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Sports Betting Tips: If/Win Bets

by richallen

If win bets are one of the rarer of wagers in the world of sports gambling and sports betting tips (and probably one of the more confusing as well.) In a way they are similar to parlays in that you can have a combination of up to 6 sides or totals grouped together, although it’s [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: Teaser Bets

by richallen

Continuing our discussion of sports betting tips, a Teaser Bet is a modified form of a parlay bet, meant to reduce risk to the player by offering the opportunity to bet on point spreads and/or game point totals. The spreads or totals are adjusted, or “teased” to give the player a better chance of winning, [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: Are Parlays Good Bets?

by richallen

Moving along with more parlay related sports betting tips – my answer is that they are not at all, especially parlays involving point spreads or totals. The odds of the payoff are much less than the true odds. For example, the true odds of winning a three-team parlay when making point spread wagers are [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: Money Line Parlays

by richallen

Remember these sports betting tips: Money line parlays do not use fixed odds, because the odds of winning vary greatly from team to team. While a parlay made against the point spread assumes a 50-50 chance for each team of winning, money line parlays do not. The chances of the New York Mets defeating the [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: Point Spread Parlays

by richallen

The odds on a typical parlay involving point spreads, including totals, are generally something like:
2 teams 13-5
3 teams 6-1
4 teams 10-1
5 teams 25-1
6 teams 40-1
7 teams 75-1
8 teams 150-1
9 teams 300-1
10 teams 600-1
These sports betting tips mean that the bettor making a wager on a four-team parlay stands to win $10 for every $1 if [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: Parlays

by richallen

Parlays are by far the most popular of the multi-team bets, as they offer potential for a bigger payoff than a straight bet from a small bet. A parlay is a collection of two or more teams that you place a wager on and all of them must win in order for you to win [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: Puck Line Bet

by richallen

Los Angeles Kings +1 ½ (-160)
Chicago Blackhawks – 1 ½ (+140)
In the example above, a wager on the Blackhawks means they must win the game by 2 goals in order for you to win your bet. You will have to wager $160 to win $100. One of my sports betting tips: A wager on the [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: Straight Bet Puck Line

by richallen

More sports betting tips: The straight bet puck line is the same as a baseball run line except it’s Hockey. It is a combination of a spread and odds. The spread may vary.

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Sports Betting Tips: Run Line Bet

by richallen

The run line bet is one of many important sports betting tips:
Texas Rangers -1 ½ (-155)
New York Yankees + 1 ½ (+135)
In this example, a wager on the Texas Rangers means that they must win the game by 2 runs in order for you to win your bet. You will have to wager $155 to [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: Straight Bet Run Line in Baseball

by richallen

Continuing with my sports betting tips; In baseball a run line is a combination of the spread and odds. The spread is always 1½ runs. If you wager on the favorite, they must win by 2 runs. If you wager on the underdog, they can lose by 1 run or win the game and you [...]

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