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How do this weeks nfl odds work?

Posted on January 2009 in sport betting system

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/dailylines

I know how the + /- system works in general, but i'm more used to seeing it with numbers in the 100's (like -200/+105). Could someone explain a game situation to me for a straight up bet based on this weeks odds?

That's a weird chart so I can see where you are confused. These are not straight win/lose bets (like the -200/+105 for a sport like boxing).
40.0 O/U — means the over/under
-3.0 — is the point spread.

Those are two separate bets.

NFL is not usually bet straight up (with odds), you'll have to look deeper into one of the sports books to find the odds.

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5 Responses to “How do this weeks nfl odds work?”

1. maddball26 Says:
   January 9th, 2009 at 12:19 pm

   Im not sure, but you can check it out in the local newspaper. Hope that helps.
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2. railbird Says:
   January 9th, 2009 at 12:54 pm

   That's a weird chart so I can see where you are confused. These are not straight win/lose bets (like the -200/+105 for a sport like boxing).
   40.0 O/U — means the over/under
   -3.0 — is the point spread.

   Those are two separate bets.

   NFL is not usually bet straight up (with odds), you'll have to look deeper into one of the sports books to find the odds.
   References :

3. Steel Head Says:
   January 9th, 2009 at 1:35 pm

   I've never seen it in the 100's like you say you have. I always see it like this Patriots -19 vs Steelers, which means you'd have to subtract 19 points from the pats final score to equal a projected tie…in other words pats favored by 19…if you bet the pats and they only win by 18 you lose, if you bet they steelers lose by less then 19 you win…assuming you are betting the spread.
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4. bigslick316 Says:
   January 9th, 2009 at 1:43 pm

   That chart is actually really straightforward.

   It lists the two teams, the opening point spread, and the current point spreads and over / unders from each of four different sports betting sites.

   The + and - (point spreads) correspond to the SECOND team listed immediately above. For example:

   NEW ORLEANS @ ATLANTA
   open: +4.5 42.0 O/U
   BetUS - Sportsbetting - Sporsbook - BoDogLife
   current ….. current ……… current …… current
   . 43.0 ……… 42.5 …………. 42.5 ………. 43.0
   . +3.0 …….. +3.5 …………. +3.5 ………. +4.5

   Here Atlanta (the second team listed) is "getting" (plus) points. Basically you're adding (therefore the plus sign) anywhere from 3 to 4.5 (depending on which site you place your wager) points to Atlanta's final actual score to arrive at the adjusted score for the purpose of betting. So if New Orleans wins the game 30 to 28, Atlanta, even though they lost the game, would win the bet because the "adjusted" score would be 30 (New Orleans) to 31-32.5 (Atlanta), depending on which site you chose to place your bet with.

   Frankly it's kind of odd to see such a large margin between odds on the different sites, especially this late in the week, but that just proves why it's important to "shop around" and look for the best deal. If you had a hankering to place a wager on New Orleans, you'd obviously want to place that wager on BetUS since you'd only be spotting 3 points to the opponent, however if you wanted to bet on Atlanta, you'd opt for BoDogLife since they're spotting them 4.5 points!

   Don't concern yourself too much with the "open" number, as you're betting based on the current (today's) point spread, not what the point spread was at the beginning of the week. And lastly, the other numbers are the "totals," or "over / unders" for the game. In the above example, if you think the combined total of New Orleans' AND Atlanta's scores will exceed 42.5 or 43, you'd bet "over," otherwise you'd bet "under."
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5. OhYeahJack Says:
   January 9th, 2009 at 1:55 pm

   I think you're asking about a moneyline. This is a bet where you'd see +/- before a triple digit number like you are describing. In this bet you are betting who will win the game straight up with with no spread, unless of course you buy points but that's for another question. It's always based on a $100 bet and works like this:

   Minnesota -420
   San Francisco +330

   You could bet $100 on San Francisco to win and the payout would be $330.

   OR

   You could bet $420 on Minnesota to win and the payout would be $100.

   I think handicapper's use $100 because it looks like a more profitable bet on paper. But you can use $10 too.

   You could bet $10 on San Francisco to win and the payout would be $33.

   OR

   You could bet $42 on Minnesota to win and the payout would be $10.

   The strategy is to try and find the best moneyline for the week based on the match-ups. I'll use Minnesota, again, for an example. When they played San Diego about 4 weeks ago the Chargers were heavily favored; the moneyline was something like:

   Minnesota +800
   San Diego -1300

   A $10 bet could've won $80. Not bad!
   References :
   http://www.betus.com/sportsbook/straight.aspx

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