In Super Bowl 56, the Rams were four point favorites over the Bengals. Against the SpreadĪgainst the spread betting (commonly abbreviated as ATS) is probably the most common type of football betting. If you cut your bet in half and put $50 on the Chiefs +105, you’d go home with $102.50 if they win - your original $50 bet plus $52.50 ( i.e. You can wager any amount (though sportsbooks do have upper and lower limits). (For all intents and purposes, the favorite is always listed at a negative number and the underdog at a positive number.) So, if you wager $100 on the Chiefs at +105 and they upset the Rams (by whatever score), you’ll walk away with $205 - your original $100 bet plus $105. The plus-sign changes everything! When preceded by a plus-sign, the moneyline indicates how much you’ll get back if you bet $100. The Chiefs’ moneyline, on the other hand, is +105. That -125 number indicated that, if you bet on the Eagles to win outright, you have to wager $125 to win $100 for a total payout of $225. The Eagles’ moneyline from oddsmakers is sitting at -125. Let’s use this year’s Super Bowl odds as an example again.