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Buying points is restricted to only 2 sports in betting: football and basketball, and only can be used in a wager on a complete outcome of a game. In other words in a bet on the Over/under and is forbidden when you are wagering in a money line, parlay or teaser.
This option lets you increase the error margin of the spread you have picked, but the price you pay is decreased in the payout rate of the line. You usually have to pay $10 for each ½ point, and you can opt to buy as much as 3 points in increments of ½ point at a time.
Most of the games in football are decided just by 3 points, so when the line is +3 or -3 you maybe want to move away from this spot. The move in or out this zone is a little more expensive than other point buying moves; instead of the regular $12 to win $10, the payout is $12.5 to win $10. The same goes when the ½ point affects the number 7, because many of the games in the NFL are decided by just 3 or 7 points. The combined possibilities of these 2 values in a margin on the score are like 16% in all the games in the NFL. This is one way to use the point buying system.
One advice you could follow when buying points is to only buy extra points in the case that you want to try to get a push instead of loss instead of buying the ½ point to increase the probabilities of winning, because the juice of the wager when you buy a point implies that you have to win a lot more to break even, and it's better to get a push than having picked a loss, and it saves you a lot of money. Buying points when the line is 3 or 7 could decrease your profits by a lot when the result happens to be 3 or 7 itself.
This option in wagering should be used with care, and try to analyze the line and the odds of the game itself very well. Don't take unnecessary risks picking points carelessly.
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