Please take this piece of advice in mind, remember
that all the wager types and rules in this page
can be modified by your sportsbook, we highly recommend
to check all rules before playing.
Official Game Times
Sport
Scored Official After
Football (NFL)
55 minutes of play
Football (College)
55 minutes of play
Basketball (NBA)
43 minutes of play
Basketball (College)
35 minutes of play
Baseball
5 innings of play (see
baseball for details)
Hockey
55 minutes of play
Golf
54 holes of play (see
golf for details)
Boxing
After opening bell is
rung
Propositions
Must have all participants
involved in play for action. UP
Football
Types of wagers available for football and basketball:
Straight (point spread & money-line), totals,
half-times, and propositions. UP
Basketball
Types of wagers available for football and basketball:
Straight (point spread & money-line), totals,
half-times, and propositions. UP
Baseball
Types of wagers available for baseball: Straight
(run-line & money-line), totals, and propositions.
UP
Baseball games are declared official after 5 innings
of play or 4 1/2 innings if the home team is winning.
If a game is called or suspended, the winner is
determined by the score after the last full inning
unless the home team scores to tie or take the lead
in the bottom half of the inning, in which case
the winner is determined by the score at the time
the game is called. Wagers will be refunded if the
home team ties the game and it is then suspended.
Events will not carry over to the following, unless
otherwise specified.
For total (over/under) wagers, the game must complete
nine innings (8 1/2 if the home team is winning)
to have action. If a game is called or suspended,
the score will be determined by the last full inning
unless the home team scores to tie or take the lead
in the bottom half of the inning, in which case
the score is determined at the time the game is
called. All total wagers are automatically both
listed pitchers (see below).
Rules for run-line wagers and propositions are the
same as those for baseball totals.
There are three wagering options for baseball (currently,
all Internet baseball wagers are listed pitchers
only, check your sportsbook rules!).
Action - wager
on team vs. team, regardless who pitches. If one
of the listed pitchers does not start the game,
the line will be adjusted to the opening line with
the new pitcher.
List Both Pitchers
- wager only if both listed pitchers start the game.
The wager will be "no action" if either
or both pitchers do not start the game.
List One Pitcher
- wager only if one team's listed pitcher starts
the game. The wager will be "no action"
if the specified pitcher does not start the game.
How To Figure Baseball
Parlays
For each price or odds quote on your teams, look
at their respective payoffs (to $1) and always add
$1 to these payoffs. Multiply your bet times the
products of these payoffs (+$1) for your parlay
return.
Example: Bet $50 on Twins (-150) parlayed to Yankees
(-130) bet Twins Yankees return
(-150) (-130) $50 X 1.67 X 1.77 = $147.80 return
includes the $50 bet.
Use the same method for any number of team for example:
Bet $75 on Cubs (+120) to Reds (-135) to Mets (EVEN)
for 3 team parlay
BET CUBS REDS METS RETURN
(+120) (-135) (EV)
$75 X 2.20 X 1.74 X 2.00 = $574.20
(1.00 + 1.20) (1.00 + .74) (1.00 + 1.00)
Return includes the $75 bet, remember to always
add a $1 to the payoff price to figure out all parlays.
UP or BACK
Hockey
Types of wagers available for hockey: Straight (puck-line
& money-line), totals, and propositions.
In addition, in the NHL Playoffs, the reason why
casinos post lines in the form of a money line (i.e.
PK-250, etc) rather than use a Puck Line (i.e. 1
11�2) is that you cannot have a time game in the
playoffs, one team or the other must win the game
in order to advance to the next round...UP
Golf
Types of wagers available for golf: Odds to win
& place (top four) tournament, odds to win foursome,
straight bets on daily matchups (odds plus stroke
line with odds), and propositions.
For any wager, if the selected player (or opponent
if daily matchup) does not tee off, the wager is
"no action", and the wager amount will
be refunded. For stroke line wagers, the player
with the "-" is the favorite and the "+"
is the underdog (example, you wager on Fred Couples
(+2) over David Duval, Couples shoots 68 and Duval
67: Couples is the winner by a margin of one stroke
since Duval was favored by two strokes).
Odds to Place - Wager on a player to finish in first
through fourth place for the tournament. If there
is a tie for fourth place, the payouts are calculated
by dividing the payout odds by the number of players
tied for fouth place (example, you wager $10 on
Tiger Woods to place, his place odds are 6 to 1,
and three players tie for fourth place: payout=
6 / 3 = 2; $10 x 2 = $20 total winnings).
Odds to Win Foursome
- Wager on a player to place higher than the other
players in the tournament. If there is a tie, the
leader following the previous round is the winner.
If two players tie every round, the player who was
leading latest in the final round is the winner.
Daily Matchups:
wager on one player to place higher than another,
either for the tournament of the specified round.
If there is a tie, the wager amount will be refunded.
If a tournament does not go the specified number
of completed holes (usually 72), and the tournament
is shortened by PGA officials, the leader at the
end of number of holes determined by PGA officials
shall be the winner.
Example:
If the tournament was scheduled for 72 holes, but
only 54 holes can be played due to weather concerns,
then the leader at the end of 54 holes would be
declared the winner of the tournament. In the event
that two (or more) players are tied for the lead
at the end of regulation play, sudden death playoff
occurs to determine the winner of the event. In
some cases PGA officials may also have the individuals
play a specified number of holes to determine the
tournament winner.
In head to head matchups, both golfers must tee
off in order to have action. The player with the
most completed holes and the lowest score is the
winner of the matchup.
In the event that one golfer or the other is disqualified
or withdraws, the other player will be the winner
of the matchup. UP
Tennis
Types of wagers available for tennis: Odds to win
tournament, odds to win daily matches, and propositions.
UP
Boxing
Types of wagers available for boxing: Odds to win
fight, draw, total rounds (over, under), and propositions.
When a draw is available to wager and the fight
ends in a draw, the sportsbook pays only those who
bet a draw. If a draw was not available at a sportsbook,
then all wagers are refunded. Sportsbooks who did
not carry a draw as an available betting proposition
are obligated to refund all wagers. Sportsbooks
which offered the draw, pay only on the draw and
do not refund any wagers on either fighter. The
only exception to this rule would be when a draw
is listed as a seperate bet. UP
Auto Racing
Types of wagers available for auto racing: Odds
to win race, odds to win matchups, propositions.
I n Head-to-Head or Three way matchups, all drivers
must start the race in order to be considered "in
action". In addition, a driver is considered
starting the race after having driven one lap.
In the race a starting driver who has completed
at least one lap, but is replaced during the race
with another driver for any reason, the starting
driver will be awarded the finishing driver's position
at the end of the race.
If a starting driver has to be replaced with another
driver after completing one lap, and the second
driver ends in 10th place, then the starting driver
will be awarded for 10th place.
Example:
Driver Scott starts the race, he completes 10 full
laps, but leaves the race due to injury, and then
driver Matt finishes the race and places 10th. In
the race standings, driver Scott would be credited
with 10th place. UP
Horse Racing
Types of wagers available for horse racing: Odds
to win, place & show; exactas, quinellas, trifectas,
and propositions.
Straight Wagers
- Straight bets are very simple, select which horse
will be on the first, second or third position.
Win corresponds to First place, Place for Second
place, and Show is Third Place. For example, if
you wanted to bet $10 on horse number 3 to win first
place, then you have to bet on "Win".
If you want to bet all three positions, then you
must ask for "horse number 3 all across the
board".
Exotic Wagers - All exotic bets are just
like placing a straight wager except now you will
be selecting multiple horses. The following is a
list of exotic wagers:
* Quinella choose horses to come in 1st and 2nd
place.
* Exacta choose horses to come in 1st and 2nd place.
* Perfecta choose horses to come in 1st and 2nd
place.
* Trifecta choose horses to come in 1st, 2nd and
3rd place.
* Superfecta choose horses to come in 1st, 2nd,
3rd and 4th place.
* Daily Double choose horses to come in 1st place
for 2 races.
* Pick 3 choose horses to come in 1st place for
3 races.
Boxing - With
most exotic wagers you may also box the horses.
This means they can come in any order. ie If you
bet a $2 Trifecta Box on horses 1-3-7, you win if
any combination of 1-3-7 comes out. For example,
if 7-3-1 comes out you win! By boxing a wager you
are essentially buying a ticket for all the different
combinations for the horses you selected. So in
the above example the total wager cost would be
$12, because there are 6 combinations possible.
Coupled pairs
- Sometimes horses are coupled. That is there will
be a 1 and a 1A. Most times one of the horses will
be scatched, but if they both run, you get them
both. So, if you select a horse that is part of
a coupled pair (horses 1 and 1A) both horses would
be considered as one selection.
Example:
If you played 1-3-7 as your trifecta and result
was 1A-3-7 you win. Also if one horse gets scratched,
you have the other horse regardless of who you selected.
ie If you select 1A and 1A gets scratched - you
still have the 1 horse.
Horse Payouts - Payouts will be made based on the
actual track payout. Usually the Morning Line (ML)
listed in any race is just informational and is
not used to calculate the payouts. UP
Soccer
Types of wagers available for Soccer: Odds to win
game (Single bets), half time (1st half and 2nd
half), total (over and under), draw, and propositions.
Single Bets -
This is the exact same thing as taking a money-line,
all though goals scored in extra times don't count
for betting purposes. In some sportsbooks you will
find an "outright winner", these odds
are for bettors that are predicting the game to
go in extra-time, by penalties or by the golden
goal. UP
Straight bets
- A straight bet or side bet is where you choose
which team will win the game. It can be a money-line
(-170, +150, etc), point spread (-4 1/2, +5, etc.)
or a rul-line (-1 1/2+25). Usually there will be
a 10% juice for booking, unless otherwise noted.
For baseball, you bet on which team will win the
game outright, because baseball works with money
lines, for the exception of run lines. Run lines
are the same thing as a point spread.
For basketball or football there will generally
be a point spread as part of the bet. If the number
is positive (+) then you add the points to your
team's score. If the number is negative (-) then
subtract those points from your teams score. The
side with the higher score after the points are
applied is the winner.
Totals - When
wagering on totals you are betting on whether the
total points scored in the game will be higher or
lower than the posted total.
Parlays - A parlay is a group of straight bets or
totals combined into one bet. For the parlay to
win all of the individual parts of the parlay need
to win for the parlay to be a winner. If you have
a tie or a push, the parlay will revert to the lowest
number.You can also mix different sports on the
same parlay in almost all books.
Teasers - A teaser
is a group of straight bets or totals combined into
one bet. The difference between a parlay and a teaser
is that with a teaser the line you bet against for
each individual wager is moved to your favor by
the number of points of the teaser. If the regular
line is -10 and you have a 6 point teaser then your
line would be -4.
As with a parlay, all of the individual parts need
to win for the teaser to be a winner. In most sportsbooks
you can tie and it will revert to the lowest number.
Teasers are not available for baseball, due to the
money line.
Pleasers - A pleaser
is a group of side straight bets combined into one
bet. The difference between a pleaser and a teaser
is that with a pleaser the line you bet against
for each individual bet is moved against your favor
by 6 points. If the regular line is -10 and you
play a pleaser then your line would be -16.
Example:
Odds:
San Francisco is (-3) over Oakland
Miami is (-8) over Dallas
A "Two Team Pleaser" on San Francisco
and Miami would be:
San Francisco (-9)
Miami (-14)
10 Point Teaser - A 10 point teaser consists of
picking 3 teams to win, there are no ties in this
type of bet. In Football you will receive 10 points
(5 pts. for half-time wagers), and in Basketball
you will receive 7 points (3.5 pts. for half-time
wagers).
*Normally all these type of exotic wagers are not
taken on preseasons, all though you might want to
talk with a sportsbook representative to find out
if it's available
Gambling Resources (Click
The Link Below)
QGambling
Guide - Introduction to Betting on
Sports & Online Casinos/Poker
Online casino games
have different games with varying
odds, online sportsbooks have different
types of bets with different odds.
Learn all you need to know about all
things Online Gambling right here
at Wager On Football.
You'll learn what
you need to know about betting with an online sportsbook,
bonuses, promotions, plus how to choose internet sports books
online.
Best Sports Books >>
The online poker
room world is ever expanding its offerings. We list the best
online poker sites. Your best online Source For Poker Room
Ratings.
Best Poker Rooms >>
Bodog Casino &
MySportsbook.com Casino lead the way in our rankings of the
best online casinos. Gambling Ratings.
Best Casinos Offshore >>
Betonline.com
Racebook, JustBet Race Book + DSI lead the way in rating the
best internet horse betting sites. Racebook Ratings.
Best Race Betting Sites >>
