Subscribe to the SportsCapping.com Podcast on iTunes or SoundCloud. In this episode, expert sports handicappers Jack Jones and Brandon Lee each give a free pick for the opening week of NFL action, a free pick for college football this week, plus a bonus teaser play in the NFL!New SportsCapping.com Podcast episodes will be available throughout the season with more free picks, odds, predictions, and analysis from the best cappers in the business!
In layman terms, a teaser is a parlay bet that uses modified point spreads. In football, the most common modification is six points. So let’s say this week there are two bets you like: Jets -7.5, Raiders +1.5. Rather than betting these straight or in a parlay, you could make a two team six point teaser bet of Jets -1.5, Raiders +7.5. To win the bet, you’ll need both teams to cover. Teaser odds vary from site to site. When betting six point football teasers, you want to find NFL 2 team 6 point teasers at -110 or better. The rules for pushes are generally the same at each site. If a leg in a teaser pushes while any other leg is a loss, the teaser bet is graded a loss. A push and a win would result in no action and bets are refunded. Let’s use 2 team 6 point (-110) teasers. As you might already know, to break even at -110 you need to win 52.38% of your bets. The formula used to calculate this is risk divided by return, where return equals stake plus win. For example, a bettor...
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