They are the recommendations from our authors and contributors who are avid sports fans themselves. The simplest form of sports betting is probably the moneyline bet where the outcome of the wager is based solely on whether your chosen team wins or loses. Since some teams are better than others, moneyline bets will have odds based on the perceived probability that a team will win.
A big underdog who is considered very unlikely to win will pay a lot more than a team who is considered a heavy favorite. Betting the moneyline on big underdogs might be exciting when you hit a nice payout but those payouts are fairly infrequent. On the other hand, betting favorites generally return more wins but those wins tend to be much smaller.
It was invented in North America by a math teacher to make wagering on the weaker team in games with a huge favorite. The most simple way to think of it is that the weaker team is given additional points before the game starts. Sometimes spreads are given in other low-scoring points but these are a special kind of odd specific to a sport.
The reason low scores are ignored is that adding a single point, or even half-point to the score of a hockey or baseball game could shift the odds wildly. Here is an NFL example featuring some real odds for an upcoming game:. Here Carolina is indicated as the favorite because their spread is Home Betting.
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