How To Bet An NBA Teaser

January 4, 2012  
Filed under NBA News

In the world of sports betting, wagers get broken down into two categories, straight and exotic. As you can imagine, an exotic wager is one, which provides you with more money then a straight wager, but also more of a risk then a straight wager. Today we’ll examine the exotic wager of a teaser, and how it relates to the NBA.

The NBA and the NFL are the only two sports in the world, which use the point spread. A point spread, is the amount of points a sportsbook believes the favorite will defeat the underdog by. For the NFL, the number ranges from three to 10 points. Conversely, for the NBA, the number can be three, four, five or six. A teaser combines the point spread with a parlay.

A parlay is a bet in which the bettor can risk one set amount on up to 15 teams. In order for the bettor to win their wager, all 15 teams have to win the games they are involved in. the teaser, not only allows you to take 15 teams, but also requires that the point spread you play with is hit by every team in your teaser. When a teaser hits, the bettor can make a ton of money since the odds of every team connecting with the number you assigned for them to win by is very rare. On the other side of things, because the feat is rarely accomplished, this is where the bookie software websites make plenty of money.

In the NBA, in trade for the bettor being allowed to use points in the parlay to create a teaser, they have to take a minimum of two teams. For instance, if a bettor takes the Lakers and the Clippers at four and a half points to win their games, the bettor may take the Clippers at +five and the Lakers at -10.

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