Probability
Sports Betting
Vocabulary
General
100

 The probability of flipping heads on a coin?

50%, 1/2

100
The amount you would win if you bet $100 on Penn State ML.


Penn State (-200).

$50

100

A type of bet where you are solely betting on the winner of the game.

Money line.

100

The probability of rolling a 2 on a die.

1/6

200

 The probability of rolling an even number and flipping heads?

25%, 1/4

200
The amount you would win if you bet $100 on the Michigan ML.


Michigan (+200).

$200.

200
A bet based on the total number of points by both teams.
O/U
200

The odds of rolling an even number on a die.

1:1

300

 The probability of rolling a sum of 9 on two dice?

1/9

300

The total amount of points both teams need to score to win the over.


O/U: 55.5

56 points.

300

The formula of probability. 

Successes/total outcomes.

300

A graph with an x but no exponent.

Linear.

400

The probability of flipping 3 heads and rolling a 5

1/48

400

The amount of money you would get if you made a $100 futures bet on the Panthers winning the Super Bowl.


Panthers: (+10000000000000000)

$1000000000000000

400

A type of graph with x as the exponent.

Exponential.

400

The probability of rolling a 7 on a die.

0

500

The probability of rolling 4 sixes in a row and then flipping 5 heads in a row.

1/41472

500

The amount you would win if you bet 20$ on the Cubs ML.


Cubs: (-400)

$5

500

The odds equation

successes/failures.

500

The formula to find the break-even if the odds were negative

100(100/odds + 1)