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What is a moneyline?
Home does not mean they win
A moneyline (or 1X2) is a bet on who wins the match. The number is the price, not the score.
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dialect
Spin the price
European
2.00
American
+100
UK
1/1
implied
50.0%
American: +150 means risk 100 to win 150. −150 means risk 150 to win 100. Decimal 2.50 is the same idea — stake 1, get 2.50 back including stake.
Soccer and some hockey markets sell three tickets: home, draw, away. That is 1X2. Two-way moneyline (with overtime, or draw-no-bet) only has two doors.
The price is not a prediction you have to agree with. It is what the shop will pay. If True says the away is 2.40 and a shop still pays 2.70, that is a value bet — even if the favourite looks ‘obvious’.
takeawayPlus means underdog. Minus means favourite. Soccer adds a third door: the draw.