help how to bet

RDeFaz · 02-28-10, 05:24 PM

You pick a team that you think will win

HoulihansTX · 02-28-10, 06:27 PM

Originally posted by RDeFaz

You pick a team that you think will win

If it was this easy then sport-books would not exist.

What do you not understand exactly? point spreads, Over/Unders, Moneylines??

RDeFaz · 02-28-10, 06:36 PM

Picking a team you think will win doesn't always mean winning... Therefore they do exist

Reload · 02-28-10, 06:38 PM

You bet and then you lose thanks to a meaningless basket at the end of the game!

NBA 101 there for the nooby

Glitch · 02-28-10, 06:55 PM

moneyline is picking which team you wanna take to win. + is underdog, - is favorite- to win or to risk that much to win 100 (proportionally) -200 means you pay 200 to win 100 or 2 to win 1. +200 means you pay 100 to win 200 or 1 to win 2. you get the winnings plus your money back.

the spread is the final score plus or minus the line you took. +6 means you had 6 to the final score of the underdog you selected. -6 means you subtract 6 from the final score of the favorite you selected.

the other column is the over/under- wagering on the combined score. whether it will be over or under the given number at which it is set.

as far as strategy is concerned- you can pretty much read lakerboy's threads. tuesdays in the nba, things will go as expected, fridays- things will be wild and a bunch of BS. goodluck