Week 14 Betting Thread

El Caliente said

What are teasers and how do they work? I keep seeing you posting them, and I’m trying to make sense of them.

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You get to move the line in your favor on multiple bets. You can do it on the same game or multiple games. It’s like a parlay but with a reduced payout since you are moving the line. On bovada they are 6 points for football. I think in a live sports book you can move them less, like 3 points. If you bet enough games on Bovada on same ticket they will give you 7 points in your favor.

It’s easier than it sounds. Like tonight for instance. Don’t remember the exact numbers but I think the line was Steelers -3.5 and over under was 36.5. Both at -110. I bet on Cleveland and the under. If you do a teaser you get an extra 6 points on each one. So instead of Browns +3.5 I get 9.5. Instead of under 36.5 I get 42.5.

It’s considered by some to be a sucker bet but can be good if say you get a couple lines around 4.5 or so. You can move them to 10.5 which for a normal football score can be huge. The payout is -120 on a 2 team teaser of 6 points.