Betting Strategies

What Does Buying Points Actually Mean? Buying points or half-points relates to the NFL point spread or total. Most sportsbooks will allow bettors to buy a half point or more off the spread or total. For...

A Beginner’s Guide to NFL Totals Totals, or over/under bets, are easier to understand than point spreads and are simply just the amount of points scored in the game by both teams combined. This counts...

The Importance of Bankroll Management We’ve met a lot of talented NFL handicappers over the years, many of them who were among the best at finding the most profitable markets on the board and predicting...

Who Determines NFL Odds? There is no simple answer to who makes the point spread, totals and money lines for each week of NFL action. Even football bettors who have bet for several years may have little...

Who Is Stanford Wong? Nobody, really, the name is just a pen name for a series of sports betting books. However, Wong authored a book called Sharp Sports Betting in 2001, which has become one of the...

Enter through the doors of the local betting shop, and take a look around. Invariably, there will be several locals betting on anything they can find, from the roulette machine, to greyhounds, virtual...

What Is Arbitrage Betting? Arbitrage betting - also known as arbs betting, surebets, miraclebets and surewins - is a technique in which you place bets with different online betting companies to...

As the name suggests, betting on football using Asian Handicaps is particularly popular in the Far East, however it remains surprisingly less popular in other European countries. Ask any semi-pro or...

The tote (short for totalisator) is a betting system ubiquitous around the world. Different countries exhibit varying degrees of use of the tote, but it is by and large present in some form or another. The...

In previous articles, we’ve looked at odds and probabilities, then used this to understand the concept of value betting. Whilst discussing value, we touched on creating our own prediction model to...

In a previous article, we looked at probability, odds and the overround (see here).  This gave the basics that you need to consider to fully get to grips with the topic of finding ‘value’ in sports...

Most people understand that the amount of winnings you get from a successful bet is dependent on the odds available and the amount you staked. But the majority do not fully understand or take into...

When it comes to making long-term profit through gambling, managing your betting bank correctly and finding the right staking plan is as important as identifying a winning strategy based on finding...

Sweetheart teasers, also called monster teasers at some books, are special types of bets designed by the books to lure players in with the illusion of easy profits. While these bets do win from time...

Malaysian Odds, or Malay odds, are one way to correspond the relationship between your stake and your potential profit on a given bet. These odds depend on local customs and are similar to a local...

Hong Kong, or HK, odds are relatively easy to follow and express. These odds are simply yet another expression of the relationship between your initial stake and your potential profit. Different locations...

Indonesian sports betting is a sore subject in that country. Sports betting is technically illegal, making it very hard for fans to wager on their favorite teams and games. Of course, this ban on sports...

Winning at sports betting is very challenging indeed. With standard pricing at -110/-110 on most games, the house enjoys over a 4% edge on most bets. That is very hard to overcome, especially since...

Implied probability is an important concept in various market based transactions, including the stock, option, bond, futures, currency, and swap markets. It is also a crucial concept in sports betting,...

Types of Props There are so many types of props that one could write an entire novel devoted to them. Let me break them down into general categories of basic, intermediate, and advanced. These are...

A pleaser bet is a bet that allows the player to move the line in the sports book's favor, in exchange for better than normal odds. It is similar to a teaser except the sports book is gaining the better...

American odds are primarily used by sites that cater to US sports bettors, also know as “moneyline odds” they are the odds most often used for moneyline betting for American sports bettors. American...

A future bet is a wager that is placed on upcoming event that will take place in the coming weeks or months. The best online bookmakers sites will update these odds based on the results of the current...

A Lucky 15 bet is a series of 4 different selections, each of which pays out on its own pay table. The four selections are (4) single bets, (6) double bets, (4) treble bets, and (1) fourfold accumulator...

Yankee Bet Explained: What Is a Yankee Bet? A Yankee bet is a wager on four selections that includes 11 separate bets. At least two of the four selections must win for any money to be returned. It is...

An accumulator contains at least four teams. It can contain many more and can offer astronomical payouts, especially if a few heavy underdogs are involved. It is essentially an all or nothing proposition...

A teaser is designed to be just that, a tease. This type of bet offers the player the chance to effectively buy points, in exchange for pairing at least two bets together. Both bets must win (as in...

Moneyline betting is a form of wagering where there is no point spread. You are simply picking the winner based on the outcome of the game, moneyline odds can vary wildly depending on the odds in each...

When you are betting sports, there are several factors to consider, if you want to show a long term profit (or at least minimize your losses). The most important factor to keep in mind is bankroll...

This article assumes the reader is at least familiar with the bare bones basics of parlays. It is intended to be slightly advanced and will deal with various strategies and tactics that can be used...

A parlay bet is a single bet in which two or more outcomes are dependent on all wagers winning. The reason parlay odds have an allure to sports bettors is because they offer higher payouts than conventional...

Fractional odds, also known as UK Odds are most often used in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Originally used in horse racing, fractional odds are one of the oldest forms of odds for sports gamblers....

Decimal odds are the most common way online bookmakers present their odds to customers. Decimal odds are often called European odds, as they are most commonly used by sports bettors in Europe, Australia,...