What does +8.5 mean in spread bet?

Let's say that a team is favored as 8.5 point favorites or written as -8.5. For the favored team to “cover the spread,” they must win by at least nine points. If they win by eight points or less, it doesn't matter that they won because they didn't cover the spread.

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2024-02-17 13:32:13

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What does +1.5 mean in spread bet?
A spread of +1.5 or -1.5 basically indicates both teams are pretty much evenly matched—essentially, a +1.5 underdog has just about as good of a chance to win as a -1.5 favorite (at least in the eyes of oddsmakers). Again, though, this only applies to football and basketball spread betting.
2024-01-09 17:35:34

What is 5.5 in bet?
The 5.5 is called a point spread. The “-” means that team is favored to win by -5.5 points. A + indicates an underdog. It has nothing to do with odds and you usually can bet the “money line” which is typically based on odds.
2024-01-07 08:54:29

What does minus 8.5 spread mean?
Let's say that a team is favored as 8.5 point favorites or written as -8.5. For the favored team to “cover the spread,” they must win by at least nine points. If they win by eight points or less, it doesn't matter that they won because they didn't cover the spread.
2023-04-13 05:39:51

What does a +1.5 spread mean in football?
A spread of +1.5 or -1.5 basically indicates both teams are pretty much evenly matched—essentially, a +1.5 underdog has just about as good of a chance to win as a -1.5 favorite (at least in the eyes of oddsmakers). Again, though, this only applies to football and basketball spread betting.
2023-02-26 17:05:16

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