BETTING ON AMERICAN FOOTBALL
As the name suggests, American football is a very popular sport in the United States where it's also known as "football". This sport has a very big impact in terms of attendance, revenues and interest of bettors from all over the world, but especially in America where it competes against basketball for the "most liked sport".
American football is considered to be a combination of rugby and football (known as "soccer" in America) and has a really long and interesting history. The first game of American football was played in 1869 between Rutgers and Princeton, and since then it has evolved into the game we know today and which is one of the most watched sports in the US.
What's interesting the National Football League (NFL - the American football professional league) is the most lucrative sports league in the world and manages to have annual revenues up to $9 billion. Just to see how big the value of an American football team is: The Cleveland Browns (not a top team from NFL) was sold for $1 billion.
If you want to bet on this sport, you will see that all major online betting sites offer this. Some bookmakers, such as Paddy Power, even deliver money back specials or promotions with double odds/refunds when placing bets on this sport.
Generally, betting online on American football brings lots of excitement because you can find extraordinary betting types and markets, including handicaps, double results, winning margins and more. Here are some of the most interesting betting markets available for you:
o Point spread;
o Game totals;
o Money line;
o 1st Half Point Spread 2-Way;
o 1st Half Total 2-Way;
o 1st Half Money Line 2-Way;
o 1st Quarter Point Spread 2-Way;
o 1st Quarter Total 2-Way;
o 1st Quarter Money Line 2-Way;
o Total Touchdowns 2-Way;
o Total Field Goals Scored 2-Way;
o Anytime Scorecast;
o Team Touchdowns 2-Way;
o Team field goals scored 2-Way;
o Winning margin (half/match);
o Handicap (half/match);
o Winning margin (half/match);
o Total odd/even (half/match).
If you like watching LIVE American Football events, you can even place live bets on race to 5/10/15 markets for each half, quarter winner, quarter handicaps, quarter touchdowns, quarter field goals, team to score first/last and many more. Paddy Power, Bet365 and William Hill are 3 great examples of online bookmakers which deliver all the top American Football events, live transmissions, live video streaming and many types of bets.
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