Glossary &

Frequently Asked Questions

  • In an effort to only have 1 weekly winner, when tie-breakers are turned on, members of the league can enter what they think the total score will be for the last game of the week. The person with the closest number to the total is the weekly winner. In the unlikely event that two people end up with the same number of picks and the same tie-breaker number, two or more weekly winners will be selected.

  • A moneyball pick is a pick on a team that is worth an additional amount of points each week. Throughout the course of a season, each team can only be used once for the moneyball pick so use it wisely. Once you use a team, you cannot use them again.

    The commissioner decides how many additional points a moneyball pick is worth and it can change throughout the season. So make sure to check the league settings to see how much a moneyball is worth. If money ball is turned on, you should make a pick every week, no reason not to.

  • The favorite in the game, the team that is supposed to win, is designated with a negative number. You have to bet that many points to win 100 points. The underdog, the team that is supposed to lose, is designated with a positive number. If you bet 100 points on that team, you’ll receive back the (+) number amount if your team wins.

  • You can only use each team once over the course of a season.

  • Each week every person in the league is given a sequential amount of confidence points which coincide with the number of games that week. Each number can only be used once and the highest confidence points are worth the most as you want to have the most points at the end of the week and the season.

  • Once you have created or joined a Bet ‘em league, you can click on New Pick for iOS or Make Picks on the web. When you’re on the make picks page, you’ll see three different bets for each game. The moneyline bet is who do you think is going to win.

  • In short, a parlay is multiple bets put into one. I want to bet that the 49ers and the Rams will both cover the spread. I can put both spreads on one bet slip and parlay the two picks meaning both teams need to cover or else I win. Every leg (bet) in a parlay has to cover to win the bet.

    A teaser is a way of betting on two or more games and it allows you to alter the point spread. For football, the teaser amount of points is 6. Teasers can be applied to spread and over/under bets. For example, if the point spread is -8 for the Miami Dolphins to cover, with a teaser the Miami Dophins become -2. An over/under example would be if the Saints vs. Cowboys over/under is 52.5, an under bet would move the number to 58.5. An over bet would lower the number to 46.5.

  • Superfan Games uses American odds and the easiest way to read these are pretending you are betting $100. If the odds are a positive number, then your $100 bet would win you the odds amount. For example if the Rams are +125 against the Chiefs and you bet $100 on the Rams, you’ll get back your $100 + $125 for a total of $225.

    If the odds are a negative number, then you would have to bet the amount of the odds to win $100. For example, if the odds are -400 for the Chiefs to beat the Jets, then you’d have to bet $400 to win $100.

  • A moneyline bet is the most basic wager in sports betting. In the simplest terms, it is a bet on which team will win a game. There's no point spread and no conditions.