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Originally Posted by dilanesp
I went to Vegas a couple of weeks ago and they definitely are no longer consistently setting football lines at 110-100, and some of the lines are not 105-100 either. I saw some 115-100 and 120-100 on point spreads on playoff games.
I have a bit of inside knowledge of this, and that is that they are no longer necessarily setting lines to generate exactly even betting action (the traditional way a sports book operates, so that the house can never lose) and are now pursuing exploitative strategies that allow the book to make more money, including by modifying the vigorish to take in additional money.
So yes, they are screwing with takeout.
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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.
