Daily Line Movement Report

The biggest odds moves of August 8, 2026

The largest consensus move of the day belonged to New York Liberty, moving from -118 to -400 in Las Vegas Aces @ New York Liberty (WNBA): a 26.4 point swing in implied probability confirmed by 10 of 11 tracked books. Seattle Storm flipped from underdog to favorite against the market open in Seattle Storm @ Portland Fire.

Data: pre-game odds snapshots captured August 8, 2026 (12:00am to 11:59pm PT) across 30+ sportsbooks. Published August 9, 2026. Past editions.

Biggest consensus moneyline moves

Median move across all tracked books, opening price to closing price. A move only makes this table when at least 5 books moved and the median shift is 2.5+ points of implied probability.

Game Side that drew the money Open → Close (median) Move Books confirming
Las Vegas Aces @ New York Liberty (WNBA)New York Liberty-118 → -400+26.4 pts10 of 11
Seattle Storm @ Portland Fire (WNBA)Seattle Storm+105 → -115+4.7 pts10 of 11
Quillan Salkilld @ Mateusz Gamrot (MMA)Quillan Salkilld-141 → -165+4.3 pts14 of 19
New York Mets @ Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)New York Mets+120 → +100+4.2 pts29 of 29
Tampa Bay Rays @ Seattle Mariners (MLB)Seattle Mariners-120 → -138+3.8 pts25 of 29
Gianni Vazquez @ Miles Johns (MMA)Miles Johns-180 → -208+3.5 pts10 of 13
Athletics @ Boston Red Sox (MLB)Boston Red Sox-256 → -294+3.2 pts22 of 29
Carol Foro @ Giovanna Canuto (MMA)Giovanna Canuto+195 → +175+3.0 pts11 of 14

Implied probability points, median across up to 29 books per market.

Spreads and totals that moved

Game Market Open → Close (median) Books
Las Vegas Aces @ New York Liberty (WNBA)Spread (New York Liberty)-1.5 → -9.2510
Las Vegas Aces @ New York Liberty (WNBA)Spread (Las Vegas Aces)1.5 → 9.2510
Las Vegas Aces @ New York Liberty (WNBA)Total183.5 → 1799
Seattle Storm @ Portland Fire (WNBA)Spread (Portland Fire)-1.5 → 1.511
Seattle Storm @ Portland Fire (WNBA)Spread (Seattle Storm)1.5 → -1.511
Phoenix Mercury @ Washington Mystics (WNBA)Total168.5 → 1679
Dallas Wings @ Minnesota Lynx (WNBA)Spread (Dallas Wings)7.5 → 6.258
Dallas Wings @ Minnesota Lynx (WNBA)Spread (Minnesota Lynx)-7.5 → -6.258

Which books repriced first

For the headline move, the first books observed crossing half of their eventual move, at our capture cadence.

Las Vegas Aces @ New York Liberty: DraftKings led

DraftKings was the first book observed crossing half of its eventual move on New York Liberty, at 6:03pm et. Next were FanDuel, Fanatics, Caesars (WH). The last of the 10 qualifying books to cross was BetUS at 10:15pm et, 4.2 hours behind the leader. Timing is resolution-limited by capture cadence: "first" means first observed.

Methodology

Built from TheOddsAPI's own odds snapshot archive: pre-game h2h, spread, and totals prices captured across 30+ sportsbooks on a 30 second to 10 minute refresh cycle depending on sport and market. Opening and closing prices are each book's first and last pre-game capture of the day. Consensus move is the median per-book change in implied probability. Exchange odds, in-play prices, and placeholder quotes are excluded, as are tennis and cricket. Reprice timing is resolution-limited by the capture cadence: "first" means first observed. This report ranks market behavior only; graded edge performance lives in the edge case study archive.

Related reading: how to compare odds across books and why sharp lines lead the market. Want this data programmatically? Every number on this page comes from the same feed the API serves.

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