Daily Line Movement Report

The biggest odds moves of August 21, 2026

The largest consensus move of the day belonged to New York Liberty, moving from -110 to -140 in Indiana Fever @ New York Liberty (WNBA): a 6.8 point swing in implied probability confirmed by 6 of 11 tracked books.

Data: pre-game odds snapshots captured August 21, 2026 (12:00am to 11:59pm PT) across 30+ sportsbooks. Published August 22, 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
Indiana Fever @ New York Liberty (WNBA)New York Liberty-110 → -140+6.8 pts6 of 11
St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies (MLB)Philadelphia Phillies-205 → -277+6.3 pts30 of 30
Tottenham Hotspur @ Brentford (EPL)Brentford+138 → +110+5.6 pts48 of 48
Lyon @ Toulouse (Ligue 1)Toulouse+175 → +140+5.5 pts31 of 31
Minnesota Lynx @ Washington Mystics (WNBA)Washington Mystics+136 → +114+4.8 pts10 of 11
Atlético Madrid @ Sevilla (La Liga)Atlético Madrid+135 → +110+4.0 pts8 of 9
América @ FC Juárez (Liga MX)América-130 → -155+3.9 pts6 of 7
Everton @ Bournemouth (EPL)Bournemouth-111 → -133+3.8 pts5 of 7

Implied probability points, median across up to 48 books per market.

Spreads and totals that moved

Game Market Open → Close (median) Books
Indiana Fever @ New York Liberty (WNBA)Spread (New York Liberty)1.5 → -2.511
Indiana Fever @ New York Liberty (WNBA)Spread (Indiana Fever)-1.5 → 2.511
Minnesota Lynx @ Washington Mystics (WNBA)Total162.5 → 16611
Connecticut Sun @ Los Angeles Sparks (WNBA)Total169.5 → 166.511
Chicago Cubs @ Seattle Mariners (MLB)Spread (Chicago Cubs)-1.5 → 1.2522
Chicago Cubs @ Seattle Mariners (MLB)Spread (Seattle Mariners)1.5 → -1.2522
Toronto Blue Jays @ New York Yankees (MLB)Spread (New York Yankees)1.5 → -123
Toronto Blue Jays @ New York Yankees (MLB)Spread (Toronto Blue Jays)-1.5 → 123

Which books repriced first

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

Indiana Fever @ New York Liberty: BetRivers led

BetRivers was the first book observed crossing half of its eventual move on New York Liberty, at 1:12pm et. Next were Caesars (WH), FanDuel, Fanatics. The last of the 6 qualifying books to cross was DraftKings at 5:15pm et, 4.0 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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