| MONEYLINE WAGERS
Many Las Vegas
and web based sportsbooks offer moneyline odds wagering on American Football,
both online and over the telephone. Moneyline Wagering is simply wagering on the
contest based on a given price rather than a pointspread. The team bet on just,
has to win the game.
Example
A player could choose one of two wagers on the following matchup:
If San Francisco wins, then the player laid $200.00 to win $100.00.
If St. Louis wins, then the player who bet $100.00 wins $180.00.
-Moneylines will be offered on most NFL and NCAA contests, and will be released
mid-week, allowing ample time to get action on these events.
-Moneyline wagers may be parlayed to other contests, but a moneyline wager may
not be parlayed to any other wager from the same game.
BUYING POINTS
Many sportsbooks
and internet casinos offer Point Buys.
This is a method of allowing the bettor to improve the point spread odds of a
football contest by actually "buying points" for the team he/she wants
to wager, side or total. Bettors can buy points in 1/2 point increments up to 3
points, depending on the contest. Each 1/2 point costs the bettor an additional
10% vigorish.
Example
The Denver Broncos are playing the Kansas City Chiefs, and the line on the game
is the Broncos -6 1/2, with a total of 42. If a $100 wager is placed on the
Broncos -6 1/2 with a 1/2 point buy, the player has a wager on the Broncos -6
points, and must put up $120 to win $100, instead of the usual $110 to win $100.
If the player, for example, requests a full 1 point buy to move the pointspread
down to -5 1/2, he/she would have to put up $130 to win $100. Buying the
pointspread down 1 1/2 points to 5 would cost $140 to win $100, and the full 3
point buy down to 3 1/2 would cost the bettor $170 to win $100. Conversely, the
bettor may also buy points on the Chiefs side, and get the line at plus 7, 7 1/2
or 8 points, all the way up to plus 9 1/2 points with the same increase in
vigorish. Bettors may also buy points for football totals. In this particular
game, bettors could buy an "over" wager with a maximum line move down
to 39, or an "under" wager with a maximum line move up to 45.
-Point Buying to a maximum of 3 points will be offered on all
NFL and NCAA contests.
-Bettors will be charged an additional 10% vigorish to buy on,
off or through the numbers 3 and 7.
-Point Buying will not be offered on halftime, quarter or moneyline wagers.
STRAIGHT BETS
Many offshore
sportsbooks and casinos offer point spread and over / under betting, both online
and over the telephone. On a point spread wager, the team wagered must win by
the point spread. On an over / under wager, the total points of the contest by
both teams, overtime included, must fall over or under the side selected.
Example
The posted line is San Francisco -5 at St. Louis +5 and the over/under total is
41. The odds are $1.10 to win $1.00 (-110) unless otherwise indicated. For the
player who wagers on San Francisco -5, they must win by more than 5 points for
this to be a winning wager. For the player who wagers on St. Louis +5, they must
either win the game, or lose by less than 5 points for this to be a winning
wager. If the outcome falls on the number, either way, the bet is declared a
"Push", and the original stake is refunded. For the player who wagers
on the total points contest
by both teams to be "Over" 41, the combined final score of both of
this teams must exceed 41. For the player who wagers on the total points of this
contest by both teams to be "Under" 41, the combined final score of
both teams must be less than 41. If the outcome falls on the number, the bet is
declared a "Push", and the original stake is refunded.
-Pointspread and Over/Under lines will be offered on all
NFL, AFL and NCAA contests.
-All wagers on the side & total will include all overtime scoring.
PROPS AND EXOTICS
Simply put,
Proposition/Exotic Bets may generally be considered as any wager other than a
straight "side" or "over/under" wager. More specifically,
these wagers usually involve specific events and occurrences that happen
throughout any given game. We have listed some examples for you below.
Props/Exotics will be offered on more marquee games on the betting menu. These
include, but are not limited to, Sunday and Monday night NFL games, various NCAA
Football games, major Bowl games, and many Playoff and Championship Basketball
games. There are also many other miscellaneous events that Props and Exotics
will be offered for.
HALFTIME
BETTING
Many internet
casinos and sportsbooks offer halftime wagering, both online and over the
telephone. Halftime wagering is simply a wager only on the score of the first,
or second half of a contest. The line offered will be a pointspread, a
moneyline, or a combination of the two, but the wager applies only to the score
of the halftime period specified.
-First half lines will be offered on all NFL and NCAA contests, and will be
released mid-week, allowing ample time to get action on these events.
-Second half lines will be offered on all NFL and the majority of NCAA contests,
and will be offered within 5 minutes of the end of the first half of the
contest.
-Wagers may be parlayed to other contests, but a first half wager may not be
parlayed to any other wager from the same game.
-No teaser plays or buying of points is allowed on Halftime Wagers.
-Overtime periods are included as part of the second half.
-The full half (first or second) must be played for action.
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