Have you ever checked out a sportsbook’s NFL betting lines and noticed something like this?
| Team B | +9.0 | -125 |
| Team A | -9.0 | +105 |
You may have wondered why these lines are displayed with such odd juice discrepancies instead of a more evenly-priced option like Team B +7.5 (-110) / Team A -7.5 (-110), which you can typically find tucked within a dropdown menu. It might make sense to see prices like the above for key numbers like three and seven, but you’ll often see it on non-key numbers a few times across a slate.
The reason for this is teaser protection on the sportsbook’s behalf.
Teasers are bets that can be valuable if used correctly — in fact, using teasers made using the logic presented in this article went 5-1 in 2021 and 8-2 in 2022. This guide will explain basic strategies you should use in 2024 when playing teasers to help maximize your profit potential.
