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08/28/2009 - Bristol, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Matt Crafton will start on the pole for Friday's inaugural EnjoyIllinois 225 Camping World Truck Series race after posting the fastest lap in qualifying at Chicagoland Speedway.
Crafton rounded the 1.5-mile oval at 171.914 m.p.h. in his No.88 ThorSport Chevrolet for his second career Truck Series pole, but his first since September 2005 at New Hampshire.
Chad McCumbee will start alongside Crafton after turning a lap at 171.636 m.p.h.
Todd Bodine qualified third, followed by Kyle Busch, last week's race winner at Bristol, and Rick Crawford.
Ron Hornaday Jr., the current points leader, will start sixth. Hornaday saw his five-race winning streak end at Bristol, but still holds a commanding 211- point advantage over Crafton.
Brent Sherman, Stacy Compton, Jason White and Colin Braun completed the top-10.
Michelle Theriault, John Jackson and Ryan Hackett failed to qualify.
Today's 225-mile race is scheduled to begin around 9:00 p.m. (et).
<< Indians get Pino from Twins
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Indians acquired right-handed
pitcher Yohan Pino from the Twins to complete the August 7 trade that sent
righty Carl Pavano to Minnesota.
The 25-year-old Pino has split the 2009 season
<< Gonzo to announce retirement, return to Diamondbacks
Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Longtime outfielder Luis Gonzalez is returning
to the Arizona Diamondbacks, but his playing days are finished.
The team will hold a news conference Saturday at 4 p.m. (et), when the 41-
year-old Gonzalez
<< Soriano's blast helps Cubs top Mets
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alfonso Soriano went 3-for-3 and hit the game-
winning three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the
Chicago Cubs over the New York Mets, 5-2, in the opener of a three-game series
at Wrig
<< Briscoe leads Penske front row for Chicagoland
Joliet, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Briscoe will start on the pole for the Peak
Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300 after edging his Team Penske teammate Helio
Castroneves in Friday's qualifying at Chicagoland Speedway.
Briscoe, the current In
Chicago hosts D.C. with eyes on top spot in East >>
Bridgeview, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Fire wasted a chance to overtake
the Columbus Crew in the Eastern Conference last week, but after escaping with
a 3-2 win over Colorado, felt good to earn six points in an eight-day span.
Chicago
Colorado hopes to rebound from tough loss vs. Houston >>
Commerce City, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Dynamo travel to Colorado to
take on the Rapids in a key Major League Soccer Western Conference clash on
Sunday afternoon.
The Dynamo (11-6-7) currently hold the top spot in the West, but
Simpson leads Barclays by two strokes >>
Jersey City, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - PGA Tour rookie Webb Simpson carded a
three-under 68 Friday to take a two-stroke lead after two rounds of The
Barclays, the first event of the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Simpson, who is in search of his first PGA
Bears DT Dvoracek undergoes season-ending ACL surgery >>
Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chicago Bears defensive tackle Dusty
Dvoracek underwent season-ending ACL surgery on Friday the team announced.
A third-round pick out of Oklahoma in 2006, Dvoracek has appeared in just 13
games i
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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Let’s take a look at the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds and the betting line and figure out where they’ve been and where they are going to go.
MySportsbook.com put up the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds late on Sunday night with the Pittsburgh Steelers favored by 6.5 points and a total betting line at 47.5 points.
Since then, however, the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds have seen a good deal of movement and you’ll want to be on top of where they are likely to move to make sure you get the best line value for the big game.
Since opening, the Super Bowl 2009 betting lines went to Steelers -7 in the span of roughly 3 hours but were quickly bought back down just minutes later to 6.5 again.
After that is took about 5-6 more hours before the betting line went back to -7 where it has sat for a while now and is likely to remain. The opening betting total of 47.5 was bet down right after the line became available and went to 47 within minutes.
Roughly a day later it has been bet even further down to the 46.5 tally it currently is set at.
Roughly 60% of gamblers seem to be on the Cardinals here so the point spread will be bet down and a 7.5 would not last very long at all with many taking the early 6.5 in hopes of finding a potential middle in the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds.
If you like Arizona and see a 7.5, I’d take it as soon as possible because it’s unlikely to last. For Pittsburgh backers, the -7 might be the best you’ll be able to find but a 6.5 is definitely possible close to game time.
Regarding the Super Bowl 2009 betting odds for the total, most tracked gamblers are already on the over and with those who took the under 47.5 already securing a middle on the over 46.5, the only way I see it moving is back up to 47 so if you like the over, I’d recommend betting now.
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