Spread Betting Stories

1. What Is A Spread In Sports Betting
2. Financial Spread Betting Success Stories

Traditionally, financial spread betting was all about betting on a stock market index, such as the FTSE-100. Now, spread betters can take a punt on the price of any share, commodity, fund. Choosing a financial spread betting strategy that suits you. There is a virtually limitless variety of spread betting techniques, or strategies, for a trader to choose from. When examining various spread betting strategies and deciding which one(s) to use, it’s important to select a.

The Brooklyn Nets play the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday, and if you’re looking to do some last-minute betting research, you’re in luck! We’ll give you the latest point spread, moneyline odds and over-under number, as well as the information you’ll need to make the smartest bet on BetMGM.

The game tips off at 8 p.m. and can be seen on YES and ESPN.

The Nets remain without Kevin Durant (hamstring), Iman Shumpert (hamstring), Spencer Dinwiddie (ACL surgery) and Reggie Perry (G League). But, Nic Claxton (right knee tendinopathy) is nearing a return. Both he and Tyler Johnson (adductor) are questionable Sunday.

The lines, courtesy of BetMGM

Point spread: Nets +6.5Money line: Nets +220/Clippers -275Over-under: 236.5Player scoring props: James Harden 25.5 (-105 O/-120 U) — Kyrie Irving 26.5 (-120 O/-105 U) — Joe Harris 13.5 (-120 O/-105 U)Miscellaneous player props: James Harden rebounds 7.5 (+100 O/-125 U) — James Harden assists 10.5 (-145 O/+110 U)

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Advice and prediction

Can’t blame anyone for trying their luck with Nets moneyline on Sunday. The Nets are hot, and seldom will you find that kind of a payout for a Brooklyn win on BetMGM.

However, that’s not the safest bet in this game.

Believe it or not, it’s the over on James Harden’s assists. He’s hit Sunday’s over on BetMGM seven out of nine times this month, including Brooklyn’s with over the Clippers at the start of February. If you’re looking for a better payout, Harden’s rebounds plus assists total is set at 18.5 with the juice on the over set at -115 on BetMGM.

This is a first: the over on Jeff Green’s scoring prop (10.5, -110 O/-115 U) may be worth your time. Whichever one of Patrick Beverley, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard isn’t charged with Harden and Kyrie Irving will have Joe Harris. Green is getting the opportunities on offense (9.7 shots per game, 4.7 of which are from deep) and hit Sunday’s over on BetMGM in three consecutive games before his very quiet night against the Lakers.

Prediction: Clippers 121, Nets 117

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Understanding the different types of betting options is crucial when you’re getting a start as a first-time sports bettor.

The Point Spread: Betting the spread

For those new to sports betting, the point spread is the simplest, most straightforward approach to placing wagers.

Sports books set a predetermined margin of points on a game and a team must win – or not lose – by that set number. That’s why you’ll often hear people say the team won, but they “didn’t cover the spread” so their bet still came up short.

It’s not a matter of a team winning or losing like in a moneyline bet.

For a favorite: The favorite must win by more than the point spread.For an underdog: The underdog must outright win OR lose by fewer than the point spread.

Sports books aren’t in the business of predicting who will win or lose games. Their goal is setting a pre-game point spread with the intention to generate an equal amount of betting action/volume on both sides of the ledger – as much total money being bet on the favorite as on the underdog.

The vast majority of point spread wagers are made on football and basketball because of the proliferation of points that are scored in comparison to sports like baseball and hockey, where 1-0 or 2-1 games aren’t that out of the question or out of the norm. There’s one every night.

For example, the New England Patriots are playing the New York Jets and New England is a 9½-point favorite. Bettors typically have to spend $110 or so to win $100 with sports books, known as “the house edge/advantage.” With a point spread bet, simply having a team win the game isn’t the key. The critical factor to betting a point spread is how much a team wins or loses by. If a wager is placed on New England – “laying” the 9½ points – the Patriots need to win the game by 10 or more points for that bet to pay off. If New England wins 28-20, those betting on the Jets plus 9½ points (points added to their final total) win the bet.

The same general rules apply for basketball and are quite easy to follow because of the inherent simplicity of the bet. When it comes to betting sports like baseball and hockey, the standard bets are made on the “money line” – an established number for both teams to win the game outright.

What Is A Spread In Sports Betting

What makes point spread bets attractive are the fluid nature of each game – it’s a reality show that, when done right, is inexplicable. Games change on one play and momentum is a thing. But, when it comes to point spread betting, you know where you stand at every moment.

Financial Spread Betting Success Stories

For those just starting out, the simplest form of gambling is betting the spread because it’s the easiest to explain and understand, which explains why it is the most popular form of sports wagering.