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Soccer is played at a professional level all over the world, and millions of people regularly go to football stadia to follow their favourite team, whilst billions more watch the game on television. A very large number of people also play football at an amateur level. According to a survey conducted by FIFA and published in the spring of 2001, over 240 million people regularly play football in more than 200 countries in every part of the world. Its simple rules and minimal equipment requirements have no doubt aided its spread and growth in popularity.

Soccer betting is an attractive proposition for online sports betting. Exercise discretion while placing a soccer bet online, it is essential to stay informed on the betting rules in order to place effective and productive wagers.

There is multifarious betting odds provided. Standard betting is based on which team has the winning score at the end of 90 minutes regulation time. Most Internet sports books provides a "handicap bet". In this bet, one team is given a head start to even up the game for the wagering purposes and also to prevent a draw. Sport books offer a special type of handicap bet to clients while gambling on soccer online. This is known as the "Asian handicap" bet. Here a handicap is issued for each game so that the odds for each side will be more similar. This allows for more competitive gambling online.

Another popular form of betting is the "double result". This bet is placed online to predict which team will be leading at the end of the first half, and who will win the match. There is another interesting wager called the "First/Last goal scorer". This type of betting on who will score the first or last goal in the match, irrespective of the teams. These are two individual bets, and the bettor must explicitly specify first or last goals so as to be successful.

Soccer Betting Odds

Two most common odds used in Soccer are:

Moneyline or Win Price - Here the bettor (punter) wagers on their team to win the match whether it happens in regulation time (1st 90 minutes), overtime, or penalties. In the case of a tie, all money is refunded.
Moneyline involving tie - this is the most common odds used of all where the better (punter) has three choices: team A, team B, or a tie. If you wager on a team in this scenario and the outcome of the match at the end of 90 minutes is a tie, the wager is a loss. If you wager on the tie, and one of the teams wins at the end of 90 minutes, the wager is a loss.

Wagering on game totals (over/under) only include goals scored in regulation time. (1st 90 minutes)

An example of Soccer Betting Lines are:

Team	Line
Chelsea	-150
Arsenal	+175
Draw	+160

This soccer odds example means:

If you bet on Chelsea for win, you will need to risk $150 for win only $100.

If you bet $100 on Arsenal for win, you'll win $175 if your wager was of $100.

If you bet $100 for a draw. You will win $160 if the game ends tied.

When we refer to soccer betting lines we are talking about the number set by bookmakers to derive equal betting action. If one team is thought to be worse than the other, additional points will be added to their score in the case of pointspread odds and the current moneyline will appear with a positive sign. If a team is thought to be better than the other, they will have points subtracted from their score and the moneyline will be negative.

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Parlays: A parlay is a bet in which you select 2 to 8 teams or totals. All selections must win or tie in order to win the wager. If any of the selections lose, your wager loses, regardless of the outcome or cancellation of the other games. If one or more selections is a tie, postponed, incomplete, cancelled or rescheduled for another day, then the wager reverts to the next lowest number. Calcule your winnings in our Parlay Calculator.

Teasers: A teaser allows the bettor to combine his bets on two or more different games. The bettor can adjust the point spreads for the two games, but realizes a lower return on the bets in the event of a win. Calcule your winnings in our Teaser Calculator.

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