sportbook line change/while sumitting your bet?

UNCGQ · 02-27-10, 12:45 PM

They dropped the URI line from -6.5 to -5.5 between when I refreshed the odds and when I placed the bet. I'll take it

1UP · 02-27-10, 12:53 PM

It's just normal line movement and has nothing to do with trying to coax you for more money. Sometimes the odds get worse, sometimes they're better. But if you believe in your pick, place what you want on the new line.

edlaw · 02-27-10, 12:55 PM

yeah i think any sportsbook gives u a line and when your sumitting your bet @ the time and change it while your putting your bet in r real scum bags b/it breaks my focus of all my bets while trying to put them in and there changing all the lines,usually put in 5-8 bets in @ a time and there line changing 2-3/i dont like there little game,its as if u have a pattern of betting and they know what your pattern is say line @ 150 is- 220 u sumitt it they know your on it and going to take it they will take the 150 and jack-it to -260 j/to get the few dollars more out of u,so then i have to jack my amount of my bet to compensate!

UNCGQ · 02-27-10, 01:00 PM

Originally posted by 1UP

It's just normal line movement and has nothing to do with trying to coax you for more money. Sometimes the odds get worse, sometimes they're better. But if you believe in your pick, place what you want on the new line.

++1

HoulihansTX · 02-27-10, 01:01 PM

Happens all the time, for those of us who wait late to book games.

Jaug · 02-27-10, 01:15 PM

If they do it a lot to you it's called air moves. They know you are sharp and move the lines when you want to bet. Not a good way to do business.

THE PROFIT · 02-27-10, 01:17 PM

Common occurrence. Hell, it happens to me all the time trying to submit my bets for our sbr contests. You better confirm every one as you select it . If you select 10 & then try to confirm you'll have to go back & select half again because of line changes.
Happens mostly 3-5 minutes before gametime, because that's when every degenerate in the world who is unsure about his plays is sweating profusely punching buttons bettin' money he doesn't have on games he's not sure of.

edlaw · 02-27-10, 01:18 PM

i agree/thanks for the insight/always learning in this biz/cant ever be to comfy/figured somebody on this forum would have knowledge of this/thanks again BOL

THE PROFIT · 02-27-10, 01:19 PM

Bookmaker will throw opening lines out for you to bite on & then tell you the game has started. The games doesn't start for 26 hours. They just want to see what the sharps are waiting like predators to bite on. When they first show up I try to confirm a small play on a game I don't care about to see if it's for real or a fake so I don't let them know what I'm dropping big on.

edlaw · 02-27-10, 01:25 PM

well if u make a mistake w/your bet after u sumit it they tell u u can change your bet w/in 10-15 mins of your bet and u call to change-it and they tell u they cant b/they cant change the computer's bet to overide the bet/its j/sounds to shady of doing biz/dont change the line while i finalize my bet and there wont be a mistake,i really dont care b/i think i figured there little scumbag game looks like the geo/n.d. game is a under anyways,its j/a line indicator to me telling me im on the right bet so jack the amount and really screw back stop f***k w/the line while im trying to bet it