Totals are used in football, basketball,
baseball,
hockey, etc. The Total is set, and periodically adjusted, to insure that half of the
people will wager on the 'over' and wager on the 'under'.
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Cowboys -4
Redskins
48
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(these
two situations are identical)
Cowboys -4
Redskins +4
Over/Under
48
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"Cowboys are favored by four points against the Redskins and the total (or over/under) in the game is forty-eight."