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Thursday, August 6, 2026

30 events tracked26 reads publishedLast updated 11:59 PM UTC

This is an archived date. Data reflects the tape as of the last recording.

Biggest moves today

PIT vs MIL

Polymarket9 books
Consensus home67.3%
Consensus away32.6%
17.7ppbiggest move on home outcome (consensus)

Machine read · 6:49 PM UTC

Market swings decisively toward home mid-game

A broad move across sportsbooks swung consensus sharply toward home—away dropped from 51% to 35%. DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, and Betrivers drifted in sync. Pinnacle followed with a secondary push. The tape doesn't show a cause.

Watch: Watch whether the consensus stabilizes or if other venues follow Pinnacle's 68%.

NYM vs CLE

Polymarket9 books
Consensus home41.0%
Consensus away59.0%
24.0ppbiggest move on home outcome (consensus)

Machine read · 6:00 PM UTC

Away surges across all books — no tape to explain

All seven sportsbooks simultaneously shifted away from the low-to-mid fifties to the mid-to-high seventies. Home fell by the same magnitude. The tape records nothing. Sharp, coordinated move signals an in-game event, but data lag obscures it.

Watch: Whether the tape catches up with an explanation for the move, or if the new levels hold through the next update cycle.

WSH vs PHI

Polymarket9 books
Consensus home64.0%
Consensus away36.0%
31.2ppbiggest move on home outcome (consensus)

Machine read · 10:57 PM UTC

Away collapsed across venues; FanDuel outlier holds

Away plummeted from the mid-20s to mid-teens across most venues thirty minutes ago and hasn't recovered. FanDuel sits 22 points higher on home than the consensus. The tape doesn't explain the move.

Watch: Watch if FanDuel converges from 66% toward the consensus 85%.

AFC vs CHA

Kalshi9 books
Consensus home65.4%
Consensus away34.6%
25.2ppbiggest move on home outcome (consensus)

TOR vs CHC

Polymarket9 books
Consensus home43.6%
Consensus away56.4%
11.8ppbiggest move on home outcome (consensus)

Machine read · 6:49 PM UTC

Markets lean decisively away, tape silent

Across every venue, synchronized drift toward away. Betrivers leads with 7.8pp, others follow. Away consensus 61%, home upper thirties. Tape doesn't explain it. Watch if the move holds.

Watch: Whether BetMGM (37% home, lowest book) and Pinnacle (41.1%, highest) converge toward the market consensus.

OAK vs CIN

Polymarket9 books
Consensus home54.3%
Consensus away45.8%
17.1ppbiggest move on home outcome (consensus)

SDA vs RI

Polymarket9 books
Consensus home61.3%
Consensus away38.7%
12.2ppbiggest move on away outcome (consensus)

NER vs HOU

Polymarket9 books
Consensus home50.0%
Consensus away42.4%
29.4ppbiggest move on away outcome (consensus)

MIA vs ATL

Polymarket9 books
Consensus home58.8%
Consensus away41.2%
19.8ppbiggest move on home outcome (consensus)

Machine read · 11:58 PM UTC

Home explodes in coordinated surge — tape silent

Home exploded 20pp in a coordinated move across all six venues over 15 minutes. Consensus now sits at 82%. The tape offers no explanation. No venue disagrees. Thin data makes the move's durability unclear.

Watch: Watch if the 82% consensus holds through the next 15 minutes, or if live action triggers a reversal.

OAK vs BOS

Polymarket8 books
Consensus home52.5%
Consensus away47.5%
12.2ppbiggest move on home outcome (consensus)

CWS vs BOS

Polymarket9 books
Consensus home62.0%
Consensus away38.0%
3.6ppbiggest move on home outcome (consensus)

Machine read · 11:12 PM UTC

Home drifts higher on FanDuel

Home drifted higher on FanDuel to near 70%, while consensus sits around 65%. Betrivers lags noticeably. The tape shows movement but not cause. Thin history.

Watch: Whether the wider market follows FanDuel higher or fades the move.

DET vs SEA

Polymarket9 books
Consensus home50.8%
Consensus away49.2%
2.3ppbiggest move on home outcome (consensus)

Machine read · 6:02 PM UTC

Home lean erased, market now reads dead even

When lines posted, the home side held a clear edge; the away team was priced in the low forties across multiple venues. That advantage has been completely erased. A steady drift through the day, with bet365 the most dramatic single mover at nearly ten points toward the away side, has flattened the field. The consensus now reads just over fifty percent home, just under fifty away, with all eight venues within a point of each other. Thin history means this is day-one pricing only, and the tape does not show a cause for the move.

Watch: Whether the consensus holds above fifty-one percent home or the away side crosses into the lead before first pitch.

CWS vs BOS

Polymarket9 books
Consensus home70.5%
Consensus away29.4%
3.5ppbiggest move on home outcome (consensus)

MIA vs ATL

Polymarket9 books

MIN vs KC

Polymarket9 books

PIT vs MIL

Polymarket9 books

STL vs NYY

Polymarket

LAA vs BAL

Polymarket9 books

Machine read · 2:26 PM UTC

Solid home favorite, eight venues barely disagreeing

Eight sportsbooks walked into this game essentially agreeing: the home side is the clear favorite, priced around sixty-four percent. The gap from the softest read to the firmest is just two points, with DraftKings at the low end and Caesars at the high end, and neither is enough of an outlier to build a story around. The tape is thin. This is day-one data with no movement history to read. What the market is showing is an opening line with nowhere to argue.

Watch: Watch whether DraftKings closes its two-point gap to Caesars before first pitch, which would signal the market settling into a tighter read.

MIN vs KC

Polymarket9 books

Machine read · 9:31 PM UTC

Eight books aligned, home holds a modest edge

What stands out heading into this game is not a split or a drift, but a lock. Eight sportsbooks are in near-identical agreement, all pricing the home side as a modest favorite around 55 percent. The widest gap anywhere in the market is barely a point and a half, between DraftKings at the low end and Caesars at the high. The tape is first-day data with no recorded movements. The direction is clear. The depth behind it is not.

Watch: Watch whether DraftKings closes the gap with Caesars on the home line as gametime volume builds.

SDA vs RI

Polymarket9 books

ATL vs NYY

Polymarket8 books

CLE vs CWS

Polymarket3 books

LAA vs MIA

Polymarket3 books

NYM vs PIT

Polymarket5 books

TOR vs PHI

Polymarket7 books

BAL vs TEX

Polymarket4 books

COL vs STL

Polymarket6 books

HOU vs SD

Polymarket6 books

TBS vs EA

Polymarket

ENG vs LIS

Kalshi

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