In starting when bettors are starting football betting, they may seem some confusing. Bettor hears terms like “total”, “betting line” and “point spread”. And bettor doesn’t understand what any of these terms mean. May be it’s seem confusing at first, But it’s really very simple to understand how football betting works. Before start football betting for making money, beginner bettors need to know for everything related to football betting line.

It’s very easy to understand betting line for football game. In the game of football, two teams play against each other. Odds of different results of the game are shows in betting line. In Betting line has three key factors. They are the money line, the total and the point spread.

Point Spread

The point spread is the most well known way that bettors bet on a football games. The point spread is the number that the expert handicapping specialists in Las Vegas make to decide what number of points the favorite team should be supported by. For instance, if a football betting line shows San Francisco -7, at that point that means that San Francisco is supported by seven points. If somebody bet on San Francisco, they would need to win by more than seven points to win the bet. By chance they won by total seven points, at that point the bet would be refunded as it was a tie. If the 49ers won or lost by less than seven points, at that point it would be a losing bet.

The point spread is just reversed with a plus sign for teams that are underdogs. For instance, the betting line may show Denver +3.5. That implies that Denver is the underdog. If they lose or win by under 3.5 points, at that point they would win their bettors cash.

Money Line

The money line is considerably easier for players to understand. You bet on the money line for a team to just lose or win. The underdog is again noted by a plus sign. For instance Live Casino, if it shows Denver +320 that implies that a bet would pay out at a rate of $320 for each $100 bet. Then again, if Denver was rather – 320, that would mean they were the top choice. For this situation, – 320 shows that backers win $100 for each $320 bet.

Total

At last, the total is the last key factor of betting line. The total is the total numbers of points made between both football teams. For instance, the total may be 43.5. Bettors can bet either under or over the total. If a bettor made an over bet, the total score of the two teams included would need to be at least 44 or more for the bet to win.