Questions about what "moves the lines"

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I&#x27;ve heard that "public money" doesn&#x27;t move the lines "sharp money" does. I&#x27;ve seen line moves that would back that up. I&#x27;ve also heard the public moves the line and sharp money waits and exposes the inflated public line. That makes sense, but I don&#x27;t know that I could back it up with a for instance. What I don&#x27;t understand is; how do "they" determine what is "sharp money" and what is public? Obv the size of the bets can be an indicator of "smart money" but there are plenty of high rollers who I&#x27;m sure bet the max of what a sportsbook would take from any member of a syndicate. And how closely are these betting syndicate that the have the same information that puts the "sharp money" always seems to be on the on the opposite side of the public?  And how closely are the Sportsbooks tied to one another that any bet of any size in Las Vegas should affect the line on my offshore account?

pennie69 · Answer

I&#x27;ve heard that "public money" doesn&#x27;t move the lines "sharp money" does. I&#x27;ve seen line moves that would back that up. I&#x27;ve also heard the public moves the line and sharp money waits and exposes the inflated public line. That makes sense, but I don&#x27;t know that I could back it up with a for instance. What I don&#x27;t understand is; how do "they" determine what is "sharp money" and what is public? Obv the size of the bets can be an indicator of "smart money" but there are plenty of high rollers who I&#x27;m sure bet the max of what a sportsbook would take from any member of a syndicate. And how closely are these betting syndicate that the have the same information that puts the "sharp money" always seems to be on the on the opposite side of the public?  And how closely are the Sportsbooks tied to one another that any bet of any size in Las Vegas should affect the line on my offshore account?

chaloots · Answer

They know who the bets are coming from, the amounts don&#x27;t move line, who is making the bets moves lines. This is why you will sometimes see a lot more money on one side but yet the line moves in the other direction. There will be people posting in here that say the public and amounts move the lines but 90% of the time it is sharp money that moves lines, your average gamblers aren&#x27;t moving shhit.

pennie69 · Answer

Thanks!

666LES · Answer

Two things move the Line. Money or a Face and when a Face bets real Money,the line moves 2x fast.

thedegenerate · Answer

Read this book.  It will explain everything Sports Investing: Profiting from Point Spreads.

thedegenerate · Answer

It&#x27;s from the guy at sports insights

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