How to Bet on Sports

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Do you want to bet on sports but aren’t sure how? Are you looking for information on what types of bets are available or what specific types of bets mean? You have found the right place. Inside you will find not just how to place bets on sports and what types of sports bets are available, you will also find sports betting information, and how to read and interpret sports betting odds. You can also discover a specific betting strategy and if you want it, expert opinions and predictions on specific sporting events.

Guide To Live And In-Play Betting

Live betting, otherwise known as in-running or in-play betting, involves players having the ability to place bets on a sporting event after it has started and for the duration of it with lines and odds changing constantly as the game or event evolves.

Read more about live and in-play betting here: Guide To Live And In-Play Betting

Handicap Betting Explained

Handicap wagering is a way of presenting the odds differently from normal fixed odds betting and is something you should be involved in only if you have a solid understanding of how it works and what it means.

The practice is very common in points-based sports betting such as with football, basketball, and tennis and here we’ll show you how to understand it a little better before you attempt to make it profitable.

Read more about handicap betting here: Handicap Betting Explained

Over/Under Betting

Sometimes abbreviated as O/U, this type of bet is one in which a sportsbook predicts statistics in a given event, most often the total number of points or goals scored by a combination of both teams and then it is up to us to bet on whether we think the total will be higher or lower than that figure.

Read more about over/under betting here: Over/Under Betting

Sure Bets

Betting in the traditional way on one market always leaves us open to the possibility of defeat. In fact, statistically, it’s almost certain for most bettors.

Even betting on the hottest favorite cannot be considered a guaranteed way to make a profit as any horse can break down and any referee can ruin a game that was otherwise going smoothly.

Sure betting though is a way of number crunching to take any risk out of betting altogether.

Read more about Sure Bets here: Sure Bets

The Different Types Of Sports Betting

Regular sports bettors have evolved their game just as the whole world of online wagering has changed over the years and so they are well aware of all the world’s sports betting opportunities. For the uninitiated, this can prove to be a minefield.

What you’ll discover is that no one type of sports wager is better than another, but rather they all simply cater to people with different tastes and skills.

Exchanges for example are good for those who prefer to take the negative view, especially within horse racing, and like to ‘lay’ horses they are pretty sure will be beaten. Other bettors prefer sports such as basketball or rugby where it’s about points and therefore spread betting is their thing.

Here we’ll cover some of the more common types of online sports bets, from traditional fixed odds and spread betting to the more modern inventions of in-play and exchange wagering to help you better understand what is available out there: The Different Types Of Sports Betting

What Is a Parlay?

A parlay is a group of individual bets combined to make one bet. Because it is a combination of bets, the fewest outcomes one can try and predict in one parlay wager is two. In the parlay, it is actually one wager predicting a series of outcomes and because it is only one amount being wagered the greater the number of outcomes being predicted, the greater the odds one is given if this is done correctly.

Read more about parlays here: What is a parlay?

What is an over/under or total wager?

When someone chooses to wager on the over/under (aka total), what they are betting on is that the total combined scores of both teams will be either over or under a certain number. If someone is betting the over, they are simply betting that the combined total points scored by both teams in the game will be over a certain number. If someone is betting on the under they are banking that the combined scores of both teams participating in a game will be under a certain number.

Read more about over/under or total wager: What is an over/under or total wager?

What Is Double Chance Betting?

Double chance betting has become increasingly popular with soccer bettors because of the spectre of the draw. Despite having only two teams going at it there are always three possible results; home win, away win or draw.

Read more about double chance betting here: What Is Double Chance Betting?

Deposit Money

Once you have selected an online sportsbook you will need to deposit money into your account in order to start betting. 

Just as the different types of bets, betting limits, etc. vary from online sportsbook to online sportsbook, so do the deposit methods. Keep in mind that the sportsbook is more than willing to help you deposit money into your account and of course be sure to check out our sportsbook ratings to see which have the best customer service just in case you want to make that big wager and need to get a deposit in quickly.

Read more here about the most common deposit methods: How do I deposit Money in my Online Betting Account or Betting App?

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