Probably common knowledge question.

jaydoggie · Apr 25, 2006

Im browsing pinnacle right now, and most of the games have "8 cent lines". To me this means both sides average out to -104.

In otherwords, the sum of both sides equals -8.

But in the cases of heavy favorites, when the favorite is -200 or better, it seems there is a 16 cent difference.

Is there a reason for this? Or am I just missing something.

fhmesq44 · Apr 25, 2006

Just the way it is with juice. Same goes for football, if you have a close point line, the money line will be in 5 or 10 dollar incriments, but as the point line increases, the money line will be in 50 or 100 jumps. Basically the bigger the favorite the larger the juice jumps.

totalguy · Apr 25, 2006

Its all about the book's hold or return given equal action on both sides. If you convert the lines into percentages, you'd see this easier.

Take your -104/-104 example. Convert both of those to percentages, add them up and then subtract 100%. 50.98% + 50.98% - 100% = 1.96% This is Pinnacle's take given equal action.

Now -200/+184. 66.67% + 35.21% - 100% = 1.88%

If Pinnacle held that 8 cent line all the way up the scale, their hold would decrease as you move up the scale. The 16 cent line at -200 helps them keep their hold consistent with the -104/-104s.

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