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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) (http://www.caribsports.com/php/fset.php?t=sports&f1=/menu/lw_bask_idx.html&f2=/lines/LW_CB.SBET.html)