Did you beat the close?
Enter the price you bet and the price the market closed at.
See whether your price beat the close, and by how much.
Below that, find the fair price with the book's cut taken out, or convert odds.
Enter your price and the close
- Line move
- Beat the close by (pts)
- Fair close
- Your price, as a chance
Fair line, no vig
Enter both prices of one market, like -110 and -110. More on the no-vig method.
Enter both prices
Convert odds
Type in any one box. The other two fill in.
What is the closing line?
The closing line is the last price before the game starts.
It holds everything the market learned, so it is the sharpest price there is.
Over a small sample, wins and losses are mostly luck. Beating the close is a better sign you are good.
Why this matters
A record says what happened.
Beating the close says whether your prices were good.
One bet proves nothing, so track it over many bets.
If the price never moved, that is a tie. There was nothing to beat.
A positive number means you got a better price than the close.
Pts are points, not percent. A point is the gap between two chances.
Leave the other side out and the close keeps the book's cut, which flatters your number.