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03/16/2010 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ernie Els' victory Sunday at the WGC-CA Championship vaulted the former world No. 1 back into the top 10 of this week's world golf rankings.
Els' win at Doral moved the three-time major winner up 12 spots to No. 8 this week.
Tiger Woods, who announced on Tuesday he will return to competitive golf at the Masters, remained in first followed by Steve Stricker, Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood.
Paul Casey and Ian Poulter switched places from last week with Casey in fifth and Poulter sixth. German Martin Kaymer moved up one to No. 7, followed by Els.
Jim Furyk sank two to ninth followed by Padraig Harrington, who climbed three notches to No. 10. Rory McIlroy fell two to 11th, while Camilo Villegas stayed at No. 12.
Geoff Ogilvy dropped two to 13th, but Henrik Stenson fell four to 14th. Robert Allenby held on to the 15th spot, while Kenny Perry wound up down two to 16th. Sergio Garcia went down one to 17, but Sean O'Hair inched up a spot to 18th.
Retief Goosen and Stewart Cink both sank two places to round out the top 20.
Derek Lamely, who earned his first PGA Tour victory on Monday at the Puerto Rico Open, shot up 104 places to No. 103.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The margin of victory was scant once
again, but all Lookin At Lucky does is win races.
The two-year-old champion made his 2010 debut a winning one taking the Rebel
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<< Ohio State extends Tressel's contract again
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ohio State has extended the contract of head
football coach Jim Tressel an additional two years.
Under the terms of a previous extension signed in 2008, Tressel had been under
contract at Ohio State until Ja
<< Tiger to make return at the Masters
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tiger Woods will return to competitive golf at the Masters.
Woods made a statement Tuesday, saying he will end his self-imposed hiatus
from the game at the year's first major championship, set for April 8-11 at
Augu
<< Isles try to end road woes in tough test with Canucks
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Vancouver Canucks will try to extend their seven-game
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looking to avoid a ninth straight setback on the road tonight at GM Place.
Vancouver ha
Valencia's Albelda out with leg injury >>
Valencia, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Valencia defender David Albelda could be
sidelined for up to four weeks after suffering a leg injury during the weekend
defeat to Barcelona.
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Dundee's Casalinuovo suffers setback >>
Dundee, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dundee United striker Damian Casalinuovo
is set to be sidelined for a couple weeks after suffering a hamstring injury
in the 3-3 Scottish Cup draw at Rangers.
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Chiefs bring in Lilja >>
Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Chiefs signed free agent
guard Ryan Lilja on Tuesday.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Kansas City Star reports it is
for three years.
The 28-year-old Kansas State prod
Juve's goalkeeping woes worsen >>
Turin, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Juventus' goalkeeping problems have taken a
turn for the worse after it was confirmed Alex Manninger faces up to three
weeks on the sidelines with a thigh injury.
The 32-year-old Austria international
In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds
Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.
The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.
The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.
Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.
MySportsbook.com's Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds:
Pittsburgh Steelers -6.5 (-110), Over 46.5 (-110), -260 (Money line)
Arizona Cardinals +6.5 (-110), Under 46.5 (-110), +220 (Money line)
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