NFL Betting Odds
NFL Betting
When it comes to American Football betting, there isn't a league in the world bigger than the National Football League. The American Football league splits the 32 best teams in America into two conferences, with the American Football Conference and National Football Conference both hosting 16 teams apiece. Which means there are up to 16 games you can bet on across the weekend and there are a lot of NFL betting odds to be consumed.
NFL Betting Markets
NFL betting markets can largely be split up into three different areas, handicaps, player specifics and match specifics. Handicap bets are the type of bets where you give one team an advantage, so for example, if you believe a team will dominate the Super Bowl, you could win with enhanced odds by adding handicaps of -5.5+.
Player-specific bets are bets that are related to player-specific events in the match such as passing yards, running yards and touchdowns. You can bet on the wide variety of possibilities for dozens of players in every game. Finally, we have match-specific bets and these are the bets that cover the winner of the game and team-related events such as scoreline and the score during quarters.
Some of the most popular betting markets you can find for the NFL can be found below.
- Moneyline Winner Bet: Bet on who will win the match or by winning by certain stages of the game.
- Handicap: Bet on a team to win despite being given a points disadvantage on your bet.
- Total Points: Bet on how many points will be scored during the game.
- Parlays: A combination of bets specific to American Football.
- First Half: Bet on what will happen in the first half of the game.
- Quarter Bet: Bet on what will happen in each of the four quarters of the game.
- Touchdown Bets: Bet on the number of touchdowns there will be in a game and who will earn those touchdowns.
- Player specific: Bets that are based on players receiving, passing and rushing.
NFL Betting Odds
If you're a regular, experienced bettor, then you'll be aware of the different betting odds available at Bet UK. These are fractional, decimal and American odds. The worst thing you could possibly do while placing a bet is choose betting odds that you're unfamiliar with but on occasion, with American sports, you will find betting tips that use American odds, something that doesn't make sense.
If you're familiar with betting odds in a decimal format and you're looking to place a bet on the Baltimore Ravens Vs the Dallas Cowboys and your betting tip is how many yards the ball will be thrown, find the market in your preferred odds format.
There are also a number of factors that need to be considered when our players look to place NFL bets. Always look at how a team is performing in the regular season, as you'll often find all the information you need to place a calculated bet in the standings.
Statistics don't show everything, but they're a solid basis for betting. For outright bets, consider long-form and you can use the pre-season to get an idea of which teams are looking on form for the coming season.
NFL Bet Builders
Betting on an NFL match? There isn't a better way to bet on the NFL than with a bet builder. Here at BetUK, we offer a wide range of betting markets, including handicap betting, player prop betting and time-based bets. Player prop bets include the likes of rushing odds, touchdowns, sacks and more! Meanwhile, time-based bets allow you to place bets based on halves and quarters in the game.
Combining bets as part of bet builders can provide massive payouts for a single NFL game, if you feel your most knowledgeable about two teams, then placing a bet builder on the game between the two is a fantastic chance to creating winning bets across the NFL season.
Read more about betting using bet builders here!
Bet on NFL preseason
Before every season starts, each team goes through a unique training camp known as preseason. During the pre-season, you'll see the full squad in action rather than the guaranteed starters, you'll see second and third choice quarterbacks take the field for the majority of the game so don't be too alarmed if a top team has a poor pre-season as the star quarterback might have not featured.
With that in mind, before teams are announced, the betting odds for NFL preseason games aren't too different to the normal season, so you could see upset victories more often for around the same prices. However, you could also see the better team dominate - it's all part of preseason!
Most Popular NFL bets
When looking at betting on the NFL, teams often favoured in home games during the season. So, betting on teams to win away from home can lead to better odds. However, overall, these are some of the most popular betting markets available for the NFL.