Teaser

A teaser buys points. You combine two or more spread or total bets, move every line in your favour by a fixed amount, and accept a reduced price for the privilege. All legs must still win.

Standard NFL teasers

Six points is the usual shift, with more available at worse prices:

Type	Points	Typical 2-team price
6-point	6	−110 to −120
6.5-point	6.5	−120 to −130
7-point	7	−130 to −140

A two-team 6-point teaser turns −7.5 and +2.5 into −1.5 and +8.5. Both must still cover.

The Wong teaser

The one teaser strategy with a genuine mathematical basis, named after gambling author Stanley Wong. It involves teasing only through both key numbers 3 and 7:

• Favourites between −7.5 and −8.5, teased down through 7 and 3
• Underdogs between +1.5 and +2.5, teased up through 3 and 7

Because NFL margins cluster so heavily on 3 and 7, crossing both is worth far more than six generic points would be elsewhere on the scale. Historically this produced a genuine edge.

Two caveats. The pattern is very well known, and books have responded by pricing teasers less generously and watching for accounts that only place Wong-qualifying ones. And it applies to the NFL specifically, because of that sport’s scoring structure. The same logic does not transfer to basketball, where margins are smoothly distributed.

Pleasers

The inverse bet: move the lines against yourself by six points in exchange for a much larger payout. A two-team 6-point pleaser might pay +600.

They are extremely difficult to win and carry heavy margin. They exist for the same reason long-shot parlays do.