The vast majority of football bettors participate in basic money line gambling. Basically, if the team you are rooting for wins, you win money. The way this works is as follows. Bookmakers evaluate teams prior to matchups and assign numbers based on a constellation of statistical categories. Bettors then lay down money to win.

Let's say you are evaluating a contest between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Bears. If the Bears are favored to win the contest, they may be rated at -170, and the Eagles may be rated at +150. Thus, if you put $170 down on the Bears to win, you can receive $100 back on your investment. Conversely, if you wager a $100 on the Eagles, you'll get $150 back if the Eagles prove victorious. Thus, money line wagers can make up for the difference in team abilities.

VIP Sports also allows bettors to buy points on the spread to shake up wagers. You may buy in increments of 0.5 points and purchase as many as three points per contest. By controlling the pointspread in this regard, you can explore a wider number of permutations and hopefully beat the odds makers at their own game.

Remember when placing your bets on college or pro football that overtime points may be included in game totals. You can order bets over the telephone and through VIP Sports' safe online server, and you can even participate in quarter wagers for certain big events, such as Bowl games, Monday Night Football, the playoffs, and so forth. If you e-mail a question to VIPsports, you are guaranteed an exemplary response within eight hours.