For Basketball the following wagers are available:

For most bettors it is easier to handicap teams than totals. They know the players, they know the recent results, but knowing how a team does relative to the over/under requires more information than you can
get from a mainstream sports site like ESPN or the USA Today.

NBA totals is one of the easiest things to win at for a bettor and one of the hardest things to book as a bookmaker. There is so much volatility (in NBA totals). Not only do you have to pinpoint the right number to book, but if you move it a point it is not really going to deter the
betting on that side. You really need to move it two points or four points (to start receiving two-way action).

While the numbers for sides are relatively stable, the numbers for totals tend to move more frequently. This instability is great for bettors, who can find a wide range of numbers on a particular game while gaining a chance to middle the books in situations where a game line moves several points. It will happen were, you see eight or nine point moves and all that does is open yourself up to a bigger middle.

Basketball Total wagers

With Totals, you can wager whether the combined scores of both teams will go over or under the nominated total (in this example, 7).

Example bet:

$100 on the total to go UNDER 205 at -1.10
If the final combined score for both teams adds up to less than 205 points, your return would be $190.90 ($90.90 winnings plus your stake returned)

If the score falls exactly on the nominated Total this is classed as a Push, therefore the wager is void and your stake is returned.
Overtime counts for this bet.