| If you have been betting on football for any length of | | | | you get your money back, plus win $10. If they lose, |
| time, you know how hard it can be to win. Occasionally | | | | you lose your money. |
| your team will pull through with the required spread, | | | | Lay betting is a little less straightforward. In lay betting, |
| and you'll get your money back and then some. But | | | | you are betting on a team to lose. This type of betting |
| how can you maximize your return? | | | | is becoming more popular because it is easier to figure |
| Simple. It can be very hard to pick who will actually win | | | | out who will lose instead of who will win. However, you |
| the game, and even harder to figure out how much | | | | may have to hunt around for a bookie who takes lay |
| they will win by. But if you bet on the other team, | | | | bets. |
| especially with a larger spread, your chances of | | | | To increase your chances, you can place your bet in |
| winning increase. | | | | two ways. One is the traditional way on the team you |
| Football betting works in a simple fashion. You bet 11 | | | | think will win, while the other is lay betting against the |
| dollars on the Colts to win, but the spread says they | | | | loser. If you are right, you then stand to win a lot of |
| have to win by 15. So if they win, but don't win by 15, | | | | money. But if you are wrong, your losses are doubled. |
| you get your 11 dollars back. If they win by 15 or more, | | | | |