What if you want to give the Browns an even bigger head-start and combine the bet with other selections? That’s where a teaser bet comes in. If you’d bet on the Browns on the spread you would have won as they would have ended with a theoretical total of 44.5 (40 + 4.5).

The score finishes 43-40 to the Patriots. Conversely, the Patriots are slightly better odds at -110 than their moneyline betting price of -135 given their 4.5-point handicap. The Browns are slight underdogs but are odds-on once a 4.5-point head-start has been applied. The spread is listed as follows (odds in brackets): The other team (the underdog) is given an equal number of points as a headstart.įor example, imagine the Cleveland Browns are playing at New England Patriots. A point spread is a handicap bet where one team (the favorite) is given a theoretical points deduction before the game starts. Let’s start by explaining how odds work in the point spread. However, why settle for the sportsbook’s spread when you can pick your own and get better odds? Point spreads can be great fun if you’re a savvy gambler. For the teaser to win, every leg of the bet must be successful. A teaser lets you combine multiple point spread betting selections in one bet.

NOTE: If the push (or pushes) result in the parlay being reduced to one single team, the bet will still have action, and will be graded as a straight bet.Most sportsbooks offer teaser bets in the US.

On any parlay, a push(es) combined with a win(s) will result in the bet being reduced to the next lowest number of teams.Įxample: If you have a 6-team parlay with 5 wins and 1 tie, this becomes a 5-team parlay and the payout will be adjusted accordingly.

Special Teasers cannot be reduced to a lower number of teams. For the Special Teaser (8 pt) if there is any push(es) combined with a win(s), the entire bet will push.If the push (or pushes) result in the teaser being reduced to one single team, the entire bet will be a push (teasers cannot have action on just one team).For Regular Teasers (5 pt, 5½ pt, 6 pt) a push(es) combined with a win(s), will reduce the bet to the next lowest number of teams.Įxample: if you have a 4-team teaser, where 3 games win and one game pushes, the bet will be reduced down to a 3-team teaser with the payout adjusted accordingly.

14 team teaser payout