Teaser
A parlay variant that lets you shift spreads or totals in your favor at the cost of much shorter payouts.
A teaser lets you adjust the point spreads or totals of two or more bets in your favor by a fixed number of points; in exchange for a worse payout than a regular parlay.
Common NFL teasers:
- 6-point, 2-team: typical -120 to -110 payout
- 6-point, 3-team: typical +160 to +180 payout
- 7-point, 4-team: typical +280
The classic +EV teaser: 6-point NFL two-team teasers through the key numbers 3 and 7. Moving a -7.5 to -1.5 captures both the 3 and the 7 key numbers, materially increasing win probability.
Teasers that cross only “dead zones” (like -10 to -4) are usually -EV.