NFL odds especially Super Bowl odds, are the most popular of all forms football odds. NFL odds are the most popular on point-spread sides. This is also known as the betting spread, or the line. Gamblers have a choice of taking the favorite at minus points or the dog at plus points in football lines.
Also available on all NFL games and many college games are Over/under football odds, also known as totals. That is where you are wagering on whether or not the combined score between two teams will go over or under the football lines.
For gamblers that don’t like pointspreads but believe that they can pick winners straight up, then money line football betting lines are great options. Instead of laying or taking points with football betting odds, a gambler can either lay NFL betting odds on the favorite or take NFL football lines on the dog.
Gamblers can also choose to bet parlays. A parlay is a group of plays ranging from two to ten that are merged into a single wager in which all of the plays must win for the bet to win versus the football lines.
Teaser wagering is similar to parlays with the difference being you get points added to your wager. For example, a team that was a +4 point underdog on the regular and parlay line is a +10 dog on the 6-point teaser line. The trade off is that teasers payoff at lesser football odds than parlays.
Another popular option with NFL lines is “Futures” where you bet on a team to win the Super Bowl, division, season wins, etc. These are NFL betting lines that gamblers like to look at before the season begins but are also available throughout the year.
Are you ready for some football? I realize fifteen other NFL preseason contests are already in the books, but this is Monday night! Last week's Thursday night addition of Monday Night Football doesn't count as far as I'm concerned. Anyway, it will be the Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders kicking it off on ESPN in the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum at 8:00ET.
The St. Louis Rams make the short journey to the Raceway City to go up against the Indianapolis Colts in a 2012 NFL preseason contest Sunday. Its an afternoon affair at Lucas Oil Stadium with the kickoff scheduled for 1:30ET. This one matches up last years two worst teams.
The Vikings of Minnesota sail their ship to the coast of the Pacific Ocean to meet up with the San Francisco Forty Niners on Friday in another NFL preseason opener. Kickoff is scheduled in Candlestick Park at 9:00ET.
The Giants from New York march into north Florida on Friday for a matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars in game one of the 2012 NFL preseason. The first kick is scheduled to be booted at 7:30ET in EverBank Field.
The Cleveland Browns make a short trip to Motown on Friday to face the Detroit Lions in the NFL preseason opener for both teams. The first kick is scheduled for 7:30ET in Ford Field.
NFL Preseason betting: Saints vs. PatriotsTwo "New" teams meet in the 2012 NFL preseason on Thursday when the New Orleans Saints travel to New England to meet the Patriots. The first kickoff is scheduled to be booted at 7:30ET in Foxboro's Gillette Stadium.