US & other team sports

Team sports from abroad arrive in Britain with prices recast in local formats, and the recasting is where odds knowledge pays off. This section covers it.

The best known are basketball, American football, baseball and ice hockey; esports and handball come next, then kabaddi, field hockey and the rest. Spreads, totals and player markets stand where football has its three-way result.

American odds do not appear in Britain; bookmakers show fractions or decimals. A fraction a/b turns into decimals by dividing a by b and adding 1. Virtual events form a licence category of their own; holding it shows the product is licensed and leaves its rules unexplained.

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