Football Odds - Sports Picks & Advice

Football Odds - Sports Picks & Advice

Here we present a quick explanation of football odds and how each type of bet affects the odds you have of winning. This is essential reading before you bet on football online.We also provide you with sports picks and advice.

Football Odds: Straight Bets
Straight bets on football odds are a bet on the outcome of a game, relative to a point spread. The point spread adds some points to the underdog team that the favorite must overcome. If you see a 'P' or the word 'pick' then it's an even up match and you just pick one side or the other. The point spread is expressed in units of 1/2. Sometimes an apostrophe is used to signify half a point. When making a straight bet you often have to wager $11 to win $10. This extra buck is a 10% vig, or vigorish, and is a kind of commission to the sports book to balance the football odds.

Football Odds: Futures (or 'props')
Futures usually pay long on football odds that a specified event will occur like a championship winner or, outside of football odds, who will win the Oscar for Best Director, who will win the next elections, etc. These are some of the longest football odds when they come up and should be taken with caution.

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Football Lines - Football Odds

2010-03-09