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  • Just Enough
    SBR MVP
    • 10-15-09
    • 4187

    #1
    hockey wagering question
    hey guys, i have a quick newb question. what's the advantage of taking a team to win by -1/2 a goal? it's the same line as taking them to win in 3. i only see that option in 3 way betting, so i'm only assuming that -1/2 is for regulation only. am i wrong? thanks for any explanations.
  • Meestermike
    SBR Sharp
    • 11-21-06
    • 329

    #2
    Most if not all books only offer -1/2 on regulation time only
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    • Just Enough
      SBR MVP
      • 10-15-09
      • 4187

      #3
      ok, for example, if i took the pens to win in regulation @ +125. what's the difference if i took them -1/2 in regulation @+125? they need to win in regulation either way. correct?
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      • xyz
        SBR Wise Guy
        • 02-14-08
        • 521

        #4
        Originally posted by Just Enough
        ok, for example, if i took the pens to win in regulation @ +125. what's the difference if i took them -1/2 in regulation @+125? they need to win in regulation either way. correct?
        They are the same.
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        • Just Enough
          SBR MVP
          • 10-15-09
          • 4187

          #5
          thanks xyz. that's what i thought.
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          • BigdaddyQH
            SBR Posting Legend
            • 07-13-09
            • 19530

            #6
            There is a difference. If you take a team to win even up in regulation time, and the game ends up in a tie, you push. If you give up the 1/2 point, you lose in some books, because your team lost by that 1/2 point in regulation.
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            • LT Profits
              SBR Aristocracy
              • 10-27-06
              • 90963

              #7
              Originally posted by BigdaddyQH
              There is a difference. If you take a team to win even up in regulation time, and the game ends up in a tie, you push. If you give up the 1/2 point, you lose in some books, because your team lost by that 1/2 point in regulation.
              At some books, regulation only lines are 3-way lines with the tie as an option. Based on what the poster said about the odds on -1/2 being the same as regulation ML, this sounds like a 3-way line.
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