WHAT DOES POINT SPREAD MEAN IN SPORTS BETTING, AND HOW DOES THE SPREAD WORK? WHAT DOES ATS MEAN?
In sports betting, the major sports that use point spreads as a form of wagering, are football and basketball. Let’s take the NFL football games as an example, once you’ve understood the point spread, basketball and other sports are the same, only they have more points on the spread. The point spread is an adjustment to the final score made by the bookmakers. Let’s look at an example: Say the point spread on an NFL game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions shows as: Dallas Cowboys -11 (-105) Detroit Lions +11 (-115) ATS means “against the spread” so the Cowboys are 11 points ATS. If Dallas wins by 11 points, the bet is “no action” and no one wins or loses. From the above example: If the final score is Dallas 27 – Detroit 10, the Cowboys cover the point spread, since they won the game by 17 points (17 > 11), and if the final score is Dallas 21 – Detroit 14, the Cowboys fail to cover the spread (7 < 11) and you lose the bet. If the Cowboys lose the game, you automatically los
