Basketball Betting Starter Guide By Sebastien Veilleux If you want to make real money in sports betting, then you want to engage in basketball betting. It's one of the biggest sports—betting wise—for a reason. The basketball season is coming up soon and I wanted to create a simple guide to understanding the basketball lines. If have never bet on basketball or have, but are slightly confused, this is the article for you. Let's get into it.
Spreads
The majority of people bet on basketball via the spread. The spread is the number of points that the team must win by or can lose by. It's not there to predict winners and losers, but to divide betting. Here's an example of a typical NBA line.
LA Lakers – 6 New York Knicks +6
In the NBA line above, the New York Knicks are at home and getting 6 points. If you place a wager on the Knicks, you will win if the Knicks win the game or if they lose by 6 or less. The LA Lakers are the visiting team and the favorite in our hypothetical
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