NBA Betting Online
NBA, or the National Basketball Association, is very popular in the United States. Fans of the sport in the United States approach NBA games a passion, and the local teams are known to be the most skilled in the world. The popularity of NBA does extend to a few other countries around the world, but there a few teams beyond the United States that participate in the big leagues and tournaments. NBA betting, on the other hand, is very popular across the world, including in Australia. And, with today’s modern online bookmakers, it is very easy to participate in NBA betting for matches that take place in the United States.
A good number of Australians participate in NBA betting, saying that it is one of the best sports to wager on. This is due to the passion, skill, and style with which NBA is played, which offers a highly entertaining sports betting scene. Note that NBA is offered via live stream at many online bookmakers, allowing fans from across the world to watch the games after placing bets at NZ betting sites. See if live streams are offered by your favourite online bookmakers.
NBA Rules
Most are already aware of how basketball is played, but it always helps to remilitarise yourself with the rules before partaking in NBA betting. NBA is played with a basket ball, made of rubber an bounced on the floor of the court. Players must bounce the ball if moving forward, and can pass the ball between other members of the team by hand.
No kicking of the ball is allowed under any circumstances. In order to score the ball must be thrown through a basket at the opposite end of the court, which is elevated above the ground. Balls sunk from beyond the white line count as three points, while balls sunk beyond the white line count as one point. It is common for players to slam the ball through the hoop manually with the hand, referred to as dunking.
NBA Betting Options Online
NBA betting options provided by online bookmakers are generally of the fixed odds variety, with odds assigned to paying team by the bookmaker. When placing a bet on a team to win, the payouts will be determined by the odds. Note that if odds have changed once a bet has already been placed, payouts will be on the odds that stood at the time of the bet being placed.
On some NBA betting occasions handicap rules will be applied to the match by the bookmaker. Handicap rules balance out a game if it seems too likely that a particular team is going to dominate the match. A handicap betting rule will be indicated as something like the following, -1/+1. This means that when the final score has been reached, one point will be removed from the first team’s score, and one point will be added to the second teams score. Be sure that you understand the handicap rules before partaking in any NBA betting, should the match be assigned handicap rules.