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		<title>Vincent at 23:03, 10 January 2020</title>
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 23:03, 10 January 2020&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;An &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;opening line&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is the initial odds released by a [[sportsbook]] for a given event. American football lines are posted a week in advance while other sports are released the night before. Opening lines originate at high limit [[offshore betting site]]s such as &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[Pinnacle]] and &lt;/del&gt;[[BetCRIS]]. &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Those &lt;/del&gt;lines are &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[clone]]d &lt;/del&gt;by other sportsbooks including those with physical locations in &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Las Vegas&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;An &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;opening line&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is the initial odds released by a [[sportsbook]] for a given event&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;. [[Betting limit]]s start off low and rise gradually the longer the market is open. This allows [[oddsmaker]]s to adjust their lines based on early [[sharp]] action&lt;/ins&gt;. American football &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;opening &lt;/ins&gt;lines are posted a week in advance&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, &lt;/ins&gt;while &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;lines for &lt;/ins&gt;other sports are released the night before. Opening lines originate at high limit [[offshore betting site]]s such as [[BetCRIS]]. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;These &lt;/ins&gt;lines are &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;then cloned &lt;/ins&gt;by other sportsbooks including those with physical locations in Las Vegas&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, Nevada&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Bett&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Experienced sports bettors consider &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the &lt;/ins&gt;opening &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;line &lt;/ins&gt;to be &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the time &lt;/ins&gt;when &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the &lt;/ins&gt;market is at it&amp;#039;s lowest expected &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;efficiency&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]]. There exists a larger [[edge]] due to discrepancies between the betting line and the market&amp;#039;s [[expected value]]&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Oddsmakers take advantage of early bets placed by sharp players &lt;/ins&gt;in order to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;shape their lines to be more efficient. This is why it is not recommended to bet into [[closing line]]s.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Vincent: Created page with &quot;An &#039;&#039;&#039;opening line&#039;&#039;&#039; is the initial odds released by a sportsbook for a given event. American football lines are posted a week in advance while other sports are released...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;An &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;opening line&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is the initial odds released by a &lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=Sportsbook&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Sportsbook (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;sportsbook&lt;/a&gt; for a given event. American football lines are posted a week in advance while other sports are released...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;An &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;opening line&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is the initial odds released by a [[sportsbook]] for a given event. American football lines are posted a week in advance while other sports are released the night before. Opening lines originate at high limit [[offshore betting site]]s such as [[Pinnacle]] and [[BetCRIS]]. Those lines are [[clone]]d by other sportsbooks including those with physical locations in [[Las Vegas]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Experienced sports bettors consider opening lines to be when a market is at it&amp;#039;s lowest expected efficiency. Betting sites open lines with lower limits in order to&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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