Sports fans new to betting on the NFL and NBA have a few different options to choose from when betting on your favorite matchups. These options include, the point spread, moneyline's, teaser parlay, and the over under. The over under betting technique has also become known as betting on totals. Essentially the bookie or online sportsbook you are gambling with chooses a number they believe will be the total combined score of the two teams playing a game. Your task as a bettor is to guess which if the total combined score will be higher also known as over or lower also known as under the bookie's predicted outcome. Sounds simple, right? In case you are confused, we have decided to show you what a few O/U examples look like.

Example #1:

Chicago Bears
VS.
Buffalo Bills
O/U 40

In this example, the bookie believes the outcome of the game will be a total of 40 points. For fans betting on the over, they need the final outcome to add up to 41 or more points. On the other hand for the fans betting on the under they need the outcome to add to 39 or fewer points. Statistically speaking, both of these teams are known as having strong defenses, so before picking the over/ under of the game do your homework on the past five games going into the Bears vs. Bills matchup. This is how the over/ under will look:

Example#2:
Bears 35
Bills 10

For this outcome, fans wagering on the total to go over 40 would win their bet, because a total of 45 points was scored, as the Bears defeated the Bills.

Example#3:

Bears 20
Bills 15

Gamblers wagering on the under, would have won this game, as the teams combined for a total of 35 points instead of the predicted 40.