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Originally posted by valkyrie
I'd gamble on football but I'm not familiar with Vegas odds and have no idea what any of this means. WTF:
den
JAX (-4) O/U 36.5
Does that mean JAX is favored by 4? I have no idea. But Denver is going to win I tell you!!!! I have to have ONE TEAM that doesn't suck (and hey, thanks Hawks for not being that team).
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Good point - let's go through it . . .
den
JAX (-4) O/U 36.5
den ->>> this is the Denver Broncos, obv
JAX ->>> this is the Jacksonville Jaguars - because it is in CAPS then Jax is the home team
JAX (-4) ->>> this represents the 'point spread' or 'line' for this game - this means that if you bet on Jacksonville you are 'giving' 4 points to the other team. If Jacksonville wins by 5 points or more, then you win the wager. If they win by 3 points or fewer, you lose the wager. If they win by 4 exactly, the game is a 'push' and neither side wins.
In this situation, if you bet on Denver, you are getting "(+4)" which means that if they win, you win the bet. If they lose by three or fewer, you also win the bet, since Jacksonville did not "cover" the point spread.
O/U 36.5 ->>> this is the 'over/under' line - a wager here means you're betting that the total number of points scored for both teams will either be above or under this line.
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