{"id":23082,"date":"2018-08-16T22:49:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T22:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1vice.ag\/?p=23082"},"modified":"2018-08-16T22:49:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T22:49:50","slug":"cashing-in-on-line-movements-at-online-sportsbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1vice.ag\/cashing-in-on-line-movements-at-online-sportsbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Cashing In on Line Movements at Online Sportsbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of the most important aspects of successful sports betting is a thorough understanding of betting lines and odds. It is also extremely important to have an understanding of how and why they move. Millions and millions of dollars have been won or lost on a half point here or there in a single game. Your goal as a sports bettor is to make those half points work in your favor and not against it.<\/p>\n
In a sport like football, especially in the NFL when the betting lines are released by the online sportsbooks well in advance of the game itself, there is going to always be some gradual movement as you get closer and closer to kickoff. When it comes to sports like basketball in the NBA and Major League Baseball, the betting lines are released 24 hours or less, so movements are limited to a much tighter window. Regardless of the sporting events that you do bet on, it is always in your best interest in tracking a betting spread, total line number or moneyline odds<\/a> from the moment they are released to the moment you pull the trigger on an actual bet.<\/p>\n