Football playoffs action is a very popular time of the year for gamblers and for sportsbooks. There are countless new gamblers that get involved in betting the football every year, so a refresher is always a good idea as you get ready to bet the pro football playoffs
Football betting is the most popular form of sports betting both in Nevada where sports betting is legal and at offshore sportsbooks around the world. Football playoffs action dominates all other forms of sports betting and is something that both bettors and books look forward to with great anticipation every year. The player that looks to make a bet in the pro football playoffs is betting against the pointspread. The pointspread in the football is like a handicap so that the inferior team will be on equal footing and is what the number of points added to or subtracted from the team’s final score. For example, let’s say that the New England Patriots are installed by an online sportsbook as a seven-point favorite over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the pro playoffs. This means that the Patriots would have to win the game by more than seven points for the bet on New England to cash. If the Steelers defeat the Patriots straight up or lose by less than seven points then that bet in the football playoffs would be a winner.