NFL Football Lines

NFL Game Lines

NFL Game Lines & Odds

The 2010 NFL season is getting closer and Belmont Sportsbook is your home for football betting action. Get into each and every game of the season with a variety of bets at Belmont.

With the latest odds & lines, game previews, news and totals, Belmont Sportsbook has your football betting needs covered. With everything from preseason odds to Super Bowl XLV betting, why go anywhere else for sports wagers?

We have been taking online sports bets since 1996, and NFL has always been our biggest product. If you haven’t played with Belmont before, now is the time to join our sportsbook.

NFL Game Line Betting Basics

Spread Betting: When you bet against the spread (ATS), you take an NFL matchup and use the line that is set by our oddsmakers. Instead of only betting on who will win a match, you bet on the difference of points. This is one of the most prominant forms of NFL betting - they even talk about it during broadcasts, previews and news.

The 'favorite' will be listed with a number like (-7) and the 'underdog' would be listed as (+7). If you bet on the favorite, they need to win by MORE THAN 7 points for you to win your wager. If they won by exactly 7 points, that would be a 'push' and your money would be returned. If you bet on the underdog in that situation, they could lose by as many as 6 points, but you would win your bet.

Example:

New York Jets (+6.5) vs. New England Patriots (-6.5)

If you bet ATS on the Patriots, they would need to win by at least 7 points for you to 'cover' your bet and win the wager. If the score was 21-14 for the Pats, you would win. A bet on the Jets would be a loser in this case.

Conversely, if you bet on the Jets and the score was 21-17 for the Patriots, you would win money. Even though the Patriots won the game, you win the wager.

The Moneyline: The moneyline is set on games and shows the odds of one team to beat the other. This line does not concern the spread, only straight up (SU) victories.

Let's view an example:

Buffalo Bills (+120) vs. New York Giants (-140)

An easy way to think of moneyline wagers is in terms of $100 (but with Belmont's NFL betting limits, you have a huge range of wagers to place).

In this example, the Giants are favored to win over the Buffalo Bills. If you bet on the Giants at -140, you would need to wager $140 to win $100. If you bet on the Bills at +120, you would win $120 for every $100 bet.

The more heavily a team is favored, the more you need to wager to make a profit; however, if a team is a heavy underdog, you can win more money with a reduced wager.

Totals: When you bet on Game Totals, you are betting on the combined score of both teams (including Overtime) of a game. A total is set by oddsmakers for each game and you can either bet OVER or UNDER that total.

Example:

Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions – Total: 41

If Green Bay won that game 30-21 (combined total of 51), then any bet on the OVER would be a winner. But if the game was 13-3 (combined total of 16), then betting the UNDER would take the money.