Based on runs scored in the period between when the bet is placed and the end of game. Any runs scored prior to the bet being placed will not count. Matched bets on this market stand only if at least 9 innings are completed (8½ innings if the home team is. SportsLine brings you premium real-time sports betting information, Las Vegas odds, picks and projections. Bet on your favorite sports with confidence. The road underdog was +130 on the regular money line but was a -160 favorite taking the plus run and a half. On the same day a road favorite of -140 on the regular money line was only +115 laying. From Thursday to Monday Night Football – and the full slate of NFL odds for Sunday – you’ll find a complete list of games and betting lines listed above. Once you’ve run through this week’s NFL lines to find the best odds for the games you want to bet, it’s time to do a bit of handicapping.

Baseball run line betting is a relatively new and an increasingly popular type of baseball bet. A run line is basically a combination of a point spread and a money line. When betting on baseball run lines, you are betting by how many runs will a certain team win or lose in a game. In sports like football or basketball a point spread could be quite large. In baseball there is much less scoring and the run lines are almost always 1.5 and on a rare occasion 2.5. By betting on a 1.5 run line you are betting that your team will win by 2 runs or more, or lose by one run or more.

Let’s use an example of a popular baseball rivalry, Boston Red Sox versus the New York Yankees. On a regular money line the odds might appear as:

Red Sox (+160)
Yankees (-140)

As you might remember from our Money Line Baseball Betting Explanation, if you bet $100 on the Red Sox, you’ll win $160; if you bet on the Yankees, you need to bet $100 to win $140.

Baseball run lines will change the money lines to something like:

Red Sox +1.5 (-120)
Yankees -1.5 (+110)

If you bet on the Red Sox run line, you are betting that they will win or lose by exactly 1 run. You would then bet $120 to win $100. If you bet on the Yankees, you are betting that they will win by 2 or more runs. You would then bet $100 to win $110. From our Baseball Over/Under Betting explanation you might know that the .5 is used to help eliminate any possibility of a tie and a “push” (where the sportsbook has to return the bets to the bettors).

Sometimes you will notice that the money line odds will not change so much for one of the teams when switching to the run line. This will usually happen to a home team, which will not bat in the bottom of the ninth inning if they are leading by 1 run. On the other hand, the visiting team will continue to bat throughout the ninth inning even if they’re ahead.

Run lines are not always available. If a game is matched very evenly there won’t be any run lines to bet on a sportsbook. When that happens, a bettor can bet on the game via regular money lines.

Baseball Run Line Betting Tips

A bettor who is on a budget and does not want to bet a lot of money on a favorite can bet on baseball run lines. This is because betting on a favorite in regular money lines is more expensive than betting on a favorite via money lines (as can be seen in the above example). So, for example, if you don’t want to spend $300 to bet on the favorite Phillies (-300 line), then you can bet on its money line, which will be far more affordable (like -130). Thus, the 1.5 run line risk might be justified since this favorite is much more likely to win.

Another good baseball run line wagering strategy is to look at the over/under lines (see our baseball over/under betting explanation), which predicts the amount of total runs scored in a game. This way, if a sportsbook predicts that if total runs will be 15, then it is likely that a run line will be higher than 1.5 runs. If a sportsbook predicts that total runs will be 6, then it is likely that a run line will be less than 1.5 runs.

All of the above considered, make sure you do your homework on the particular bet you want to make at our online betting website list, and then you can bet on baseball run lines.

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How to read College Football Las Vegas Odds

Similar to our Money Line and 1st Half Odds, every matchup is listed in order of Rotation and those numbers are preceded by the Date and Time of the College Football game.

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The rotation for college football games typically lists them by scheduled starting time, which can lead to some confusion since the number will remain the same even if the games wind up changing due to television networks often shifting around action to present more attractive matchups. Home teams are listed at the bottom and will therefore be your even-numbered squad.

The numbers next to the teams are called Spreads or Point-Spreads.

Favorites are the teams laying points, which is represented by a minus (-) sign. The team in the Underdog role is getting points, which is represented by the plus (+) symbol that you wouldn’t see on the board but would be represented next team onto you betting ticket or slip. You can add the spread to your team’s final score and have that edge throughout the game.

If there is no favorite or underdog, the line is called pick’em and is represented by (PK). Winner takes it. The amount of points a team is favored by is set by oddsmakers on Sunday afternoons and that figure fluctuates throughout the week based on the amount of money coming in on bets.

Opposite from the spread you’ll find the Total, which represents what oddsmakers believe will be the combined number of points scored between the teams. That number also increases or decreases based on bets coming in on the Over or Under.

How to Bet College Football Las Vegas Odds

The key to wagering successfully in college football spread betting is to decide early how many points you’re willing to lay with Favorites and to get in at the lowest possible spot.

If you’re going to back the Underdog, make sure you’re getting the most points possible entering the game. The skill in this often requires you to forecast how a game will be wagered since we often see opening lines bet up over the course of the week due to the majority of the money coming in on the favorite.

Of course, getting in too early can often backfire if a better number appears over the course of the week or if injuries that are typically not announced until coaches give status reports on Monday press conferences dramatically alter expectations. There’s also a big rush on betting action just before the kickoff of any game, which means you may be best off waiting until kickoff approaches to get the right number.

Take the 2019 college football Big 12 matchup between Texas-West Virginia as a prime example. The Longhorns opened as an 11.5-point favorite and won 42-31 after the Mountaineers scored the game’s final touchdown with :48 left. West Virginia backers who got in early prevailed on that score, while Texas bettors who guessed wrong and got in too early caught a “bad beat.” Those who waited and laid only 10.5 points still cashed. Get in at the best number!

College Football Opening Line

Opening Lines in college football are typically set on Sunday afternoons in the current week and you usually see immediate action cause line movement. The Spread is based on a rough projection of a score for every matchup, although oddsmakers have a good idea of what side the betting public will want to bet and usually saddles that team with an additional point or three. The same goes for the Total, which projects the combined number of points expected in a contest.

These numbers are based on simulations that take a number of statistical factors into account in addition to baking in injuries, a homefield advantage that is typically worth three points and any other potential edges. Teams coming off bye weeks are usually given an edge thanks to increased preparation time and fresher bodies. Teams coming in on short rest or that have to trav