What is a ‘Prop’ Bet? | Betting 101

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From the latin proponere meaning "put forth, set forth, lay out, display, or expose to view" a ‘Proposition’ bet is basically a wager on stupid shit.

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A prop bet is a bet on an individual player or event within a game - rather than on the overall result.

It's a proposition because you’re ‘proposing’ that something specific is gonna happen.

You can make a prop bet on anything - and I mean literally anything.

• Length of the Super Bowl anthem? We got ya.

• Whether a player will finish with exactly 69 yards? No problem.

• Who the MVP will thank first? Hundred per cent.

• Exact dollar value of the loose change found under the cushions of the assistant-manager’s sitting room couch? Well maybe not, but you get the idea. 
  

Bet on which team or player will score first; which player will score the most goals; what the score will be at a certain point within the game; and even how many bookings or cards will be issued.

In fact, the only real limit on a prep bet is whether a bookie will give you odds.

And come to think of it, that may actually be a prop bet in and off itself.