subject: Football Betting - How To Place A Bet On Your Favorite Team [print this page] Whenever you decide to make a bet on a sport, whether it is college football, the NFL, or one of many other sports you can bet on, it's best to be responsible with your money and make sure you know exactly how everything works before placing a bet. Making a bet on a football game can make the game a little more exciting while you watch, adding some extra emotion to it. In addition to the rules of betting, you will also want to know many details about the team. Professional services can help you find all the information you need before venturing into the world of football betting.
Whether you decide to place a bet on a college football team or an NFL team, with football betting you will see 2 main kinds of wagers that you can make. The most popular kind of wager made is called a point spread. With this kind of bet, you will need to wager $110 in order to win $100. The bookmaker will get to keep the extra $10 if you lose. If you bet on a team that is favored to win the game, you will only win the bet if that team wins by more points than an amount that decided on beforehand. If you bet on a team that is considered the underdog, even if they lose, you can still win the bet if they lose by fewer points than the amount determined.
The other type of bet that can be placed in football betting is known as a straight up bet, commonly called a moneyline. These will be different based on where you live, but in the US, they show how much you will have to bet in order to win $100, if you are betting on a team favored to win the game. If you are betting on an underdog team, then the moneyline will show you how you will win if you bet $100. Moneylines use a simple system in order to show which team is the favorite and which team is the underdog. A minus sign will accompany the favored team, while a plus sign will accompany the underdog team.
There is third kind of bet that isn't used as often as the two mentioned above, but this one, known as over/unders or totals, is simply making a wager on whether you think the total combined score of both teams will be over or under a specified amount.
