How To Pick Against The Point Spread
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Pickwatch tracks NFL expert picks and millions of fan picks for free to tell you who the most accurate handicappers in 2020 are at ESPN, CBS, FOX and many more are, straight up and against the spread. In our picks and predictions against the spread for Week 1 of the 2020 NFL season, Tom Brady gets outdueled by Drew Brees, Minnesota exacts revenge on Green Bay and Dallas cancels L.A.' One of the best ways to beat football point spread betting is to use teasers. A teaser is a form of a parlay bet using modified point spreads. Each point spread you select is moved 6 points in your favor. For example, let’s say you’re interested in betting on the following. 2 days ago Michigan vs. Michigan State: Prediction, pick, odds, point spread, line, basketball game, time, live stream The Spartans have another huge opportunity against the Wolverines to close the regular. Betting against the spread means you are taking the Underdog and the points in a game. To win you want the “underdog” to either win the game outright OR lose by less then the “ Point Spread ” you are given. A example of this we will use the following. The New England Patriots -7 vs NY Jets +7.
In sports betting, oddsmaker's calculate the odds, or probability, of one team or person winning against the other. The odds are presented showing a favorite and an underdog, a point spread or moneyline, and a total, each of which is used to make various types of bets.
In football and basketball, a point spread, also called 'the line' or 'the spread,' is used to make the matchup even between two teams for betting purposes. The oddsmaker predicts that the favored team will win by a certain number of points.
The favorite is always indicated by a negative number (e.g. -7.5) and the underdog by a positive number (e.g. 7.5). If you bet on the favorite, you win your bet if the favorite wins AND their margin of victory is greater than the point spread. If you bet on the underdog, you win if the underdog wins, ties, or if the favored team wins but fails to exceed the point spread. If the favorite wins the match by exactly the amount of the spread, the result is declared a tie and points are neither won nor lost (the points assigned to the bet will be returned to your account).
BETTING AGAINST THE SPREAD
In this example, the Dallas Cowboys are favored by 3 points against the NY Giants, Suppose Dallas wins the game 28 - 27. If you bet on Dallas, you lost your wager; if you bet on the NY Giants, you won. It is standard for point spread bets in most sports that you wager 110 points to win 100 points.
MONEYLINE BETS
A moneyline, used in baseball and hockey, takes the place of a point spread. In moneyline betting the team wagered on has to win the game outright, regardless of the score. There is no spread to cover, and the oddsmaker evens out the action by adjusting the price on both the favorite and the underdog.
The minus sign (e.g.-155) always indicates the favorite and the amount you must bet to win 100 points. The positive number (e.g. 125) always indicates the underdog and the amount you win for every 100 points bet. Using these numbers as an example, therefore, you would bet 155 points to win 100 points on the favorite, the Dallas Cowboys, while for the NY Giants, the underdog, you would bet 100 points to win 125.
OVER / UNDER BETS
The total, or over/under (O/U or o/u), is the number of points oddsmakers expect will be the total score for the contest (both teams combined, overtime included). It doesn't matter who wins or loses.