The Handicap market within sports betting is often one of the most exploited to earn money during a game. However, this market is more common to see within football, but that does not mean that it is exclusive to the modality, as several other sports have the Handicap market, as in the case of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
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Observing the growth of electronic sports and the eSports betting market, we at the Betting Academy decided to bring enlightening content on how to bet on Handicap in CS:GO. There are several partner bookmakers at the Academy that offer this type of market, as in the case of Bet365, 1xBet, Betway and Betfair.
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What is a Handicap bet?
First we need you to understand what a Handicap bet is. This market is a betting tactic where we “tell” the market where one team will have an advantage or disadvantage over the other. This may seem a little confusing at first, but as the article progresses you will understand that it is a very simple market.
Therefore, the handicap market is where we define a kind of “give an advantage” to a team that is weaker than the other. For example, within a CS:GO game, we have the analysis that team x will win, and this dictates the probabilities of team y losing, as it is weaker.
Therefore, the handicap market will be available for us to define an advantage or disadvantage for a certain team. Therefore, the handicap has a mission to try to level the odds of bets in a certain number of value, which could be in European Handicap or Asian Handicap.
European handicap
The European Handicap is made up of 3 betting options, unlike the Asian Handicap, which has two options. The European handicap has the betting options on: home win, draw and away team win.
This way, the European handicap provides a certain advantage to one of the teams, which is usually the weakest team.
Asian handicap
In Asian handicap, the market works in a way where the bet placed will be to “give a points advantage” to a certain team. Therefore, the Asian handicap market seeks to “match” both teams, and consequently their odds.
However, we need to understand how this works within CS:GO, right? So let's go.
How to bet on handicap in CS:GO?
After choosing your bookmaker where you will carry out your work in CS:GO, it's time to understand how to bet on handicap in CS:GO. Here, imagine that the “maps” are the “goals” of football. Once you have that in mind, let's move on.
Map handicap
In a hypothetical situation, the FaZe Clan team is playing against Natus Vincere. Handicap +1.5 for Natus Vincere is paying @1.38. Meanwhile, Handicap -1.5 for FaZe Clan is paying @2.72.
In this situation, you need to know that: when betting on the Handicap +1.5 for Natus Vincere, you will only win the bet if Natus Vincere does not lose by two maps difference, such as 2x1, 3x2, or if Natus Vincere itself wins.
Meanwhile, in the case of FaZe Clan, which has a higher market value at Handicap -1.5, the team needs to beat Natus Vincere by two or more maps of difference, which implies a certain difficulty for the team, which in this case, you imposed, but in the end, you will profit more.
Having seen all this, we hope you have understood a little more about how the Handicap market in CS:GO works, but if you still have doubts, don't forget to comment below!
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