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Everything about American Football is big. The biggest teams with the biggest humans playing in front of the biggest crowds. It also offers some of the biggest rewards for those who can excel. The guys that decide the plays and throw the ball, for example, the quarterback. Or the guy who manages to sprint the entire length of the field and still somehow find himself in enough space to make a game-winning catch. And then there’s the brick wall, the monster of a man who throws himself into the path of the opposition player, smashing him into the turf and forcing him to drop the ball. These are all factors that will affect American Football odds, and you will have to take account of these when American Football betting.

The biggest day for American Football betting comes in February – the Super Bowl. With the exception of the 50th anniversary of the season-ending game, the number of the Super Bowl is always displayed in Roman numerals (which means the 2020 game will be Super Bowl LIX, which may provoke some jokes). It is the most viewed television event in US history and Thanksgiving is the only other day of the year when people tend to eat more. The total amount spent on American Football betting is $4.8 billion, more than the GDP of Barbados, and almost all of these bets are, according to US law, illegal.

The Spread

“The Spread” is a term that you may have heard in American movies without ever really understanding what it means. When it comes to American Football betting, you will need to know as it forms the basis for the most popular types of bet. Because predicting an exact score for American Football is so difficult, the Spread introduces a form of handicapping, meaning that picking a winner has American Football odds of 50/50 as the score is either over or under the Spread. The favourite is given a negative figure while the underdog is given a positive one. In order for you to win a bet on the favourite, they would need to win by more points than the spread. So if the New York Giants are given a spread of -3.5, they must win by four clear points. The opposite works for the underdog.

In the old days, a spread was set by the bookies. But now that you can do American football betting online, you can choose the spread that suits you. You can even pick the spread you want for the first half of the game. As well as having a range of American Football odds for the Spread, there are numerous other options for American Football betting, including the names of the scorers and what the score will be at each stage of the game.

Draft Day

There’s an aspect of American Football betting that has nothing to do with the game, but who will be playing it. Every year, the top college players are drafted into an NFL team in a three-day televised event. It’s an inherently fair system. The team that finished the season in last place is given the first-choice pick of the best players of the new year. The second-to-last place goes next, until eventually, once all the other teams have taken their choice, the winner of the Super Bowl gets his shot.

Of course, there are deals to be made. Teams can switch places with each other, trade picks and make other arrangements. You can make American Football bets on whether a prospect will be picked in the top 5 or 10, or whether they’ll go to a specific team. In the end, they have 15-minute window in which to make their selections and have them ratified.

This leads to upsets in the American Football odds that are no less dramatic for not having taken place on the pitch. Aaron Rodgers is currently the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers and is a two-time MVP winner. But his experience on Draft Day was a nightmare. He came into the draft as the quarterback for the University of California with an excellent record and was expected to the first pick which that year was held by the San Francisco 49ers. But they didn’t pick Rodgers. Nor was he picked second. Or third. He was passed over by team after team, a four-hour ordeal that cannot have been helped by having a camera in his face the whole time. Eventually, he was picked by Green Bay having been turned down by a staggering 23 previous teams.

Trick Plays

Because the vast majority of American football plays are regimented – the snap, the forwards collide, the quarterback throws and the play is reset – there is occasionally room for a team to do something unexpected and upset the American Football odds. These ‘trick plays’ can range from slapstick attempts to get the ball to the other end to some genuinely brilliant moments of cunning. For example, during the college game between Kansas and Iowa State, Iowa were punting the ball down-field. It appeared that there was only one Kansas player to catch and return the ball, but then suddenly, there were two. One of them had been lying on the pitch, the part where the Kansas team name was displayed. Because the colour of the text on the ground was the same colour blue as the players’ uniforms, he was effectively camouflaged from view.

Then there are the times when a team is desperate enough to try lateral passing. The art of passing a ball backwards instead of forwards, even stringing together a series of passes, is perfectly familiar to anyone who has played rugby. But when attempted in American Football, it has the air of slapstick comedy as the ball is desperately tossed around the team. Nevertheless, if the other team isn’t expecting it, it does not matter how silly it looks if it results in points. A well-timed trick play can turn the American Football odds in a team’s favour.

FAQs

Do bets at Bet777 include overtime?

Some American Football bets/markets include Overtime, but make sure you check beforehand.

What is a Moneyline bet?

This is a simple bet on which team will win the American Football game.

What does “total points” mean?

This is a bet on whether the combined score will be over or under a predetermined number.