair and Betdaq don't take American action, but BetDaq.co.uk -may- (I didn't read anything saying the don't take American money on the site). Another European exchange, BackandLay, may or may not take American action.
Matchbook and Mansion are have must exchanges for the American bettor, IMHO. Tradesports too, but their way of making wagers is rather unintutive (I've read the instructions and gone through the tuturials at least twice and still don't adequately understand it). Betbug is an interesting peer-to-peer exchange-type software, but maybe somebody likes it, not me.
Europe has a much more developed exchange scene with Betfair, BetDaq, and BetDaq.co.uk. Betfair and Betdaq don't take American action, but BetDaq.co.uk -may- (I didn't read anything saying the don't take American money on the site). Another European exchange, BackandLay, may or may not take American action.
Some of the biggest mistakes i've seen on exchanges are by bots. On one occasion a bot suddenly took a strong opinion on a NY Knicks game and laid them for over $300,000 on the spread, ouch!!
Earlier this year i got $4k on NY Jets +4.5 against NO Saints. I was very happy with the 21-19 result as I had bought back on Saints +2 and scored a middle.
Despite these incidents alot of exchanges are now very tight and any slight value doesn't last for long.
Earlier this year i got $4k on NY Jets +4.5 against NO Saints. I was very happy with the 21-19 result as I had bought back on Saints +2 and scored a middle.
Despite these incidents alot of exchanges are now very tight and any slight value doesn't last for long.
