Sports Betting- Type Of Bets

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Given below are many type of bets performed in a sports betting event:

@ Proposition bets are wagers made on a very specific outcome of a match. Examples include guessing the number of goals each team scores in a handball match, betting whether a player will score in a football game, or wagering that a baseball player on one team will accumulate more hits than another player on the opposing team.

@ Parlays involve multiple bets (usually up to 12) and will reward a successful bettor with a large payout.

@ Progressive parlays involve multiple bets (usually up to 12) and rewards successful bettors with a large payout, though not as large as normal parlays. However in a progressive parlay, a reduced payout will still be made even should some of the bets lose.

@ Teasers allow the bettor in a sports betting to combine his bets on two or more different games. The bettor can adjust the point spreads for the two games, but realizes a lower return on the bets in the event of a win.

@ If bet consists of at least two straight bets joined together by the if clause which determines the wager process. If ...
... the player’s first selection complies with the condition (clause), then the second selection will have action; if the second selection complies with the condition, then the third selection will have action and so on.

@ Run line, Puck line or Goal line bets. These are wagers offered as alternatives to straight-up/moneyline prices in baseball, hockey or soccer, respectively. These bets feature a fixed point spread that (usually) offers a higher payout for the favorite and a lower payout for the underdog (both in comparison to the moneyline).

@ Future wagers. While all sports wagers are by definition on future events, bets listed as "futures" generally have a long-term horizon measured in weeks or months.

@ Head-to-Head. In online sports betting such bets, bettor predicts competitors results against each other and not on the overall result of the event.

@ Totalizators. In this (sometimes called flexible-rate bets) the odds are changing in real-time according to the share of total exchange each of the possible outcomes have received taking into account the return rate of the bookmaker offering the bet.

@ 2nd half bets. A Second half (also called a halftime bet) is placed only at halftime of a particular sports betting event. This bet can be placed on the spread (Line) or over/under. The resulting bet that is placed is won or lost only on the points scored by both teams in the second half only.

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