What Closing Line means
The closing line is the final price available immediately before an event starts, and it's generally regarded as the sharpest, most information-complete number in the entire betting window - see CLV above for why that matters. Everything that's going to affect a game's outcome that becomes public before kickoff - injury reports, weather, lineup news, sharp and public betting volume - has, in theory, already been absorbed into the closing number.
Key points
- The closing line is the final price available immediately before an event starts, and it's generally regarded as the sharpest, most information-complete number in the entire betting window - see CLV above for why that matters.
- Everything that's going to affect a game's outcome that becomes public before kickoff - injury reports, weather, lineup news, sharp and public betting volume - has, in theory, already been absorbed into the closing number.
Example and context
Everything that's going to affect a game's outcome that becomes public before kickoff - injury reports, weather, lineup news, sharp and public betting volume - has, in theory, already been absorbed into the closing number.
Related glossary terms
These terms sit in the same part of the betting vocabulary and are useful to read next.
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