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Beating the Closing Line (Closing Line Value)

See CLV in section 1 above - consistently getting a better price than where a line ultimately closes is widely regarded as one of the strongest indicators of genuine, repeatable betting skill among serious bettors, independent of any single bet's actual win/loss outcome.

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What Beating the Closing Line (Closing Line Value) means

See CLV in section 1 above - consistently getting a better price than where a line ultimately closes is widely regarded as one of the strongest indicators of genuine, repeatable betting skill among serious bettors, independent of any single bet's actual win/loss outcome.

Key points

  • See CLV in section 1 above - consistently getting a better price than where a line ultimately closes is widely regarded as one of the strongest indicators of genuine, repeatable betting skill among serious bettors, independent of any single bet's actual win/loss outcome.

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See CLV in section 1 above - consistently getting a better price than where a line ultimately closes is widely regarded as one of the strongest indicators of genuine, repeatable betting skill among serious bettors, independent of any single bet's actual win/loss outcome.

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