Stupid Football Betting Question

hockey2315 · #1 09-10-2006, 11:00 PM

Ok. . . I'm not really much of a sports bettor, but I've gotten in to football betting this season and am way down -here's my stupid question. . .

If I were to do like a 10 team parlay of heavy favorites without spreads, what would it pay?

For instance, if I took Auburn, West Virginia, VTech, GTech, LSU, Florida, Rutgers, Michigan, Georgia, and Louisville this weekend - what would that have paid for a $20 bet?

Scav · #2 09-10-2006, 11:31 PM

Yes, listen to this, amazing that you mention it

My friend hit a 8 team money line parlay today with NFL teams, put in $60 and got back a little over 4k. Indy was his last wager and he laid off $700 on NY Giants +3.5...He almost hit BOTH wagers if they didn't catch that last ball, but he was guaranteed a $1200 profit on the weekend(He put in $200 and he had this parlay going, plus $700 in his accout, so I told him to lay it off to guarantee a monster profit)

Last NCAA tourney day, 2nd round Sunday, I hit all 8 games in a ML parlay, cost me $20 and I got back $1250. They are ALOT of action for little money, in all honesty, they are stupid wagers because you need 8 things to happen but if you are just tossing some coin around, they are absolultely awesome wagers to have going

timmgirvan · #3 09-11-2006, 01:08 AM

As long as you're not using the grocery money, dont play more than 3-4 teams especially the pros(they have a way of eveniing out or landing on the number)

hockey2315 · #4 09-14-2006, 02:05 PM

What site do you guys reccommend for money line parlays for NCAA football? I don't think Sports.com offers them and I'm wondering if this is a universal policy. . .

Rupert Pupkin · #5 09-11-2006, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by hockey2315

Ok. . . I'm not really much of a sports bettor, but I've gotten in to football betting this season and am way down -here's my stupid question. . .

If I were to do like a 10 team parlay of heavy favorites without spreads, what would it pay?

For instance, if I took Auburn, West Virginia, VTech, GTech, LSU, Florida, Rutgers, Michigan, Georgia, and Louisville this weekend - what would that have paid for a $20 bet?

It would pay very little. Many of the teams you mentioned were 20 and 30 point favorites.

If you played an 8 team parlay with no point spreads and each favorite you used was about a 6 point favorite, you couldn't even get 20-1 on that. It would be a different story if you took 8 teams in games that were pick 'em. If you tokk 8 teams in games where the line was pick 'em, the odds of hittin that would be 255-1. There's no sportsbook that would give you anything close to that but you might find one that would give you 200-1 or so.