Why do my odds keep moving after i pick a bet?
ok so this is doing my head in. i find a nice bet, the odds look great, i go to add it to my slip and by the time i actually click confirm theyve dropped. happened like 3 times this week. is the app trolling me or is this an actual thing that happens to everyone?
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yeah mate this is totally normal, odds move all the time based on how much money is going on a market. bookies adjust them as bets come in, plus team news, injuries, weather all that stuff. ive been betting a few years now and on Rolletto theres usually a little toggle that lets you accept odds changes automatically or asks you to confirm if they move. turn that on and at least it wont reject your bet, but honestly if the price keeps dropping it just means everyones piling on the same thing
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can confirm, same thing happens to me especially close to kickoff. the odds shift loads in the last hour before a game starts. i learned to just get my bets in earlier in the day if i see a price i like instead of faffing about
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fwiw the technical term for this is line movement. the bookmaker isnt picking on you personally lol, theyre balancing their book so they dont lose too much on one outcome. when loads of people back the same side, the price gets shorter to put others off
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wait so does that mean if i wait long enough the odds might go BACK up? or once they drop theyre just gone
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they can go either way honestly. if the money stops coming in or shifts to the other side the price can drift back out. ive seen odds go up the morning of a game then crash right before. its a bit of a gamble timing it though, sometimes you wait and it just gets worse
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Worth mentioning that big sharp bettors moving large stakes can shift a line on their own. Bookies watch certain accounts closely and adjust fast when they spot a known winner backing something. So sometimes the move tells you smart money has come in
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is there a setting somewhere to lock in the odds when i tap the bet? cause mine just silently changes and i dont even notice till after
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yeah most apps have it in the settings, usually called something like accept odds changes or price acceptance. you can set it to never accept changes, accept higher only, or accept any. set it to higher only so you never get a worse price than you wanted but still get the bet on if it improves
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same boat as everyone here. once i understood it was just supply and demand it stopped annoying me so much. now i actually use it, if i see a price dropping fast i know somethings up and ill get on quick. the auto accept toggle saved me a load of headaches too
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