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Originally Posted by thaskalos
If you had looked at the board a little closer...you would have seen that, when the takeout is raised on one team...it's reduced on the OTHER team. If one team is listed at -3 (-115)...then the other team is listed at +3 (-105). And if one team is listed at -3 (-120)...then the other team is offered at +3 (-100). The oddsmakers are simply shifting the takeout, in order to attract money on a given team without having to raise the actual spread on the game.
This doesn't mean that the takeout has been raised higher than its normal 110-100 level. The totality of the wager is still offered at 110-100.
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Yes, I see that is much more common now, still a dime line but weighted. To a certain respect this was always done especially in football on or off 3 or 7.
