Betting the Over Under Totals Instead of Games
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Many sports bettors, like those on 해외토토사이트, believe betting on overs/unders or totals is better than trying pick the winner of a game. Bookmakers agree with that betting strategy by placing smaller betting limits on overs/unders than they do for betting a team.
Overs/unders are a type of betting opportunity gamblers bet when a game is too close to bet on but the total runs or points are easier to handicap.
Bettors do not care who wins or losses but whether the game total goes under or over the number. The winner of a totals bet is determined by adding the final score of both teams. Many football public bettors usually like to bet the favorite and the over. This is a betting pattern that most amateurs blindly bet when they get certain matchups during the season. There will be football Sundays where the combination of favorite and overs do cover and the books will lose money, but not in the long run.
FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL TOTALS
When betting on football and basketball totals, the bettor risks $11 to win $10, just as they do when making a bet against the point spread. If the bookmaker can get an equal amount of money wagered on the over and the under, he is guaranteed to make money no matter what the final score is.
If two high scoring teams with poor defenses are playing each other, the total may be posted higher. When two sound defensive teams playing in bad weather the total will fall below 40 points but not often. College football totals will be higher, as some teams have great offenses and playing a mismatch with a point spread in the 30 point range. College football totals have been known to reach into the 70-point range.
When a bookmaker accepts a maximum bet on a football total, they will adjust to the total by one half point point knowing they are vulnerable to a sharp bettor who specializes on totals. They may move the line a full point hoping to offset any imbalance.
BASEBALL AND HOCKEY TOTALS
Baseball and hockey totals wagers use the same principal as football and basketball overs/unders, where the bookmaker posts a number and you can bet either over that total or under the total, but there is one essential difference in the amount of money a bettor must risk in order to win $100.
Because scoring in baseball and hockey is so much lower than in football or basketball. Bookmakers are reluctant to change the number of a total and instead will adjust the odds. Example: If the over/under number on the Dodgers and the Giants is 9 and a bettor places a $500 wager on the over, the bookmaker is unlikely to raise the total to 9.5. Instead, he will make bettors who wish to wager over 9 risk $120 to win $100, which is written as -120. Those wishing to bet the under would then be able to wager at even money or +100, as totals nearly always use a difference of .2, commonly called “20 cent line.”
If people continue to bet the over, the bookmaker will continue to adjust the odds upward and eventually bettors may have to risk $145 to win $100, or -145. In this case, an under bettor would risk $100 to win $125.
The bookmaker will generally raise the odds up to -145 before raising the total to the next number, which in this case would be 9.5. Betting overs/unders is another way to add some excitement to a game and many times will offer more betting value than trying to pick the winner. Many serious bettors concentrate on totals, believing they are easier to win than picking which team is going to cover the spread.
