US & other team sports

Rugby readers already think in points, margins and handicaps, which is the bridge to American sports, where spreads and totals rule. This section shows how the bridge is crossed.

Basketball, baseball, American football and ice hockey are the best known. Esports, kabaddi, handball and volleyball sit lower, with water polo, floorball and field hockey among them, and player markets run through all of them.

Bookmakers in Britain publish fractions or decimals, with no American odds, and converting is a short sum. Virtual events have a licence category of their own, which speaks to licensing but not to the rules of the product.

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