American Sports betting terms

Some of the most common American Sports betting terms are defined below:

Money Line: the odds for a team to win a match outright, with the tie not included.

Spread: a handicap applied to a team's score for betting purposes, where the specified number of points are added to or subtracted from that team's final score at the end of the match. If you placed a -10.5 bet on a team in the NBA, you would need to deduct 10.5 from that team's score once the game is over. If the game finished 111-100, the final result would be 100.5-100 and your bet would still win.

Point Spread / Puck Line / Run Line: these are Handicap betting markets specific to American sports. Point Spread is available for Basketball and American Football, Puck Line for Ice Hockey and Run Line for Baseball. Select a team and choose from a selection of Spreads available, e.g. -5.5 or +2.5.

Price: the price (also known as Odds / Line / Point Handicap) is used to calculate your winnings and reflects how likely that outcome is.

Push: a game tied when the Handicap or Total is taken into consideration, where your stake would be refunded. For example, if you bet on a -5.0 Spread on a team and your team wins by exactly 5 points, then the final score after the Handicap is applied would be a tie and your stake would be refunded.

Parlay: this is the equivalent of an accumulator bet which involves two or more selections. All selections must-win for the bet to receive a return, e.g. an American Football Doubles bet on the Dolphins and Chiefs to win would need both predictions to be correct for the bet to win.