Wil/Mods, Live Odds Question

fhmesq44 · Apr 2, 2007

I checked the live odds for the NYM/STL game last night and it only showed 7.5o -130 with no game line.

1 - what are these lines, i.e., closing lines, opening lines?
2 - Why do you guys show 7.5o -130 and covers shows 8u-115? You may or may not know what they show as their posted line (presumably it is the closing line), but the line history shows this moved from 7.5 to 8 fairly early on.
3 - Why don't you show the game line?

Thanks. I have to track closing lines so it is important that I get accurate information. I just checked some of the lines for games that are already off and they differ as well.

wilheim · Apr 2, 2007

fhmesqu44

I sent a link of this thread to Rx. GM Rick and am sure he will be able answer your Live Odds questions better than I can. Watch for a post soon from Rick.

Thanks, wil..

fhmesq44 · Apr 2, 2007

wilheim said:
I sent a link of this thread to Rx. GM Rick and am sure he will be able answer your Live Odds questions better than I can. Watch for a post soon from Rick.

Thanks, wil..

perfect, thanks.

fhmesq44 · Apr 4, 2007

Any word on this?

Journeyman · Apr 4, 2007

Wilheim is off today.

RickA · Apr 4, 2007

fhmesq44 said:
I checked the live odds for the NYM/STL game last night and it only showed 7.5o -130 with no game line.
1 - what are these lines, i.e., closing lines, opening lines?
2 - Why do you guys show 7.5o -130 and covers shows 8u-115? You may or may not know what they show as their posted line (presumably it is the closing line), but the line history shows this moved from 7.5 to 8 fairly early on.
3 - Why don't you show the game line?
Thanks. I have to track closing lines so it is important that I get accurate information. I just checked some of the lines for games that are already off and they differ as well.

FHM - The lines on the live odds page are updated every time the sportsbooks make a change. For opening lines, the Opener column has the opening line from BetCris/Bookmaker.com. The lines stay up after the game starts so you can see what the closing lines are. We have direct feeds from the sportsbooks, so the information on the page is very accurate. I am not sure why covers would have something different if you looked at the same time.

The game lines are displayed for all sports. In baseball we show both the favorite and the underdog lines.
Thanks
Rick

fhmesq44 · Apr 4, 2007

Thanks Rick. I monitored a few games yesterday and the day before with 5Dimes and it seems covers is wrong for some reason. At least I figured it out.

Why aren't any lines up for 5dimes now? This happened yesterday as well. It appears some lines never make it up there, some get dropped and other times only the o/u is shown with no game line.

RickA · Apr 4, 2007

fhmesq44 said:
Thanks Rick. I monitored a few games yesterday and the day before with 5Dimes and it seems covers is wrong for some reason. At least I figured it out.

Why aren't any lines up for 5dimes now? This happened yesterday as well. It appears some lines never make it up there, some get dropped and other times only the o/u is shown with no game line.

I see what you are saying about the 5Dimes lines. I will have our programmers look into it ASAP.

Thanks
Rick