A teaser bet is a sports bet that allows you to make slight differences to the total spread and thereby help you to win the game. It is helpful to many terms as you can make slight alterations so that the bet and the game turn in your favour. It is also referred to as an add-on of the parlay bet with which you have additional chances of winning the bet. This article is all about a teaser in sports betting.
Teaser in sports betting
In sports betting, a teaser can be defined as a bet that lets you make adjustments to the total spread or point spread. A teaser lets you adjust the point across more than one game. Teaser betting is actually pretty popular in the gambling world. Sports gamblers seem to be in love with this gambling type. Placing a teaser bet means that you have more chances to win the game. This is possible as the bettor gets extra points in the game. Now let us see what the exact adjustments that you are allowed to make while you place a teaser bet.
What is the total in sports betting?
A total means the overall score of the game. These are the goals scored by both teams in a game combined together. You can place an over-the-total bet or under-the-total bet. That is, the bookmaker of the game will already have predicted a total. You can bet that the real total of the game will be more than the total prediction. Or you can also bet that both teams will score points only below this total prediction. The first is referred to as over and the latter one is referred to as under.
What is the point spread in sports betting?
A point spread is used by the bookmaker to even out the huge differences in the odds of winning between two different teams. The bookmaker uses this strategy to balance the big disparity between the two teams in their chances of winning the game. It is used to refer to the total number of extra points that the favourite team will need to score in order to defeat the other team. That is, it is the points that the winning team needs to score more than the other team.
How does a teaser work in sports betting?
Now coming back to the teaser, it helps you to alter these betting lines so that it turns out to be in your favour. Teasers are commonly seen in games such as basketball, football, and so on. Let us look at examples of how a teaser works so that you can have a better comprehension. We will look at a hypothetical case in football where a teaser is applied.
Teaser in total
We will start by looking at how a teaser influences the total.
Let us call the two football teams as follows: ‘Team X’, and ‘Team Y’.
The total points scored by Team X + Team Y is, say, 40.
Here the presence of a teaser can handicap this to change the total. The teaser can be used to hike the total to a 46 or pull it down to a 34, for the over and under bets, respectively.
Teaser in a point spread
Now let us look at how a teaser affects a point spread. We will use the same Team X and Team Y mentioned above.
Say, Team Y is the favourite and Team X is the underdog in this case. Therefore, say, Team Y is favoured by 7 points. Here, the presence of a teaser can handicap the 7-point favour of Team Y and can even deduce it to just 1 point.
As Team X is the underdog here, say, it is expected to score 3 points. As we mentioned just above, when the teaser brings down Team Y to 1 point, Team X does not face any adjustments and stays at a solid 3 points.
Therefore, here Team X becomes the favourite with a favour of 3 points. Now, you have gone through how a teaser works in the case of a point spread.
More info on teaser in sports betting
However, you have to know more things about a teaser. It is all true that you get to adjust your point spread or total and turn the game in your favour. However, this reduces your winning odds. Also, the total amount of winnings that you receive may be decreased, as well. If you need to win the teaser, there should be results from multiple games. More than one game outcome should be there in your favour. Only then you will receive the payout of the game.
