Sportsbetting choices give you more than just sides, totals and money lines.There are other sports betting online options including gambling on halves, both first and second. Let’s look at these two sports betting options for the first and second halves.
Sports betting on halves is becoming more popular all the time. The most common form of sports betting online action on halves was the “half time” bet in which sports betting websites would post selected half time lines right after the first half of football and basketball games ended. This became so popular with sports betting fans that sports betting online websites now offer half time wagering on nearly all games. Not only that, sports betting on halves has been expanded to include first half wagering at the online sportsbook.
Sports betting on halves at the sportsbook works as follows: Let’s say the Oakland Raiders lead the Kansas City Chiefs 17-7 at the half. The sports betting online halftime line was made to be Kansas City -4. With a final score of Oakland 27 and Kansas City 24, the Chiefs would have covered the sportsbook halftime line of -4 since they outscored the Raiders in the second half 17-10.
Some sports betting gamblers like to play the halftime lines to gain an advantage of the original online sportsbook numbers. Let’s say that the USC Trojans were 24-point favorites at home against Arizona State in sports betting. Many sports betting people wouldn’t want to lay the 24-points. However let’s say that USC was sloppy in the first half and trailed 21-17 at halftime. Now the halftime line comes out as USC a 17 point favorite. Many sportsbetting gamblers will consider this a huge bargain as, in reality, this also makes USC a 13-point overall favorite as if they win the second half by 17-points they would beat Arizona State by a total of 13 points, which is an 11-point bargain against the original line.
Using our USC example again, let’s say that the online sportsbook first half number has USC at -12. This would mean that USC would have to win the first half only by more than 12-points to cover the sportsbook line. First and second half lines can oftentimes provide a bargain versus the regular line in certain situations.
First and second half wagering are a great way to bet at the sportsbook. Take a look at these options as you look to bet football this season.