I was just checking out the AFL Fixture as the season proper starts next week and I noticed how some places also refer to the AFL season fixture as the AFL draw. Which got me thinking about how AFL footy is one of the remaining sports that still allows a match to end in a draw (although when I think about it others still do, like soccer, cricket) and therefore the draw is available as a betting option.
So do you bet on the draw in footy?
Which begs the question, do you ever bet on the draw in your AFL betting? The draw in footy matches is usually offered at pretty good odds, maybe around 50-1, so it’s a tempting bet. In every AFL season there seems to be at least one or two draws. And some team matchups (like Sydney v West Coast) have a history of being really close games, decided by a point or two on a regular basis. So do you single out those games as a possible draw bet?
I’ve also heard about punters trying to take advantage of the tempting odds, backing the draw on every game in every round, with the hope of coming out on top if they can snare a successful bet on two, three, or four draws across the whole AFL season. I don’t think that’s a particularly smart stratgey, but maybe someone can crunch the numbers and see whether that strategy might work out ok.
So what say you AFL punters, do you bet on the draws in footy? Post a comment and let me know if you’ve ever had success betting on a draw.
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