Sports betting choices involve more than just sides and totals. There are a number of other excellent online sportsbetting choices. Let’s look at some of the addition sportsbetting choices that are popular today. Sportsbetting odds on football and basketball will include first half and half time wagering. This is where a sportsbetting gambler can bet on the first half outcome of a game, with the second half having no relevance to the wager or outcome of it at all.
Just as is the case with the regular full game lines, the first half lines will have a pointspread, over under, and money line. Half time wagering is when online sportsbetting gamblers wager purely on the second half result of a game, with the first half having no relevance at all to the wager. For example, as soon as halftime begins the sportsbook will post an online sportsbetting halftime line which features a pointspread, money line, and over/under total.
The “Futures” wager is another sportsbetting option. This sports betting choice is an exciting way to have action for an entire season. Futures betting can feature anything from team odds on the Super Bowl champion, national college football champion, and conference championships in both pro and college football to which team will win the NHL, soccer leagues, etc. Another popular way to participate in “futures” sportsbetting is to bet on the over/under for total wins in a season for each team. For example, if you saw a line that said “New York Giants 9.5” you would wager on whether or not New York would go over or under 9.5 wins in the regular season.
Parlays and teasers are another way to get involved in sports betting and are popular because a gambler can win a lot of money for only a small risk. Parlays are when an online sports betting gambler combines anywhere from 2 to 10 plays into one wager in which all of the plays must win for the bet to win, at bigger odds. Teasers are the same way in sports betting but are enhanced with pointspreads that are more favorable to the sports betting gambler, with the trade off being lesser payoff odds. In most cases you can combine sides and totals on parlays and teasers in online sports betting.