What is a plus 5.5 spread?

For example, if a spread is (+5.5) points, your team can lose by 5 or fewer or win outright. Moneylines just require your team to win the game outright — the winning margin does not matter in this type of bet.

What does 5.5 spread mean?

For example, if the Colts are favored over the Titans by 5.5 points and the Colts win by 7 points, the Colts have “covered the spread.” Bettors who wagered on the Colts will have won the bet. A favorite is always represented with a minus sign (-) preceding the point spread.

What does a +6.5 spread mean?

These are the moneyline odds associated with this point spread bet. These odds tell us that, no matter which team you want to bet—Rams -6.5 or Steelers +6.5—you have to wager $110 for every $100 you want to win.

What does +7.5 mean in football spread?

To beat the spread, they must close the point gap to within 7.5 points or win outright. Once the game is over, you can take the Patriots final score and add 7.5 points. If they now have more than the opponent, your bet is a winner.

What does +5.5 mean in baseball?

This number of points is the point spread. The favorite is always indicated by a minus sign (e.g. -5.5) and the underdog by a plus sign (e.g.+5.5). If you bet on the favorite, you win your bet if the favorite wins AND their margin of victory is greater than the point spread.

What is the "Spread" in Sports Betting

What is a 5.5 spread in basketball?

This means they would have to win the game by more than 5.5 points in order to cover their end of the wager; you'll see a half-point attached to the NBA odds a lot of times.

What does +1.5 mean in baseball bet?

Betting on the favorite requires your team to win its game by two or more runs. Conversely, betting on the underdog at +1.5 means that your team can either win the game or lose by one run, and your ticket will still cash.

What does +4.5 mean in a spread?

In basketball, you might see a point spread of -4.5/+4.5, which means the favored team will need to win the game by five points or more for your bet to cover the spread. If you bet on the underdog, they simply need to win the game or lose the game by less than four points. If they lose by five, your bet won't cash.

What is the meaning of over 5.5 in football?

An over 5.5 goals bet is a bet that there will be at least 6 goals in a match. An under 5.5 goals bet means you're predicting that there will be a maximum of 5 goals in the match. Football matches with 6 or more goals are pretty rare - scorelines such as 3-3, 4-2, 5-1 or 6-0 don't come around very often.

What is a +4.5 spread in football?

Above is an football point spread. Pittsburgh is +4.5, with Cincinnati at -4.5, which means Pittsburgh is a 4.5-point underdog and Cincinnati is favored by 4.5 points. For a bet on Pittsburgh to win at +4.5, they can either win the game outright or not lose by an amount that surpasses 4.5.

What does a +10.5 spread mean?

Looking at the underdogs, the Redskins are +10.5 on the spread (10.5-point underdogs), meaning they would have to lose by 10 or less in order for your bet to cash. The Titans are 4.5-point underdogs, meaning they would have to lose by four points or less in order to win.

What is a +3.5 spread?

So if a point spread is instead 3.5, the favorite has to win by more than 3.5 points (which in reality, means winning by four or more points, of course, since you can't score half a point).

What does +13.5 spread mean in football?

So, if you bet on the Chiefs and they win the game, but by less than 13.5 points, you would lose that bet. If you bet on the Broncos you would win the bet if they win, OR if they lose by 13.5 points or less. A Chiefs 28-17 sounds great for Kansas City, but that's a winning bet for Denver.

What does +5.5 mean in football?

If you pick a team that is listed at +5.5 points, it must lose by five points or less or win the game outright for it to produce a winning bet. If you see a team listed at -5.5, it must win the game by six points or more to produce a winning payout.

What is +5.5 bet?

If you bet with or against the point spread you are either laying points or getting points. +5.5 means you add 5.5 to the final score of your teams score and -5.5 means you subtract -5.5.

What does a negative 4.5 spread mean?

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Following this example, the Chiefs are at -4.5. This means that in order to win on the point spread or cover, Kansas City would need to win the game by five points or more.

What does 0.5 spread mean in soccer?

A goal line or spread can be any number, depending on the quality of each team. In the World Cup, you'll mostly see -0.5 and +0.5 when the teams are evenly-matched, or -1.5 and +1.5 when there's a big mismatch.

What is over 6.5 in football?

So, teams generally scored between 2-4 goals. If you bet the over on a game set at 6.5 goals, you would need a minimum of sum of seven goals scored between both teams. The under is just the opposite: both teams would have to score a maximum of six goals to stay below 6.5.

What does 8.5 mean in football?

The Over/Under line in this game is 8.5 runs. This means that if both teams score 9 or more combined runs the result counts as Over.

What is +10 spread?

The +10 means that Team A will have to win by at least 10 points for you to win our bet, while the -10 means Team B has to lose by fewer than 10 points for you to win your bet.

What does a minus 6.5 spread mean?

For the underdog to win the point spread bet, they can either win or lose by less than 6.5 points. If the underdog team wins by 30 points or loses by less than 6.5, then the outcome is the same. The underdog will have covered, and anyone who bet on their point spread will have won that bet.

Is a +2.5 spread good?

A 2.5 point spread means that the two teams match up pretty favorably, with one as the slight favorite. For the team getting -2.5 to successfully win the bet against the spread, they will need to win by three or more points. The team with +2.5 odds would have to either win, or lose by two points or less.

What does +1.5 spread mean?

This means that the underdog must win outright or lose by exactly one point to cover the spread. Alternatively, a +1.5 spread means that the favorite must win by two points, runs, etc. or more. The +1.5 is the standard “run line” in MLB betting. Many baseball games are decided by fewer than two runs.

What does +2.5 run line mean?

In baseball, usually, even the best teams will lose at least 50 games and the worst teams will win at least 50 games. In some instances, you'll see the run line set at 2.5 runs. This usually happens when one of the league's elite teams faces off against a poor team and the pitching matchup is extremely one-sided.

What does +1.5 mean in football?

When you see a +1.5 in front of a team's name, that means that they are 1.5-point underdogs in that matchup.