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When you are ready to bet NFL superbowl, you need to have an understanding of the football betting odds. This Super Bowl XLI, let's take a basic look at exactly what each number on the superbowl betting line means. Let's begin with the basics of the football betting odds that you will see when you bet NFL Superbowl or any football game. When you choose NFL football betting you will see odds for a side, a total, and a money line. An example would look like this:

101 Indianapolis Colts 35
102 New England Patriots - 6

The game number is always listed next to the team name on the left. That number is used to identify your team when you bet NFL Superbowl or any football game. It is called a rotation number. The team on the top is the road team while the bottom team is the home team. The top number next to the Indianapolis Colts is called the total. That is the total amount of points expected to be scored by both teams in the game or the NFL Super Bowl. If you think a lot of points will be scored you would bet over that total. If you think it will be low scoring, you bet under the number of 35. The number next to New England Patriots is the amount of points that the Patriots are favored by. If you like New England Patriots to win the game, you lay 6 points and must beat the Indianapolis Colts by more than 6 to collect on the bet. If the New England Patriots win by exactly 6 points your bet ends in a tie, commonly referred in NFL football betting as a push, and you get your money back. If you bet the Indianapolis Colts in the game, you get those six points. The standard amount of a wager when you practice NFL football betting is 110 for 100. That means you are risking $110 for every $100 you want to win. In dollar terms it is $1.10 for every $1.00 you want to win. For example, you take the New England Patriots in the game, minus the 6 points. If they don't win by more than 6 you lose your 110 dollars. If you had the Indianapolis Colts, you would win the 100 dollars in addition to getting your initial wager of $110 back. In NFL football betting it is easy to bet 10% more than the amount you want to win. For example, you risk 110-100, 220-200, 550-500, etc. If you win the bet, you win that amount and get your risk back. If you lose the bet, it costs you that extra 10 percent. This 110-100 also applies to when you bet totals.

Another type of betting when you bet NFL Superbowl or any other professional football game is the moneyline. The moneyline bet has no pointspread and you are betting on the team to win the game outright with no points involved. It looks like this:

101 Indianapolis Colts 35 +200
102 New England Patriots -6 -240

So if you like the New England Patriots you lay $240 dollars to win $100. If you like the Indianapolis Colts you risk $100 to win $200 dollars.

In addition to the full game in the super bowl or in any other football game, you will also see halftime betting available and it is treated just like a full game, except that the bet is only for the second half. Those are the basic Super Bowl XLI odds for betting football or the odds on a regular season game and should give you a good idea of what to expect.