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Foot­ball Point Spreads: Not as Con­fus­ing as They Look

When you’re not an avid gam­bler, foot­ball point spreads can look a lit­tle con­fus­ing. How­ever, they are much sim­pler than they seem; you just have to have a bet­ter under­stand­ing of what exactly foot­ball point spreads are. You may have seen a game where the team was a –3 favorite. You may then find your­self won­der­ing what exactly does that minus mean?

When you’re look­ing at foot­ball point spreads, you have to think about what exactly a point spread is. A point spread is the dif­fer­ence in the two scores of the two teams who are play­ing each other. When a team is a –3 favorite then you know that they have to win the game by 4 in order for you to win the bet. The minus sign can be a lit­tle con­fus­ing, but essen­tially you just have to ignore it. This num­ber is the num­ber that would be used in a straight foot­ball bet. If you were to bet on this game, you would need to ask your­self whether or not you think the team that is favored will win by that amount. If you think that they will then you will bet on the favorite. If the num­ber is high like –15 and you don’t think that the team can win by that much, then you will want to bet on the under­dog. The unique thing about bet­ting on the under­dog is that you can afford for the team you just bet on to lose by 15 points.

At the same time you might see another num­ber by the other team. That num­ber might be some­thing very large, such as 43. You know that the team can’t be expected to win by 43 points, espe­cially in pro foot­ball, so you may be won­der­ing what that num­ber is all about? This num­ber is basi­cally your over and under and score. This num­ber is the com­bined score for the game. So, if you were to bet the over and under you would want to look at your two teams and deter­mine if the game is going to be high scor­ing or low scoring.

As you can see, foot­ball point spreads really are not that dif­fi­cult. With this knowl­edge you will be able to look at all foot­ball point spreads and you would be able to make an edu­cated guess on which team you should beat on. As with all sports gam­bling, don’t for­get to do your research to deter­mine why the foot­ball point spreads are set where they are at. There are many fac­tors that go into these foot­ball point spreads and you will want to ensure that you are mak­ing a smart bet. Many bet­tors choose Lines­Maker Sports­book for their foot­ball point spreads.

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