Question on arbing

[Foals]

I'm a new bookie at the moment and I'm trying to figure out how to arb this.

I gave out LAL+500 SAS-800 series bet and i have $500 worth of action on both sides.

Basically i have LAL +500, $500 to win $2500
SAS -900, $4500 to win $500

if san antonio wins, i get $0. but if the lakers win, i get $2000.

how will I arb this (i profit regardless of which side wins) with 5dimes if their lines are at LAL+660 SAS-840?

[bihon]

Back $1680 SAS @1.19.

[shaunovery]

Back $1680 SAS @1.19.

can't do that now spurs are at -1600

[bihon]

can't do that now spurs are at -1600

It doesn't matter.
The math is simply deviding the potential winings on one selection with the odds of the opposite one, so with -1600 it should be 2000/1.0625=$1882 back.

[Taka]

It doesn't matter.
The math is simply deviding the potential winings on one selection with the odds of the opposite one, so with -1600 it should be 2000/1.0625=$1882 back.

Speaking of math: $2000 x 1.0625 = $125

[William Walters]

Speaking of math: $2000 x 1.0625 = $125

[Taka]

? I was speaking of his profit, the 2k is his anyway. In that case, should SA win the series, he gets 0 from the action he took and $125 from the hedge. Should Lakers win, he gets $2000 from the action but also loses $2000 on the hedge. I don't think it's worth hedging... maybe if Lakers can steal the next one in SA.