Buying and Selling Points for Middles?

[rush66]

Is this +EV. For example. If the line is +/-6.5 at SIA and +/- 5.5 at Pinnacle. I could buy to +7.5 at SIA and sell to -4.5 at pinnacle and create a 3 point middle. Is this +EV though buying and selling points are -EV?

(This is assuming I could use Pinnacle, which I cant.)

[rush66]

By the way. There is a middle for Murray St. and Tenn Tech game tonight. 5.5 at the greek and 6.5 at SIA if anyone cares.

[Homer]

It depends on the sport and how many cents you are paying for the side/middle.

For example, each 1/2 point on NBA totals is worth about 5 cents. So, betting o194.5 -110 and u195.5 +100 would be neutral EV (spending 10 cents for a full point). However, taking on risk for no EV is pointless, so in reality you only want to spend maybe 2.5-3 cents for each 1/2 point.

[knicknut]

What the book is offering is the lowest vig. Buying and selling points is -EV from there, so how is doing anything but betting both lines as-is +EV?

[Homer]

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What the book is offering is the lowest vig. Buying and selling points is -EV from there, so how is doing anything but betting both lines as-is +EV?

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I have no idea if this is addressed to me, but I didn't comment on buying/selling points, just on how to tell if a side/middle is +ev.

Buying and selling points reduces ev, yes.

[rush66]

If that was directed to me. That was the question that I was asking.