New and Confused, trying to line shop

[StacysMom]

I am playing Fantasy FOotball for the first time in years, and figured I might as well learn about sports betting if Im gonna watch football anyways.

I read the FAQ about line shopping. I signed up with bodog and pinacle.

I placed a bet with Bodog on Oakland +13. Risk 10 to win 9.09

At Pinnacle, it was also +13, but risk 11.50 to win 10.

Bodog is returunng 91%, vs 86%.

Is this difference a reflection of the odds and other ppls bets, or is it a difference in vig?

Thanks

[Cold Klapp]

Its a combonation of both, they create the odds one team has and then add their vig to the odds they set. so, if both books set the odds identical then its a reduction in vig, but theres not always a clear way to tell.

[primetime32]

In this spot it looks like pinny is trying to get more action on the ravens at this price. Pinny offers reduced juice so their lines tend be around -104 to -106 for the pros. The fact that they are at about -115 for this game is pretty telling.

Normally if a game is at -3 and the book (like pinny) is getting heavy action on the favorite they will first move the line from -3, -105 (juice) to -3, -115 because they don't want to get middled. You will even see lines like -3, -125. However, since the line in the raider game is a lofty 13 it is odd that they would have oakland at -115.

Obviously, they really don't want to give players the chance to buy the game up to 14.

Personally, i really like your oakland bet this week. its never a bad idea to play a team that looked horrible the week before.

good luck

[StacysMom]

Hey thanks for the info guys, still a bit cloudy, but if i reread it and look at a few more lines I think I can grasp it.