Hockey Betting

Betting on hockey is one of the most sofisticated sports gambling types. It is hard to make the right choice for a hockey bettor due to the long game season, physically demanding nature of the sport, numerous and unpredictable players' injuries, many tie and one puck games in hockey. Hockey betting offers three different types of wagers: the money line bet, the puck line bet and the total bet.

With the puck line betting your bet on a hockey team must win the contest by the pointspread. Due to changes in events, the point spread may fluctuate. As an example, if the New York Rangers team is posted at -1 1/2, they would have to win the game by 2 or more goals for your bet to pay. If, say the Buffalo Sabres team is listed at + 1 1/2, they would have to lose by less than 2 goals for your puck line wager to pay. The odds for the puck line bet is the standard 11/10 wager, unless it is a combination of a puck line and a money line wagers.

With money line wagering you simply bet on the contest at a posted price rather than a pointspread. You bet that a certain hockey team will win the game. If, say a listed money line says:
Buffalo Sabres -150
New York Rangers +120
If you bet $150 on Buffalo Sabres and the team wins, then you win $100. If you bet $100 on New York Rangers and the team wins, then you win $120.00 With total, also called over/under wagers you bet that the total goals of the hockey game will be over or under the posted number. If the combined score equals the posted total number, the game is considered "No Action" and wagered money are deposited back into your account. The odds for the total bet is the standard 11/10 wager, unless it is a combination of a total and a money line wagers.

When you bet on several selections or propositions with a single wager, this type of bet is called a parlay bet, also called multiplies. All selections you wagered on in a parlay bet must win. If there is a tie in a hockey game, the parlay wager goes down to the next lowest number for payoff. For example if you select 3 games, and one ended up in a tie, your 3-team parlay bet turns into a 2-team parlay. The higher the parlay bet odds, the bigger the payout. Parlay bets are paid out according to the money line of the hockey teams you wagered on. In case if the selection you wageres on does not take place due to injury of a player, or any other reasons, there will be no refunds.

Here are a few helpful tips for hockey betting:

Leave most of your hockey betting activity for the second half of the season when time spent on ice will show real strength, motivation and winning potential of every team.

Bet on the best hockey teams

Did you know that only up to 6 hockey teams usually win over 80% of the time on ice? Do your homework diligently, find out who these teams are, and play these money-makers when they meet weaker teams of the season. Try not to bet on a money-maker match against another money-maker team, your chances would be slim in this case.

Be consistent, try to wager the same amount of money on every game. if you bet more money on one game, and lose it, chances are that you will not compensate it with smaller winning bets and will end up on the negative side.,

Weak hockey team usually loses even on home ice. Bet on the strength!

Do not bet on single playoff games. Instead, pick a potential series winner before the start of the series, and wager on every hockey game until the series end.

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We do not claim that these hockey betting tips will help you win money, this article is for information purpose only. In this article we express our own opinion on the subject.