The Best Ways to Bet on Football

Gridiron, or football, as it is more commonly called

, can be an excellent and enjoyable sport to bet on, as football's scoring system is extremely well suited to gambling. This is reflected by the fact that millions and millions of dollars are gambled on football each year. There are many and varied ways that people can bet, some of which are simple and straightforward and others that are so complicated and involved that they would baffle the most demanding mathematics professor! In terms of football betting, the most common form is point spread betting. The point spread is simply the amount by which any given book believes that a given team will win. For example, if we take a hypothetic match-up between the Washington Redskins and the Green Bay Packers, if the Redskins are quoted as a -5 favourite over the Packers, it means that in order for you to win a bet placed on the Redskins, the 'Skins must win the game by more than five points. Conversely, if you plump for the Packers, you receive +5, which means that you will win your wager so long as the Redskins don't win by 6 or more points. On odd occasions, your betting line might have an extra half point in order to avoid a tie. Next up is the parlay, and this type of bet is a more standard type of odds bet. In a parlay bet, you simply choose multiple teams to win and you then receive odds on your wager. Of course, if any of your teams should lose, you will win nothing, and for this reason alone it is a difficult type of bet to win, as the chances of all of your teams winning can be fairly long. Gamblers, however, do enjoy parlay bets due to the fact that it is possible to win a great deal more than by merely betting on every game individually. After this, we get teaser bets. A teaser is similar to a parlay bet, however, rather than getting odds, you get extra points you can use. As an example, if you get a two-team teaser worth six points, you will be able to use six extra points for each game. In such an instance, if you took a bet on the Dolphins at -5 over the Jets, and also a bet on the Chargers who stand at +4 underdog ranking to the Raiders, you could take the teams together in a two-game teaser bet. This would allow you to add six points to the Dolphins, transforming them into a one-point underdog for the contest, and also give six points to the Chargers, making them a ten-point underdog. In such a scenario, in order to win your bet, you will need the Dolphins to either win or tie the game, and the Chargers to win-or lose by less than ten points. In the event that either of these outcomes fails to materialize, you will lose your teaser bet. As ever, do your research, don't bet more than you can afford to, and, above all, have fun - it's just a game!

The Best Ways to Bet on Football

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