Football Betting for Dummies

Football betting is the most popular form of onlinemore than one game at a time. As a result, you can
wagering, and offers a wide variety of betting lines forwin large amounts of money when betting football with
both NFL and college football betting. There arevery limited risk.
generally seven different types of bets utilized whenTeaser bets are similar to parlays in that they are
betting on football. These forms of wagering consist ofmultiple football bets combined into the same wager,
straight bets, over/under bets, money line bets, parlays,and all of your picks must win in order to collect on this
teasers, half time wagers, and future book wagers.type of wager in football betting. The difference
The simplest and most common type of bet placed inbetween a teaser bet and a parlay bet is that with a
NFL and college football betting is the straight bet. Inteaser bet you are allowed to add or subtract points in
this instance the bettor is simply betting on whichorder to make the bet stronger.
football team will win or lose the game. The team betIn football betting, half time wagers are bets made only
on must win by the pointspread that was given at theon the outcome of a game or series scheduled to
time the wager was placed. Unless specifiedoccur at some future date. The line offered for betting
otherwise, the football betting odds for a straight beton football will either be a pointspread, money line, or a
are eleven to ten.combination of both lines. The football bet placed
Another relatively simple bet to make when bettingapplies only to the score of the half of the game
football is an over/under bet. Placing an over/under betspecified.
means that you are betting on what the combinedA future wager made in football betting is a bet that is
point total will be by the end of the football game. Youbased on the outcome of a game or series scheduled
can either bet on whether the actual number of pointsto occur at some future date. A future wager is final
is going to be over or under the total.and there are no refunds or switching of teams
With regard to football betting, a money line bet onlypermitted at any time. Football betting odds may
requires that the football team wagered on win thechange on a daily basis, and all bets are considered
game. The money line that is read at the time theaction at the odds quoted at the time the future bet is
football bet is made is the money line you keepplaced.
regardless of any future line movements.While these seven different types of wagers are not
Parlay bets are a multiple form of football bettingthe only methods used in football betting, they are the
where a group of straight bets are placed, or totalsmost common kinds of bets placed. Before betting on
are combined into one bet. Although all of your NFLfootball or any other sporting event, make sure you
and college football picks must win in order to collectare familiar with the online sportsbook that you choose
on a parlay bet, this type of football betting offers anand the different betting options that are offered. It
extra incentive for the bettor. The linesmaker offerscould make the difference in whether you win or lose.
extra money to a bettor that is able to correctly pick