Let’s try to answer the question in a simple way: what is the Handicap? Handicap or handicap is a term that is used a lot not only in betting games. Many online video games use this system. It consists of equalising the teams, so that the betting odds are equalised. Imagine, for example, that in a match there are two teams with very different chances of winning. The handicap will favour in terms of betting the team which is weaker. This exists so that there are more chances of victory for the bettors of both sides.
In betting terms this is quite simple. There are the odds, or possibilities of winning. In football this is even clearer, as the first-placed team in the National League has a much better chance of beating the last-placed team than the other way around. The first team will therefore naturally receive more bets, increasing their odds. The latter, however, will have few bettors. The handicap, therefore, arises to give an advantage, or a “teaspoon” to this weaker team.
The growing popularization of sports sites increasingly interested in sports betting, but of course this type of activity of entertainment and also of obtaining profit generates doubts. The most common have to do with the types of bets that can be made in relation to sports. And one of the most questionable is the handicap. The Asian type consists of eliminating the possibility of draws. The European handicap works in practically the same way. That is: in both handicaps there are more chances of winning, just as there are more chances of you getting a negative result.
European Handicap and Asian Handicap
The AH market is one of the most traditional when we talk about sports betting, since it is possible to “even out” the differences between two teams.
What does AH mean in betting? Asian Handicap or AH
The term AH comes from the acronym “Asian Handicap”, which means Asian Handicap translated into English.
The Asian Handicap can be positive (which gives a disadvantage) or negative (which gives an advantage), taking points or goals away from a team and adding to the other always in the same proportion. In our imaginary Fla X Flu (remember?), Fluminense had the best campaign and the best player of the championship (Ganso). Flamengo, on the other hand, had an irregular campaign and had not been playing well. In this case, Fluminense’s quotation on the betting sites would be low, due to its large favoritism for this match. And Flamengo’s, on the contrary, would be high. How would the Asian handicap work in this scenario?
Let’s understand this in a practical way: consider that our betting friend places his hopes on the favorite (Flu), depending on the lines offered by the betting site (we will explain this later), Fluminense starts with a disadvantage of, for example, 1 goal (negative balance of 1 goal). In this case, to win the bet would require Fluminense to win the match by at least 2 goals difference. In case of a simple victory, by only one goal, the result would end in a draw (1 x 0 for Fluminense, minus one goal disadvantage, would end in a 0 x 0 draw). But that is not the only betting option. Next we will see some more options:
- AH 0;
- AH -0.25/+0.25;
- AH -0,75/AH +0,75;
- AH -1/AH +1;
- AH -1.25/AH +1.25;
- AH -1.5/AH +1.5;
- AH 1.75/AH +1.75;
- AH -2/AH +2.
