For example at Caesars Sportsbook if you bet $110 to win $100 you would lose $110 if your team did not cover the spread. What if the result of the point spread bet is a loss? For example at MGM Sportsbook if you bet $110 to win $100 against the spread you would receive $210 back. You get your original bet back plus your winnings. What if I win my bet against the point spread? Should the final score be exactly 7 points this is a push and your bet is refunded.ĪTS is short for Against The Spread! It is a term that refers to how a team performs when the point spread is applied to a game, instead of their straight up wins and losses. First the Jets win the game OR the Jets can lose the game but the final score has the Jets losing by LESS than 7 points. In order for us to win our bet one of two things must happen. In this example we are taking the underdog the NY Jets +7 points. The New England Patriots (-7) vs NY Jets (+7).

As an example of this we will use the following. To win you want the “underdog” to either win the game outright OR lose by less than the “ Point Spread” you are given. Taking the Dallas Cowboys -3 means you are betting with the spread and want the Cowboys to win by MORE than 3 points.īetting against the spread means you are taking the Underdog and the points in a game. For example in the NFL the Dallas Cowboys are favored at -3 over the Philadelphia Eagles. When you bet with the spread it means you are taking the favorite to win and cover the spread. There are two types of against the spread betting, the first is betting with the spread and the second is betting against the spread. A bettor wins his bet on the “Favorite” if the team wins the game by more points than the “spread or line”, the opposite is true for the “Underdog” where the bettor wins if the team loses by less than the spread or wins the game outright. The betting Favorite is considered the better team and listed with a Minus (-) sign while the Underdog is listed with a Plus (+) sign. The point spread is a number aka the “betting line” set by bookmakers at the sportsbook which is intended to even the playing field between two teams and give a reason for bettors to bet on either side of the game. One of the most popular types of sports betting is betting against the spread also known as ATS.

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