Football odds have been evolving for many years. Football odds, particularly odds NFL have undergone many changes over the years.Amazingly enough there was a time not all that long ago when NFL football odds were nothing but a side show.
Football odds years ago, while legal in Las Vegas, took place in little street corner betting parlors, baring little resemblance to the fabulous sportsbooks of today. In the 1960’s NFL football odds and results would be tracked by ticker and on chalkboards, without the satellite television feeds that we take for granted today. In those days, odds NFL gamblers had to rely on a few tout sheets and the local papers for brief wire service stories with very little detailed information available as there was no cable television, let alone 24-hour sports stations nor any Internet.