What is Sports Betting?

Sports Betting Guide

Nearly every sporting event has a winner and a loser. Sports betting is a gambling activity that allows people to place a bet or a wager on an event’s outcome. If the bet is placed on the outcome that ends up happening, the wager will win, otherwise, it will lose.

If your wager wins, the return you will get depends on the odds the bet was placed at. Events with a higher probability of occurring will have lower odds so that the return will be less and vice versa. Therefore, the less likely is the outcome, the more you will win.

Sports betting can be done on many different sports, like football, basketball, baseball, hockey, golf, soccer, tennis, boxing and MMA. With sportsbooks expanding their reach, you are likely to find odds for almost every event taking place across the globe. This will allow bettors to get involved and back the most like option.

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Although most sports bets are on the event’s winner, they don’t have to be. More and more bettors are wagering on other aspects of the competition, like the total score in a match (points, runs, goals scored, etc.), individual player’s performances (number of goals scored in a NBA game, yards gained in a football game, goal scored in a hockey game, etc.), or any other element of a game that can be objectively measured (i.e. margin of victory, winning score, etc.).

You need to find a reliable sportsbook that offers odds for sports betting. If you are new to online sports betting, you will find an extensive section on this site where we list all the legal and safe sportsbook operators by each state in the US. Competition between different sportsbooks is fierce, and for this reason, you will find all the best sign-up offers for new customers on our sports books bonus page. So make sure to take advantage when signing up to give yourself a great way to start your sports betting activity.

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John Pentin
John was born and raised in London, John has always been in love with American sports. He started to write football articles back in 2006 on his own blog and has also worked for several newspapers. John other passion was betting and has worked as a trader for several top sports book in the UK. As sports trader and has joined leading UK betting tipping site BettingTips4You in 2013 and he is now head of content. He has a great passion for US Sports so hasn't wasted the opportunity to write also for NewJerseySafeBetting, now that online sportsbetting has been legalized in the state.