Vegas sportsbook question...

Logan · 11-10-2004, 12:40 PM

I'll be getting into Vegas late on Friday, Nov. 19th. I'd like to go into a sportsbook and place a futures bet for a friend on his team winning the NCAA championship (as a gift). At what point do these lines close? I know the NBA lines are closed on the online site I regularly use, and if the NCAA lines would close before I get to Vegas, I'd just make the bet online. Preferably though, I'd like to give him a real Vegas ticket.

Anybody know, or know where I can find this info?

gottimd · 11-10-2004, 01:06 PM

From what I understand, the lines won't close so to speak. You will most likely get higher odds by betting on a team before the season starts. For instance, if you take Duke, to win the championship, they may be 15:1 odds now, but if they go on a run and go undefeated, those odds will generally decrease throughout the season (like to 7:1). Your best bet is to make a wager on a hopeful cinderella team, that way you get the high odds, and if they do well, it will pay off tremendously. Like playing the stock market, get in on the ground floor of a hot IPO. Also, lines won't close, you can stillw ager on who you think will win the superbowl right now, it is just as the season progresses those odds change dramatically. You'd be looking good if you took the Steelers early in the season to win the Superbowl, but if you took them now, the odds probably have dropped in favor of the house.

EDIT:check Caribsports, bodog, etc (all dot coms) to see what the futures are. But the lines won't close no matter when you get there.

Maple Leafs · 11-10-2004, 01:20 PM

Exactly, the futures lines won't ever close but they will shift throughout the years based on results.

Logan · 11-10-2004, 02:18 PM

Interesting. Wonder what the reasoning was behind the NBA lines closing on the site I use then. Thanks for the responses.

gottimd · 11-10-2004, 02:20 PM

The futures closed? That is strange. Who knows, the NBA is so shady to bet on anyways.

Hopefully Suicane isn't reading this thread.

NCAA Futures (Carib Sports)

11-10-2004, 01:06 PM	#2
gottimd Dearly Missed (9/25/77-12/23/08) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: DC Suburbs	From what I understand, the lines won't close so to speak. You will most likely get higher odds by betting on a team before the season starts. For instance, if you take Duke, to win the championship, they may be 15:1 odds now, but if they go on a run and go undefeated, those odds will generally decrease throughout the season (like to 7:1). Your best bet is to make a wager on a hopeful cinderella team, that way you get the high odds, and if they do well, it will pay off tremendously. Like playing the stock market, get in on the ground floor of a hot IPO. Also, lines won't close, you can stillw ager on who you think will win the superbowl right now, it is just as the season progresses those odds change dramatically. You'd be looking good if you took the Steelers early in the season to win the Superbowl, but if you took them now, the odds probably have dropped in favor of the house. EDIT:check Caribsports, bodog, etc (all dot coms) to see what the futures are. But the lines won't close no matter when you get there. __________________ NAFL New Orleans Saints GM/Co-Commish MP Career Record: 114-85 NAFL Super Bowl XI Champs In memory of Gavin Anthony: 7/22/08-7/26/08 Last edited by gottimd : 11-10-2004 at 01:07 PM.

11-10-2004, 01:20 PM	#3
Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	Exactly, the futures lines won't ever close but they will shift throughout the years based on results. __________________ Down Goes Brown: Toronto Maple Leafs Humor and Analysis

11-10-2004, 02:18 PM	#4
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	Interesting. Wonder what the reasoning was behind the NBA lines closing on the site I use then. Thanks for the responses. Last edited by Logan : 11-10-2004 at 02:18 PM.

11-10-2004, 02:20 PM	#5
gottimd Dearly Missed (9/25/77-12/23/08) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: DC Suburbs	The futures closed? That is strange. Who knows, the NBA is so shady to bet on anyways. Hopefully Suicane isn't reading this thread. NCAA Futures (Carib Sports) __________________ NAFL New Orleans Saints GM/Co-Commish MP Career Record: 114-85 NAFL Super Bowl XI Champs In memory of Gavin Anthony: 7/22/08-7/26/08 Last edited by gottimd : 11-10-2004 at 02:25 PM.

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