What does melted mean in sports betting?
The short answer
When a Cold Line pick goes wrong or the edge disappears due to line movement or game circumstances.
Cold Line vocabulary
Knowing the language is step one — knowing the true price is the edge. The Cold Line’s signal desk tracks the no-vig fair number and the closing-line value behind terms like this, before the market moves.
In plain English
The pick didn't work out, or the value evaporated before you could bet it.
What to remember about Melted
The definition
When a Cold Line pick goes wrong or the edge disappears due to line movement or game circumstances.
In plain English
The pick didn't work out, or the value evaporated before you could bet it.
Example in context
We had Chiefs -3 with 4 points of edge, but the line moved to -7. The edge melted.
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