THE POINTSPREAD AND LINE OF BETTING
Welcome to yet another installment of Sports Betting Lessons, this is Professor Jeffdstuff, the prof with the stuff, and I will feed your brain cells again with your daily dose of Football Betting 101 in preparation for the coming gridiron wars in the NFL and the NCAA. Oh yes, you'll be unceremoniously schooled yet again.
Yesterday, I taught you guys what sports betting is here for. Sports betting is not to put excitement to your lame sports but to make those Benjamins call that wallet of yours, home.
Amen to that.
Today, I'll teach you guys the heart, the very core, the epitome, the alpha and the omega, the rose line of sports betting. Without further ado, here's today's Football Betting 101.
The Pointspread and Line of sports betting.
In football, whether its in the NFL or the NCAA, employs the same pointspread and line. A pointspread will usually look like this:
-6.5 Oakland Raiders
+6.5 Minnesota Vikings
This means that the Oakland Raiders are the favorites to win this game against the Minnesota Vikings. If you bet on the Raiders, that means the Raiders would have to score more than just a touchdown (6 pts.) for your bet to win. If the Raiders win via a stupid field goal which will only give 3 pts., you still lose because you were not able to cover the pointspread (-6.5).
If you bet on the Vikings and they were beaten by Oakland by 3 pts., you still win your bet because you were still able to cover the point spread (+6.5). Think of it as this way, the Raiders are already down by 6 points and the Vikings up 6, even before the game started.
The .5 is there to avoid any ties that could and will happen. You see, bookies and bettors hate that.
Get it?
Got it?
Good.
This has been another edition of Football Betting 101. Keep it here folks because I'm getting you guys ready for the furious betting activities that are about to explode once September hits our calendars. If you want to have those Benjamins as permanent tenants in your pocket, you better keep it here in Sports Betting Lessons, comprende?