How do I bet WITH the house?

[TheLoneGunman]

This is not a political rant so likely no one will answer :-)

In traditional sports betting you can bet either side (ex. Lakers vs 76'ers and you can bet on either team and the point spread [or other factors] level out the teams).

However, in individual sports and certain types of wagers there appears to be only 1 side. (Ex. 100 -to- 1 that Tiger Woods will double bogey 5 different holes in 1 round or 1500:1 that Anna Kournikova will win Wimbeldon).

What I wanted to do was bet WITH the house. Therefore, I believe that Tiger will NOT double bogey and therefore I will lay down $100 to win $1 rather than laying down $1 to win $100 if he does do poorly.

How do I make this bet?

Isn't this an easy way of making money? (i.e. occasionally dark horses do ok at tournaments, but they still don't win them. I am referring to the 100:1 guys not the 3:1 guys that do have a chance)

[Brendan]

Most larger betting houses will let you do that (the ones that have the obscure bets in the first place). They don't care which side you bet, they get their 10% either way.

[Y2J]

wel, not necessarily. On the props you can, but say the odds are 200-1 the bengals win the super bowl, Ive never seen 1-200 odds they wont

[Brendan]

That's true, I was thinking more on props.

[TheLoneGunman]

Yes, I wanted to bet a non-props. As you noted in the example, I have no faith in the Bengels winning the Super Bowl (even if they do get to the playoffs). Therefore a 0.5% return (1:200) is still good.

[fakesurfers]

Actually, TLG.. that Bengals bet is not so good. During the time that your money is tied up, inflation will most likely eat away the .5% gain. I think the best way to bet with the house is to BE the house.