Arizona betting odds

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed sports betting into law in April 2021, which allows for sports betting to operate legally within licensed Indian tribes’ gambling centers and through partnerships with state professional sports franchises.

The law allows for up to 20 sports betting licenses for sports fans to bet in person and online through web platforms and mobile phones.

Who can bet on sports in Arizona?

You must be at least 21 years old and live in Arizona to participate in sports betting within the state. Rules and regulations concerning Arizona sportsbooks are still in the works.

What you can bet on in Arizona

Like other states that have also approved legal sports betting, a full lineup of sports is at your disposal. The most popular sports to bet on in America should be no surprise: Football, Basketball, Baseball, and Golf. That includes not just professional franchises but college and international teams.

But sportsbooks don’t end there. Other sports are also represented well in sportsbooks, everything from Boxing and Soccer to Hockey and Tennis.

One of the keys to sports betting is understanding — and wisely playing — the odds within each type of wager. Let’s take a closer look at sportsbooks that offer fantastic sports betting odds in Arizona.

Mobile sportsbook odds app

In addition to betting in person or online, Arizona sportsbooks also offer their full lineups on their AZ mobile betting apps. With an app, you can do everything you’d normally be able to do on a sportsbook, including making bets, tracking scores, and reviewing updated odds. Some sportsbooks even offer sports betting bonuses to Arizonans for making bets via an app.

Types of sports betting odds

Part of the fun of sports betting is that the experience is entirely what you make of it – and can change from day to day. By playing different odds and experimenting with different wagers, amateurs and more experienced bettors alike can find new ways to engage themselves with their favorite teams and players.

Other honorable odds sportsbooks with great markets:

• Barstool Sportsbook Arizona
• BlueBet Arizona Odds
• Fubo Arizona
• MaximBet AZ
• Superbook Arizona

Moneyline online odds in Arizona

If you’re new to sports betting, starting with Moneyline bets is a good way to go. They are used to make a variety of wagers and are one of the easiest odds to master. Arizona Moneyline odds are straightforward by nature; you’re picking one team or one player to win outright.

The teams and players are given values — the odds — based on a game or match. Each number also includes a minus sign or a plus sign. A minus sign indicates the favorite, and the plus sign indicates an underdog.

You may see Moneyline online odds written out like the following:

Arizona Cardinals: -120

Seattle Seahawks: +150.

Many Moneyline bet payouts are based on $100 bets. In the above scenario of an AZ NFL line, the Cardinals are the favorites. If you bet $100 on them and they win, you’d get a payout of $180 — your $100 bet along with $80 winnings.

But if you bet the same amount on the Seahawks and they pulled out an unexpected victory, you’d get a bigger payout — $250, your wager, and $150 in winnings.

Sometimes, the Moneyline odds are extremely close, indicating that a game could likely go either way. In that case, a sportsbook may not even indicate an underdog, instead offering near-equal Moneyline odds:

• Arizona Cardinals: -105
• Seattle Seahawks: -115

Moneyline odds can be used for any sport, and they’re frequently a factor in betting on low-scoring sports, such as hockey or baseball. And also for any event like the Orange Bowl or the Cotton Bowl.

Instead of a point spread bet, the more likely odds used for low scores is Moneyline since there are not enough points scored to warrant entertaining a point spread.

Point spread odds – AZ

Novice bettors may also be familiar with point spread odds in Arizona. You’re betting on the outcome of a match but not an outright winner. With the point spread, your winnings depend on the margins of victory.

Point spread betting is commonly used in football and uses much of the same terminology as Moneyline bets. For example:

• Arizona Cardinals: -4.5 (-110)
• Seattle Seahawks: +4.5 (-110)

In this case, the Cardinals are the 4.5-point favorite. If you bet on them, they need to win by at least five points to “cover the spread” — and for you to win the bet.

If you bet on the Seahawks, a 4.5-point underdog, for you to win the bet, they would have to either win outright or lose by less than four points. Let’s say the final game score is 20-17, with the Cardinals winning.

Their win does not cover the 4.5 spread, but the Seahawks covered the spread since they lost by less than the spread.

Totals odds

Another form of odds that is relatively simple to understand is total odds, also known in Arizona as over/under bets. With this bet, you are predicting if the total score of a game will be higher or lower than the odds set by a sportsbook.

In the Cardinals and Seahawks game, an oddsmaker may set the total at 48.5 points. To bet, you select the “under” if you think the teams’ combined score will be 48 points or less. You’d select “over” if you believe it will be 49 or more points.

Moneyline odds attached to the total will dictate potential winnings. If the over has -110 odds and you bet $50 and win, you’d get a payout of $95.45 ($50 bet plus $45.45 winnings). If you picked the under at +105 odds and bet the same $50, you’d win more — $102.50 ($50 bet plus $52.50 in winnings).

More advanced odds and bets in Arizona

Arizona sportsbooks offer several other types of odds for bettors, including ones that are a bit more complex. Here are a few you will encounter:

Parlay: Parlay bets combine different types of bets into one package. Wagers must be made on more than one game, usually two or three. Within the parlay bets in AZ, you can use moneyline, totals, and other types of Fiesta Bowl odds in Arizona.

Teasers: With teaser bets in AZ, you can try to improve the odds of a win by adjusting a total or point spread. Such teaser bets, if used, must be used with each of the bets in a parlay. Teasers do not use moneyline odds.

Futures: Futures odds in Arizona are popular odds to use for big sporting events or championships, future bets are made when an oddsmaker sets specific odds way before a match occurs, such as Kentucky Derby odds or Super Bowl odds in AZ.

Prop: A prop (short for proposition bets in AZ) bet accepts wagers based on odds a certain circumstance will occur in a game or concerning a player. For example, the first team to hit a homerun or the total touchdown passes a quarterback will make.

Terms to know

Sports betting has a language all its own. Here are a few of the important words to know when you’re getting started plating the odds.

• Cash-out: Before a game has ended, the ability to cash out a straight or parlay bet.
• Juice: Also known as “vigorish,” it’s the oddsmaker’s commission.
• Limit: The highest amount the oddsmaker will accept for bets.
• Line: The odds on a game.
• Off the board: No bets are being accepted at the moment.
• Opening line: The first moneyline posted for a game or event.
• Price: The point spread or the odds you are wagering on.
• Push: A tie when a game ends with no loser or winner based on the wager terms.
• Round robin: A group of parlay bets
• Straight bet: When a moneyline or point spread determines whether a wager will win or not.
• Straight-up: A moneyline bet when you wager based on who wins or loses.
• Hedge betting: A Hedge bet in Arizona is a bet that is placed with the purpose of countering another bet in order to get better odds.