The general philosophy behind asian handicap bets is to remove the draw from the equation and give teams a virtual advantage and disadvantage to make things more even and harder to predict. Asian handicap quarter lines can be tricky to understand at first. If bettors understand the concept, they can use them as a great tool to bet on sports.

What does Asian Handicap Quarter Lines mean?

Handicap Lines are used in sports betting to level the games by giving one team a virtual advantage or disadvantage.

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Quarter Lines is the asian handicap type that ends up in .25 or .75 and it can be written as like -0.25, +0.75, – 1.75 etc. They are also known as split handicaps because what they do is split the bet into two different handicap bets. The first split covers the nearest half goal handicap and the second split covers the nearest whole goal handicap. In the case of -0.25 quarter line, the nearest half goal handicap is -0.5 and the nearest whole goal handicap is 0. It is like placing two smaller bets instead of one.

How it Works

Since there are no quarter goals scored in a match, this type of bets virtually eliminates for bettors the draw option, regardless if the match ends up in a draw.

Positive Handicap (+0.25/ +1.75 etc):

The team with this quarter line is given before the match starts the virtual advantage.

+0.25 Handicap: The team starts with a quarter goal advantage. The bet is split in two: 0 handicap and +0.5 handicap. If you bet +0.25 on this team to win, you win the whole bet if the chosen team wins and you lose the whole bet if the chosen team loses. If the game ends in a draw, your +0.5 handicap bet wins and you receive your winnings from that bet, and you also do not win, but you get your money back from the 0 handicap bet.
+0.75 Handicap: The team starts the match with a three quarters of a goal head start. The bet is split in two: +0.5 handicap and +1 handicap. If you bet +0.75 on this team to win, you win the whole bet if the chosen team wins or draws. You lose the whole bet if the chosen team loses by 2 or more goals. If the chosen team loses by exactly 1 goal, you lose half from the +0.5 bet and you get your money back from the +1 bet.
+1.25 Handicap: The team starts the match with one and a quarter goal advantage. The bet is split in two: + 1 handicap and +1.5 handicap. If you bet on this team to win, you win the whole bet if the chosen team wins or the game ends in a draw. You also win the whole bet if the chosen team loses by exactly 1 goal. If the chosen team loses by 3 or more goals, you lose the whole bet. If the chosen team loses by exactly 2 goals difference, then you lose your +1 handicap bet and you get your money back from your +1.5 handicap bet.
+1.75 Handicap: The team starts the match with one and three quarters of a goal head start. The bet is split in two: +1.5 handicap and +2 handicap. If you bet on that team to win, you win the whole bet if the chosen team wins and if the game ends in a draw. You also win the whole bet if the chosen team loses by exactly 1 goal. If the team loses by 3 or more goals, you lose the whole bet. If the chosen team loses by exactly 2 goals, you lose you +1.5 bet and you get your money back from the +2 bet.

In the same manner you can interpret all other positive asian handicap quarter lines.

Negative Handicap (-0.25 / -1.75 etc):

The team with this quarter line has the virtual disadvantage in the match.

-0.25 Handicap: The team starts the match virtually being a quarter of a goal behind. The bet is split in two: 0 handicap and -0.5 handicap. If you bet on that team to win, you win the whole bet if the chosen team wins and you lose the whole bet if the chosen team loses. If the game ends up in a draw, you lose your -0.5 bet and you get your money back from the 0 handicap bet.
-0.75 Handicap: The team starts the match with a virtual three quarters of a goal deficit. The bet is split in two: – 1 handicap and – 0.5 handicap. If you bet on that team to win, you win the whole bet if the chosen team wins by 2 or more goals. If the chosen team loses or the game ends up in a draw, you lose the whole bet. If the chosen team wins by exactly 1 goal, then you win money from your -0.5 handicap and you get your money back from your -1 handicap bet.
-1.25 Handicap: The team starts the match virtually being one and a quarter of a goal behind. The bet is split in two: 1 handicap and -1.5 handicap. If you bet on that team to win, you win the whole bet if the chosen team wins by 2 or more goals. If the chosen team loses or the game ends up in a draw, you lose the whole bet. If the chosen team wins by exactly 1 goal, you get your money back from your -1 handicap bet and you lose your money from your -1.5 handicap bet.
-1.75 Handicap: The team starts the match with a virtual one and three quarters of a goal deficit. The bet is split in two: – 2 handicap and – 1.5 handicap. If you bet on that team to win, you win the whole bet if the chosen team wins by 3 or more goals. If the chosen team loses or the game ends up in a draw, you lose the whole bet. You also lose the whole bet if the chosen team wins by 1 goal. If the chosen team wins by exactly 2 goals, then you win money from your -1.5 handicap and you get your money back from your -2 handicap bet.

In the same manner you can interpret all other negative asian handicap quarter lines.

In Short

Asian Handicap quarter lines split the stake between the next half line and the next whole line. Understanding these splits is very important in order to better take advantage of the risk and the reward with each bet. Quarter lines are useful for more betting options beyond the traditional win/lose outcomes. This way betting on evenly matched teams is more interesting.

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