Everything you need to know to bet player props in Ohio

On Dec 28, 2022

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Player props can instantly make any game you’re betting on more exciting, giving you action on almost every play of the game.

While many new Ohio sports bettors may be familiar with how to bet on the moneyline, spread and total of a game, there are so many more ways to get in on the action. Player props, similar to fantasy sports in some ways, allow you to wager on the specific outcomes and performances of players and teams.

Below, we’ll walk you through what player props are, some of the more common types of NFL player props you can make and how to bet them at your local Ohio sportsbook app. For this article, we’ll use DraftKings Sportsbook Ohio for our examples.

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What Are Player Props?

Player props are wagers made on the outcome of certain statistics that a player will perform in a game or match. If we take football for example, a player prop could be passing yards, passing touchdowns, receiving yards, receptions, rushing yards, rushing attempts or odds for a player to score a touchdown.

Those are just some of the most basic types of NFL player props. However, depending on the sportsbook, you may see even more betting markets.

Similarly, you can bet on many types of statistical outcomes for other sports too. Over/Under bets on goals, assists, shots and saves in hockey are pretty standard. In basketball, you can bet on point totals, plus assists, blocks, steals, rebounds, fouls and more.

With Ohio sports betting launching, you’ll now be able to bet on all of your favorite players from each of your local teams. Sign up at one of the top Ohio sportsbooks to bet player props from teams like:

Cleveland Browns (NFL)
Cincinnati Bengals (NFL)
Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA)
Cincinnati Reds (MLB)
Cleveland Guardians (MLB)
Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL)
Columbus Crew (MLS)
FC Cincinnati (MLS)

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How To Bet Player Props in Ohio?

Much like fantasy football, any game is more exciting when you can have action on nearly every play in a game. By betting on NFL player props you can. If you’re betting over/unders on multiple players in a game you’ll have action every time that player is on the field.

Let’s take a look at the kind of player props available for this NFL game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. First, find the NFL tab in your DraftKings Sportsbook app. From there, you’ll see a list of NFL games and you can click on the one you’d like to bet.

DraftKings Sportsbook NFL betting markets.

After clicking on the Bengals vs. Bucs game we can see the various options to bet on the game. You can scroll between Popular bets, Game Lines, TD scorers and more props. We’ll start with picking Joe Mixon to be an Anytime Touchdown Scorer at -125 odds.

DraftKings touchdown props for Bengals vs Buccaneers.

In the image below you can see the various types of passing props available between quarterbacks Joe Burrow and Tom Brady. For instance, you can see that you can bet on either of their passing touchdowns, passing yards, alternative passing yards and more if you were to keep scrolling down. We’ll make a bet on Burrow to go Over 1.5 passing TDs at -175 odds.

DraftKings passing props for Joe Burrow and Tom Brady.

Next up, let’s look at the running backs and receivers from that game and what sorts of player props we can wager on for those players.

We can see that in the Rush/Rec props section that there are props for rushing yards and receiving yards to start with. There are even more if you were to scroll through the entire market. We’ll pick Joe Mixon to go Over 53.5 rushing yards and Ja’Marr Chase to go Over 86.5 receiving yards from this section.

DraftKings rushing and receiving props for Cincinnati Bengals vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

As we’ve been selecting all of these different props, each one has been getting added to our bet slip off to the right of the screen. You can see that in both the image above and also below, where we’ve included only the bet slip in the image.

All of these prop bets are eligible to be bet as single bets. To keep things simple, we’ve entered a potential $10 wager for each one. The payout for each is listed under each wager in the bet slip and includes both the initial wager and potential winnings. For instance, a $10 bet on Mixon to score a TD at -125 odds returns $18. That is your wager ($10) and another $8 (winnings) in this example.

You can see more payout examples in the image for the other bets as well.

These are just a few of the many types of playr prop bets you can make when betting on sports in Ohio. You can dive much deeper into the player prop market, as well as team props such as team points, team touchdowns, field goals, and more as you continue to bet on legalized Ohio sports betting.

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