If you enjoy betting on soccer then you have probably heard of the term Asian Handicap which simply refers to one of the types of bets you can make on the outcome of soccer games. This popular bet has grown around the world and there are now millions of people learning how to win money while betting on soccer. In order to understand what this bet is exactly you need to know what the handicap means.

Instead of offering a standard bet where you can pick one of the two teams to win or draw, bookmakers have begun also offering a bet with a handicap where it takes the draw out of the question for the most part. Let’s take a quick look at an example of a game using the Asian Handicap.

France +1.5 vs. Brazil -1.5

In the above example you can see that France has a (+1.5). The (+) sign means that the team is the underdog and they can lose by a certain amount of goals and you would still win. Brazil as you can see has the opposite sign (-) and this sign tells you that Brazil is the favourite in the game and they need to win by a certain amount of goals. In this example Brazil would need to win by 2 goals for you to win with Brazil. If you picked France then you would be able to lose by 1 goal and still win the bet because Brazil didn’t cover the handicap.

Canada +2 vs. Germany -2

In this example you can see that the handicap is a whole number instead of a decimal number. This means that there is a potential for the wager to be a tie and given back to you. If Germany wins the game by two goals then the bet would be a tie because of the handicap of -2. After subtracting the handicap of 2 in a 2-0 game you’d be left with a 0-0 game. If Germany only wins by 1 goal though then Canada would win the wager whereas if Germany wins by 3 goals they would win the wager.

These wagers have become so popular for many reasons, but one of the number one reasons why it has is simply due to the fact you can win/draw on the same bet. For instance, if you take an underdog team of +1 and they only lose by 1 you would get your money back. So in a close game it’s beneficial for you to bet on this team because most of the time you won’t see a close game with a goal margin of 2+.

With all of the soccer leagues around the world there are plenty of opportunities for you to find really close match-ups that have favourable handicaps. It does take a lot of time to research the games to bet on as you want to make sure you’re getting good value, but there are lots of forums online to help you out with that. You may also learn some excellent Asian Handicap betting systems by becoming active in some betting communities.