Bookmaker MLB Lines

[the_situation]

Brutal, 20 cent lines. almost impossible to make a profit long-term if you only play your MLB there...5Dimes/Pinnacle and almost any book are miles better. Even DSI, their partner book has dime lines. Reason it's annoying is SBR uses their lines which makes betting MLB on SBR Sportsbook/MLB Contests lame...anyone know why they don't offer dime lines? How are they getting action in such a competitive online market? I know they have high limits but so do books like Pinny and people are costing themselves a lot by betting there exclusively.

[boondoggle]

who would bet bases at bookmaker exclusively? They are the last super safe book not to have dimelines...theGreek started this season with dimelines...I would expect bookmaker to offer them at some point.

[barcelonafc]

bookmakers odds are awful, but i suppose they are safe so thats why people play there.

[andywend]

Now that Greek went to dime lines, I would bet Bookmaker has seen a huge reduction in their baseball business.

Assuming they want the action, they are going to have to go to dime lines at some point.

Why is the "vig" so much lower in baseball than any of the other major sports?

Is it because its easier for the oddsmakers to handicap or is it because of the high volume of games?

[dark star]

Their totals and runlines are ok at times-but you really have to check daily.

[justonetime]

If you are into betting opening MLB lines, they offer them before any other book 99% of the time.

[GmCrazy]

bookmakers odds are awful, but i suppose they are safe so thats why people play there.

I used to think the same thing, but even with the 20c lines, sometimes they still have the better line on a team that you were looking to bet. Its still a must have book for MLB line shopping.

[Santo]

Vig matters to the extent of which accounts to fund if you're limited on books, but blanket statements about boks being awful/worthless based on vig are normally wrong -- better to have high vig / opinionated lines than standard vig and vanilla lines.

[TGHMak]

They did start their loyalty program a couple years ago, but it's not even close to making up for the line they offer since the the best cash back deal you can get on the platinum level is: 30,000 points for $195, which work out to $0.0065 to the point/dollar risked.

[Sawyer]

Masochist baseball bettors use Bookmaker.

[Salamander]

I am impressed at how they barely blinked recently when they were targeted by whoever it was (Maryland, Feds), not that they're trying to impress me, just saying.

[Monte]

Still better than a book that clones Pinny lines, sadly.
At least if you can use Pinny, MB...it's not 100% wrong to have some bucks at BM as well, as they sometimes have good dogs.