How Much Action Do Books Take For Baseball?

[Bodhi]

newbie question:

I was looking at the pictures of thepig and I read an article on betfair and I was curious how much action an A rated book like jamaica, greek, etc take on an average night of baseball? Is it in the millions a night, 100s thousands, 10s thousands? The operation for the pig looks like it is geared for a hell of a lot of action and I am guessing that a pretty high volume would be needed to support that operation.

I am a twins fan and I bet them a lot just for fun in the $300 - $500 range a night. Does a bet that size matter at all to a book or is it tiny? Would a game like seattle/twins typically generate more than 50,000 of action a night at a book? Also, how many bets, regardless of amount, would they take on a twins/seattle game during the couple of hours before gametime? Are there hundreds or thousands of bets streaming through?

Thanks

[Bill Dozer]

newbie question:

I was looking at the pictures of thepig and I read an article on betfair and I was curious how much action an A rated book like jamaica, greek, etc take on an average night of baseball? Is it in the millions a night, 100s thousands, 10s thousands? The operation for the pig looks like it is geared for a hell of a lot of action and I am guessing that a pretty high volume would be needed to support that operation.

I am a twins fan and I bet them a lot just for fun in the $300 - $500 range a night. Does a bet that size matter at all to a book or is it tiny? Would a game like seattle/twins typically generate more than 50,000 of action a night at a book? Also, how many bets, regardless of amount, would they take on a twins/seattle game during the couple of hours before gametime? Are there hundreds or thousands of bets streaming through?

Thanks

You are an above average sized bettor for most books at $300 to $500. Baseball volume varies a lot from book to book. Pinnacle might have had close to a billion in action where other books all but take that part of the season off. We can ask Legendz for their volume estimates.

[betplom]

I would think that the major books like Greek, Pinny etc would have hundreds of K's at least wagered on a given night . This is being very conservative, if a few hundred bettors are wagering 1k or more per game then it only takes a few hundred wagers to hit that number.

Look at major soccer matches at Betfair where they show you how much $$ has been matched in wagers, those numbers can be staggering.

[jjgold]

Most books have little baseball action, not dead like hockey though.

Greek might take 10k on yankee game from time to time but most games have 3k type volume only