re: Official Week 5 NFL Bet Thread

Okay, this is going to be kind of long...but it should get my point across.


Let's say you want to parlay two sides together...Jets +6.5 and Bills +7, for example.

A two team parlay with both sides at -110 pays roughly 2.6 to 1.

A two team teaser at 6 points pays -110 typically. So you are giving up return on investment in exchange for the opportunity to buy points.


Let's say you tease two teams from 7.5 to 13.5. If you bought those points instead, then parlayed them, you'd be getting odds of +105.

However, if you use those teaser points to grab 3 and 7 instead (like Chicago +2.5 to 8.5) you get the best of it because your teaser charges you the same amount to move across non key numbers as it does key numbers, whereas a book would charge 30 cents and 15 cents both ways to move over 3 and 7, respectively.

Cliff notes: Teasers contain an inefficiency where it does not charge you extra to move across the key numbers of 3 and 7. You should probably exploit this inefficiency if you choose to play teasers.