Calculating average line??

Vision · Jul 27, 2008

If you have someone's record and how many units they have won, how do you calculate the average line?

Romanowski · Jul 27, 2008

youd have to have a record of every bet

dumb question

Vision · Jul 27, 2008

No, you're an idiot. I'll figure it out, I was just wondering if anyone knew so I could save myself some time.

Romanowski · Jul 27, 2008

a record doesnt indicate what lines they bet into at all

you would need the entire spreadsheet of their bets

no other way around it

unless you are assuming every bet was a ML sport (hockey, bases, etc)

goodcall · Jul 27, 2008

if wins-losses > units, 100*(units-wins)/losses

if wins-losses < units, 100*(units+losses)/wins

Vision · Jul 28, 2008

Thanks goodcall.

Vision · Jul 28, 2008

Here's what I came up with:

Average line=((units won+(games played*(1-win percentage)))/(games played*win percentage))+1

Average line is in eu (decimal) format

Vision · Jul 28, 2008

To demonstrate. If my record is:
7-9 +3.5 units

then the equation would be

((3.5+(16*(1-0.4375)))/(16*0.4375))+1=
2.785714286

Converted to American odds that's: +178.57