Odds, markets and the margin built into them: how a price turns into a probability and why books limit winners.
6 new explainers · 6 from the earlier site
A heavy favorite at -450 on the moneyline returns $22 profit on a $100 stake, while the underdog at +350 returns $350. The moneyline asks only that the favorite win outright; a point spread…
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Caesars Sportsbook’s house rules say that when a parlay selection becomes a void or push, the number of selections is reduced by the number of voids or pushes, and the odds payout is…
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A bettor who logs in and finds a $5,000 top wager slashed to $100 hasn’t been banned. The account is still open and the balance is untouched. A limit is a cap on the amount a player can put…
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The arithmetic every bettor learns first is that the fair price of a parlay of independent events is the product of the individual leg prices. Probability theory states it plainly: for…
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The closing line is the last price a sportsbook hangs on a wager before the event starts. Closing line value, or CLV, is the gap between the number you booked and that final number. Bettors…
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At -110, the implied probability is 52.38%, not a round 55%. The number comes from a straight conversion of the price, not from a sportsbook house rule. When both sides of a point spread…
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