Hockey...I want AMERICAN Lines!!!

[thedevil]

Using both lines (American & Canadian) offers a tremendous amount of middling/scalping opportunities for the savy bettor.

That's why most books will deal only one type of hockey line to each customer.

THE DEVIL

[Chester]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by thedevil:
[B]Using both lines (American & Canadian) offers a tremendous amount of middling/scalping opportunities for the savy bettor.

That's why most books will deal only one type of hockey line to each customer.

Boomer,
Forgive me for asking but which misinformed linesman were you referring to: I beleive that since we converted to what I think is a real hockey line our action has more than doubled in hockey that is, if it took away a soft out for your scalping pleasure then please accept my sincerest apologies, although I would like to add that we plan on running a survey on it and having people pick which one they prefer to wager.
Thank you very much and have a nice day.

[Boomer]

Chester, now that the dust has settled, I hope we can have meaningful dialogues on a variety of topics without either of us going ballistic. I plan on being an exemplary member of the gaming community and hope you will be an advocate of Island and Sportbet casinos, the two books you manage.

I hope to disperse of this adversarial relationship we have had starting now.

This American hockey issue was definitely one in which I had an agenda. There were many outs I had which offered Canadien lines and all of the Unified books at that point were about to switch to Canadien lines, something I did not want to occur.

Since a half a goal is equivalent to approximately 40 to 50 cents, a one half goal move was very substantial. I often found scalp opprtunities or better gambling lines by weighing American versus Canadien lines.

For example, a Canadien line might have been minus one half goal -120 at most places, yet I would find the same team at minus one half goal, minus 100 occasionally at certain outs and sometimes even better.

By pitting American hockey lines against Canadien lines, I found opportunities for both middles and arbitrage, the mainstay of my gambling endeavors.

[AussieVamp2]

yeah, a few books will tell you this - but not many places with the American one......

[OLD MAN]

are you talking about an AMERICAN split line
(1/2-1) or an AMERICAN straight money line?

[Boomer]

Old Man,

The American lines I was referring to were also referred to as "puck lines" and the bookmakers offered instead of a money differential, a situation where they got to "gamble" on the outcome with a very decided advantage in their favor.

A typical example of this would be as follows:

Dallas Stars minus 1 goal even money (100 to win 100)
Colorado Avalanche plus one half goal even money (100 to win 100)

How do the books win: A one goal Dallas win (a common occurrence) ties one side and wins the other.

The trick is to know where the value is and believe me, it's not that hard. All you have to do is compare the American lines to the Canadien lines. If you're laying even money on a team you want to bet, when all over the world, they are offering the same team at -115, you will do better if you consistently bet the even money line. This isn't rocket science, is it?

[OLD MAN]

BOOMER
youre sharp enough to found value in this line, but most dont. the split line has a hold % somewhat equivalent to a 40 cent
money line. the split hockey line has the
largest expected hold % of any team sport
on the board(maybe excluding soccer with the
3 decisions-either team or a tie).