Sport over under betting
There is a wide range of over under bets available on lots of sports. Goals in soccer, touch downs in American football, trys in Rugby, runs in cricket, points in ice hockey. The list is extensive. The bookie makes a prediction of what they think the result will be. The punter just has to choose if the result will go under or over, simple.
A new entrant into the sports over under betting market is sports spread betting. The spread betting company makes a prediction of where they think the result of a game or match will lie. The prediction is called the spread. Spread punters need to decide if the actual result will be above or below the prediction.
Financial over under betting
Betting on financial markets revolves around the price of a financial asset or index of assets (like the FTSE 100 or Dow Jones). The range of financial assets available for betting is large. There’s no time to cover them all here, except for the most popular forms of financial over under betting. Popular financial betting markets include betting on the value of an index of company shares like the FTSE 100 or Dow Jones, the share price of shares listed on various stock exchanges around the world or commodity prices like Gold or Silver.
The ultimate way to bet over under on financial markets is spread betting. Spread betting is in itself a type of over under betting. If a spread trader thinks the price of an asset will be higher than the spread a ‘long’ spread bet it opened. Alternatively if the spread better believes the price will be lower than the spread a ’short’ spread bet is opened. In spread betting language this is called ‘going long’ or ‘going short’ and is basically an over or under bet.
Political over under betting
Politics is like a sport in a way. Political parties battling it out for power. The party attempts to win ‘the vote’. A vote is no different from a goal or points in a game of ice hockey. Bookmaker will offer over and under bets on number of votes. Elections and political campaigns generate a lot of public interest and tend to form the bed rock of political over under betting.
Soccer over under betting explained
Soccer is very popular with betting enthusiasts. As the number of soccer fans has grown so has the number of soccer betting markets available on a soccer game. Soccer over under betting is an obvious candidate to help explain how over under bets work in more detail.
What markets are available for over under betting on a soccer game?
Over under bets can be taken on the number of goals, corners and bookings points. Lets look at each in turn.
Goal over under betting
With traditional bookmaker is normal for the bookmaker to base their over under prediction on 2.5 goals. It’s not possible to score half a goal, so the bet is designed to split opinion on whether there will be two or less goals or three or more. The bookie offer odds on the over or under result. Winnings are determined by the odds, and losses are limited to the stake.
Betting exchange normally offer a wider range of goal results. It is possible to bet over under 1 goal, 2 goals, 3 goals, 4 goals an so on. What’s more it is possible to bet that the over under goal result will not happen (called lay betting).
The situation is slightly different with spread betting on the over under goal market. Each goal is worth a number of points. For example, a goal is worth a one point. The spread betting company predicts how many points will be scored. A typical spread would be 2.2 to 2.5 points. With spread betting the user bets per point rather than a fixed stake. Winnings can be magnified and so can losses.
Corner over under betting
The normal over under corner predictions from a bookmaker would be more or less than 11.5 corners. The half corner is used in the same way as with the previous goal over under betting example. Hence, 11 or less corners, and, 12 or more.
Betting exchanges are slightly different in that there is more choice. For example, an exchange member might have the option of 9 or less, 10 to 11 and 12 or more corners.
The principle of spread betting betting on over under corners is the same as with goals. A corner is given a number of points. The spread betting company makes a spread prediction on the number of points and the user decides if the result will be over or under the spread.
Bookings points over under betting
A booking is worth a number of points.
A yellow card gets 10 points
A red card gets 25 points
Some bookmakers will do it slightly differently.
A yellow card equals 1 card and a red card equal 2 cards. The idea is the same. The bookmaker makes a prediction and people can bet over or under the prediction. Normally odds are offered on total bookings points and the prediction is normally over or under 35 points or 3.5 cards.
There are more options if using a betting exchange which can include an under 21 points, between 21 – 45 points and over 46 points results.
Bookmakers will undoubtedly offer more and more interesting and innovative over under bets. The concept of over under betting is simple. Over or under? Betting enthusiasts have developed ever more interesting ways to predict if the actual result will be over or under with the intention of beating the bookie. To learn how to use methods of predicting over under results readers should read a betting school review.
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