Basics of CFL betting: How to bet, bets available, gambling law in Canada
Increasingly popular among the Canadian betting public as well as with football fans from south of the border are betting on CFL football and CFL fantasy football. Since DFS is really among the lowest forms of football betting, on this page we’ll be concentrating on the good old-fashioned straight up betting on CFL football.
Naturally, the CFL doesn’t quite draw the gambling public’s attention – or provide all the options in odds, player props and betting – that the gargantuan NFL does, but the same sorts of wagers and betting options certainly exist at sportsbooks both online and “in real life.” During the preseason, any decent sportsbook anywhere in North America, the UK or Australia should offer Grey Cup futures, “To Win Division” futures, and quite possibly Most Outstanding Player props. The bigger bookmakers will offer win totals for the upcoming season, but, whoa, would this be difficult to win for most bettors in most situations.
SIMMONS: Bombers absolutely dominate, ending drought, in Grey Cup victory
CALGARY – Looking a lot like Mike O’Shea without the beard, playing like O’Shea, outworking, outhitting and out-scheming the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers won the
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Tiger-Cats small favourites over Blue Bombers on Grey Cup odds
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will be aiming to close out the CFL season with an eighth straight victory when they take on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday as 3
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Hamilton vs Winnipeg 2019 Grey Cup Odds, Preview & Pick
Okay CFL betting enthusiasts, with the 2019 Grey Cup Championship showdown set to cap off what has been another thrilling CFL campaign, it’s time to take a look at
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107th Grey Cup Prop Bets
The 107th Grey Cup will feature the two highest scoring offences in the CFL going head-to-head for Canada’s top football prize
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How the Bombers and Tiger-Cats built winners
The Bombers killed opponents with their run game this year and finished with the most rushing yards in the CFL regular season
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Hamilton Tiger-Cats 'want to be great,' now they're heading to Grey Cup
HAMILTON — For the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, it was a reason to celebrate — a necessary step toward winning the Grey Cup
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Hamilton Tiger-Cats Grey Cup-bound after win over Edmonton Eskimos
On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, with mostly blue skies, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats knocked off the Edmonton Eskimos 36-16 in the East Division final
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Edmonton vs Hamilton 2019 CFL Eastern Finals Odds
Okay CFL betting faithful, with the 2019 Canadian Football League staging its annual semifinal showdowns this weekend, it’s time to take a look at the 2019 CLF Eastern Finals
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Winnipeg vs Saskatchewan 2019 CFL Western Finals Odds
After splitting their two regular season meetings, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders will lay it all on the line in an effort to win their Western Conference finals
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Eskimos vs. Tiger-Cats Prediction: CFL Division Finals Point Spread, Odds
Hamilton is hosting the Eastern Final for the first time since the 2014 season. It’s the fifth time in seven years that they will appear in the East final
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CFL Simulation: And then there were four
TORONTO — One game separates four teams from the biggest game of the entire year, and heading into Division Finals, the CFL Simulation has looked kindly upon the two hosts on
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JONES: Eskimos take first step on quest to make CFL history
MONTREAL — It’s one thing to convince yourself you can beat a 10-8 team that was just happy to be in the playoffs for the first time since 2014
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Then there were four … great storylines lead into CFL division championships
In an electric atmosphere in Montreal, with Alouettes fever running high, the Eskimos took Step 1 in their battle against history
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Saskatchewan Roughriders being cautious with quarterback Cody Fajardo
Cody Fajardo went from being the West Division’s nominee for the CFL’s most outstanding player award Thursday to largely being a bystander on Friday. The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ No
Source: montrealgazette.com2019 CFL Semifinals Odds, Preview & Picks
The 2019 regular season has come to an end for the Canadian Football League, which means that now it is time for the Division Semifinals
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2019 CFL Semifinals Odds, Preview & Picks
The Calgary Stampeders look to continue their quest for back-to-back Grey Cups on Sunday, Nov. 10
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Eskimos vs. Alouettes Prediction: CFL Division Semifinals Point Spread, Odds
For the fourth straight season a West division team will participate in the East Semi-final
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CFL Simulation: Riders sitting in prime position
TORONTO — We’re well on the Shaw Road to the Grey Cup, and with the Eastern and Western Semi-Finals upon us, the CFL Simulation takes a look at who
Source: riderville.com2019 CFL Week 21 Odds, Preview & Picks
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are the hottest team in the Canadian Football League, winners of five in a row and leaders of the East Division by five games with a
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Argonauts vs. Tiger-Cats Prediction: CFL Week 21 Point Spread, Odds
The Tiger-Cats are looking forward to hosting the East final in a couple weeks, but first they conclude their regular season against their provincial rival the Argos
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Stampeders vs. Lions Prediction: CFL Week 21 Point Spread, Odds
First place and home field is on the line for the Calgary Stampeders when they travel to BC to face the Lions
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CFL Simulation: Who will reign supreme out West?
TORONTO — The West Division crown is still up for grabs going into Week 21, and with several outcomes still in play, the CFL Simulation looks at what each team’s
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Alouettes vs. RedBlacks Prediction: CFL Week 21 Point Spread, Odds
These two teams split the previous two games of the season series, but since they last met in early August, both of these franchises have headed in opposite directions
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2019 CFL Week 20 Odds, Preview & Picks
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats now have the longest winning streak in the Canadian Football League at four games, and their 13-3 record has them four games ahead of Montreal
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Tiger-Cats vs. Alouettes Prediction: CFL Week 20 Point Spread, Odds
These two teams have seen a lot of each other over the years, and they will likely see each other again in the post season
Source: news.sportsinteraction.comYou’d figure that with just nine (or sometimes eight and, perhaps before too long, 10!) teams, the CFL would be easy to predict, but somehow those preseason predictions just never seem to fall into place just right. With the exception of the Calgary Stampeders, no team has enjoyed consistency SU and ATS. And, just like their counterpart in the NFL, Bill Belichick’s New England Bradies, the Stamps have a maddeningly tendency to lose the Grey Cup in wacky fashion.
In short, the over/under has been easier to win in the Grey Cup than the point spread. From 2010-2018, the favourite went just 3-6 ATS – and all teams not named the Stampeders were a combined 1-3 ATS (2-2 SU) in the ’10s!
During the regular season, most good online sportsbooks offer the same lines as in NFL football or college football betting: you’ll get money lines, point spreads and over/unders. Player props on individual regular-season games are pretty damn rare, but once the playoffs start, each CFL game has dozens of these bets – more time for everyone to research, we suppose.
Canadian sports betting law in a grey area
As for the legality of CFL betting for Canadian citizens, extant gambling law remains in a grey area. Recently, casino-style gambling has been opened up for legalization province to province, while Indian reservation-based operators (such as those in Quebec’s Kahnawake Mohawk Territory) are allowed to do business within Canada. Indeed, a citizen of the UK or even the US (!) could, by the letter of law, have access to Canada-based online sportsbooks that Canadian residents do not legally.
But that’s just technicalities. No advance has been made in Canadian law regarding sports betting online since the 1960s and the last codification of anti-games of chance legality – which is to say that technically sports betting on the internet is illegal for Canadian citizens, unless provincial law states otherwise.
Except … for individuals, this law is literally never enforced. Canadian law enforcement and prosecutors are for the time being perfectly happy allowing this little stretching of legality, which is fantastic of them, really.