Understanding BetUS Betting Lines: A Beginner's Guide
When you need help getting started, BetUS has a lot of helpful information you can rely on. Understanding BetUS Betting Lines: A Beginner's Guide is one of the information sources you should start with to understand how betting works.
What Is a Betting Line?
It helps to understand what a betting line is. It's a form of betting where the odds are set and information regarding the bet you're placing and the amount you can win is provided. In BetUS Sportsbook, you access betting lines by clicking on "Sportsbook" and then choosing your preferred sport or "All Sports" to see the different options. Once you've found a team or game to wager on, click it and it opens the betting slip where you'll find the betting lines.
Take a Closer Look at a Betting Line
What you'll see for betting lines depends on the sport. In general, you'll find these options.
- Point Spread - How many points are between the losing team and the winning team?
- Money Line - Which team will win?
- Total (Over/Under) - What is the total amount of points scored by both teams?
- Team Total - What is the total amount of points scored by your chosen team?
Those are the basic types of bets, but they may have slightly different names. In baseball, a Run Spread is a point spread bet. A Futures Bet is a Money Line Bet made on games that are coming up in the future. Such as who will win the World Series or what team will make the playoffs.
You're always going to see the odds listed on the far right. This is the amount you'd win if you wagered X amount. The odds are shown as:
- American ($100 wager would pay X amount) - If the American odds were +250, you'd get $250 with a win.
- Decimal (The amount you'd win for each dollar wagered) - If the odds were 2.5, you'd get $2.50 for every $1 wagered.
- Fractional (Fraction timed by your bet) - If you chose the Red Sox to win 20/1, you'd get $20 for every $1 wagered with a fractional bet.
Breaking this down, if you chose a Money Line Bet on Aaron Judge to be the MLB Home Run Season Stats Leader and you were correct, his American odds are listed at +250. You'd get $250 for every $100 wagered.
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