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Did you know that it’s now possible to place a real money wager on College Football at hundreds of fully licensed online sportsbooks? All you need to do is find a suitable website that’s licensed to offer real money gambling services, and then head straight to their NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) betting section, where you should be able to find hundreds of available betting markets for any upcoming NCAA matches.
If you’re looking to bet on college football legally, you’ve come to the right place. Here are some useful things you should be aware of before getting started.
Yes. Since 2018, several US states, such as New Jersey, Virginia, Indiana, Arizona, Iowa, and Pennsylvania, have made it legal to place real money wagers on a variety of sports. The NCAA (or NCAAF) is just one such sport that you can bet on today. Before you attempt to sign up to an online sportsbook, it would first be a good idea to check if it’s actually legal to gamble in your state.
However, if you can’t seem to find a licensed sports betting site that operates from within your state, don’t forget that there’s nothing stopping you from signing up to an offshore licensed sportsbook that operates from outside of US jurisdiction. There is currently no law in ANY US state that prevents you from signing up to one of these foreign-controlled gambling sites. In fact, some of the best betting offers available online today for US players/customers can be found at these trusted online casinos, sports books, and poker sites that operate from outside of the US.
Once you have found a reputable online sports betting site that’s controlled by a trustworthy operator with a proven track record, you would then need to register a new account, and the good news is that it generally takes less than a minute and a half to open up a new account. You can sign up to an online sports betting site that has betting markets for College Football from a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer, providing it has a stable Wi-Fi/internet connection.
In most countries where online gambling for real money is legal, you generally only need to be at least 18 years old, but in some regions, provinces, or states, you may need to be 20 or 21 to legally gamble online, so always check this prior to signing up. As soon as your new account has been activated, don’t forget to claim your guaranteed new player welcome bonus that you are entitled to, which could arrive in the form of a free bet (up to a certain amount, say $5.00), or it could be a matching deposit bonus, or a free spins bonus to try out certain online slots at their casino.
Placing a bet is the easy part. Simply choose a betting market that you like the look of and then click on that market to add to your betting slip. Before confirming the bet, enter the amount of money that you wish to wager on that particular market. As soon as you have placed a bet, you should receive an onscreen confirmation notifying you that your bet was successfully placed. You can also track your placed bets in the ‘My Bets’ or ‘My Account’ area of the website when logged in.
If you’re based in the US, then you may want to have the betting odds displayed in the American/Moneyline format. However, many of today’s best online sports betting websites also allow you to display the odds either in the UK fractional odds format or in the European decimal odds format. For example, let’s just say that you want to place a wager on the Boston College Eagles and the Duke Blue Devils in their next game.
The Boston College Eagles might be priced at 280 to win the match outright (in American/Moneyline odds), and the Duke Blue Devils might be priced at -375. In UK fractional odds, this means the Boston College Eagles are priced at 14/5 to win, and the Duke Blue Devils are priced at 27/100 to win. In European decimal odds, it equates to 3.80 odds for the Boston College Eagles to win and 1.27 odds for the Duke Blue Devils to win.
When gambling for real money, always remember to set deposit limits, where possible, to help you stay in much better control of your spending. Also, try and gamble responsibly, and never chase your losses.