<p>The National Football League (NFL) is the USA’s premier American Football competition.</p> <p>While NFL is a quintessentially American sport, it’s popularity has skyrocketed Down Under thanks to a few different reasons.</p> <p>The rise of NFL Fantasy has attracted a whole new generation of followers to the sport.</p> <p>The other reason is its popularity amongst punters. The NFL has a whole host of unique markets that cannot be found in any other sport.</p> <p>Some of these markets may be a little foreign for punters unfamiliar with the ins and outs of the NFL or American Football as a whole.</p> <p>That’s why we’ve created this in-depth How to Bet on the NFL guide as part of our Punter IQ series.</p> <p>This guide is a must-read for anyone who is keen to call the plays and launch into the world of the NFL and all the different Sportsbet markets that come with it.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>How To Bet On The NFL Throughout The Year</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>A typical NFL season has three distinct stages. Before you start betting on the NFL, getting up to speed with the differences between these three stages is important.&nbsp;You can also follow the experts and see what they’re tipping through our <a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/huddle/nfl">NFL huddle page here</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>NFL Regular Season</h3> <p>There are 32 teams in the NFL that are split into two conferences, as is common in American sports.</p> <p>These two conferences are the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).</p> <p>There are 16 teams in each conference, and the splitting doesn’t end there. Within each of these conferences is four divisions containing four teams each – North, South, East and West.</p> <p>These teams do battle within their own divisions and conferences, with the teams that accrue the most points advancing to the NFL Playoffs.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>NFL Playoffs</h3> <p>The top seven teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs.</p> <p>These teams are seeded based on their regular season performance, with the No.1 seed in each conference receiving a bye in the first week of the playoffs.</p> <p>These 14 teams do battle until they are whittled down to just two. These remaining two teams qualify for the NFL’s showpiece event – the Super Bowl.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>The Super Bowl</h3> <p>The Super Bowl is basically just an American way of saying “the Grand Final”.</p> <p>This is the season's final game, where the AFC and NFC winners meet and battle to become the NFL champions.</p> <p>One of the biggest events on the sporting calendar, the whole world tunes in to witness Super Bowl Sunday.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>What Can You Bet on in the NFL?</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>As the biggest sport in the USA and, therefore, one of the most watched sports in the world, a massive amount of NFL markets are available to Sportsbet punters.</p> <p>From NFL regular season markets to post/preseason markets there are too many to list all of them here, so we’ve just provided you with some of the main NFL markets.</p> <p>To see every single market available for the NFL, simply go to the Sportsbet website or app, search up American Football and select the NFL tab and browse at your own leisure.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>NFL Match Betting</h3> <p>Are you looking for the NFL’s best bets? We have you covered, match betting, also known as the Head-to-Head (H2H) market is one of our most popular straightforward NFL markets. This is where punters can bet on who they think will win the match.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>NFL Handicap</h3> <p>Arguably the most popular bet type in the NFL, Handicap Betting or Line Betting as it is also known, is where the market is handicapped to create an equal betting outcome for both sides.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>NFL Total Match Points</h3> <p>Often referred to as the NFL Over/Under betting, Total Points is self-explanatory. Punters can bet whether the designated total points for a specific game will be reached by the two teams competing.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>NFL Big Win Little Win</h3> <p>Big Win&nbsp;Little Win is a winning margin market. This is where you can pick the margin a team will win by if you so wish. For example, 1-13, 14+ etc.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>NFL Draft – Number 1 Overall Pick</h3> <p>A massive part of American sports is always the draft, and the NFL is no different. Hence, you may be asking yourself, how do I bet on the NFL draft? Well fear not, because this market allows you to predict who you think will be the No.1 overall draft pick for the upcoming NFL season.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>NFL Super Bowl Betting</h3> <p>How good is your crystal ball? For those who can pick who wins it all before the season even starts.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>NFL Player Props</h3> <p>This tab allows punters to select from a host of preset individual player props. An example of one of these props would be Aaron Rodgers's Regular Season Total Passing Yards.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>AP NFL Coach of the Year</h3> <p>Every season the Associated Press (AP) gives out a number of end-of-season awards to the top performers in the NFL. Coach of the Year is one of them. Think you know who’s going to get it? Place your bet here.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>AP NFL Regular Season MVP</h3> <p>Another one of the AP end-of-season awards, and arguably the most anticipated, is the NFL Regular Season MVP. Who’s going to be the best player in the league? This is where you decide.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>So now you know what markets you can bet on, you can find our NFL betting markets on the Sportsbet app or on the <a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/american-football/nfl">Sportsbet website here</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>How to bet on the NFL</h2> <p><strong>Step 1:</strong> Choose between the regular season, the playoffs or the Super Bowl depending on the time of year.</p> <p><strong>Step 2:</strong> Select your match and browse the markets available for it.</p> <p><strong>Step 3:</strong> Select the market(s) you wish to wager on.</p> <p><strong>Step 4:</strong> Choose your stake and confirm your bet.</p>