Thursday, February 3, 2011

The Guide to Basic Sports Gambling

By Martin Elmer


If you combine two man's greatest interests, you will get something called sports gambling. Can you think about something more ingenious? When men are watching their favorite team, they almost every time bet on the game too.

Almost every week there is this specially sport game that gets extra attention. And if you ask the sports fanatics this specific event will change the history of sport. So to get some extra action many people are betting on the winner. This is sports gambling.

It might sound like it can be very addicting, but sport gambling is actually just a way to bond with your good friends. If you just bet a little amount of money, you can still have a great time. The purpose of sports gambling is just to make the game more thrilling and meaningful. If you want to sport gamble, you will get some basic tips.

If you want to place a bet, you just have to find a sports book that accepts sports bets. In the US there are only four states where sports gambling is legally.

You can bet on a lot of different sports events like college and professional football, hockey, baseball, basketball, dog and horse racing. Actually you bet on everything there involves sport. Bet on the overall score, the round knockout round and even the coin toss.

In sports gambling, bookies rely on statistics to help you decide which team you think will win. There is such a thing called a spread, which is a point advantage given to a weaker team that is expected to lose by X number of points. This is the odds maker's way of making even bets possible for a sports book.

There is a lot of different kind of bets. The most common bet type is a straight bet, where you will predict the team that win or lose. With over/under bets you are betting on the number of points scored by the two teams.

Parlays are when you are betting on more than one game and teasers are almost the same. The difference is that you can add or subtract points from the spread to make the bet stronger.

This is the basics of sports gambling. Why don't you give it a try, and have a lot of fun in the process. Just remember not to get too carried away and spend your entire 401K plan on a whim. You just might end up regretting it for life




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