Point Spreads - An Explanation
By Simon Skinner | October 30, 2008
Every sport that you are able to bet on will have a point spead system.
Inexperienced bettors who do not understand college football point spreads may not understand the system. Point spreads are of interest because sports analysts often refer to these although one must bear in mind that you are not legally allowed to bet in all areas of the US.
A knowledge of point spreads will increase your understanding of the sport and of the teams and this will also increase your chances of maximizing your betting wins.
If you understand sports betting in general then you will be able to grasp the concept of point spreads more easily. All major sports have some form of point spread. Point spreads change regularly as they are determinged on a game by game basis.
Let me give you an example, if the University of Oklahoma is playing the University of Texas then there will be a point spread associated with that game.
Any two sports teams are never equal in skills, playing ability and competition experience. One team will always have a chance of being winning the game and this difference is represented by a poiint spread.
In a game between UT and OU, then the point spread will not be a large number because the 2 teams are comparable in skills and experience.
It is always obvious that one team is going to be better than the other and that is why we have the point spreadsystem. If bettors only gambles on the better team, then on average and according to probability bettors will win 50% of the time. The point spread evens the odds for bettors and for teams. The teams have to win by a certain number of points to win the game.
Another example would be if OU is favored by 10 over UT, then OU would have to win by 11. If they win by 10 then it is called a push. You wouldn't lose or win any money if they won by 10 points.
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