About NFL Sports Betting

Currently once a year the NFL travels across the Atlantic Ocean and gives the UK fans a taste of the American Football experience. This year, the star of the NFL Tom Brady, an all-American quarter back for the New England Patriots, was the star of the latest leg of the ongoing annual roadshow. Brady said that he enjoys London because he can walk down the street without being recognised. He does not enjoy this luxury in the USA (Think David Beckham star status and you are close) but with the popularity of American Football growing each time the sport visits us UK fans will surely be recognising him very soon.

Fortunately for us we can enjoy betting on American Football all year round. Our betting opportunities are not restricted to when the NFL visit Europe, bwin.com offers a varied market for American Football betting fans, as well as selected live betting for those who prefer a faster form of betting. Here are a few things to help you get started to learn how to bet on this great and growing sport.

American Football is more tactical than other sports. The objective is for the team to execute plays and tactics designed to gain yardage towards the touchdown zone. The defending team must stop plays at all costs to avoid teams getting to the end zone. The offensive team must get the ball forward ten yards for a “first down”. They get four chances to get to the first down zone or they forfeit the ball and the defending team start making their way towards the endzone. It is a physically tough, hard hitting sport that once you understand the tactics the stop-start nature of the game will not frustrate you as this is actually part of the flow of the game, watching the plays being set up and executed.

You first need to work out how many points a team may win by. If you think that New England will win easily then a bet on then at +20 for 1.90 would be a good bet if you thought their offence would score freely throughout the game. The skills of the quarter backs and wide receivers are important. The number of times the quarter back has been sacked (hit by a defending player before throwing the ball thus losing yardage) is important to show the defensive line strength, they protect the quarterback as he decides the best place to throw or pass. How many yards the running backs have achieved (distance ran before tackled with the ball or distance ran before cleanly catching the ball for first down) are all recorded and give an indication of their skills.

You can also bet on first touchdown scorer, but this market is more of a chance market as the coin flip and who are the first team to receive the ball has a lot to do with the chances of this market winning. It is worth learning about this sport as the NFL Superbowl is one of the biggest sporting events of the year globally and to be involved in the event by having a sports bet makes it that much more exciting.

There are rumours that due to the popularity of American Football there will be more matches played in Europe in the future. At present the home team must agree to give up a home fixture to travel but many agree to do this as they gain a lot of exposure and support from a large overseas market. For betting fans, however, thanks to the varied online betting markets from sites like bwin.com and their Live streaming, we can enjoy the same NFL experience as the USA fans. Give it up for the men of the Gridiron!

By Malcolm Clarke