Online bookmakers offer you a wide choice as far as markets for NRL sports betting are concerned, with the two major types known as Match betting and Futures markets. These in turn relate to additional markets, offering a range of possible wagers for you to place your stake on.
Match Betting Options for the NRL
Head to Head bets have you wagering on which team you think is most likely to win the match. They pay out if you are correct, and this wager is recommended if the Odds for your expected result are favourable.
Lines, or Handicap bets, have the bookmaker choosing a team from an NRL match as the favourite to win. The bookmaker will then give this team a line they feel is fair for this side to be handicapped, and the underdog team, the one more likely to lose, will enjoy the advantage of additional points.
As an example, the Sea Eagles may be said to be favourites in a match against the Newcastle Knights, and the online bookmaker has given this team a handicap of 5.5 points. If you wagered on the Sea Eagles team at the line, they will need to win the match by 6 or more points in order for your wager to pay out, but if you bet on the Newcastle Knights they will be able to lose the match by as many as 5 points and you will still receive your payout.
So, in this hypothetical match, if the final score for the game was 28 for the Sea Eagles and 18 for the Newcastle Knights, than all of the wagers placed on the first team, at -5.5 would pay out as winners, and all bets made on the Newcastle Knights at 5.5 would be forfeited.
Margin betting has the online bookmaker setting Odds for each of the team to win by a clear margin, with the most frequently used Margins in NRL are for teams to win 1 – 12 or 13+. In a match making use of this kind of bet, the winning team would need to boast between 1 and 12 points in order for you to win the bet. This kind of bet can be implemented to raise the Odds of a certain outcome when it is likely to be close, or have the winning team do so by a big margin.
Futures Betting Options for the NRL
NRL Premiership betting would be an example of Futures betting: if you are sure you know which team will win early on in the season, then you will be able to get excellent value with a bet on this outcome. Other options for this type of wager include Top 8, Most Losses, To Make the Grand Final, and To Miss Top 8.
Live Betting Options for NRL Matches
Live betting on NRL matches has you placing your bet in real time, while the game is unfolding, and taking advantage of events within the match as they occur. The odds for these kinds of bets are slightly reduced, but the excitement of the process more than make up for this fact.
