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'Wait, why does this NFL team have a -235 next to its name? What's with New England Patriots (-15) vs. Miami Dolphins (+15)? Help! HEEEELPPPP!'
If that sounds like you, we're here to assist you. If you've stared at a board at a sportsbook or just seen spreads and moneylines on the Internet and been utterly confused, don't worry. It's not just you. Those numbers can be confounding.
Betting an Underdog: The odds for underdogs will have a plus (+) sign in front, and represent the money you can win for every $100 risked. What are Decimal Odds? The rest of the world uses Decimal Odds, in part because it's easier to convert them to implied probabilities than American Odds. If the odds are plus (+), that amount of money would be earned on a successful $100 wager. +150 means you make $150 on a $100 wager.) Money line is also sometimes referred to as 'American.
But hopefully, once you're done reading this, you'll completely understand how they work. As you prepare to dive into the world of sports betting, here's a breakdown of how the lines work, starting with …
Spreads
It would be really easy to bet on a game if you could put money on a heavy favorite to win.
That's where point spreads come in. Let's look at an example:
Philadelphia Eagles (-4.5) Phil hellmuth wife.
New York Giants (+4.5)
NFL Season Win Totals are popular season long bets that see bettors in the United States attempt to predict the number of wins a team may have at the end of a season. Sportsbooks look at a whole load of different factors when determining odds, including recent team performance, the strength of the squad (how many new players did they pick up in the draft) as well as a team's upcoming schedule. Just prior to the start of the 2017 regular season, the Buffalo Bills were listed as follows. NFL Win Totals are one of the most popular future wagers and the odds for the upcoming 2020 regular season have been posted for all 32 teams. The 2019 NFL campaign saw 10 teams post double-digit victories and six of those teams posted 12 wins while another four had 13 victories. Baltimore Ravens. Kansas City Chiefs. New Orleans Saints. San Francisco 49ers. Philadelphia Eagles. Pittsburgh Steelers. Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In this case, you can bet on either two outcomes: you can put money on the Eagles to win the game by 4.5 points OR MORE, which makes them the favorites. Or you can bet that the Giants will either win or lose by LESS THAN 4.5 points. They're the underdogs.
Now, sometimes the spread 'moves' during the days leading up to the game. Perhaps the Eagles' spread ends up being -3.5 (in which they must win by 3.5 points or more to give you a victory in your bet). Your bet all depends on whichever spread you bet on, whether it was when the Eagles were favored by 4.5 or 3.5 points.
Non football prop bets. If you ever see 'PK' or 'pick' next to a team, it means there's no spread and you can bet on who will win, no matter what the score is.
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Moneylines
Let's take that same example above but use moneylines:
Philadelphia Eagles (-200)
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New York Giants (+150)
The team with a minus symbol is the favorite, and the number is how much money you would need to bet to win $100. In this case, you would have to bet $200 on the Eagles in order to win an additional $100.
The Giants are the underdogs. If they're +150, that means you could bet $100 to win $150.
Note that you can bet any amount you want, but those numbers are always calculated and posted the same way, either in how much money you would need to wager to win $100 or how much money you could win by wagering $100.
Odds
If you're betting on something like the team who will win the Super Bowl in the future, you might see it look like this:
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New England Patriots — 3/1
Baltimore Ravens — 5/1
Kansas City Chiefs — 8/1
New York Giants (+4.5)
NFL Season Win Totals are popular season long bets that see bettors in the United States attempt to predict the number of wins a team may have at the end of a season. Sportsbooks look at a whole load of different factors when determining odds, including recent team performance, the strength of the squad (how many new players did they pick up in the draft) as well as a team's upcoming schedule. Just prior to the start of the 2017 regular season, the Buffalo Bills were listed as follows. NFL Win Totals are one of the most popular future wagers and the odds for the upcoming 2020 regular season have been posted for all 32 teams. The 2019 NFL campaign saw 10 teams post double-digit victories and six of those teams posted 12 wins while another four had 13 victories. Baltimore Ravens. Kansas City Chiefs. New Orleans Saints. San Francisco 49ers. Philadelphia Eagles. Pittsburgh Steelers. Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In this case, you can bet on either two outcomes: you can put money on the Eagles to win the game by 4.5 points OR MORE, which makes them the favorites. Or you can bet that the Giants will either win or lose by LESS THAN 4.5 points. They're the underdogs.
Now, sometimes the spread 'moves' during the days leading up to the game. Perhaps the Eagles' spread ends up being -3.5 (in which they must win by 3.5 points or more to give you a victory in your bet). Your bet all depends on whichever spread you bet on, whether it was when the Eagles were favored by 4.5 or 3.5 points.
Non football prop bets. If you ever see 'PK' or 'pick' next to a team, it means there's no spread and you can bet on who will win, no matter what the score is.
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Moneylines
Let's take that same example above but use moneylines:
Philadelphia Eagles (-200)
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New York Giants (+150)
The team with a minus symbol is the favorite, and the number is how much money you would need to bet to win $100. In this case, you would have to bet $200 on the Eagles in order to win an additional $100.
The Giants are the underdogs. If they're +150, that means you could bet $100 to win $150.
Note that you can bet any amount you want, but those numbers are always calculated and posted the same way, either in how much money you would need to wager to win $100 or how much money you could win by wagering $100.
Odds
If you're betting on something like the team who will win the Super Bowl in the future, you might see it look like this:
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New England Patriots — 3/1
Baltimore Ravens — 5/1
Kansas City Chiefs — 8/1
If you were betting on the Patriots and their 3/1 odds, you would win $3 for every $1 you spend. So if you bet $50 on the Pats and they ended up winning the Super Bowl, you'd win $150 (plus your original wager) back.
Good luck!
Plus Or Minus Mean In Betting
The plus (+) and minus (-) in sports betting can refer to either the point spread or betting odds. In terms of the spread, the ' - ' always refers to the favorite and the ' + ' always refers to the underdog. For example, you can bet the Dallas Cowboys as a -7 point favorite to beat the Green Bay Packers or the Packers as a +7 point underdog. If you bet the Cowboys -7 and they win by more than seven points, you win your bet. Similarly, if you bet the Packers +7, as long as they lose by less than seven points or win outright, you win your bet.
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It's a similar case for the betting odds, though favorites don't always have a ' - ,' especially in sports like baseball, hockey or soccer where final results are often decided by one run or one goal. It's especially the case in soccer since matches can end in draws, whereas a winner is declared in almost every other sport because of overtime rules. However, in most cases, the favorite will have a ' - ' in front of its moneyline odds while the underdog will always have a '+ .'
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For an example of moneyline betting odds, you can bet the Eagles as a -150 favorite to win or the Giants as a +180 underdog to win. If you bet $100 on the Eagles to win at -150, you would net a payout of $166.70. If you bet on the Giants to win at +180, the payout would be $280 because they are an underdog.
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For something like soccer, Arsenal could be a +150 favorite against Everton as a +190 underdog, while the draw would be set at +220. In this case, the payout would be decent for every situation mainly because the teams are even and there are three possible results compared to just two for something like football (unless they go scoreless in overtime). In this case where both teams have a ' + ' in front of their odds, the team with the lower number is the favorite. The lower number also means a lower payout, which is always the case for betting the favorite on the moneyline. A $100 bet on Arsenal +150 would net $250, while a $100 bet on Everton +190 would net $290. Going further, a $100 bet on the draw at +220 would payout $320.
