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I've never been much of a gambler, so excuse me if this is the dumbest question, but what do you mean by "the line"? I've heard it mentioned a few times and now I am curious. I'm guessing it's something to do with the margin/score?
Say Brisbane were scheduled to play West Coast in perth. obviously WC will be massive favorites, so to encourage more betting they offer a bet where they give brisbane a head start. in this example it might be 10 goals, so if you bet on WC they need to beat brisbane by more than 10 goals for you to win your bet. You get a better odds payout because your team has to overcome that initial handicap.
If you bet on brisbane, they dont actually have to win, they just have to get within 10 goals for you to win your bet.
So when people say the line is at 11.5 it means that team A has to beat team B by 12 or more points.
If the line is at 2.5 its expected to be a close game. If the line is at 39.5 its expected to no be a close game (team A should win most of the time by around 40 points)
In the above example if you bet $1 on WCE just to win outright you might only get $1.04 back (4 cents profit) or you could bet on brisbane and get $4 back ($3 profit), however the line bet is usually around $1.92 for WC (to win by more than 60) and $1.92 for brisbane (to get within 60)
clear as mud?
good.

