Betting on Basketball

Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the society today. More or more people are betting on basketball. It is far most the easiest sport to bet on. If you are familiar with football betting, then you more or less already know how to bet on basketball. This article aims to give you a brief explanation on how to bet on basketball.

Basketball betting normally uses the point spread for wagering on both teams. Kindly note that the team you are expecting to win is referred to as the favorite while the team you are expecting to lose is called the underdog. Assuming the point spread will make the Celtics a 10-point favorite; this means that the Celtics have to win by 11 or more points for its bettors to win their bet. On the other hand, those betting on the Lakers would win their bets if the Lakers won the game or lost by nine points or less. If the Celtics win by exactly 10 points, then the bet is a tie. When betting against the point spread, bettors risk $11 to win $10. If I bet $11 on the Celtics and you bet $11 on the Lakers, the sportsbook collects $22, but only returns $21 to the winner. The extra dollar is the fee for accepting our bets.

The second commonly used form of wagering on basketball is betting totals or what is known as overs/unders. The total is the predicted score of the two teams combined. A number will be posted and bettors have the option of either betting more than the predicted total points will be scored or what we call over or less than the predicted total points will be scored or what we call under. Assuming the game between the Lakers and the Celtics has an over/under number 188; this means that bettors wagering on the over would win their bets if the total combined score was 189 or greater. On the other hand, bettors wagering on the under would win their bets if the combined total score was 187 or lesser points. Again, if the combined score is exactly 188 points, then the bet will be considered a tie. Similar to point spread, bettors risk $11 to win $10 on each over/under wager.

There are a lot of betting options for bettors out there. The other types of wagers involving basketball come in the form of parlays, teasers and money line wagers. You can check them out in more detail on the internet. For as long as you do careful research , patiently watch the games and observe the pattern of your bets, then it might just turn out that basketball betting is not difficult after all. Enjoy! Let the games and betting begin!

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