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Old 12-21-2005, 01:04 AM   #5
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Re: Vegas line as of 9:45 pm EST 12/20

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Originally Posted by Dirtbag
The betting line is just a barometer of popular opinion, nothing else. It fluctuates until one half the bets are for one team, and the other half of the bets are for the other team. That way, the house is guaranteed to make money.

This means that a lot of betters are on the Skins' bandwagon.
Well sorta...
It flucuates until half the money bet is on oneside and half on the other....ij theory. Never works out of course but it the goal. Th main work goes into the first number which basically sets the barometer. A bad first number screws everything up.
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