Thank you for your response! I'm extremely anxious to jump on board with you during MLB!
I assume you'll be starting a dedicated MLB thread in the MLB sub-forum? :think2:
I've never bet MLB using the -1 RL before, but I understand the logic behind using it.
It's all about reducing risk. Baseball bettors who like large favorites typically have two choices when it
comes to betting. They can either lay the price and bet the favorite or they can play the RL and lay
1.5 runs for much more attractive odds, but have to hope the favorite does not win by exactly 1 run, or they
will lose the bet.
Bettors can reduce their risk when betting on a large favorite and not lose when that favorite only
wins by a single run. That's by creating their own -1 RL and splitting their wager between the ML and the RL so if
the favorite wins by exactly 1 run they PUSH, as opposed to LOSING their bet.
There's also a way to take +1 run with the UNDERDOG, which will yield a higher return than taking the underdog at +1.5 runs.
Here's an extremely helpful -1 RL Calculator I found, and I think you should apprise all your MLB followers of it. It really
makes creating -1 RLs EASY!
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http://zcodesystem.com/runline_calc/
I apologize for talking about MLB in your basketball thread, but I guess I'm getting excited about all of this!
Again, thanks for responding to my inquiry! :toast:
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