Bet Sports

Of the big four major sports betting options in North America, baseball is by far a distant third to the NFL and NBA. However in a surprising turn of events, a lot of online betting handicappers are beginning to take an interest in the MLB as there is definitely money to be made. Baseball is perhaps the only one of the four major sports which ultimately can see you come out on top since the regular season is so long. With that said, here is a guide on how to bet on baseball.

Baseball bettors use three different methods to wager on the games, the money line, the run line and the totals. Here is a look at each of the money line and run line.

• Money Line Betting – The money line is the universal straight bet, in any sport you will always have a money line. Essentially if you understand how the money line works in the NFL you will understand how it works in baseball.

With that said, the money line is considered to be a straight wager in which bettors simply wager on which team they believe will win the game. However, the catch is that fans who bet on the team listed as the favorite will have to risk more to get back less since the favorite is anticipated to win. Conversely, the money line is beneficial to fans betting the underdog since they can bet less and get back more.

• Run Line Betting – The run line is the love child between the point spread and money line. Run lines use a constant spread of a run and a half to a maximum of two and a half runs beside the money line. The favorite and underdog similar to the money line are listed with negative and positive integers.

Your goal as a bettor is to bet on which team you believe will win, while giving the other team an advantage. For instance

Blue Jays +1.5 -125

Yankees – 1.5 +105

In this scenario, fans betting on the Blue Jays have to risk $125 to get back $100 since the Jays have a one and a half run advantage. Conversely, fans betting the Yankees can bet $100 and get back $105 since the Yankees need to win by more than a run and a half.