I remember a while back, a certain poster maid the comment saying that sportsbooks use some of their handel to bet on games, no one believed him. Yesterday i found this article. here is a part of the interview taken with the
5dimes line manager
Bill Dozer: Tony, do you use your ability to form sharp opinions to still play the game? Is wagering part of
5dimes successful business model?
Tony from
5 Dimes: A sharp player comes in and bets a football total. Every time he bets, we notice that the line moves 2 points sometime shortly after the wager. It doesn’t take too many times before I’m laying off for the book to balance the exposure. After the book is balanced, I bet the game for myself. It is a huge perk for running a shop that is not on the Don Best screen. We get action before the Don Best books do. We act fast and use it to our advantage. Too many books go broke thinking that they can balance action against solid steam play. In my opinion, it is better to be on the side of the steam rather than against it. Those lines aren’t moving because someone flipped a coin and decided get down 500k on it.
ks do indeed do this no one believed him
i find it very intresting that a book will risk its handel on a game
02-07-2006, 09:06 AM
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