system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: what does an over and under mean in sports betting?
gpt
Whoever the bookie or house is will give a number of total combined points they think both teams will score? So they may say it's 52.5 in football which means they think if you add up both teams scores at the end will be 52.5. You bet whether you think the total will be over or under that amount. So if you bet over on 52.5 and the final score is 26-21, you lost as the total is 26+21, so 47 which is under 52.5. If the score is 35-29, you won as the final total of 64 is over 52.5.