Vegas line as of 9:45 pm EST 12/20

[amorentz]

Originally Posted by irish

I think you are thinking about paramutual wagering where the odds change in real time based on the $ bet. Thats the way it works at the track. Football lines (not odds) are set and moved by the house not by how much people bet. They set that line at the point where the house thinks they can get a 50-50 split on the $ wagered on that game.

I am surprised the line is so low, I thought the skins would be +7 at least. I wonder what the over/under is.

You are right that the lines dont move in "real time", but the lines do move when they are taking too much action on one side. It doesnt happen to every game in every week, but I have definitely gone to bet a line on Sunday morning that had moved half a point or so from that previous week.

[irish]

Originally Posted by amorentz

You are right that the lines dont move in "real time", but the lines do move when they are taking too much action on one side. It doesnt happen to every game in every week, but I have definitely gone to bet a line on Sunday morning that had moved half a point or so from that previous week.

Or the line could move because of a key injury or suspension during the week. I guess what I am saying is that the house can move a line for a multitude of reasons, $ being one of them, but the house moves the line because they want to, the line does not move by itself. Also, a football line is not the same as odds.