by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker

Dec 1, 2006

About gambling in football:

Once upon a time a player of practicing team soccer in Britain being fed up by the monotony of kicking the ball picked up the ball and started running with the ball in his hands. Historians believe that this gave birth to what is one of the most favorite sports of the United States which is known to us by the name of football. As with the popularity of the game gambling in football has also become popular and thus got attached to it. To make it more available outside the United States gambling in football has also introduced in the internet to the rest of the world. This is because especially gambling or betting in football is more rewarding than any other type of sports as it has been an extremely popular way to make big money in the recent years that produces far better prize money amounts for relatively low stake money. Of course a bet on a horse in a particular racing event can not that much assuring or produce the same odds. 

Structure of football gambling in short:

Gambling or betting in football is mostly done through bookmakers. One of the most favorite and commonest American forms of a football betting is buying a square for the Super bowl. Of all the types of bets and wagers available on football the most common forms includes straight bets, totals that are also known as over or under bets, money line wagers, half time wagers and parlays also known as multiples or combos. Then there are also the teasers and the proposition bets or the exotics. In the straight bets the particular team that is being wagered on must win by the point spread given at the time of the wager. Mostly the odds in this type of wagers are $1.10 to win $1.00. In case the match results in a tie the bets placed are considered as no action and money wagered is re-deposited back into the account. The totals are combined scores of both teams for games wagered on. Then comes the money line wagers. In this type the team wagered on has just to win the game and the amount which is laid or taken for each game may vary.          

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