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01/10/2012 - Hot Springs, AR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Oaklawn Park's series for three-year-olds on the Kentucky Derby trail will get underway on Monday, January 16 with the running of the $100,000 Smarty Jones Stakes. The mile event was won last year by eventual Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile champ Caleb's Posse.
While the field for the Smarty Jones won't be filled until Saturday, a filly has been readied for the race. On Fire Baby, owned by Anita Cauley, is expected to take on her male counterparts in the stakes.
"She's so ready," said trainer Gary 'Red Dog' Hartlage. "She just looks so good and comes home so easily."
On Fire Baby, with regular jockey Joe Johnson in the saddle, worked Tuesday morning in 1:02 1/5 over five-furlongs at Oaklawn Park. She was caught for six-furlongs in 1:14 2/5 and 1:28 for seven-furlongs.
"Joe says she dropped about a foot when he shook the reins at her," said Hartlage. "She really got down on her belly, leveled off and dug in for this work."
The filly has won three of four starts including victories in the Pocahontas and Golden Rod Stakes at Churchill Downs. After winning in her first career start at Ellis Park in August, On Fire Baby finished fifth at 40-1 in the Alcibiades Stakes in October at Keeneland.
On Fire Baby has earned $227,329 in her four starts.
The Smarty Jones Stakes is named for the 2004 champion three-year-old colt who won the Arkansas Derby along with the Run for the Roses and Preakness Stakes.
<< Broncos promote WR Goodwin to active roster; Larsen on IR
Englewood, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Broncos promoted wide receiver D'Andre
Goodwin to the active roster Tuesday, while placing fullback Spencer Larsen on
injured reserve.
Larsen played in all 16 games for the Broncos during the regular
<< SE Louisiana's Roberts adds familiar coordinators
Hammond, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New Southeastern Louisiana University football
coach Ron Roberts announced Tuesday the additions of Greg Stevens as offensive
coordinator and Pete Golding as defensive coordinator to his program.
Both coaches s
<< Oilers' Eberle out 2-3 weeks
Edmonton, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Edmonton Oilers forward Jordan Eberle will
miss 2-3 weeks of action with a right knee injury.
Eberle suffered the injury during Saturday's game in Dallas. The results from
an MRI informed the team's decis
<< Green Bay coordinator's son dies
Green Bay, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The son of Green Bay Packers offensive
coordinator Joe Philbin has been found dead in a Wisconsin river.
Authorities had been searching for Michael Philbin, 21, since he was reported
missing Sunday
Panthers G Markstrom to have knee surgery >>
Sunrise, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Florida Panthers revealed on Tuesday that
netminder Jacob Markstrom will undergo knee surgery.
The procedure, deemed a minor one by club general manager Dale Tallon, will
take place on Wednesday at
South Dakota inks a pair of JUCO players >>
Vermillion, SD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New University of South Dakota head football
coach Joe Glenn announced Tuesday the signing of running back Jasper Sanders
and safety Dennis "D.J." Wakes of Butler Community College (Kan.) for the 2012
season.
In the FCS Huddle: Towson's West earned the Rice Award >>
Towson, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Terrance West may have led the FCS with 27
regular-season touchdowns and claimed the inaugural Jerry Rice Award, but the
best freshman in the country wasn't even on scholarship until halfway through
the 2011 season
Stars activate Souray >>
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Dallas Stars have activated defenseman
Sheldon Souray from injured reserve.
Souray hasn't played since December 23 due to a sprained ankle.
Souray is in his first season with Dallas and has four g
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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New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox early favorites to win 2008 World Series
The Major League Baseball season starts this weekend and MySportsbook.com, a leading online sportsbook for over 8 years, is the first to offer baseball sports betting lines on who will win the 2007 World Series.
"The World Series is the biggest baseball event in the sports betting world and MySportsbook.com is excited that we are first to market with betting lines on every team," says Tim Dalton, Marketing Director, MySportsbook.com. "We are getting things ready for a great baseball season and our members are looking forward to our Player Payback Bonuses, as well as Dime Lines, all season long."
Going in to this weekend, MySportsbook.com's favorites to win the World Series are the New York Yankees at 7-2 and last year’s winners the Chicago White Sox at 9-2.
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