How many of you play Proline in Canada?

**k13** · 07-15-11, 06:44 PM

Too easy? Are you serious?

$100 for one ticket.

**dice** · 07-15-11, 06:51 PM

Are the odds bad for football and basketball? So you're limited to $100 per game per store? By too easy I meant that it's not your traditional betting versus the line.

**Masu485** · 07-15-11, 07:03 PM

I don't know about the rest of Canada, but the equivalent to Proline where I live has the worst odds I've ever seen. It's like -140 for sides. Don't think things have changed in the recent years.

**k13** · 07-15-11, 07:06 PM

Originally posted by dice

Are the odds bad for football and basketball? So you're limited to $100 per game per store? By too easy I meant that it's not your traditional betting versus the line.

You can buy more than one ticket. Each store probably has different "limits", not sure.

You can only play parlays so the odds are against you.

The only way to get any edge is to play correlated parlays that have off lines.

There's a few pro line experts here but I stopped playing it many many years ago after playing online.

**DwightShrute** · 07-15-11, 07:13 PM

horrible odds but better than nothing if you haven't a better solution

**james369** · 07-15-11, 07:35 PM

Good for playing dogs in football u always get a better number

**biggie12** · 07-15-11, 07:52 PM

waste of energy and time.

**aggieshawn** · 07-15-11, 08:10 PM

Yes, the odds are terrible. The gov't only cleared 54 million on proline last year.

**Justin7** · 07-15-11, 08:12 PM

My group played there. Canada took some pretty horrific countermeasures against some other pro-groups last year... so much that we stopped playing.

**sundin4prez** · 07-15-11, 08:19 PM

i have seen a guy play essentialy the same set of games on 10 times at 100 dollars a pop.... dident seem to be any problems...

**lakerboy** · 07-15-11, 08:25 PM

Originally posted by Justin7

My group played there. Canada took some pretty horrific countermeasures against some other pro-groups last year... so much that we stopped playing.

What were some of those measures?

Football lines are so off it isn't even funny. You can have guys at counters waiting on your instructions minutes before kickoff as you can hammer them on two teamers. Also the problem is they take lines off the board when they know its a loss. They have gotten better at countering winners. So many losers play this it isn't even funny. Square central.

**k13** · 07-15-11, 08:38 PM

Originally posted by lakerboy

What were some of those measures?

Football lines are so off it isn't even funny. You can have guys at counters waiting on your instructions minutes before kickoff as you can hammer them on two teamers. Also the problem is they take lines off the board when they know its a loss. They have gotten better at countering winners. So many losers play this it isn't even funny. Square central.

Two team parlay in football is probably your best option unless you want to get lucky.

If they had teasers/ml parlays.......I'd be playing all the time.

How much do lines have to be off for a two teamer to be +EV?? It still gotta be a bad bet unless you group them.

**Trident** · 07-15-11, 08:41 PM

Originally posted by Justin7

My group played there. Canada took some pretty horrific countermeasures against some other pro-groups last year... so much that we stopped playing.

Made a killing when Oregon had it for the NFL, pre season was a absolute gold mine.

**kmarinouofm** · 07-15-11, 08:47 PM

i thought proline was a min of 3 game parlays.. not two games.. two games would be much easier

**frizzelli** · 07-15-11, 08:52 PM

Originally posted by kmarinouofm

i thought proline was a min of 3 game parlays.. not two games.. two games would be much easier

Point Spread 2 games, college basketball lines way off, somtimes 8 points off regularily.

**Stallion** · 07-15-11, 09:22 PM

I use to play Pro-line, but it's garbage. The odds are terrible unless a line moves a few points, then you are at least getting fair odds.

**MarkDee** · 07-15-11, 09:29 PM

I just stick to the pool's. hit a couple a year but I spend about $100 a week on it . baseball and hockey pool's are good, 2-3k payout's are common. football get's to almost a mill if it's a real dog week.

**The Special One** · 07-15-11, 11:32 PM

Originally posted by biggie12

waste of energy and time.

nope, if you can get a nice combo rolling, YOU CAN WIN HUGE... plus, max win is 600k which is incredible.

and dont forget, ITS CASH!

**rfr3sh** · 07-15-11, 11:44 PM

They changed their baseball tie odds this year so it is no long +EV

**the_situation** · 07-16-11, 01:05 AM

lol proline/sports action is a joke...for squares who don't know what they're doing

**kmarinouofm** · 07-16-11, 01:29 AM

Originally posted by frizzelli

Point Spread 2 games, college basketball lines way off, somtimes 8 points off regularily.

if thats the case i am guessing its pretty good catching dogs with extra points.. fav on opening lines.. can you play money line at all ?

**AribaAriba** · 07-16-11, 01:32 AM

Horrible yo play with,they let u play now 3 team parlay on minimum on baseball, it used to be 2 team parlay. It sucks to have this type of odds and should not worth a look.

**boeing power** · 07-16-11, 03:04 AM

It's 3 team minimum parlay in some provinces but 2 team minimum in other provinces.

in Ontario it's 3 team minimum ,except at casino niagara it allows 2 teamers, not sure about the other casinos

the odds are brutal and if a line changes they quickly take it off the board unlike years ago when sharps pounded their bad lines

**kmarinouofm** · 07-16-11, 03:14 AM

Originally posted by boeing power

It's 3 team minimum parlay in some provinces but 2 team minimum in other provinces.

in Ontario it's 3 team minimum ,except at casino niagara it allows 2 teamers, not sure about the other casinos

the odds are brutal and if a line changes they quickly take it off the board unlike years ago when sharps pounded their bad lines

jeez.. whats the real deal then..

**Marigold HD** · 07-16-11, 03:21 AM

Toto for football for me.

**Sawyer** · 07-16-11, 04:23 AM

Odds are terrible!

**mrmarket** · 07-16-11, 07:39 AM

If you think odds are terrible on proline don't look at mise-au-jeu.

**magynuck** · 07-16-11, 08:59 AM

there are opportunities...try to keep wins under $1000 per ticket to avoid paper work/records

**Nicky Santoro** · 07-16-11, 09:17 AM

Originally posted by mrmarket

If you think odds are terrible on proline don't look at mise-au-jeu.

typical mise o jeu lines

1.20-----2.45

which means.....-500/+145

another common one..

1.45---------2.05

which means...

-222/+105

even their pickems are brutal.

1.65---- 1.65

which means....

-155/-155..

i hate these bastards.. they are thieves and it's the poor kids and clueless people playing them.. and if a line moves slightly against them, it's taken off the board.. BASTARDS..A BUNCH OF CROOKS.. THE GOVT HERE HAS NO HEART FOR ANYONE. THEY JUST WANT TO STEAL YOUR MONEY. THANK GOD I GOT THEM BACK IN 95 FOR HUGE WHEN THEY HAD CUBS TOTALS THE DAY BEFORE AT 8.5 AND WIND WOULD BE GUSTING OUT AND TOTAL IS 16.5 AND I'D PLAY 80 TICKETS ALL WITH CUBS OV 8.5.. TOOK THEM 1 YR BEFORE THEY FIGURED IT OUT AND REMOVED CUBS GAMES COMPLETELY. THANKS MISE O JEU..

**SpreadSniper** · 07-16-11, 10:09 AM

i enjoy the stagnant lines from time to time.... I've had a few tickets I've had to take to the lottery commission to cash.... and if lines move "against" them, they DO NOT always remove the game... it takes big news or HUGE swings for them to remove a game...

Come NFL season I enjoy laying $100 on 3-teamers....

**Nicky Santoro** · 07-16-11, 10:52 AM

here's a perfect example of how they rip you off.. if you play 3 pick ems in a 3 team parlay, offshore, for 100$, you get close to 700$.. with lottery, you get 350$. look at the difference..... if the avg joe plays 1 ticket a day, over 1 yr, he will cost himself 20k/yr in profit.

now if you play three +300 dogs, with lottery, 100$ gets you 720$.. offshore, 100$ gets you 2700$.. if he plays 1 ticket a day, in 1 yr, he will cost himself 25k/yr in profit..this is what the avg joe is doing. just look at the type of profit the gov't is making here..

**DwightShrute** · 07-16-11, 11:00 AM

Originally posted by Nicky Santoro

here's a perfect example of how they rip you off.. if you play 3 pick ems in a 3 team parlay, offshore, for 100$, you get close to 700$.. with lottery, you get 350$. look at the difference..... if the avg joe plays 1 ticket a day, over 1 yr, he will cost himself 20k/yr in profit.

now if you play three +300 dogs, with lottery, 100$ gets you 720$.. offshore, 100$ gets you 2700$.. if he plays 1 ticket a day, in 1 yr, he will cost himself 25k/yr in profit..this is what the avg joe is doing. just look at the type of profit the gov't is making here..

ya, thanks for doing the math. It is a rip off.

**SpreadSniper** · 07-16-11, 11:25 AM

3 teamer here in NFL/NBA = 5 x wager...

**pepper60000** · 07-16-11, 11:27 AM

proline is a huge waste of money