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...

Why You Should Focus on One or Two Sports 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...

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...

A Beginner’s Guide to Asian Handicap Betting It is not surprising though that the ‘normal’ punter chooses not to use the Asian Handicap market. It is not the easiest of concepts to get your...

The History of the Tote The tote was first conceived in the 1860’s in France by Joseph Oller, whose concept the ‘Pari mutuel’ is still used for horse racing in France today. The operators of...

What Is Poisson Distribution? So what is Poisson Distribution? If you Google it, you get back a lot of scary definitions that are very difficult to understand, such as “Poisson distribution is the...

How to Identify Value 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...

A Beginner’s Guide to Odds and Probability To fully understand how to make consistent profit from the bookies’, it makes sense to fully understand what all of the numbers actually mean when you...

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...

  What Is a Regular Teaser? Before explaining how sweetheart teasers work, let's quickly go over what a regular teaser is. A regular, standard teaser involves anywhere from 2-15+ teams,...

Sports Betting in Malaysia Malaysian sports betting is centered around soccer. Estimates run as high as 90% of all wagers placed in the country are bets on soccer matches. Although there are laws...

Sports Betting in Hong Kong Sports betting in Hong Kong is very sophisticated and developed. There are many large syndicates that place huge wagers on everything from soccer to horse racing, all...

An Introduction to Indonesian Odds 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...

Ways to Win at Sports Betting Just as the old saying goes, "there are many ways to skin a cat." There are also many ways to win at sports betting. Let us examine some of these ways now. Line Shopping...

Implied Probability: Simple Example Let’s take a look at several examples of implied probability in action. We'll start with a simple example. Let's imagine you and a friend are flipping a...

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...

What Are American Odds? American odds are simply one way to express odds. A pick em will be listed as "pk" or "pick" or "pick 'em" depending on your site. There are two basic types, favorites and...

What Is a Future Bet? The most common types of future bets are often who will win the titles of various sporting leagues. Future bets on the NFL’s Super Bowl and the English Premier League crown...

Lucky 15 Bet Example An easy way to think of the bet is to imagine picking 4 teams, A, B, C, and D. Your Lucky 15 bet would then consist of these bets: Straight (single) bets on teams A, B, C,...

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...

Example Of An Accumulator Bet With Even Money Each Accumulator bet works like this: Your bet consists of four (or more) selections. These four teams are “linked” in that you either win...

Learn How a Standard Teaser Works Many first time bettors view teasers as easy money, and it's easy to see why. After all, how often do games come in right on the spread, or darn close to it? A teaser...

What sports offer moneyline betting? Baseball, soccer, and ice hockey are mostly moneyline betting, since these sports do not have point spreads moneylines are the default way of wagering. Football...

What Is Line Shopping? Line shopping is similar to any other kind of shopping. When you’re looking for a new TV, you probably shop around a bit and see who has the best price. Line shopping...

Correlated Parlays: Yes! One way to win using parlays is to find (and bet) a correlated parlay. This bet has been called the "holy grail" of sports betting, because, if you find a sports book that...

Parlay Odds Okay, so we have explained what parlays are, let’s now figure out if they are profitable, and what kind of edge the bookmakers have on their bettors. The standard payoff from an online...

How to Calculate Fractional Odds Fractional odds are extremely simple to calculate because well, they are given in fraction form. The denominator or 2nd number to the right is the amount bet and the...

Understanding Decimal Odds Decimal odds take two seconds to calculate, they are simply your stake multiplied by the odds, which then equals your payout. A simple formula for decimal odds is: Your...