Football Betting – How To Bet On Football

As with betting on any sport, you need to actually have a personal interest in football if you hope to make some money on it. You can still win any bet placed on any sport that you don’t care about, but if you hope to keep it up, you’re going to get bored. Gaming is supposed to be fun, thrilling, a way to pit your own wits against those of the bookmaker. If you’re focusing on a sport you could give a care less about, it’s going to become more of a chore than a hobby.

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That said, the first thing you should know is what kind of bets you’ll be able to place. For the most part, football betting goes by the same bet types as any other sport, but with a few unique bet types…

Halftime Bet: A halftime wager is a bet placed only on the first or second half of the game. The line offered will either be a point spread, a money line, or a combination of both.

Money line Wager: The team you place your bet on only has to win, unlike with a point spread, wherein, if you bet on the favorite team, they have to win by a certain margin if you hope to see a return. In a money line, the amount you win depends on a number of factors.

Proposition Bets: These are exotic bets specific to a football game. Rather than betting on a win/lose proposition, you bet on odd details of the game, like which team will be the first to score, which team will have more penalties, who will make the shortest touchdown, etcetera. These are usually only offered on the more high profile football games like the Rose Bowl or matches between long-time rivals.

If you live in the US, know that sports betting on a football game can get you in some serious trouble outside of Nevada. US law dictates that nobody can operate a sports betting operation outside of Nevada, Delaware or Oregon, and both Delaware and Oregon have state laws restricting sports betting operation. However, you can bet online with bookmakers stationed in Nevada or other parts of the world with no fear of breaking the law on your part.

Because the law regarding sports betting in the US tends to be a bit ambiguous, some bookmakers stationed in other countries are reluctant to work with American bettors, but there are a lot of betting sites out there, so it shouldn’t be hard to find somebody willing to place bets for you.