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01/20/2012 - George, South Africa (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - South Africa's Branden Grace posted a seven-under 66 on Friday to rocket to the top of the leaderboard after the second round of the Volvo Golf Champions.
Grace finished at 12-under 134 and is four strokes clear at the par-73 Links at Fancourt.
The field is an exclusive one with only winners from last year's European Tour schedule, winners from the first two events of 2012 and current tour members under the age of 50 with more than 10 victories.
Grace was the last man to get into the field. He earned his first European Tour victory Sunday at the Joburg Open.
Lee Slattery fired the low round of the day on Friday with an eight-under 65. He is tied for second place with Thomas Aiken, who carded a three-under 70, at eight-under 138.
One of Friday's biggest movers was 2012 European Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal, who gained entry into the field thanks to the provision for members under 50 with more than 10 victories.
The Spaniard shot a five-under 68 and is alone in fourth at minus-seven.
Major winners Retief Goosen (68), Paul Lawrie (68) and Louis Oosthuizen (71) joined Alexander Noren (68), Raphael Jacquelin (69), Hennie Otto (69) and first-round leader Nicolas Colsaerts (76) in a tie for fifth at six-under 140.
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Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki,
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Wozniacki, still trying for th
<< Federer, Nadal roll into fourth round in Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were
each straight-set winners Friday in third-round action at the Australian Open.
Federer, this year's third seed and a four-time winner in Melbourne, battled
thro
<< Mavs escape Utah with win
Salt Lake City, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Shawn Marion scored 22 points to go
along with seven rebounds and Rodrigue Beaubois scored a career-best 17 off
the bench, as Dallas held off Utah, 94-91.
Dirk Nowitzki added 12 points and Lam
<< Cammalleri's SO tally lifts Flames past Kings
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michael Cammalleri scored the winner in the
shootout to lift the Calgary Flames to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings at
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In the second round, Cammalleri deked back to the forehand and
New Eastern Illinois coach Babers appoints assistants >>
Charleston, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - First-year Eastern Illinois head football
coach Dino Babers announced Friday his new coaching staff, including offensive
coordinator Sterlin Gilbert and defensive coordinator Kim McCloud.
Gilbert, who also w
Raptors aim to snap skid against visiting Blazers >>
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losing streak this evening when they welcome the Portland Trail Blazers to
the Air Canada Centre.
Toronto's latest loss came in Boston on Wednesday, as they dropped a
Bulls get their fist look at Kyrie's Cavs >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It could be a battle of point guards tonight, when the
Chicago Bulls pay a visit to the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena.
Bulls guard and reigning MVP Derrick Rose hasn't played in the last two games
because of a
Malkin, surging Pens host Habs >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Penguins figured to have excellent depth down the
middle as long as Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin were both on the roster. But
with Pittsburgh's captain again on the sidelines, Malkin has been doing the
heavy lifting fo
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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