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An 82-80 team is 1 game above .500. If they had lost 1 more game they would be .500.

Apply your explanation for an 81-80 team. How many games above .500 are they?
How many more games would they have had to lose to be at .500?

This discussion began in the context of betting results.

Without considering any vig, a .500 record is considered "even".

If you bet one unit one on each of 162 games, won 82 and lost 80, how many units are you ahead...aka above even...aka over .500?

There is no .500 with an uneven amount of games. An 81-80 team is 1/2 a game behind an 82-80 team. Had the 82-80 team lost just one more game they would be at .500.

A 6-6 team is at .500
An 8-4 team has won 2 more games than the 6-6 team so is 2 games above .500.