For Football Sports Fans: NFL Betting Odds - Great News!

Online, October 5, 2010 (Newswire.com) - If we look at the statistics, the sport in America that is the most watchs is overwhelmingly football, and wagering on is one way to have a bit fun whilst having a chance to make a little, or a lot, of funds.
According to NFL.com, 16.6 million was the average number of viewers for regular-season NFL games in 2009, is up 14 percent from last year as well as the highest complete since 1990. These games, which are still mostly shown on free TV, are both accessible and appealing to these millions of Americans, and betting on these games is now a billion-dollar industry worldwide.
The odds for NFL video games are set each week in Las Vegas, where you will find about 150 licensed venues, and also by a myriad of on-line sports books all over the world. The casual bettor can simply peruse and select from any of these sites, every which sets its own odds every single week. Bookmakers, or "bookies," even though illegal, are also extremely typical. They take and pay out bets, generally based on the odds set in Las Vegas.
You can find several distinct bets that can be made on any NFL game. Nonetheless the fundamental odds predict an amount, or line by which one team is supposed to win. An additional widespread bet is the "over/under," for which the sports book predicts the complete score of the game as well as the gamblers wager if the actual score is going to be above or below that range.
NFL betting odds, will continue to be studied exhaustively by the sports activities books, bookies, and gamblers, as fortunes are being won or lost on them.