People follow sports with a passion and support their home team or their favourite teams. They follow different matches and events and wish that the team they support wins the match. When there is so much passion over sporting events, people are likely to try and make money on them. Sports betting provides an avenue to place bets on different kinds of sports and win big money.
If you are interested in betting, you need to register with an online bookie to place your bets. There are various kinds of bets offered by the bookmaker from the simple and easy to the complex and elaborate. The simplest forms of bets are those which are on match results like full-time results, double chance, half-time result and draw no bet. Other bets which are a bit complicated are handicap result, split handicaps and half-time full-time.
Full time result is a simple to understand bet where odds are given for both the teams. You get different odds for both teams and a draw, and if the team on which you placed a bet wins, you win. Similarly if you think that the match will result in a draw and if that happens, you win the bet. Since, teams playing at home have an advantage of home conditions so usually bookies give shorter odds and the visiting team gets a better one only if they are in top form and have been winning consistently.
In double chance you have two chances to win out of the three possible options. The outcome of any match is one of the following: Team A wins, Team B wins or a draw. You can place a bet on team A and the draw, Team B and the draw or Team A and Team B. In this kind of bet the odds are shorter than those on match results because you are covering more options thereby creating more chances to win.
Draw no bet is a very straightforward kind of bet where odds for both teams are given. You have to pick one team and place your bet. If your chosen team wins you win the bet, but you stand to lose if the other team wins or if the match ends in a draw. Football betting is easy if you understand the basics of betting and do your research well.