LOL Betting Websites and Odds

If you look at any League of Legends tournament, there will be two teams of players matched against each other. Some games can be closely matched, and some can pit strong teams against weak teams – just like any other sport.

It’s important to familiarize yourself with the teams playing, understanding their strengths and weaknesses and unique skill sets will help you with your LoL betting strategy.

League of Legends Moneyline

For the most part, you will be betting on a League of Legends moneyline – which is betting which team will win the match outright. This is a pretty standard and easy bet for beginners, but many intermediate and professional sports bettors still like to bet the moneyline in eSports as well.

If you have two teams playing a game, and let’s say they’re pretty unevenly matched, and one team is heavily favored to win, the oddsmakers will give them betting odds that have a negative number (-750 for instance). Their opponent will be a pretty big underdog in this situation, and their betting odds will look like (+500). These odds are the probability of them winning the match, and how much you would win by placing a wager.

If the match is more closely matched, the LoL odds will be lower, likely -110 or +100, as oddsmakers don’t feel confident offering higher odds with the uncertainty of the matchup. Basically in these situations, the number represents how much you would make with a $100 wager. You don’t have to bet $100, you can bet any denomination, it’s just a good starter figure to use to calculate odds.

If the favorite’s odds are -110, that’s how much you would have to bet to win $100 plus your initial stake ($210 total). If the underdog’s odds are +100, you’re betting $100 to earn $100 ($200 total).

In our earlier example, -750 indicates you’d have to bet $750 to win $100 ($850 total) and +500 would mean you could win $500 on a $100 bet ($600 total).

League of Legends Totals

Another very simple bet to place, totals are another outcome-based wager only this time, you’re betting on how many rounds the game will last. The oddsmakers will project which round they believe the game will end, and you will have to select whether you think the game will go over or under that number.

If two teams are fairly evenly matched, and the total is 2.5, you could bet the OVER and as long as those teams make it to the third round, you win. Many eSports bettors like this option when they aren’t confident in which team will win the game outright.

League of Legends Prop Bets

Prop bets are fun and unique bets you can place on any situation or occurrence in the game. You can bet on which team will win a certain Map, which team will score the first kill, be the first to 10 kills, and destroy the first tower. It depends on which sportsbook you choose to play because not all sportsbooks offer props with this much detail.

League of Legends Futures

LoL futures betting odds are usually listed well in advance of the tournament and usually offer some great value odds on teams to win the Championship outright. Depending on your sportsbook, other options include who will make the playoffs. These bets are placed far in advance of the actual tournaments so the odds are much juicier, but the real value lies in those big longshot underdogs if they can pull off a big W.