Let’s start with the most popular sports league to bet on in North America, the NFL. It’s the most-watched league in America, and the bettors followed suit. Here are a few things to look out for when betting on the NFL:
- They play only once a week, so that means punters have a lot more time to prepare and research different aspects of a game to make sure they get the best bang for their buck.
- Because there aren’t as many points scored in football games as in, say, NBA games, alternative point total betting is a lot less lucrative, meaning that if you do go up or down on the point total even just slightly, it could considerably affect your payout.
- Other than the quarterback, one player missing a game doesn’t have nearly as much of an effect on the outcome and betting lines of an NFL game as it does in other sports.
The NFL is known as one of the leagues with the most parity, which means that upsets happen more often than in other leagues and it’s often tougher to call games between similarly talented teams