What do Total Points, Total Goals and Total Runs mean?
The Total in betting refers to the total
points, total goals or total runs (depending on the sport) in a given contest. The Total is the
home team (or
player) and the
away team (or
player) score combined. A team or
player can go
over or
under their total
points line. The total market was created to give the game a relatively even chance of both teams’ score (when combined) going either
over or
under that total. A team or
player is then given a total (
over/under) record for that season.
