This wager is an additional wager placed on a point spread or total of the game wager, allowing the user to move the point spread in the favor of the team or total they choose. The price of moving the point spread is a lower pay off for the wager.

Rules

Point spread rules apply Points are purchased in half point increments.

The price of purchasing additional point is lower pay off odds Points may be purchased on Total Score wagers when offered (not offered for Baseball Totals). Point may not be purchased on circled games, parlays, teasers and action points.

Up to 3 points may be bought on If bets and Reverses.

Up to 1 point may be bought on a 2 and 3 team parlay. No points may be bought on parlays above 3 teams. When buying points on or off a 3 point spread line, there is an extra 10 cent charge to the price of the game in pro and college football.

Example

Let's assume you wish to place a bet on the Denver Broncos NFL football team. You like Denver in their game against the Green Bay Packers and think that they can win the game and you�ve got $100 to bet with. The line on the contest would appears as follows:

GREEN BAY by 5 Denver 46

The point spread is shown as "by 5" meaning that Green Bay is favored and expected to win by 5 points or more. The number 46 refers to the Total Score and is a separate wager.

While placing your $100 wager you decide that you would feel more comfortable if you got to add 6 points to Denver�s score rather than 5. Choosing Denver to win, entering the bet amount, and then choosing the "Buy Point" drop down menu, you proceed to place your wager.

The game ends with the following results:

GREEN BAY 31 / Denver 26 FINAL SCORE

It�s a good thing you bought that extra point, even though Denver lost the game you would have won the bet, winning $176.92 ($76.92 won + $100 bet). By adding the 6 points to the Bronco's final score, the final betting score becomes:

GREEN BAY 31 Denver (26 +6 =) 32 FINAL SCORE w/ POINT SPREAD

Sports Betting Strategy

The challenge of sports betting is to collect and analyze information and then make a sound judgement on what to bet on, what type of bet to place and how much. To create an opportunity to be a winner, you need to take into account three main factors, analyze them and act on your findings accordingly. These are:

1. The odds offer (Price)
2. The value of the odds (overpriced or underpriced?)
3. The type of bet (single, multiple, combination, etc.)

The odds offer has to be at least 2:1 to make it worthwhile. If necessary, choose a selection with a slightly higher risk to prop up the price.

The value of the odds must be such that the sportsbook's commission is to a minimum, if at all. Some lines get 'steamed' unnecessarily. When this happens, the 'favorite' price lengthens. Take advantage of those situations.

Three type of bets seem to stand out as a sensible combination to use because they are simple, not too difficult to win and have good winning potential: the Straight bet, the Doubles and the Future.

Sports betting is one area where skillful players can win out. But it is important to understand that the skillful players are not "beating the bookies" so much as beating unskillful sports bettors. This becomes most clear when you look at one of the most common ways to win at sportsbetting: bet against popular teams. Bookies aren't sentimental, but people are.

The ideal world for a bookie would be for X number of people betting Y dollars on a team to win, while X number of people bet Y dollars on the opposing team. The bookies then just take 10% of the money that changes hands, with zero risk.