Proposition Bets

The most common sports being betted for are: basketball, soccer, baseball among others. Thus, online sports book betting has widened their array of bets and now includes proposition bets or what you call props. Betting on props are betting for non-team sports like tennis, boxing and golf online betting. The two popular ways of betting in these kinds of sports are “Matchup Betting” which pits a player to another player or a group of other players and “Betting to Win” an event or a tournament.

The Match up Betting simply offers an alternative to bet on the event’s or tournament’s winner. It generally involves a player playing up against another player in a head to head event such as tennis and golf match. Odds here are determined by using the Money Line. Money line is expressed in terms of winning a dollar. Betting on the favorite means you have to bet more than a dollar to win a dollar while betting on the underdog would require you to bet less than a dollar to win a dollar.

Betting to win or future wagers. These “futures” are set by bookmakers online. However, these are not fixed and are frequently adjusted by bookies several times before the event and sometimes even released months before a certain event take place. “Futures” from the world itself have long term horizon that can be months or weeks. An example for team sports would be a certain NFL team will win the Super Bowl for the next season. It follows that you should bet before the season starts in September. For a head-to-head match you can bet now for 2011 Masters Golf Cup. Betting now could possibly give you greater value for Tiger Woods.

See, there’s a lot to enjoy in sports betting. It’s not just about betting the sides and totals, there’s a lot more to it especially on-non team sports like golf and tennis. See to it that you enjoy betting both non-team and teams sports so you won’t miss the fun!