Betting

Spread betting is fun and slightly less risky than a straight bet on the outright winner of a given matchup. Betting the spread allows the player some leg room to be slightly incorrect is his/her estimate of the final difference in total points scored while factoring the sportsbooks spread points into the outcome. The point of spread betting is to create a "market" for a given matchup for the sportsbook that contains a relatively even number of players on each side of the bet; that is, there are about equal numbers of players both "taking" the points and players "giving" the points. Thus, the sportsbook can be more profitable, especially in matchups that would appear to be drastically biased towards the favorite, since players will not be betting on the outcome, but on the point totals using the sportsbooks point spread.

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