Do you think there will ever be a time when all games and lines are EXACTLY the same?

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When all books will follow 1 book/line maker and have the EXACT prices on every possibilitiy.

Like 1 big line service and everyone bets into it thru smaller books. I am talking from props to sides, everything. Like the NYSE.
 

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not a chance in hell..........ice i like ya but the dogscale had more substance than this one
 

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My point is that there are so few gamblers out in the betting world nowadays that if the books don't put up sharp lines they will get beat and eventually go under. I mean razor shapr lines.

The betting crowd is WAY WAY sharper than every before because if you are playing in this current enviroment than you are doing this at a pretty high level. Not fun or easy for the casual player to bet nowadays.

Books that don't pay attention will be exposed. The square players are not out there like they use to be.

I can give you some examples all day long of books falling asleep behind the wheel and they are getting hammered cause of it.
 

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Didn't you lose to a book that had soft hockey lines??
 

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not a chance in hell..........ice i like ya but the dogscale had more substance than this one

The Dog thread was one of my all time favorites. The best part was when Harrington said " weigh yourself and then pick up your stupid dog and weigh the both of you then subtract the two. Now stop starting stupid threads on a gambling forum."

For some reason I laughed for days at that one. I'm kinda gigling thinking about it right now
 

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uh oh iceman! are you seeing a bleak future ahead for yourself? maybe I should start a pay site now, i'll let you know about it good sir!
 

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I could see it one day turning into a market type situation at all books. Similar to the way the stock markets work.

the books would become "brokers" and they will attempt place your order on the "exchange" at your desired price.
 

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No.

If there ever is I will happily set up offshore, hire 10-20 of the brightest and move 1/2 a point off those lines.

Sean
 

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I could see it one day turning into a market type situation at all books. Similar to the way the stock markets work.

the books would become "brokers" and they will attempt place your order on the "exchange" at your desired price.


I wish someone had the money and the balls to set up a company, with that structure, and challenge US laws. You're argument would be "How is this different from the stock market"?
 

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I wish someone had the money and the balls to set up a company, with that structure, and challenge US laws. You're argument would be "How is this different from the stock market"?
Exactly. I agree wholeheartedly! I use the stock market analogy whenever I think about the word "gambling" as so ironic when we can deposit money into online broker sites & not get any guaranteed return (and can lose 100% if you put all your money in shaky stocks that announce tomorrow they're filing bankruptcy & freezes their stock trading).

That's gambling. I don't want to get started on this. Just regulate this industry. These days, it feels weird to tell my friends, "I am investing money in the sports market with a great return." LOL.

* CalvinTy
 

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i have argued this for years. In stocks you are basing your opinion on the books, and nobody ever cooks them:lol:

In betting, you watch and pick who you like. If a team is expected to win by 10 and wins by 9 you lose, 11 you in. Similiar to a p/e ratio, expect no retarded analyst saying well we are now recommeding a strong buy. They are just a bunch of touts, no differnce.

I don't know who the biggest tout is, but they are like Goldman Sach's. They are idiots all the same.
 

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Firstly its a weak argument to say the Stock Market is the same as Sports Betting. The average Joe doesnt do Stocks and if he does it tends to be Blue Chip, hardly Gambling whereas he can empty his bank account in no time betting sports. As to the question of one price there's two ways of looking at it. If you consider pitting your wits against a person who probably knows as much as you do and then give him a 2.5% advantage it doesnt look very rosy but thats what we do everyday. I really think even well informed Punters dont understand how huge the Books margins actually are in the course of things so it would appear there's always room for new Books to work. The other side of the argument is the Exchanges have basically done away with all but the British high St Bookmakers who posted crappy odds, because Betfair has such a clientel, for the time being can charge 5% commission which keeps a window open for the Books but in the Future as other Exchanges like Matchbook build up their members they will be able to afford a commission that will undermine the Books to the point that you could have a critical mass price on every Game. :drink:
 

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