re: Sports betting question

Its how they make there money that's why it is called a spread.

If it was just about picking winners say like horse racing and Alabama versus some random FCS team.

Alabama is favored hypothetically 1-800, meaning you have to bet $800 to win $1. Well they would be out of business really fast because nobody in there right mind would bet on that said FCS team, knowing there is not a snowball chance in hell Bama would lose.

But they created "spreads" a long time ago. Basically as a better for football it puts your predicting skills to the test, not just oh I think so and so is a better team and will win.

There are games where even Vegas has a tough call say for instance Bama v. LSU in the game of the century spread might have been Bama -0.5 v. LSU. So its a toss-up.

In general my best advice if you don't know, don't try and bet yet, could lose a lot of money fast. But you can make a lot of money if you are analytical enough or just have a knack like some guys.