Guides
Plain-English explanations of how sportsbook boards, rotation numbers and betting lines work.
These guides cover the vocabulary behind the FreeOdds board: what the numbers mean, how lines are written, and how finished games are judged against them. They are for information only, not betting advice.
- Rotation numbers explainedWhat they are, how each sport numbers games, and today's real numbers
- How to read a betting boardRows, spreads, totals, moneylines and result marks
- Run line and puck line explainedMLB and NHL spreads, and why the price is the real number
- Opening vs closing linesLine movement, covering, over/under and pushes
- Against the spread (ATS) recordsWhat ATS and over/under records mean