What Cover means
"Cover" is shorthand for winning a point-spread bet. "Did they cover" is simply asking "did they beat the spread," which is a distinct question from "did they win the game" - a favorite can win outright and still fail to cover if they don't win by enough.
Key points
- "Cover" is shorthand for winning a point-spread bet.
- "Did they cover" is simply asking "did they beat the spread," which is a distinct question from "did they win the game" - a favorite can win outright and still fail to cover if they don't win by enough.
Example and context
In practice
"Did they cover" is simply asking "did they beat the spread," which is a distinct question from "did they win the game" - a favorite can win outright and still fail to cover if they don't win by enough.
Related glossary terms
These terms sit in the same part of the betting vocabulary and are useful to read next.
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