A surge in the popularity of NASCAR and betting on NASCAR has seen it usurp the NHL in the list of the most popular sports in the USA – moving up a spot to fourth. Much of this is owed to the combination of exciting winning drives by last season’s race winning drivers Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth, and the sport’s exciting yet simplistic betting.
NASCAR betting is easy to understand as is working out your winnings. There are three typical bets:
1) A win bet on a driver to win the race.
2) A top-three bet on any driver which means you win if your selection finishes either first, second or third.
3) A match bet which means you pick one driver to finish in front of another driver regardless of what position they finish. If they do – you win.
A typical win market (also called the money-line) looks like this: Jimmie Johnson +200, Carl Edwards +250, Kevin Harwick +300, Kyle Busch + 700, Matt Kenseth + 700, Field +500.
Example – If you choose to gamble £10 on Matt Kenseth at +700 and he wins, you’d get £80 back (£70 winnings and £10 stake) equivalent to a 7-1 winner. The field includes any driver not given individual odds.
A typical top-three bet market look this Jimmie Johnson -40, Carl Edwards +100, Kevin Harvick +125, Kyle Busch + 200, Matt Kenseth + 200, Field +175. Obviously the odds are much smaller than those in the win market as bookmakers have to pay out on three places. Match bet odds vary but all your selection has to do is beat the driver he’s matched against to win.
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