Teaser Calculator
How To Use This Calculator
Pick the teaser points, set your stake, and add 2 to 6 legs. The calculator prices the teaser from a typical football pricing table, and every price stays editable so it matches your book.
Choose 6, 6.5, or 7 points and add up to 6 legs. The odds update to a typical price for that combination.
Books price teasers differently. Overwrite the odds with what your book quotes for the same points and leg count.
Check payout, profit, and the win rate each leg needs to break even. Add spreads to flag legs that cross key numbers.
What Is a Teaser Bet?
A teaser is a parlay on point spreads or totals where every leg moves in your favor by the same number of points, usually 6, 6.5, or 7 in football. All legs still have to win, but each one becomes easier to hit. In exchange, the payout drops far below normal parlay odds.
Whether the trade is worth it depends on which numbers the extra points move through. Football margins cluster on a few common values, so 6 points that cross those margins buy real win probability, while 6 points that cross nothing much buy very little.
How Teaser Pricing Works
The structure is consistent across books: more legs raise the potential payout, and more points cost a worse price. A 2-team 6-point football teaser is commonly priced around -110, the same legs at 7 points cost extra juice, and adding legs pushes the price into plus money.
The exact numbers are not standard, and many books add 10-point or 13-point versions, often called sweetheart or monster teasers, with much lower payouts and extra rules. This calculator ships with a typical table and keeps every price editable so you can reproduce whatever your book offers.
Push rules matter too. Some books drop a pushed leg and reprice the teaser at the lower leg count, others grade a push as a loss on the whole ticket. The same teaser can be reasonable at one book and poor at another for this reason alone.
Worked Example: 2-Team 6-Point Teaser
You tease a -7.5 favorite down to -1.5 and a +1.5 underdog up to +7.5, staking $100 at 1.91.
Wong Teasers: Crossing 3 and 7
Football margins cluster on a few numbers because of how scoring works. Historically, 3 and 7 have been the most common final margins in the NFL by a clear gap, so spreads near those numbers behave differently from the rest of the board.
A Wong teaser, named after gambling author Stanford Wong, is a 6-point teaser where every leg crosses both key numbers. The classic spots: favorites of -7.5 to -8.5 teased down to -1.5 to -2.5, and underdogs of +1.5 to +2.5 teased up to +7.5 to +8.5. Each move passes through 3 and 7, capturing the margins games land on most often.
Wong wrote this up for 2-team 6-point teasers at -110 pricing, and books have adjusted since: many shade teaser prices or restrict which spreads you can tease. Treat the flags in this calculator as a screen for the classic profile, not a profit promise, and always check the price you are actually offered.
The Break-Even Math
Every teaser price implies a break-even win rate for the whole ticket. All legs must win, so assuming independent legs, the per-leg requirement is the n-th root of that implied probability: the rate p where p to the power of the leg count equals it.
At a typical 2-team 6-point price of -110, the ticket must win 52.38% of the time, which works out to about 72.4% per leg. At a typical 3-team price of +150 the ticket only needs 40%, but that is still roughly 73.7% per leg. Whether adding legs raises or lowers the per-leg bar depends entirely on your book's payout ladder, so run the exact prices instead of assuming.
Compare the per-leg break-even against an honest estimate of how often teased lines like yours cover. If the bar is higher than the estimate, no payout makes the teaser good.
Teaser Payout Chart
Typical football teaser pricing on a $100 stake. Books price teasers differently, so check your own line before betting.
| Legs | 6 points | 6.5 points | 7 points | Break-even per leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 legs | 1.91$190.91 | 1.83$183.33 | 1.77$176.92 | 72.37% |
| 3 legs | 2.50$250 | 2.30$230 | 2.10$210 | 73.68% |
| 4 legs | 4.00$400 | 3.50$350 | 3.00$300 | 70.71% |
| 5 legs | 6.00$600 | 5.00$500 | 4.50$450 | 69.88% |
| 6 legs | 9.00$900 | 7.50$750 | 6.50$650 | 69.34% |
Break-even is the win rate each leg needs at 6 points. The odds shown are the calculator's defaults and every price above is editable.
Which Spreads Cross Both Key Numbers
A tease only clears both key numbers from a narrow window of starting lines. These are the spreads that cross 3 and 7 at each tease size.
| Tease | Favorites | Underdogs |
|---|---|---|
| 6 points | -8.5 to -7.5 | +1.5 to +2.5 |
| 6.5 points | -8.5 to -7.5 | +1.5 to +2.5 |
| 7 points | -9.5 to -7.5 | +0.5 to +2.5 |
Whole-number spreads are excluded. A line landing exactly on 3 or 7 is a push, not a cover.
Teasers vs Parlays vs Straight Bets
All three combine the same opinions differently. The tradeoff is how much line you buy and what you pay for it.
A straight bet is one wager at roughly -110. You keep the full price and take the result as it comes. It is the lowest variance way to bet and the default for most professionals.
A parlay multiplies the odds of every leg, so the payout grows fast but every leg must win at its original number. You are paid more precisely because you made the bet harder.
A teaser does the opposite of a parlay: it makes every leg easier by moving the line in your favor, then charges you for it in the price. You still need every leg to win. The question is whether the points you gain are worth more than the odds you give up, which is exactly what the break-even number above measures.
How to Place a Teaser on Major Sportsbooks
The flow is the same across the major US books. Add two or more spread or total selections to your bet slip, then choose the teaser option instead of parlay. Pick your tease size, and the book adjusts every line at once before showing the combined price.
DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM and Caesars all label it Teaser in the bet slip and offer 6, 6.5 and 7 points on football. Basketball teasers use different sizes, usually 4 to 5 points. Some books also list sweetheart or special teasers at larger sizes with stricter rules, such as ties losing rather than pushing.
Pricing is the part that varies most. Two books offering the same 6-point tease can differ by 20 or 30 cents on a 4-team ticket, which moves the break-even rate by more than a percentage point. Enter the price your book is actually showing rather than the default above.
When Teasers Make Mathematical Sense
A teaser is not automatically good or bad. It is a trade: you buy points and pay for them in the price. It wins long term only when the points you buy are worth more than the price you pay, which depends entirely on where the original lines sit.
That is why the key numbers matter so much. In football, margins of 3 and 7 are far more common than any other, so a tease that moves a line through both is buying much more probability than the same six points spent elsewhere. Teasing a favorite from -8.5 to -2.5 crosses both. Teasing from -12 to -6 crosses neither and buys almost nothing.
Teasers are worst when they are used simply to make a big parlay feel safer. Adding legs raises the break-even rate on every leg at once, and teasing lines that were never near a key number pays for points that rarely change the result. If the tease does not cross 3 and 7, the straight bet is usually the better version of the same opinion.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
A tease that stops exactly on 3 or 7 leaves the most common margins as pushes or losses. You want the teased line to move through the key numbers, not land on them.
The same 6-point teaser can be priced very differently across books. Moving from -110 to -130 raises the per-leg break-even from about 72.4% to 75.2%, enough to erase a thin edge.
Every extra leg is one more spread that has to cover. Unless each added leg clears the per-leg break-even on its own, the bigger payout just decorates a worse bet.
A pushed leg either reprices the teaser at the lower leg count or, at some books, kills the whole ticket. Check the rule before betting anything that touches a whole number.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a teaser bet?
A teaser is a parlay on point spreads or totals where every leg is moved in your favor by a fixed number of points, most commonly 6, 6.5, or 7 in football. All legs must win, and the payout is much lower than a parlay on the same legs.
How does a teaser payout work?
The whole teaser carries a single price, commonly around -110 for a 2-team 6-point football teaser. The payout is your stake times the odds, exactly like a straight bet. Enter any stake, price, and leg count above to see it.
What is a Wong teaser?
A 6-point football teaser where every leg crosses both key numbers 3 and 7: favorites of -7.5 to -8.5 teased down to -1.5 to -2.5, or underdogs of +1.5 to +2.5 teased up to +7.5 to +8.5. The name comes from Stanford Wong, who published the approach in Sharp Sports Betting.
What win rate does each teaser leg need?
Raise the implied probability of the teaser price to the power of 1 over the leg count. At -110, a 2-team teaser breaks even at 52.38% overall, about 72.4% per leg. The calculator does this for any price and leg count.
What odds do teasers usually pay?
There is no universal standard. A 2-team 6-point football teaser commonly sits around -110, more points cost extra juice, and more legs move the price into plus money. Exact prices differ enough between books that it is worth entering the one you are actually offered.
What is the difference between a teaser and a parlay?
A parlay keeps the market lines and multiplies the odds of every leg. A teaser moves every line in your favor and pays a fixed, much lower price. Teasers are generally limited to spreads and totals, while parlays accept most markets.
Are teasers profitable?
Most are not: the extra points usually cost more than they return. The historical exceptions cluster around 6-point football teasers whose legs cross both 3 and 7 at good pricing, the Wong profile. Whether a specific teaser clears the bar depends on the price and spreads your book offers, so check the break-even rate before betting.
What happens when a teaser leg pushes?
It depends on the book. Many drop the pushed leg and reprice the teaser at the lower leg count, others grade a push as a loss on the whole ticket. The difference is big enough to change whether a teaser is worth placing, so check your book's rule first.
Do all sportsbooks offer the same teaser lines?
No. Both the teaser price and the spreads you tease from differ across books, and half a point on the entry spread can decide whether a leg crosses a key number. Compare spreads on Bet Hero's odds comparison page before locking in a teaser.
Tease through key numbers, not onto them
Six extra points are only worth what they cross. Enter each spread and check the flags: legs that move through both 3 and 7 keep the classic profile, everything else needs a better price to justify. If the per-leg break-even is above an honest estimate of how often your teased lines cover, pass.