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How
do online gambling odds work?
Sports Odds:
Sports odds are provided by the sportsbook or casino offering the odds. The odds describe how
much you will win if the side you pick to win
does win. So if the odds are 5:1 and your chosen
side wins you get $5 for every $1 you bet. If
you side loses the all oyu lose is $1.
The person setting the odds are extremely knowledgeable
people on the sport in question. They are called
a bookie or a professional oddsmaker. Numerous
factors including weather conditions, team makeup
and past performance go into the setting of the
sports odds. A lot of the big spotsbooks now use
computers and complex statistical models to determine
the odds.
Naturally odds vary significantly. You will find
betting on the favorite team does not always give
great odds, you might get odds of 1:1 on the favorite
but 11:1 on an underdog.
Odds are dynamic in most sports and will vary
up to the minute before the game starts. However
do know that the odds you got when you placed
your bet stands and never changes even if the
offered odds later changes. The reason the odds
may change is if a lot of persons are betting
on an underdog for instance then the sportsbook
may reduce the odds on that underdog.
Suffice it to say the sportsbook usually always
know their profit before the game ends because
they have balanced their monies on all the outcomes.
They make profit via commissions and by taking
a piece of the winnings.
There are many types of bets allowed in sports
and they are all dependent on the type of sport.
It is not just a case of picking the winning team,
you can bet on most touchdowns, most runs in baseball,
most 3 pointers in basketball and so on.
Then there is spread betting which is betting
a specific team will win by a specific margin
so if you bet on the favotite at +8 points, this
means they must win by at least 8 points for you
to win.
Another type of betting is where the sportsbook
gives a number representing the total points scored
by both teams. You bet whether it will be above
or below this total. This type of under and over
bets is also called betiing on the clock or betting
on the ball.
As you can see sportsbetting requires a certain
amount of skill and knowledge to be successful.
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