I use bovada.

Yup.

I love Bovada.

my problem with that is i still don't understand sports betting terms lol

if i could just make straight up bets i'd be down.

LIKE THE RAVENS WILL BEAT THE BENGALS THIS WEEKEND FASHO

but in the betting world its like over unders and spreads and shit

You can make straight money line bets on Bovada

I would like to learn too, @uh-oh

lol .

yea i don't get it tho, like right now it says the ravens are -3 (+105)

so if i put 100 on the ravens, i get 205 dollars?

That's the same shit that confused me, I think the -3 means withing 3 points of the final score or some shit
If Bengals win by more than 3
Which they obviously will
Then you can also bet on the over
Or something like that

Money line bets are based on $100. -'s mean favorites, +'s mean underdogs.

For example

Say the Bears are +200 against the Lions, or something. That means a $100 bet wins $200 on top.

Now say the Lions are -200 (the + and - are almost never the same but doing this for simplicity's sake) against the Bears, or something. That means I have to bet $200 just to win $100 on top.

You don't have to bet $100. It will scale, mathematically!

The more you know!

Ravens -3 means if your betting on the Ravens with the spread, take 3 points if their total of the final score

So if they win 27-23 you win

If the win 20-19 you would lose

But the plus 105, that's straight up money line.

No spread

+105 means if you bet 100 dollars you will profit 105. Meaning if you have 100 in your account, you bet 100 on Ravens. So now you have 0

If Ravens win now you have 205

If it was -105 money line, that means to win 100, you have to bet 105

So if you have 105 in your account, bet 105 on the Ravens. Now you have 0

If the Ravens win you have 205 it's just different odds

+ odds equal more for the same amount of risk

Ok pancake ok

I see you sneaky bastard

Word.

A key thing to remember with spreads is that Vegas/your bookie/bovada isn't saying Team X is a touchdown better than Team Y. The spreads are engineered to create an equal amount of betting on each side, which helps create profit via the vig for the house. That's why lines shift; a heavy amount of betting is coming in on one side and the house is adjusting. Smarts usually wait to bet until the last moment, in most cases (unless they feel the general public is going to be betting the wrong side running up to the game then they'll counterbalance).

Also, a general rule of thumb has always been that the home team automatically gets a -3 line. So if an away team is favored the house is implying that the general perception favors the away team even more than the line would suggest if taken at face value.

Are you guys professional gamblers?
Cuz you sound like pros lol
Atleast I know a little more now
Thanks guys

I bet a lot

I wouldn't say professional lol