Guides
- Asian handicap explained: how to read −0.25, −0.75 and quarter lines
How Asian handicap betting works, with worked examples for whole, half and quarter lines (−0.25, −0.75, −1.25), and how to read Pinnacle line moves.
- Closing line value (CLV): the fastest honest test of a betting method
What closing line value is, how to calculate it against Pinnacle's no-margin closing price, and why it tells you more about your betting than a few hundred results.
- Opening vs closing odds: what changes before kick-off and why it matters
What opening and closing odds are, why Pinnacle's prices move between the two, how to read the move, and where to find opening and closing lines for every match.
- Dropping odds and line movement: what moving football odds tell you
What dropping odds and line movement mean, why Pinnacle's football odds move, what a steam move is, and how to read the biggest moves before kick-off.
- Over/under goal lines explained: 2.5, 2.25, 2.75 and how totals move
How football over/under (goal line) betting works, with worked examples for 2.5, 2, 2.25 and 2.75 lines, and how to read Pinnacle total line moves.
- Implied probability and bookmaker margin: how to find the fair odds (with calculator)
Convert betting odds to implied probability, work out the bookmaker's margin and remove it to get fair odds. Free calculator for Asian handicap, over/under and 1X2.