How Basketball Betting Lines Work?

Giorgio | Netherlands | Wednesday March 7 2012, 09:04 | 0 Comments

Betting on the NCAA college basketball and NBA can be a lot of fun and in case you are doing it right, you can easily transform this passion into a profitable hobby. The very first thing you have to know in order to become a successful basketball bettor is to understand how the wagering line works.

In case you are already familiar with the betting techniques from football, then you are in luck since it works very similar to that. But in case you are a beginner we will offer you all the information you need to know about that.

The basketball betting is very simple compared to the bets that you can make on the other sports and everything here goes down to the 3 different main bets that you can make. Here they are along with a short description:

Basketball Money Line Bet

Things are very simple here since you will have to bet on a certain basketball team to win. This means that you have to forget about all the other details regarding the match since this bet is one of the simplest that you can place on basketball. At the same time we suggest you that you bet with precaution thanks to the fact that the odds that you will be able to get at these types of bets can sometimes become very expensive.

Basketball Totals

Since betting on basketball is so simple, this is going to be just another bet that is easy to understand. The totals bets at a game of basketball will mean that the bookmakers are going to indicate a total number of points which are going to be scored by both teams. Your goal is going to bet if the total number of points scored is going to be over or under the number indicated. When placing a total or over/under bet you must take into consideration what types of teams you are dealing with. In case the teams are offensive then you will most likely going to deal with a large number of points scored, but the defensive teams will most likely going to give out a small number of points.

Basketball Spread Betting

The spread bets are by far the most popular bets that you will find on basketball, in fact sports spread betting is one of the most popular kinds of betting, overall. Things are once again simple here too. The bookmakers are going to set up a handicap (a number of points) which is going to be given to the team which is considered to be stronger and you will have to bet on which of the two teams is going to win by taking into consideration the handicap which is given to one of the team. The number of points that will make the handicap is going to be attractive for both types of bettors. This way betting on each team is going to seem attractive for the bettors. The spread betting or handicap betting is definitely one of the most exciting types of bets that are available for basketball right now.

Each and every week you can find plenty of spread bets available on NBA, NCAA and FIBA plus other basketball games that are less popular. With the help of spread betting basketball can most definitely become a lot more interesting to watch and in case you do your homework right you will be able to win tons of bets. You just have to find the right games and at the same time you must find a good edge at some games.

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