Sportsbook Betting & Wager Types
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General Guides
What is a Straight Bet?
A straight bet is one of the most common types of sports bets. A straight bet is a type of wager in which you bet on a single game that carries a point spread, a total or a money line.
What is a Teaser Bet?
When you first do a teaser bet; you may be a bit confused as to what is going on with your bet. You should look at a teaser bet like a couple small; individual bets.
What is a Reverse Wager?
A reverse wager allows you to bet on two to eight games, similarly to a parlay wager, but the wagers are placed conditionally on the one prior to it.
What is a Side?
In sports betting, being on a particular side is usually black or white. You’re either on the right side and you win your bet, or you’re on the wrong side and lose it.
What is a Team Total?
Team Total bets are more commonly referred to as OVER/UNDER bets. The oddsmakers will set a Total score for a game and the bet is placed on whether or not the actual score is OVER or UNDER that number.
What is Buying Points?
If you are new to sports betting, it would be a great idea to be familiar with that it means to buy points. Buying points in a sporting event could give you a huge advantage, and win!
What is Halftime Wagering?
Halftime wagering has become increasingly popular over the last 3 years. There’s usually lots of wagering action packed into 15-20 minutes, as a player, you need to be aware that this extra wagering opportunity can be very profitable.
What is a Parlay?
A parlay is a collection of two or more teams, in which you must win all of the games to win the game. The problem is that you must win ALL of the games to get paid.
What is a Round Robin?
Round Robin betting is a fun and simple way of putting several parlays together at once. When you place a bet on a round robin, you are picking anywhere from 3 to 8 teams you would like to bet on.
What is a Point Spread?
Point spread betting is something you hear about every day in the world of sports betting. When you are betting the spread, you are betting “ATS,” which is against the spread.
What are Total Bets?
When you bet totals, you do not even have to concern yourself with who wins the game. All that matters to you is how many points, runs or goals are scored in the contest.
What is a Moneyline?
Bettors often times wonder if they should wager with the odds, or if they should go with the moneyline bet. Moneyline bets are one of the most misunderstood betting options in all of the sports gambling.
What is Quarter Wagering?
Quarter lines allow the bettor to wager on the first, second, third and fourth quarter of basketball and football games.
What is Futures Betting?
Futures betting is a fun and exciting type of bet. With a future betting, you are betting on season long action and getting paid out when the regular season or entire season is done.
Football Guides
NFL Game Props
There are ways around the difficulties and it’s simple; Game Props. By betting game props, you are giving yourself a much better chance of ending the day as a winner.
NFL Player Props
If you are an avid NFL bettor, then you are always searching for an edge. You’re looking for the best lines, the best odds, and the best games. A little bit of know-how goes a very long ways.
NFL Special Team Playoffs Props
You must check out the many prop bets that exist and the special props that exist for the playoffs. now you have the opportunity to win big.
NFL Team Props
There is a great way to make money when it comes to betting the NFL and that’s with team props. If you have never before thought of this as an option, then now is the time.
NFL Playoffs Special Props
This year could be a big money year if you plan this out correctly and find a way to organize yourself in a manner that is conducive to winning.
NFL Special Player Props
The hard part is predicting the final outcome and betting these games with accuracy. We have no doubt about this, but how is money going to be made, what’s the best approach from a gamblers standpoint?
Basketball Guides
NBA Game Props
The same teams have been winning night in and night out, year in and year out for at least a decade, As an NBA bettor, how do you combat this trend? Easily, Game props.
NBA Player Props
Learn how to make money and make it quickly. Follow these simple guidelines for betting NBA player props and you will see just how easy it can be to win money betting on this sport.
NCAA Basketball Team Props
Betting the team totals is an exciting way to follow your favorite team and/or a hot team at the moment. You know the teams capabilities and you are prepared to bet one way or the other.
NBA Team Props
You may be a bettor that bets all of the many sports that we offer here. There are certainly many to chose from and a wide verity of ways to bet on each of those individual sports.
NCAA Basketball Game Props
Game props can be a very rewarding proposal from a bettors perspective but like any bet, you must know what it is that you are betting on before you hand over the cash.
NCAA Basketball Player Props
Betting on NCAA Men’s College Basketball is a ton of fun and can be super rewarding if you come prepared. Of course, betting on this sport is not difficult, it’s actually very easy.
Hockey Guides
What are Three Way Lines
While sports such as football draw most of their betting action on the pointspreads set for the games, other sports such as baseball, hockey and soccer generate betting action with moneyline odds.
What are Hockey Periods Bets?
Usually bets are placed on the final score of the game. Hockey period bets are not. They are placed on the specific periods in the game.
What are Hockey props?
Hockey prop bets will also include bets on specific players and their individual performances. Goals, penalty minutes, face-offs won. It depends on the sportsbook but these prop bets are typically available as well.
NHL Team Props
The NHL is fast becoming the game of choice for sharp bettors and if you want to win some real money betting on sports, then you must take a look at the many great ways to bet.
What is a Puck Line?
The Puck Line is a bet created solely for hockey. Hence the name. And because hockey games are usually low scoring affairs, the Puck Line is a mixture of a point spread bet and a moneyline bet.
What is a Hockey Grand Salami?
Why bet on one game at a time when you can bet on all of them at one time? And that is what the NHL Grand Salami is all about.
NHL Game Props
The NHL is fast becoming the game of choice for sharp bettors and if you want to win some real money betting on sports, then you must take a look at the many great ways to bet.
Baseball Guides
What is a Baseball Salami?
The first five innings bet has quickly become one of baseball’s most popular wagers. Also known as a “first half” bet, it offers every wager that the whole game does.
What is a MLB adjusted Run Line
Betting the moneyline and the total line are the two most popular ways to wager on MLB games. However, often times you can find some solid value in the posted run lines and alternative runs lines.
MLB Game Prop
Baseball is the bread and butter sport for serious bettors, baseball prop bets can be lucrative and you should know them. Here are a few of the great prop lines to help you make money this season.
MLB Player Props
If you want to win consistently, then you must diversify with player props. This is a sure fire way to stay ahead of the game and win a pile of money over the course of a very long season.
What is a Baseball 1st 5 Innings?
The first five innings bet has quickly become one of baseball’s most popular wagers. Also known as a “first half” bet, it offers every wager that the whole game does.
What is a Baseball Run Line Bets?
The Run Line is a bet created solely for baseball and because scoring is sporadic and usually low in baseball games, the Run Line is a mix of a point spread bet and a moneyline bet.
What is a Baseball Series Bets?
There are several bets to play when betting a MLB series. There are several options and also several things to keep in mind before laying a MLB Series bet.
MLB Team Props
Baseball offers more then a plethora of ways to bet and some of the best lines are the team props, Here are a couple of the great team props that are available for your enjoyment.
What is a Baseball Team Props?
The MLB Team Prop bet is one of the more popular of prop bets. The return on a bet is good and there are good matchups every day.
What is a Baseball Player Props?
Players, just like teams, will have favorable conditions and situations and knowing when and how to play them is key. Let’s look at a few of the most popular MLB prop bets to better understand how to bet on them.
Golf Guides
Head to Head Golf Matchups
When it comes to finding the best value on the board betting golf, you would have to put head-to-head matchups at the top of the list.
Horse Racing Guides
What is an Exacta Bet?
When betting horses, a common bet would be an Exacta bet. This could also be referred to as a Perfecta, or Exactor in Canadian races. No matter the term, they all mean the same thing: Predicting the top 2 finishers.
What is a Trifecta Bet?
Trifectas are a bet where you predict the first 3 finishers in a race. These bets can lead to great payoffs but can be expensive to construct a ticket.
What is a Pick 3?
These multi-race wagers, such as the Pick 3, are becoming a popular way to bet the races. It can allow for a greater value as it usually takes about an hour for 3 races to occur in.
What is Across The Board Betting?
Across The Board is one of the most popular betting types. It’s not much different than a Show bet, in the sense that you’re betting on a horse to finish either first, second or third.
What is a Daily Double?
The Daily Double is a bet where you try to predict the winner of two consecutive races.The great thing about this multi-race wager is that you are able to see the probably payouts before the first race goes off.
What is a Quinella?
Some race tracks will offer a quinella bet. This two dollar minimum bet will usually pay cheaper than an exacta/perfecta of the same bet amount but is easier than an exacta to bet.
What is Win Place Show?
These are probably the easiest bets to understand, and with it, comes various levels of risk for the bettor.