Soccer Betting Basics

One of the more popular sports that people bet on worldwide is probably soccer. Soccer betting is one of the more popular sports betting activities around and lots of people win and lose at this pastime. The betting system that is being used for soccer betting is the money line system, the kind of betting system that is also used for sports like hockey or baseball. The difference with the money line system for soccer is that you can actually place a bet on a tie. Here are a few more basic facts on soccer betting.

Betting and Winning

How you bet and how much you win in soccer betting often depends on the money line of the match. Depending on the caliber of the teams playing against each other, the bets you make and what you win on these bets often depend whether the team they bet on wins and the amount that they win also depends on the amount mentioned in the money line. A money line includes the names of the two teams and the odds that you are betting against. Some bets may have you winning more or winning less than they have wagered. An example of this is when you bet on a team that shows a -185 beside its name. This means you have to wager $18.50 to try and win $10 on the same team. There are also bigger betting odds for you to bet on. You can find teams that have +350 or +230 beside their team names on a money line and these mean that you can win $35.00 or $23.00 on a $10 bet on these teams respectively if they win.

Draw Bets

Betting on a draw is allowed on soccer betting and these also have their own winning odds. The numbers you see on the side of the word “draw” is the amount you can also expect on winning with a $10 bet. You can win from a draw bet only if neither team wins and the game ends in a tie or a draw. It should be noted that draw bets do not happen during World Cup Soccer betting and can only be used during regular season games.

When Games Get Suspended

Despite how many points one team has in a game or if a game is suspended and not completed during the same day for any reason, the wagers that have been placed are nullified and all bets are returned to the bettors. Suspension of a match can be attributed to a number of factors and the nullification of bets are often dependent on the fact that the game did not make it to regulation time needed to be called a full match.

Other Soccer Betting Types

Some people place bets on what is called game totals. The number of goals scored by both teams at the end of the game is the target number people aim for in this kind of bet. Also called overs/unders, you essentially wager if the final score of the game will go over or under a posted score total.