Wednesday, 8 February 2012
If your betting on American football is limited to playing NFL offerings and some of the major college games, perhaps it’s time to broaden your horizons just a bit – after all, there are opportunities to be had in relatively overlooked odds, lines and alternate betting at the online sportsbooks.
In NFL Football betting, alternate lines are sometimes also offered along with the regular pointspread on each match in greater risk/greater reward propositions. You might be able to buy more or fewer points on a given team but with payouts adjusted accordingly. When creating the odds, bookmakers not only need to indicate how likely an outcome is, but how to make those odds appealing to the widest range of potential punters possible and therefore few double-digit pointspreads are offered on NFL games, even if it appears a blowout is in the works.
“Asian Lines,” alternate pointspreads deviating from the standard by a half-point, are also offered at many sportsbooks.
But the punter doesn’t even have to bet exotically to find interesting opportunities at any decent-sized online sportsbook: Simply keeping track of a Division IAA conference (start with one that features a team in your hometown for the important local news angle and possible insider-type information) can reap rewards when you pay attention. While online sportsbooks are basically obligated to run lines on obscure games, they may not necessarily have the resources and information to get every pointspread correct and some nice wins may be had.
