Sports betting - Basketball

For basketball games, the following bets are normally permitted:

Future – An outright win on the winner of the competition, either a division, or the overall championship.

Side - A bet on a team to win the game outright, usually with a handicap applied.

Moneyline – A bet to win the game outright, i.e. with no handicapping.

Total – A bet on whether the combined scores of both teams will go over or under the nominated total.

Top points scorer –A bet to predict which player will score the highest number of points.

Head to head - A bet to predict which player will score the highest number of points out of a selection of two.

Parlays – Combination of several different predictions (in one sport or across all the US sports), all of which must be correct for the Parlay to win.

Specials – A range of special bets may also be available at the bookmaker’s discretion.

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