Can somebody please help me understand how to read an MLB totals line?
I have googled it and most of the explanations I have found online are about as clear as mud.
Let's say I wanted to take the under on this game. I copied and pasted the current vegas odds below from vegasinsider.com. As I understand it, 9 is the total, and the number next to it represents the amount you would have to wager to win 100.00. So the first book offering 9u-10 would mean I would have to bet 110 to win 100 if I bet the under correct? And the fourth book that is offering 9o-15 would mean that I would have to bet 115 to win 100 on the over correct? What is confusing me is that some of the lines offered are being expressed in terms of the over and some are offered in terms of the under. It's like comparing apples and oranges.
Lets say I am determined to take the under and the line is expressed as 9o-15 at the MGM and it's 9u-10 at the Wynn. Which would be a better place to make the bet on the under. In the case of the 9o-15, what would I have to bet to win 100.00 on the UNDER? Would the odds be the opposite of what is listed for the over? In other words,would the odd on the under be +15 if the odds for the over are -15?
In addition to not really understanding the odds as they are expressed on vegasinsider.com in terms of some of them saying over and some of them saying under, they do not appear to even match what I am seeing on the Sun Times live odds page.
Case in point, as I speak, the odds on LA at Arizona are listed on Sun times at the Wynn as 9-105 and on vegasinsider at the Wynn as 9u-15. Is " 9u-15" the same as "-105"? I thought the -15 meant having to bet 115 to win 100. Does - 15 actually mean betting 105 to win 100? And also the sun times odds imply says 9 not 9u. What's the difference?
In basketball I like to just make my over under picks based on records and such and then go line/total shopping to pick the best odds for my over-under or team selection. It's fairly simple in NBA but I don't know how to total shop in MLB because I don't understand how they are expressing the odds. Can anybody please explain it to me? I don't want to do money lines. Just interested in picking an over or an under and then selecting the book with the best payout odds. The two sites I referenced are:
http://www.vegasinsider.com/mlb/odds/las-vegas/
http://scores.suntimes.com/odds/mlb.aspx
Thanks in advance and I already know I am gonna get hammered for asking dumb questions.
I was told by a smart ass I once knew that there are no stupid questions, only stupid people...
04/22 8:05 PM
923*Kansas City
924*Texas
9u-10
+115
-125
9u-10
-105
-105
9u-10
-102
-108
9o-15
-110
-110
9o-15
+104
-114
9o-15
-105
-105
9u-10
-105
-105
9o-15
-105
-105
9o-15
-102
-108
Pitchers:**(KAN)*Ian Kennedy*(R)****(TEX)*Nick Martinez*(R)