First of all, “Point Spread” is defined as a number placed on an event for wagering purposes and is often expressed in terms of the + and -.

It means in sports betting that one side must spot on the other side as a means of night play for both the favorite and the underdog.

In most cases the money-line is also attached to the same event so that one can simply wager on either the favorite or the underdog without winning.

Get in the habit of having local sports talk shows on the radio when you are commuting or working at home on your phone, know when the local nightly sports show comes on Television in your city, pay special attention to the local newspaper’s sports section every morning for coffee or breakfast.

The goal is to learn as much knowledge as you can through the week and before the game, know who is coming back from injury or who is getting a nagging knee or ankle injury that can slow them down, know if there is any “cluster” injury along the offensive or defensive lines that can affect the upcoming game, ask if your local team is playing at home and if there is something we can do.

Plus, and minus odds work can make an otherwise inconsistent game interesting. It could make an exciting end of the final minutes of a lop-sided tie.

When you are a fan of a team that is having a tough season, then betting point spreads will turn any of the team’s multiple defeats into mini victories for you and carry the magic back to a reconstruction season.

Football players analyze any part of a game looking for an element that the odds-maker might have overlooked when setting the spread that may mean a difference in covering the spread or not.

No matter whether you bet point spreads, it is always important to never bet more than you can expect to lose. Betting on spreads can make games more enjoyable, but only if you bet responsibly.

The point of the matter is that you have a wealth of information at your fingertips about local colleges and professional teams in your field and, in most situations, you can access this information before the majority of the betting public knows about it and you can use it to your benefit, by no way can I suggest that I ignore the rest of the league teams and do not know what it is.