If you could get a 1 point on every line for -120 is it worth it ?

Bet-It-All · Mar 25, 2006

Do you think its better to just bet at -110 or is it worth the extra juice to get the 1 point ?

Santo · Mar 25, 2006

What sport?

theticket_22 · Mar 25, 2006

in select sit.s YES

Iceman · Mar 25, 2006

in hoops I would say yes. You would be paying 5 cents for each half point when each half point is close to 7 cents. I am pretty sure I am right about this

trytrytry · Mar 25, 2006

nba sides maybe a push, nfl only if its on or off a 3, 4 or 7, just a bit too high to be your advantage overall. bad deal stay away

Deal or no Deal......No Deal

D2bets · Mar 25, 2006

Bet-It-All said:
Do you think its better to just bet at -110 or is it worth the extra juice to get the 1 point ?

What do you mean every line? Would you be required to bet every line? If it's simply buying 1 full point for 10 cents, in hops I would say a resounding yes.

Iceman · Mar 25, 2006

D2bets said:
What do you mean every line? Would you be required to bet every line? If it's simply buying 1 full point for 10 cents, in hops I would say a resounding yes.

this exactly like I thought

queposkid · Mar 25, 2006

Yes..its All About Rebates..if You Have Enough Outs And Get Great Rebates At Your Outs..the Middles Take Care Of Themselves..they Happen..and The Rebate Eats Into The Losing Margins..

outhousetim · Mar 25, 2006

Yes.............if

It is in football!

winbet · Mar 25, 2006

This old chestnut seems to be appearing more and more nowadays, probably because of the increase of trading on exchanges etc. Normally if its not buying off a significant figure, you have to ask yourself why you are betting a side where you are worried about 1/2 pts :icon_conf

joeykil · Mar 25, 2006

I say it is 100% worth it. Any sport

Bet-It-All said:
Do you think its better to just bet at -110 or is it worth the extra juice to get the 1 point ?

its worth it and it amazes me these books who say "i'll give you a free 1/2 point if you bet every game or I'll let you lay 15 or 20 for a point if you bet every game" Once you get numbers like that you are gonna want to bet every game. You are pretty much booking them, so the more games you bet the better.

GreenDoberman · Mar 25, 2006

I see people blindly buying 1/2 points all the time, many times when it is not appropriate.
Honestly, I saw a guy last week buy a half on a pick 'em game, it was all I could do not to choke.

TTinCO · Mar 25, 2006

GreenDoberman said:
I see people blindly buying 1/2 points all the time, many times when it is not appropriate.
Honestly, I saw a guy last week buy a half on a pick 'em game, it was all I could do not to choke.

:lolBIG: :missingte :missingte :missingte

Bet-It-All · Mar 25, 2006

joeykil said:
its worth it and it amazes me these books who say "i'll give you a free 1/2 point if you bet every game or I'll let you lay 15 or 20 for a point if you bet every game" Once you get numbers like that you are gonna want to bet every game. You are pretty much booking them, so the more games you bet the better.

My local lets me buy 1 pt for -120 but not every game but most and I can bet any amount of games.

Insiders · Mar 25, 2006

JMHO I would think the answer would be NO.

College basketball a maybe, the rest of the sports i would say no.

NFL buying on or off of 3 a GREAT BIG YES !

Sugarbear · Mar 25, 2006

At -120 straight bet for staight bet you essentially double the houses advantage of 4.5 to 9 percent. Most times it will not make a difference
and you will lose just as often as not. Worse yet those extra points build confidence where you had none before lulling you into a false sense of security when you when win. This dilutes what haddicapping/guessicapping you do as you always think in terms of that security which is false. This leads to bad habits as you start trying other gimmicks at those bad prices or some facsimle thereof.

Moral of the story. The pros fight like dogs to turn there money over at 5 percent and overcome the houses 4.54 percent edge. They do this knowing the full math of everything they are doing.

You on the other hand want to step up to the counter and bet me straight bet for straight bet - 120 to buy a 1/2 point or point thus doubling my hold over you to 9 percent or 9 dollars per hundred instead of 4.50 per?

ANY TIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE. I WILL FLAT OUT OWN YOU AND YOU WILL GO BROKE TWICE IF NOT THREE TIMES AS FAST IN THE LONG RUN.
NOT A GOOD IDEA.

nimue77 · Mar 25, 2006

If you are talking about having -110 on everything, and being able to buy a full point for an extra 10 cents on ncaa or nba basketball, I will own you - no question about that.

Sugarbear said:
At -120 straight bet for staight bet you essentially double the houses advantage of 4.5 to 9 percent. Most times it will not make a difference
and you will lose just as often as not. Worse yet those extra points build confidence where you had none before lulling you into a false sense of security when you when win. This dilutes what haddicapping/guessicapping you do as you always think in terms of that security which is false. This leads to bad habits as you start trying other gimmicks at those bad prices or some facsimle thereof.

Moral of the story. The pros fight like dogs to turn there money over at 5 percent and overcome the houses 4.54 percent edge. They do this knowing the full math of everything they are doing.

You on the other hand want to step up to the counter and bet me straight bet for straight bet - 120 to buy a 1/2 point or point thus doubling my hold over you to 9 percent or 9 dollars per hundred instead of 4.50 per?

ANY TIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE. I WILL FLAT OUT OWN YOU AND YOU WILL GO BROKE TWICE IF NOT THREE TIMES AS FAST IN THE LONG RUN.
NOT A GOOD IDEA.

TTinCO · Mar 25, 2006

Good line that has stuck in my head from a pretty sharp player....."If they offer it, no-it's not worth it".

nimue77 · Mar 26, 2006

And I don't know of anyone who offers it or I would be all over it. And I don't mean where you are forced to play every game or something to that effect.

TTinCO said:
Good line that has stuck in my head from a pretty sharp player....."If they offer it, no-it's not worth it".

AlwaysKeen · Mar 26, 2006

I feel that in the long run paying -120 for each wager, even with the extra point will hurt your overall profit margin at the end of the season...the 1/2 point and one point losses seemed to occur more with my college hoops wagers than they did in football, but I made a great deal more wagers with college hoops...