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Pinnacle Lean?

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There is still vig on the +101 side.


Its still much less than -110 being offered everywhere else, and I mean everywhere.

Pinny is the only place offering this on the CFL game between Edmonton & Saskatchewan.

If Pinnacle had a line of:

Team A +7 +107
Team B -7 -117

And another book had Team B -7 -110, there would be some value in betting Team B at the other book.

Late last night the line was Team A +7 +100 / Team B -7 -117 but this morning the line moved. I am talking about a CFL game here and compared to an NFL game the amount wagered is probably quite small.
 
Team A +7 +101
Team B -7 -111

Every other book on the planet has +7 -110 & -7 -110.

What are they telling you?

Team A Prob = 100/(100+101) = ~49.75%
Team B Prob = 111/(100+111) = ~52.61%

.4975 + .5261 = 1.0236 <- "Pinnacle's Vig/Tax" or over-round

.4975/1.0236 = .4860 <- Pinnacle's probability without the vig (no-vig probability) for Team A

(1-.4860)/(.4860)*100 = ~+105.75 <- Converting pinnacle's no-vig probability into american price for Team A

This is the no-vig line with rounded probabilities. Team B would then be -105.75.

For actual numbers, I'm getting ~ 105.7393 / -105.7393

So therefore, if a book is offering +106 on Team A or -105 on Team B, there's a sliver of value there. -110 / -110 still is overpaying a bit.
 
plommer, the discrepancy you're seeing is the result of Pinny micro-adjusting the price automatically based on the money that is coming in. Pinny is like a time machine that sees the very very near future (as compared to many other books that only move the spread while dealing a flat -110.) So Pinny offering +101 on a side tells you that other books are on the verge of moving their spread if the money keeps coming in on the other side.

In essence, they're not "telling" you anything. They're just showing you in more detail what's happening.