How To Bet Odds On Sports

Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., will host Sunday’s 2021 Super Bowl between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs. Annually the biggest betting event on the sports calendar, action is expected to reach an all-time high with the spreading legalization of online and mobile sports betting. Below, we’ll look at the best ways to bet on Super Bowl 55 with odds and lines for the Chiefs-Buccaneers matchup.

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2021 Super Bowl money line (ML)

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 3:42 a.m. ET.

Chiefs: -160 (bet $160 to win $100) Buccaneers: +135 (bet $100 to win $135) Bet now!

The Super Bowl money line simply asks for which team will win the game. Kansas City is favored at -160 with an implied win probability of 61.54%.

Over the past few years, the emergence of daily fantasy sports has led to a renaissance for conventional sports betting. The anti-gambling stigma that existed for decades is fading in American popular culture, opening the door for a massive, multibillion-dollar legal sports betting industry to emerge. Spread bets: Otherwise known as straight bets or handicap bets, this is a bet on the outcome of a game after a point penalty or addition for a given team. Read: Handicap betting in different sports Total bets: a bet on the number of points or goals to be scored in the game. A straight bet is an individual wager based on the outcome of a single event. Straight bets include spreads, moneylines, and totals (also called over/unders). A straight bet covers when the bettor wins and the bet pays out. Certain straight bets can also push, meaning the bet is a tie. In those cases, the bettor receives his wager back, but. In sports betting, -110 means that for every $1 a bettor wants to win, they must risk $1.10. If a bettor wanted to win $100 on -110 odds, they would need to risk $110. This odds format is known as.

The Buccaneers’ implied win probability is 42.55% as +135 underdogs. Those odds can be expressed as a fraction of 27/20 or a decimal or 2.35.

A money line wager on the standard, two-way line includes the possibility of the game going to overtime and will be paid out in the moments after the clock hits 0:00.

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2021 Super Bowl against the spread (ATS)

Chiefs -3.5 (+100) Buccaneers +3.5 (-120)Bet now!

The defending champion Chiefs need to win by at least 4 points in order to cover the spread in Super Bowl 55. It would take a $100 bet to earn a profit of $100 if they succeed.

The Buccaneers can cover the 3.5-point spread either by winning outright in an upset or by staying within 3 points in a loss. Their side of the spread requires a $120 bet for a profit of $100.

Different spreads exist for each quarter or half. Alternate lines come with different odds related to each team’s likelihood of covering. For example, the Chiefs can be taken on a full-game spread of -1.5 with less profitable odds of -155 for a win by 2 or more points.

2021 Super Bowl Over/Under (O/U)

Over: 56.5 (-110) Under: 56.5 (-110)Bet now!

The Over/Under is the projection for how many points the Chiefs and Buccaneers will combine to score in Super Bowl LV. A total of 57 or more points cashes all Over tickets; fewer than 56 points scored in the game is a win for Under bettors.

Like with the spread, the Over/Under can be bet in each quarter or half. Alternate lines can be bet for a greater profit or a higher likelihood of winning.

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2021 Super Bowl prop bets

Arguably the best part of Super Bowl betting is the wide-array of prop bets available at BetMGM. These can be broken into three main categories:

Game props

Super Bowl game props cover everything that happens from the opening kickoff to the final whistle and includes asking for the specific result of the first and last plays of the Big Game.

You can also bet on how many touchdowns will be scored or turnovers will be committed Sunday, the biggest play of the game, or whether the game will go to overtime.

Player props

What Are Good Odds To Bet On

The most extensive list of betting options for the Super Bowl pertains to player props. Odds exist for pretty much anything any player could do Sunday. Bet on who will score the game’s first touchdown or be named Super Bowl MVP.

Novelty props

This is where the real fun is and can capture the attention of even non-football fans watching the 2021 Super Bowl. Among the highlights are:

Length of the national anthem sung by Eric Church and Jazmine SullivanResult of the opening coin flipSongs sang in The Weeknd’s Super Bowl halftime showColor of Gatorade dumped on the winning coach

*Note: Not all novelty props mentioned may be listed at BetMGM.

How To Bet With Odds

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