| Even with all the different types of sports out there, | | | | longer has to win by a certain amount of points, so this |
| from hockey to baseball to basketball, by far the most | | | | makes picking winners a lot easier than using the point |
| heavily bet on sport in North America is football. When | | | | spread method. But the sports books aren't stupid |
| it comes to betting on football, it's critical to your | | | | either, and they adjust for this by setting the money |
| success that you understand what the football betting | | | | line. So now it's easy for you to pick the heavy |
| line is all about. There are three main types of bets | | | | favorite, but now you have to lay much higher odds |
| when it comes to football betting, the point spread, the | | | | then -110. |
| money line and the over under. Let's look at each one | | | | So What's the over under All about? |
| of these individually. | | | | What makes the over under or total bet different from |
| What's the Point Spread? | | | | the point spread or money line wager, is that you don't |
| In a nut shell, the point spread is a number assigned to | | | | need to pick a winner at all. That's the beauty of this |
| a certain team by the sports books to even out the | | | | type of bet. The only thing that you care about when |
| betting action on both sides of the game. In most | | | | placing this type of bet is the total score in the game. |
| cases, when you're dealing with point spread betting | | | | Your main goal, is to decide whether you think that the |
| the odds that you will get are -110. In essence, this type | | | | total points scored between the two teams will be |
| of wager is a 50-50 proposition less the percentage of | | | | over or under the number assigned by the sports |
| 10% that the sports books keep as their cut just for | | | | book. As easy as that sounds, it still does take some |
| taking action on the game. | | | | time and research on your part to be successful. |
| How Is the Money Line Different? | | | | When it comes to the football betting line, these are |
| The main difference between the money line and the | | | | pretty much the three main types of wagers that you |
| point spread is that the team that you choose only | | | | can make on a football game. Good luck with your |
| needs to win the game. The team that you pay no | | | | football picks! |