Football betting is definitely one of the main ways that people get involved in sports betting. Sides, totals and money lines are the most popular way to get involved in Internet sports betting.
Internet sports betting can be the most popular on sides. This is where the sportsbook will set a pointspread to even out the appeal of two teams. There will be a minus sign next to the favorite and a plus sign next to the underdog in sports betting. For example, if you see an Internet sports betting line that says Dallas Cowboys -7 and the Arizona Cardinals +7 that means that Dallas is favored and must win by more than 7 points for the wager to win, and that Arizona is the underdog and must either lose by less than 7 points or win the game outright to win the Internet sports betting wager. If Dallas were to win the game by exactly 7 points, the game would be what is known as a “push” and everyone would get his money back at the football sports book.
Another popular form of Internet sports betting is the “money line” in which, instead of laying or taking points, an online sports betting gambler will lay or take odds. In the Dallas/Arizona sports betting example, the Cowboys would read -$450 and the Cardinals would read +$400. The key to the Internet sports betting money line and what makes it so appealing to many gamblers is that there is no pointspread, it all comes down to simply picking the straight up winner. The catch is, if you bet on a heavy favorite like Dallas in Internet sports betting and it loses, you’ll spend a lot of time trying to catch up.
Another way to participate in Internet sports betting is to bet on “over/unders,” which are also known as “totals.” The way to do this is to bet on the combined score between two teams in a game either going over or under the online sports betting number set on the board by the Internet sports betting oddsmakers. For example, if you see a “42” next to the Arizona/Dallas names on the sports betting board that means the “total” is 42. If Dallas beat Arizona 31-27 the combined score would be 58, sending the game “over” the total at the sports book.
Sides, money lines, and totals are the most popular ways to participate in Internet sports betting but there are many other football options too, which appeal to every taste and budget.