{"id":49162,"date":"2018-03-16T17:43:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T00:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/?page_id=49162"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T22:18:48","slug":"totals-betting-explained","status":"publish","type":"guide","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/guides\/betting-101\/totals-betting-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need to Understand Totals Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When betting totals, you are no longer pledging your allegiance to one team. It doesn’t matter who wins the game or by how much, the only aspect of the sporting event you are concerned with is the total score. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bookmakers will set a projected number of points to be scored in the game, then you decide whether the actual number of points scored will be more (over) or less (under) than the total they set.<\/span><\/p>