NHL Betting while it is not that popular to wager
on betting on Hockey can be one of the most lucrative investments
in the sports gambling industry today. To read more about why you
should bet on the NFL please read our hockey
gambling page. But this page is about Hockey betting and that
is what we are going to explain to you. Unlike sports like football
and basketball that use a point spread, hockey uses a moneyline
and puck line for their NHL betting lines. Outlined below we will
explain what those terms mean and how to bet on hockey using the
money lines and puck lines.
Moneyline wagering is simply wagering on the game based on a given
price set by the bookmaker instead of a point spread. Because there
are so few goals in hockey, it is too hard to set a hockey point
spread like you could in the basketball or football. An example
of a typical NHL betting money line would be something like this.
Detroit Redwings -150
(Favorite)
Chicago Blackhawks +140 (Underdog)
The team with the minus in front of them is always the favorite;
where as the team with the plus in front of them is the Underdog.
So, if you wanted to bet on the Redwings you would have to put up
$150 to win $100. If the Redwings won the game you would win $100
and receive $250 total. ($100 for the win plus the $150 you originally
put up.)
Now if you wished to bet on the Blackhawks you would only have
to lay $100 to win $140. If the Blackhawks won the game you would
win $140 and receive $240 total. ($140 for the win plus the $100
you originally put up.)
The other way hockey betting is wagered on is the puck line. A
puck line is similar to the spread in football and basketball but
the spread will only be -0.5 goal or -1.5 goals. But like we mentioned
earlier, because of the amount of low scoring games there is also
a moneyline which accompanies the puck line. So for example, we
have listed a typical NFL Puck line below.
Detroit Redwings -1.5
+160
Chicago Blackhawks +1.5 -170
So if you wagered on Detroit you would put up $100 to win $160.
If the Redwings won by at least 2 goals or more you would win $160
and receive $260 total. ($160 for the winning wager plus the original
$100 you put up to place the bet.) If the Blackhawks won the game
out right or only lost by 1 goal you would lose the $100 you put
up.
Conversely if you bet on Chicago you would have to put up $170
to win $100. If the Blackhawks won the game outright, tied, or only
lost by 1 goal you would win $100 and receive $270 total. ($100
for the winning wager plus the original $170 you put up to place
the wager.) If Detroit was to win the game by 2 or more goals you
would lose the $170 you placed on Chicago.
I know hockey betting is the most complicated sport to understand
but it is the easiest sport to beat over the long run. Most of the
people that bet our hockey picks are just concerned with making
money hockey betting and don’t even watch the games. As long
as you can read a line you are all set to go to start making money
betting the NHL using our hockey picks. We have one of the strongest
team of NHL handicappers on the net including the famous ICEMAN.
Don’t be fooled by imitators, the original ICEMAN provides
his picks for diamondsportspicks.com and no one else. You can check
out our NHL picks packages by clicking
on the link anytime.
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