Online Betting Guides

Sure, you will get valuable, in-depth overviews of what moneyline, point spread, and over/under wagers are. But we also get into more granular, equally useful details, covering everything from parlay and future wagers to round-robin and arbitrage bets.

This distinction is carried out with odds such as -1.5 or +1.5. This guide gets deep into the meaning of these lines while also providing a synopsis of how much money you can stand to make using point spreads.

The concept of covering can confuse them, but more notably, it's often difficult to decide which wager type is right for you. We've taken the guesswork out of the equation by showing you how to choose.

But we are not talking about a specific score. Your job instead is to decide whether two teams will combine to exceed (the over) or fail to meet (the under) a predetermined final score. While addressing every aspect of the over/under, this page also delves into how over/under lines are used in futures.

You're gambling on an outcome that won't take place for months, usually a division, conference or league championship. These bets can be harder to hit, because you're wagering against fields that span anywhere between four and 30-plus teams, but they can also be highly profitable. Allow us to show you how by visiting the page linked above.

The catch? Parlays mandate that every one of your predictions hit, otherwise you'll be left with a bad beat. We go into hyper detail about this topic, identifying the pros and cons depending on the wager types you're melding together.

The lines you're investing in are off-beat, which can catch some people off guard. You needn't fear them. They're fun. Consider props a means to bet on the game within a game, mainly player and team accomplishments. This page breaks down everything for you, including strategies, to the point you'll be a props expert by the time you finish it.

That said, many approaches are better than others. We've put together a list of all the most popular gambling philosophies, outlining not only how they work, but also the situations in which they figure to be the most effective.

Thanks to this guide, now you can join in on the fun. It covers everything you need to know about arbitrage, which entails identifying odds inefficiencies at separate sportsbooks and capitalizing on them by investing in both sides of the same game. It sounds weird on the surface, but it can work when implemented properly. We have explained why within our guide.

It also consists of investing in both sides of the same game, but your mission is to do so while using promotional money you've received from your sportsbooks. Hiccups abound in this approach, but we tackle them all in kind, so you can be sure you won't mess up should you decide to give matched betting a try.

Believe us when we say they're not. Just look at them as a series of mini parlays. Let's say there are three moneylines you wish to bet on. Rather than build a single parlay with all of them, you can choose to place a round robin bet, which would construct three different two-outcome combinations all for one lump sum that's spread evenly across them. Still not sold? Check out the guide. You'll leave satisfied.

They tell you exactly how much you stand to win once you plug in your wager type, the amount you're betting and the odds you received. You'll invariably have the hang of knowing prospective payouts right away in some cases, but betting calculators—which can be found using a quick Google search—are incredibly handy when you are putting together a bet slip with numerous wagers on it.

It doesn't matter if you're submitting a two-bet parlay or 10-bet parlay. You won't be able to calculate your potential return just by line of sight. These wagers are combining a bunch of single-bet odds and folding them into one giant wager with a fatter possible payout. Let an odds calculator do the work for you, so you can know just how much you're playing for. There are other benefits to this tool, as well—all of which are broken down within.

That changes now. It has so many functions. The most obvious one: keeping track of your wagers as you browse your sportsbook. That's great. But they also serve as their own odds calculators and, equally important, wager receipts so that you can both keep track of how your investments are faring and have proof of your transaction should your sportsbooks be experiencing technical difficulties. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Betting slips do so much more, and we get into it all.