If you bet on football, you’ve probably seen an option to buy a half-point or more in exchange for slightly altered odds on a point-spread bet. For instance, if you were betting on a game where the spread was -5 at -110 odds, you might have the option of taking -4.5 at -120, or -4 […]

What is ‘buying points”?   Buying points is an interesting concept in sports betting. So what is buying points? You can buy points on nearly all spread bets or over/under bets. Let’s assume we are talking about a spread bet in this situation. Assume the spread is set at –7. Buying points means that you decide to increase that point […]