ASIAN HANDICAP BETTING

When it happens to betting on the outsider, your best bet in the football world is to try handicap betting. This type of gambling really evens out the odds for the outsider by giving their fans a 50-50 chance, rather than overwhelming odds in favour of the team that is expected to take the game. The most  famous type of handicap betting is Asian handicap.

Due to the fact that this can be complicated, it’s better to explain Asian Handicap before trying to place a bet. While there are sports like basketball , volleyball and many others that never have as a result the draw, football often ends with the result of a draw. When this happens, bookmakers make a lot of their money. Asian handicap eliminates the draw altogether.

When someone wants to bet on football, selects a team to gain the game and and bets money on a team. When the  game ends as a draw, then he looses his money. Asian handicaps allows him  to either back the favourite team or the team with the handicap. Because each team has more of a 50-50 chance of winning, odds in the Asian handicap betting are different.

There are a lot of different numbers at play, so it’s not so difficult  to get confused. A plus sign means that the handicapped team has a benefit. A minus sign puts the favourite team behind. The number of goals can be from 0, -0.25, +0.5, +0.75, and so on. For example, if the handicap is +0.5, the outsider team has a half-goal advantage, while -0.25 means the favourite team will begin a quarter of a goal behind.

Let’s give some examples to explain in more details the Asian Handicap.

Level Handicap:

Asian Handicap 0

When Asian Handicap is zero, it means that no team stars with advantage or the game starts at 0:0. ,which means that if your team wins you win and if it loses you lose. The only difference to fixed (1x2) betting is the draw option is eliminated altogether, meaning if the game ends without a winner, you get your bet back. This type of handicap betting is similar to Draw No Bet market.

Single Handicap:

Asian Handicap -0.5

In this case, handicap gives a disadvantage of half a goal to your choice, which means that if your team wins even by a single goal difference, your bet wins. Otherwise, if your team loses or the game ends in a draw, you lose your bet.

Asian Handicap -1, -1.5, -2, -2.5, etc

Whatever the number, it represents the disadvantage given to your choice. Let’s say for example, that there is a game between Manchester City and Coventry. The most possible result is Manchester to win, but the odd will be very low, 1.10.On the other hand, it is highly unlikely that the team wins, so not many people would bet on that either. However, betting with AH -2 might be more realistic and therefore the odds might be more attractive. AH-2 would mean that Manchester starts the game at 0:2. The teams has to score at least 3 goals in order for your bet to win. If the result is 2:0, this would be a draw for you and you would simply get your bet back. Any result below – you lose. Any goal above – you win. If instead you had chosen AH-1.5, 2 goals difference by Manchester would be enough for you to win. If the game ends at 2:1, your bet loses, but a result of 2:0 or 3:1 means your bet is winning.

Also, there is  Split/Double Asian Handicap Explained:

Asian Handicap -0.25 (0,-0.5), -0.75 (-0.5, -1), -1.25 (-1, -1.5), which seem complicated, but actually it is not so complicated as it seems.

AH -0.25, or sometimes represented as (0,-0.5) or -1/4, is an example of a split or double handicap. This means that you are actually placing two bets. The first one is an AH 0 – if your team wins, you win. The second part of your bet goes on AH -0.5 and will win if your team wins even by a single goal.

Finally, we need to write few words about Live Handicap Betting. In this case, the bet is valid only for the rest time of the game. When you bet on the Asian Handicap live market -0.5 bet on Manchester Utd. Vs Coventry and the match is already 2:1, the game has to end with at least 2 goals difference, for your bet to win.

Live Handicap Betting, gives the choice to gamblers to have plenty of bets on a game and more possibilities to increase their funds. The game becomes more interesting, due to the fact that you can predict what will happen at any time on the game.