They prefer the ‘easy money’ of teasing down the favorite. This basically means that most people give 14+-point underdogs ‘no chance’ and don’t see the benefit in adding more points to that side. A lot of times using high spreads and adding to them does not appeal to most bettors, simply because most players do not properly assign the probabilities needed to make the bet. Other players enjoy teasing the lines ‘up’ to add a few touchdowns and give a slight underdog a better chance to cover. In effect, a team that is picked to win by more than two touchdowns now just has to win by a measly field goal and that leg is complete. This means that a team favored by 15 points can be bought down to -2.5 with the right bet.

Many players like to tease football games down to ‘capture’ key numbers such as 7, 10, and 14. Then you’re ready to start sweating the action! When to Tease Up or Down Of course, double check your bet before confirming it to make sure you have the correct teams and number of points. That one extra leg adds the very real chance that your bet will lose.Įvery book is slightly different, but most follow that same pattern. In short, games don’t tie often enough to offset this higher juice, and you should avoid it.Ī big difference between regular teasers and sweetheart teasers is that there generally are not any two-team sweetheart teasers offered. In this example, we can rule out Book 3 because Book 1 offers the same rules regarding ties but lower juice.

Book 3: 10-point, three-team teasers at -120 (ties lose)Īs you can see, it’s important to find a site with favorable rules to make your money last longer.

Book 2: 10-point, three-team teasers at -120 (ties reduce).

Book 1: 10-point, three-team teasers at -110 (ties lose).

Here are three different sites (names removed) and their different prices, as well as rules regarding ties: Now that we’ve gone over a regular teaser, we move on to the slightly more complicated sweetheart teaser. Otherwise, the bet is probably offering poor value. Line shopping is very important in teasers, and always remember to read over the rules to make sure pushes reduce or push the entire bet.

The juice ranges wildly from book to book and depends on how many teams are involved. So if you like a team -10 and another team also -10, you can bet both teams at -3 instead, but now both bets must win or your bet loses. The teaser bet lets you add extra points to your spread. Some books grade them a loss and others reduce or remove that tie from the bet. Pushes are handled differently from book to book. A regular, standard teaser involves anywhere from 2-15+ teams, and is a combination bet in which all bets must win for your bet to cash.

Three team teaser payout