Against-the-spread (ATS) is a commonly used sports betting terminology in North American sports.
Spread betting was invented by Charles K.McNeil, a math teacher from Connecticut who became a bookmaker in Chicago in the 1940s. The concept was exported to the United Kingdom in the 1980s. In North America, the bettor usually bets that the difference in the scores of two teams will be less than or greater than a value specified by the bookmaker.
For example, if a bettor places a bet on an underdog in an American football game when the spread is 3.5 points, he is said to take the points; he will win his bet if the underdog's score plus 3.5 points is greater than the favourite's score. If he had taken the favourite, he would have been giving the points and would win if the favourite's score minus 3.5 points was greater than the underdog's score. Spreads may be specified in half-point fractions to avoid ties, or pushes.
In short, ATS basically tracks how a team performs against-the-spread they have been specified by a bookmaker. To give sportsbettors an example, let's refer to the English Premier League, which is the most watched domestic soccer league in the world, with a global fan base spanning continents. Its huge following today is in no part due to the proliferation of pay-tv into many households today. With such a huge fan base, it is also very common to see fans putting wagers to make watching the live soccer action more exciting and exhilirating.
It is with this that I have devised an ATS system which I hope will help the layman sportsbettors to make better judgements in their weekly "investments" at the local bookmaker.
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I enjoy betting on sports and normally do alright but struggle with sport spread betting i really can t predict scores! However i have noticed that 0 – 0 draws are prominent in football and rugby games normally a try or penalty in it! So occasionally ill have a bit of a go at online spread betting just see if i can guess more then anything!
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