Sports data and sources

Independent

LINE is an independent sports information and analytics service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the National Football League, the NCAA, any conference, any team or any sportsbook. Team names and abbreviations are used only to identify games. LINE does not use team or league logos.

Where the data comes from

NFL: schedules, scores, play-by-play, player statistics, injury reports, depth charts and reference betting lines from the nflverse open-data project; live NFL scores from BALLDONTLIE. [Counsel: confirm the licensing basis for each NFL source in paid plans.]

College football and men’s basketball: CollegeFootballData.com and CollegeBasketballData.com, under their licenses, including the sportsbook lines those services publish.

Data can be late, incomplete or wrong. Final scores and statistics come from these providers; LINE corrects errors it finds but can’t guarantee the data.

Coming-soon sports (NBA, MLB, College Baseball, NHL, Soccer, Tennis, Golf, MMA & Boxing, Horse Racing): no licensed data source is connected yet, so LINE shows no games, odds, picks or results for them. Horse racing data, odds and speed figures will be used only under a license that allows it.

Odds and prices

Odds in LINE are reference prices recorded at a stated time from the sources above. They are not live, may have moved, and may not be available at your sportsbook. LINE doesn’t take bets, doesn’t link to sportsbooks and isn’t paid by any sportsbook.

An implied probability is calculated from the price as shown, including the sportsbook’s margin: odds ÷ (odds + 100) for negative American odds, 100 ÷ (odds + 100) for positive odds.

Probabilities, edges and expected value

LINE’s probabilities are model estimates. NFL predictions from LINE 2.0 are the official, pre-registered record; college forecasts are research. A Top Bet means LINE’s estimate is above the price’s implied probability, which gives a positive expected value on LINE’s numbers only.

LINE has not established a validated betting edge over sportsbooks. Top Bets are the largest edges LINE’s models find each game day: model estimates, not recommendations or guarantees. Edge is shown in percentage points; expected value is shown as a percent return per dollar staked at the quoted payout. Neither is a promise about any result.

Contact

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