Originally Posted by Kevan
There was a time that, before those lines were massaged by bettors throughout the week, there used to be an early line. It was an overnight opening line that Vegas oddsmakers sent to a few, well respected, select professional sports bettors. These bettors would bet the line, with limits, which would then give bookmakers an idea of how to adjust the lines before releasing them to the public. This helped Vegas prepare to balance the line with the "sharps," just like your thread title says. Once released, betting centers like Louisiana, Chicago, and New York sent much of the action early while the rest of the nation caught up closer to game time.
Now, with worldwide gambling so accessible, and so many opinions being read instantly at a place like Pinnacle, I wonder if this system is at work anymore. Bookmakers and odds-makers are more or less one and the same anymore and they too may employ "sharps."
Any thoughts Hat?
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There was a time that, before those lines were massaged by bettors throughout the week, there used to be an early line. It was an overnight opening line that Vegas oddsmakers sent to a few, well respected, select professional sports bettors. These bettors would bet the line, with limits, which would then give bookmakers an idea of how to adjust the lines before releasing them to the public. This helped Vegas prepare to balance the line with the "sharps," just like your thread title says. Once released, betting centers like Louisiana, Chicago, and New York sent much of the action early while the rest of the nation caught up closer to game time.
Now, with worldwide gambling so accessible, and so many opinions being read instantly at a place like Pinnacle, I wonder if this system is at work anymore. Bookmakers and odds-makers are more or less one and the same anymore and they too may employ "sharps."
Any thoughts Hat?
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