BetBot Learn / Betting basics / 3 min read

Line shopping: why you need more than one sportsbook

Books do not agree on prices. One has the Bills at -150, another at -135. Same bet, better payout. Always taking the better number is called line shopping.

Small gaps add up

Betting -105 instead of -115 on every bet sounds tiny. Over a season of $50 bets that gap is worth hundreds of dollars, with no extra skill.

How many books

Every extra legal book you hold gives you another price to compare. Three is a good start, five or more is better. Sign-up offers make opening new accounts pay for itself.

Do it in one screen

The odds screen lines up every game at every book we scan and marks the best price on each side. Set your books in your account and the board only shows prices you can actually take.

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Put it to work

Arbs, value bets and DFS picks across the books we scan, every pick graded in public.