PROBABLY THE MOST LOGICAL REASON FOR THE -½ -50 BEING BETTER THAN THAN -240 IS THAT AT -240, THE TAKEBACK IS +90; A WHOOOOPING 50 CENTS JUICE. THE +½ +30 SURRENDERS ONLY 20 CENTS JUICE TO THE LINEMAKER. THINK THAT DOESN'T MEAN MUCH? TOSS A QUARTER, HAVE A BET. INSTEAD OF EVEN, YOU'LL GET
-110 (91 CENTS FOR YOUR DOLLAR BET). THAT'S TOUGH ENOUGH; THE 20 CENTS JUICE HURTS. TRY PLAYING INTO 50 CENTS JUICE AND MAKE THE BET ON THE COIN TOSS PAY -125. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE COIN TOSS, AN EVEN PROP, IS PAYING 80 CENTS FOR YOUR DOLLAR BET. THAT IS THE EFFECT OF 30 CENTS EXTRA JUICE. WHO SAID -240 BEATS -½ -50?