What Game Prop means
A game prop is tied to the overall flow or outcome of a game rather than any single player - which team scores first, whether the game goes to overtime, the length of the national anthem before a Super Bowl, and similar broader outcomes. Game props tend to carry higher vig than core markets like spreads and totals, reflecting both lower betting volume and, in many cases, genuinely harder-to-predict outcomes.
Key points
- A game prop is tied to the overall flow or outcome of a game rather than any single player - which team scores first, whether the game goes to overtime, the length of the national anthem before a Super Bowl, and similar broader outcomes.
- Game props tend to carry higher vig than core markets like spreads and totals, reflecting both lower betting volume and, in many cases, genuinely harder-to-predict outcomes.
Example and context
In practice
Game props tend to carry higher vig than core markets like spreads and totals, reflecting both lower betting volume and, in many cases, genuinely harder-to-predict outcomes.
Related glossary terms
These terms sit in the same part of the betting vocabulary and are useful to read next.
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