NBA Betting Online

NBA Online Betting is provided by a trusted leader in the offshore industry Sportsbook.com. Allows US and worldwide players to bet on 2008-2009 NBA season.

NBA basketball and everything around it such as NBA betting lines, NBA wagering, NBA scores and stats, NBA playoffs, and NBA odds, fall into the longer sports betting seasons.

In NBA basketball if you are looking for some NBA online betting, the first thing to remember is that the NBA season is a long grind. NBA betting odds can vary tremendously as even the best teams have losing streaks, and even the worst teams can win a few. The big key for NBA online betting is not to overreact to any one game. The professional gamblers that do NBA betting online love to bet the totals because they believe, and rightly so most of the time, that their NBA betting odds are better than the ones the odds maker has.

During this offseason we are offering future NBA odds to win 2008-2009 NBA Championship.

Online NBA betting odds are provided by SportsBook.com. All US players allowed to bet.


NBA Betting Odds Help

The point spread - also called "the line" or "the spread" - is used as a margin to handicap the favorite team. For betting purposes, the oddsmaker predicts that the favored team will win by a certain number of points. This number of points is the point spread. The favorite is always indicated by a minus sign (e.g. -5.5) and the underdog without (e.g.5.5). If you bet on the favorite, you win your bet if the favorite wins AND their margin of victory is greater than the point spread. If you bet on the underdog, you win if the underdog wins, ties, or if the favored team wins but fails to exceed the point spread. It is standard for point spread bets in most sports that you wager $110 to win $100.

A money line, used in baseball and hockey as well, takes the place of a point spread. Money line betting is simply wagering on the contest based on a given price rather than a point spread. The team wagered on has to win the game outright, regardless of the score. The minus sign (e.g.-130) always indicates the favorite and the amount you must bet to win $100. The line without the minus sign (e.g.120) always indicates the underdog and the amount you win for every $100 bet. Using this example, therefore, you would bet $130 to win $100 on the favorite, while for the underdog you would bet $100 to win $120.

The over/under is the number of points oddsmakers expect will be the total score for the contest (both teams combined, overtime included). You bet on whether the total points scored will be more or less than this number. As with point spread bets, you must generally wager $110 to win $100.

Betting on a point spread or money line is sometimes called betting "sides" - that is, betting that one side or the other will be the winner - while betting the over/under is referred to as betting "totals".