When do "dime lines" start to separate?

[StackinGreen]

I see some linemakers have $.10 spreads in the low to middle 100s but see frequently where there is discrepancy on when it starts to get up to .20 difference or more. Sometimes it goes .15, sometimes a full .20 by -170 price (+150 dog).

Anyone have a standard against which one can say what a "dime line" is as opposed to twenty center?

Thanks in advance

[StackinGreen]

^ bump

No standard answer?

[SAX27]

Hard to answer, books always looking for their angle. Angles seem to work for the books.

My local & I have an agreement, 10 cent lines on anything less than -200, 20 cent lines on -200 or higher. Feel like I have a bit of an edge...but...so far this year 54% puts me at a slight minus for the MLB season YTD.

[hotcross]

I don't have the facts right at my fingertips. But here are some of today's actual lines at a VERY low-vig book I'm using (so these probably tighter than commonly found / other books I've used in the past have been more difference as the favorite moneyline increases):

Miami +271 at NY Yankees -300

Colorado +116 at Pittsburgh -126

Kansas City +188 at Toronto -205

Texas +165 at Tampa -180

Washington +156 at NY Mets -169

Philadelphia -120 at Atlanta +110

Cincinnati +119 at Milwaukee -129

Chicago W.Sox +130 at Oakland -141

Houston -110 at Seattle +101

LA Dodgers -139 at San Diego +127

[StackinGreen]

Hard to answer, books always looking for their angle. Angles seem to work for the books.

My local & I have an agreement, 10 cent lines on anything less than -200, 20 cent lines on -200 or higher. Feel like I have a bit of an edge...but...so far this year 54% puts me at a slight minus for the MLB season YTD.

I suspected the menu got changed a little, mine was more along your lines, which I get, but then I saw -170s were associated with +150s ... I don't think that's common, is it?

Yeah hotcross ... the ones I'm interested in are prices approaching -160 to -190 ... and the associated dog. Your Toronto line is still within .17 cents ...

[hotcross]

my Mets line only 13 cents, and the Oakland line only 11 cents. Pretty sure other books would have these at 15 to 20 cents at those levels.

Tampa only 15 cents at -180, that definitely would be 20 cents at most books.

[fecgp40]

I suspected the menu got changed a little, mine was more along your lines, which I get, but then I saw -170s were associated with +150s ... I don't think that's common, is it?

Yeah hotcross ... the ones I'm interested in are prices approaching -160 to -190 ... and the associated dog. Your Toronto line is still within .17 cents ...

I use 5dimes, and the 160-190 range are still within .10 for me.

[StackinGreen]

Here are examples today:

Pirates -143/Rockies +133, all lower than that are dime lines, then
Brewers -160/Reds +145
LA/Bos -170/+150
Cle/Min -180/+160

Don't understand why separation is 15 then 20 definitively at -170 or higher ... but looking at vegasinsider I see that it's not that far off vegas books, I'm guessing the offshore are almost always superior too

[hotcross]

for sure offshore better lines than Vegas, especially on Totals for baseball

[jtoler]

noobish question

[Ralphie Halves]

Don't be fooled....

Even if the lines start to separate, the house take can remain similar, and will even go up sometimes.

For example

Cards -130
Reds +120

House edge = 1.94%

So once those lines grow and start to get further apart, your edge goes up, right?

Cards -210
Reds +190

House edge = 2.18%

Nope.

If you wanna play around with the odds -- https://wizardofodds.com/games/sport...es-calculator/

[StackinGreen]

Got it