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Betting the Missouri Valley Conference

November 19, 2009
MVC teams were a collective nine games under .500 as home favorites last season, a statistic college betting fans will checking this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2008/09 season are in parentheses:

Betting the Mountain West Conference

November 16, 2009
Mountain West Conference teams covered 60 percent of the time as road favorites last year, a trend college basketball betting fans will be monitoring this season. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2008/09 season are in parentheses:

Betting Conference USA

November 13, 2009
With Memphis down for the first time in memory, college basketball betting followers will be watching to see if the other teams in the C-USA try to gain some revenge by crushing the Tigers. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2008/09 season are in parentheses:

Betting the Atlantic-10 Conference

November 10, 2009
Collectively, A-10 teams were 19 games under .500 versus the pointspread, a statistic that college basketball betting wonks will be watching this winter. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2008/09 season are in parentheses:

Betting the Pac-10 Conference

November 7, 2009
Pac-10 teams were 15 games over .500 ATS versus non-conference foes and played 21 more "over" than "under" games last season, trends college basketball betting fans will be watching this year. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2008/09 season are in parentheses:

Pacman Versus Cotto Is Boxing Betting Bonanza

November 3, 2009
Two of the sport's premier attractions, Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao and Miguel "Junito" Cotto, will square off in a special 145-pound catch-weight bout before a packed house at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and an HBO pay-per-view television audience on Nov. 14 in which boxing betting fans will have dozens of wagering options.

Betting the Southeastern Conference

November 2, 2009
Only four of the SEC's 12 teams had winning pointspread records last season, a trend basketball betting devotees will be tracking this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2008/09 season are in parentheses:

Betting the Big East Conference

October 30, 2009
Despite it reputation as the nation's deepest and toughest conference, Big East teams were nine games under .500 ATS versus non conference foes last season, a statistic that college basketball betting fans will be eyeing this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2008/09 season are in parentheses:

Betting the Big Ten Conference

October 27, 2009
Only one Big Ten team, Northwestern, played more "over" games than "under" games last season, a trend that basketball betting aficionados will be monitoring this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2008/09 season are in parentheses:

Betting the ACC

October 24, 2009
Take mighty North Carolina out of the mix and ACC teams were just 54-55-4 ATS outside the conference last season, far from the expected dominance and a college basketball betting trend worth watching. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2006/07 season are in parentheses:

Betting the Big 12

October 21, 2009
The Big 12 Conference has the best pointspread record over the past seven seasons, a trend that college basketball betting fans will be watching this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2008/09 season are in parentheses:

The Future Is Now for College Basketball Betting

October 18, 2009
We're still a few weeks away from the start of the 2009/10 NCAA men's hoop season but college basketball betting fans need not wait until then to start dipping into their wallets for some much-needed hardcourt action. Future book wagering is open for which team will cut down the nets in Indianapolis, April 5, 2010. What's more, some books also are offering odds on which teams will win their respective conference crowns.

Breeders' Cup Betting Has Value

October 15, 2009
Even if you're strictly a sports betting practitioner, someone who doesn't know an exacta from exact change, it still might be worth your time to take a run at some horse race betting when the windows open for Breeders' Cup XXVI, to be contested this year at Santa Anita Park, Nov. 6-7.

Betting the Pacific Division

October 12, 2009
As a whole, Pacific Division teams were 27 games under .500 against the spread last season, a statistic that NBA betting practitioners will be tracking this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2008/09 season in parentheses:

Betting the Northwest Division

October 9, 2009
It probably comes as little surprise to NBA betting followers that the three best teams in the division, Denver, Portland and Utah, also were very solid plays at home, notching a 78-53-2 mark against the spread last season, an evolving trend worth watching. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2008/09 season in parentheses:

Betting the Southwest Division

October 6, 2009
Every team in the Southwest Division had a losing record against the spread last season, a trend NBA betting fans will be monitoring carefully again this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2008/09 season in parentheses:

Betting the Southeast Division

October 3, 2009
The Magic has been 30-16-2 against the spread versus Southeast Division foes over the past three seasons, an evolving wagering trend that betting devotees will be eyeing again this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2008/09 season in parentheses:

Betting the Central Division

September 30, 2009
The Cavaliers were wagering bullies but three other teams within the division also had winning pointspread records last year, a trend NBA betting aficionados will be tracking this season. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2008/09 season in parentheses:

Betting the Atlantic Division

September 26, 2009
Since acquiring Kevin Garnett, Boston has ruled the division the last two seasons, both straight up and against the spread, trends which NBA betting fans will be monitoring. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2008/09 season in parentheses:

NBA Future Book Betting

September 24, 2009
The Lakers are a narrow future book NBA betting favorite over the Cavaliers to win a second straight championship next summer. The matchup, which was expected but did not materialize last season when Cleveland failed to keep up its end of the bargain, would pit the game's two biggest super stars, the Lakers' Kobe Bryant, and the Cavaliers' LeBron James, against each other in a bonanza for TV ratings.

SPORTS BETTING LIP SERVICE

September 19, 2009
Art Linkletter used to insist that "kids say the darndest things" but when it comes to the fields of sports and sports betting, it looks like the children have little on athletes, journalists, politicians, administrators and just plain folks.

Total NFL Betting Techniques

September 17, 2009
While 90 percent of NFL betting action is on the pointspread, there are some gamblers who find value in totals, the wagering pursuit where you bet whether the combined points scored by the teams in an individual game are over or under a prescribed number. Other gamblers believe that "totals," as they're called, are sucker bets, another diversion designed by the house to separate the player from his money. Of course, if that were true, bookmakers wouldn't have to place such severe restrictions on over/under wagering.

The Value of Rest in NFL Betting

September 14, 2009
Since the introduction of the 17-week schedule to the NFL in 1990, every team has enjoyed a week off during the regular season, a scheduling phenomenon that has created yet another wagering variable for NFL betting fans to consider. Savvy gamblers will tell you this is a good development; that the more complex the betting equation, the better the opportunity to find advantages where the less focused, less disciplined and less determined bettor fears to tread.

Monday Night Football Betting

September 11, 2009
Monday Night Football has been broadcast into homes across America since 1970, adding an extra day to the gridiron weekend that has been both used and abused by ardent NFL betting enthusiasts over the past 40 years. Because it is the final game of the week, MNF often is the difference between winning and losing for bet makers and bet takers alike.

Sunday Night Football Betting

September 8, 2009
It's not the last game of the week but when NBC took over and began flexing its muscles in 2006 by commanding a strong schedule, Sunday Night Football quickly became a wagering staple for NFL betting fans.

Good Action for Boxing Betting Fans

September 5, 2009
Despite a 21-month absence from the ring following a hasty retirement and a subsequent injury, Floyd Mayweather Jr. opened as a solid -400 favorite (bet $400 to win $100) to beat Juan Manuel Marquez in a welterweight showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Sept. 19. Take back +300 (bet $100 to win $300) on Marquez.

Betting the NFC West

September 3, 2009
Arizona eked out a winning record against the spread last season but over the past five years this is the worst performing pointspread division in the league, a trend NFL betting aficionados will be watching closely again this season. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 regular season records and pointspread results in parentheses:

Looking for an Angle in Opening Week NFL Betting

August 31, 2009
With fewer wagering opportunities than any other team sport, NFL betting places a premium on gamblers to get off to a quick start. That again will be the case when the NFL kicks off another season, Sept. 10.

Using 'Science' in College Football Betting

August 27, 2009
No system, especially one designed to earn a profit at college football betting, is foolproof but some gamblers have reported success matching the dispassionate "scientific" approach of mathematician Jeff Sagarin against the Las Vegas wagering line.

Betting the NFC South

August 27, 2009
Every team in the NFC South held its own against the spread, especially in non-division play where the four teams were a combined 24-14-2 ATS last season, a statistic that NFL betting enthusiasts surely will be monitoring this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 regular season records and pointspread results in parentheses:

Betting the NFC East

August 20, 2009
The division enjoyed a combined 22-16-2 pointspread record in other neighborhoods last season, attesting to the overall strength of the NFC East. The division draws the weak AFC West this year so more wagering success is likely, though NFL betting fans will want to watch for inflated lines. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 regular season records and pointspread results in parentheses:

Federer, Serena Favored in US Open Tennis Betting

August 17, 2009
Defending champions Roger Federer and Serena Williams opened as future book favorites to successfully defend their respective men's and women's singles titles at the final Major of the year, the US Open Tennis Championship in Flushing Meadows, New York, Aug. 31-Sept. 13.

Betting the AFC South

August 12, 2009
The Colts have won at least 12 games every year since 2003 but it's the Titans, who are 31-19 against the spread overall and 14-4 versus the number within the division the last three seasons, who have been best wagering friends to NFL betting enthusiasts. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 regular season records and pointspread results in parentheses:

Betting the AFC North

August 10, 2009
Pittsburgh hasn't had a losing pointspread season since 2002 and Baltimore was one of the league's best against the spread last year, trends that NFL betting devotees undoubtedly will be monitoring this season. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 regular season records and pointspread results in parentheses:

Betting the AFC East

August 5, 2009
Just five of the Sun Belt Conference's nine teams have pointspread records dating back nine years so there's not a great statistical data base for bettors. Among independents, only Navy has been a decent play versus the number since 2000. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 records, returning starters (RS) - including kickers - and returning lettermen (RL) in parentheses:

PGA Championship Betting

August 2, 2009
Although he failed to win any of the year?s first three Major events, oddsmakers are sticking with Tiger Woods, installing the world?s No. 1 ranked golfer as a 5/2 favorite in PGA Championship future book golf betting. Woods, who boasts four PGA Championship titles among his 14 Major victories, will head a field of 156 golfers who tee off for the season?s final Major, at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, Aug. 13-16.

NFL Future Book Betting

August 1, 2009
For a great many NFL betting enthusiasts, their initial wager of the 2009 season won't be on the first game of the upcoming campaign but on the last. Future book betting on the 2010 Super Bowl, where prices are far more generous than the usual 10/11 odds gamblers readily accept on individual games, is a nice way to start the gridiron betting season.

Betting the Sunbelt Conference and Independents

July 27, 2009
Just five of the Sun Belt Conference's nine teams have pointspread records dating back nine years so there's not a great statistical data base for bettors. Among independents, only Navy has been a decent play versus the number since 2000. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 records, returning starters (RS) - including kickers - and returning lettermen (RL) in parentheses:

Betting the Mid-American Conference

July 24, 2009
The Mid-American Conference was better than expected out of conference, finishing 28-21 ATS last season, a trend that college football betting aficionados will be watching this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 records, returning starters (RS) - including kickers - and returning lettermen (RL) in parentheses:

Betting the Mountain West

July 21, 2009
Teams from the MWC were 6-1 SU and 4-3 ATS versus the Pac-10 last year while producing the nation's only major undefeated team (Utah) so followers of college football betting know better than to dismiss he league as just some wagering weak sister. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 records, returning starters (RS) - including kickers - and returning lettermen (RL) in parentheses:

Betting Conference USA

July 18, 2009
Rice and East Carolina are the only Conference USA teams to enjoy a winning pointspread record over the last nine seasons, a trend college football betting enthusiasts are sure to watch carefully this season. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 records, returning starters (RS) - including kickers - and returning lettermen (RL) in parentheses:

Betting the WAC

July 15, 2009
College football betting fans again will be watching to see if the WAC, as it was last season when members posted a record of 12-21 ATS, is a "go-against" conference again this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 records, returning starters (RS) - including kickers - and returning lettermen (RL) in parentheses:

Betting the Big East

July 12, 2009
It's easy to underestimate the Big East but six of the league's eight teams went to bowls last season and conference teams are 66-51-1 ATS outside the Big East the past three seasons, a statistic that should be of great interest to devotees of college football betting. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 records, returning starters (RS) - including kickers - and returning lettermen (RL) in parentheses:

Betting the Pac-10

July 9, 2009
Pac-10 teams were 19-15 ATS in non-conference games and were 4-1 ATS in bowls, trends that college football betting followers will be tracking this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 records, returning starters (RS) - including kickers - and returning lettermen (RL) in parentheses:

Betting the ACC

July 6, 2009
The ACC sent 10 teams to bowls last season, compiling a 7-3 record ATS, a show of national strength that college football betting fans will be eyeing this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 records, returning starters (RS) - including kickers - and returning lettermen (RL) in parentheses:

Betting the Big 12

July 3, 2009
Big 12 play produced an average of 67 points per game last year leaving college football betting devotees to wonder if "over" is the way to go again this season. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 records, returning starters (RS) - including kickers - and returning lettermen (RL) in parentheses:

Tiger Favored in British Open Betting

June 30, 2009
Tiger Woods opened as a consensus 9/4 future book favorite to capture his fourth British Open Championship, in Turnberry, Scotland, July 16-19. Two-time defending champion Padraig Harrington of Ireland is the distant second choice at odds of 14/1.

Betting the Big Ten

June 27, 2009
Big Ten teams were just 15-26-1 ATS in non-conference games last year, adding to the perception that the league really isn't that good any more, a trend college football betting enthusiasts will monitor this season. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 records, returning starters (RS) - including kickers - and returning lettermen (RL) in parentheses:

Betting the SEC

June 24, 2009
The SEC may be the strongest conference but its teams were just 25-22 ATS versus non-league foes last year, something college football betting fans will watch this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 records, returning starters (RS) - including kickers - and returning lettermen (RL) in parentheses:

College Football Betting Surprise Teams

June 21, 2009
One of the best ways to achieve college football betting success early in the season is to identify those teams that have improved enough from the previous year that oddsmakers may be behind the pointspread curve.

Betting College Football Conferences

June 18, 2009
Just as NFL future book betting has evolved to include the winners of the AFC and NFC Championships as well as the league's eight divisions, college football betting has expanded to encompass future book wagering on which teams will earn titles in the six major BCS conferences.

BCS Futures Kickoff College Football Betting

June 15, 2009
It's usually right around this time, after Lord Stanley has had his Cup hoisted, when the NBA Playoffs finally have crowned a league champion, and when the prospect of another three months of Major League Baseball begins to wear on even the heartiest of wagering souls, that gamblers begin to turn their attention to the upcoming college football betting season.

Federer and Serena Are Wimbledon Betting Favorite

June 9, 2009
Their results may have been different in France but Roger Federer and Serena Williams each cross the Channel to England as tennis betting favorites to win respective men's and women's singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships, outside London, June 22-July 5.

Stats Don't Lie to Baseball Betting Fans

June 6, 2009
"There are three kinds of lies," wrote Benjamin Disraeli, "lies, damned lies and statistics." Devotees of the oft-quoted British Prime Minister (1874-1880) will have to forgive baseball betting fans if they differ with him on the value of statistics.

Future Prices Offer Baseball Betting Clues

June 3, 2009
We're about a third of the way through the regular season, a time when many Major League Baseball betting fans assess their future book wagers and look to improve their position. It turns out that MLB futures also reveal quite a bit about day-to-day baseball betting, as well.

US Open Golf Betting Always a Challenge

May 31, 2009
Since bursting on the scene more than a decade ago and quickly establishing himself as the man to beat in every tournament he enters, the fundamental question for golf betting fans always has been whether to take a short price on Tiger Woods or whether to shop for longer odds and wager on someone else.

Lots of Wagering Options for Boxing Betting Fans

May 29, 2009
The significance of a sporting event often can be judged by the number of sports betting options associated with it.

Gamblers Have Choices in Belmont Stakes Betting

May 26, 2009
Horse racing betting fans were left wondering if Rachel Alexandra would join the boys in the in the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park on June 6 after the filly worked a half mile at Churchill Downs, Monday, May 25.

SPORTS BETTING'S FUNNY SIDE

May 22, 2009
Although it's fun and occasionally profitable, sports betting can be an unapologetic and unrelenting pursuit, filled with doubt and uncertainty and with far more failure than success.

Gamblers Eye Boxing Betting Parlay

May 18, 2009
Fans of boxing betting may be eying a wagering parlay when HBO presents a fight doubleheader featuring a pair of rising stars against a couple of aging former title holders, from Ft. Lauderdale, May 30.

Poker Betting Not Just for Players

May 16, 2009
The World Series of Poker, which began nearly four decades ago with less than a dozen players, has grown into the biggest and richest poker game in the world, an event so large in size and stature that gamblers now can bet on the poker betting. Last year, nearly 55,000 card players fought it out for some $180 million in prize money, numbers that could be aced this year.

Contrasts in French Open Tennis Betting

May 12, 2009
Rafael Nadal is an overwhelming choice to win a fifth consecutive men's singles title but on the women's side, au contraire, where as many as four ladies can claim to be the tennis betting favorite to capture individual glory on the red clay courts at the French Open in Paris, beginning May 24.

Indy 500 Betting Is Wide Open

May 11, 2009
Helio Castroneves had the beat and beat the federal government. Now, with Indy 500 future books listing him as the favorite, can he beat the odds and win America's most revered motor race, May 24?

Preakness Betting Different From Derby

May 7, 2009
If winning the Triple Crown, a task that's been accomplished just 11 times in 133 years, is the ultimate achievement for any thoroughbred, then having a winning wager on each of the three races is a primary goal for any horse racing betting enthusiast.

Preakness Offers New Betting Challenges

May 6, 2009
Horse racing betting fans, eager to forge ahead to the second jewel in the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course, May 16, might aid their handicapping cause by first looking back at the results of the May 2 Kentucky Derby.

Bouts Test Boxing Betting Fans

April 29, 2009
Boxing betting enthusiasts understand that fighting styles, motivation and conditioning can be almost as important in determining the outcome of a fight--and a wager--as talent. But this time gamblers also will have to ponder whether injury will be a factor when Chad Dawson (27-0, 17 KOs) defends his IBF lightweight championship in a rematch against Antonio Tarver (27-5, 19 KOs) in Las Vegas, May 9.

NFL Draft Impacts NFL Betting

April 28, 2009
The NFL Draft had its impact on NFL betting as 13 off the league's 32 teams had their Super Bowl future book odds adjusted at the conclusion of the personnel lottery in New York City, April 25-26.

Hope Springs Eternal for Horse Racing Betting Fans

April 22, 2009
It's been more than three decades since Affirmed became thoroughbred racing's 11th and last Triple Crown winner, compelling evidence that whether your game is horse racing betting or horse racing breeding, a horse's pedigree and the best intentions do not assure success.

Kentucky Derby Tests Horse Racing Betting Fans

April 18, 2009
Horse racing betting fans, long famous for carping about the difficulty of handicapping races, will have a legitimate complaint when the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby is contested at Churchill Downs, May 2.

Triple Crown Challenges Horse Race Betting Fans

April 16, 2009
There hasn't been a winner of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown in more than three decades but the trio of races that comprise the triad, the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes, also pose quite the challenge for horse race betting fans, as well.

Five Keys to Baseball Betting Success

April 13, 2009
With its wager-friendly dime line and the inability of bookmakers to influence the outcome of games through a pointspread, baseball betting may be a player's best bet.

British Invasion Tests Boxing Betting Fans

April 11, 2009
The latest version of the British Invasion to America's shores means that boxing betting fans will be tested on successive Saturday nights, April 25 and May 2.

NFL Betting Includes Draft

April 7, 2009
The draft has been the biggest non-sporting event in sports for decades but recently it's become a part of the NFL betting menu.

Proposition Baseball Betting

April 4, 2009
The daily six-month drudgery of money lines and game totals that is baseball betting can wear on any gambler but there are other, far less intensive and much more enjoyable ways to wager on America's pastime.

NBA Playoffs Betting

April 1, 2009
NBA betting enthusiasts who wagered on games during the regular season will need to address a whole new set of challenges when the playoffs tip off in mid April.

SPORTS BETTING LIP SERVICE

March 27, 2009
From the provocative to the insightful to the ridiculous and downright silly, few venues afford the total wealth of verbal treasure as the twin fields of sports and sports betting.

Master Golf Betting on The Masters

March 24, 2009
For the past decade or so, the fundamental question facing golf betting enthusiasts has been whether to bet on Tiger Woods or against him. Once again, gamblers will have to ask and answer that query when Woods and some 125 other of the world's premier golfers tee off at the Masters in Augusta, Georgia, April 9-12.

TV Boosts Boxing Betting Profile

March 22, 2009
Boxing betting will get a boost when Showtime and HBO bring the action to gamblers during the first two weekends of April. As has conclusively been proven by other sports, most notably football, events that appear on television generate more activity at the betting windows.

Future Book Kentucky Derby Betting

March 20, 2009
The big risk, big reward strategy that is an inherent part of future book Kentucky Derby betting, never has been more evident that this year when several winter favorites stumbled in the spring on their way to the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

NL West Baseball Betting

March 18, 2009
From a baseball betting standpoint, there was no more inept division than the National League West last year. In fact, all five teams were losing wagers overall, posting unit losses (if you bet on a team every game it played) from -5.3 to -37.2.

NL Central Baseball Betting

March 17, 2009
The teams that were good on the field in the National League Central division also were pretty good to baseball betting fans last year. On the other cleat, the two division teams with losing records, the Reds and the Pirates, rarely merited a gambler's devotion in 2008, trends that are more likely than not to continue in the approaching season.

NL East Baseball Betting

March 16, 2009
Not surprisingly, the two teams in the National League East Division that were better than expected, the Phillies and Marlins, also surged at the baseball betting windows last year. But will higher expectations in 2009 take away that crutch from baseball betting fans?

AL West Baseball Betting

March 15, 2009
The only suspense in this division will be at the baseball betting windows where gamblers see if LA's field dominance again translates to some wallet-fattening or if bookmakers adjust their money line prices to such an extent that the Angeles become a betting liability.

AL Central Baseball Betting

March 14, 2009
The Twins, Indians, Tigers and White Sox all have a legitimate chance to win the AL Central title but although these teams are evenly matched on the field, baseball betting enthusiasts know that won't necessarily be the case at the wagering windows.

AL East Baseball Betting

March 13, 2009
Seemingly, all it took was exorcizing the name "Devil" from their names for the Tampa Bay Rays to become not just an on-field success, but a baseball betting powerhouse in the American League East last season.>Seemingly, all it took was exorcizing the name "Devil" from their names for the Tampa Bay Rays to become not just an on-field success, but a baseball betting powerhouse in the American League East last season.

Formula 1, IndyCar Betting

March 8, 2009
While NASCAR still has more auto race betting horsepower, Formula 1 and Indy Car competition, which rev up with their respective season openers Mar. 29 and April 5, each have been gaining speed with wagering wonks, recently.

'AMERICAN IDOL' IS MORE THAN AN IDLE TV SHOW FOR BETTING FANS

March 5, 2009
First there was "The Real World," which started on MTV in 1992. Then there was "Survivor," a CBS staple since 2000. But no reality show has gained the mass appeal, including the betting attention, of "American Idol," which has been broadcast by Fox since 2002 and currently is in its eighth season.

Betting Baseball Futures

March 5, 2009
"April is the cruelest month" wrote T.S. Eliot, who probably didn't have Major League baseball betting on his mind when he first put pen to paper to scribble those words. But for anyone who's endured the daily six-month grind of wagering on America's National Pastime, April can seem like little more than the start of a long and difficult journey that has no certain destination or outcome.

Big Dance First Round Betting Tips

March 5, 2009
The Super Bowl attracts more attention but many sports betting fans believe the opening round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, which tips off March 17 this year, is the best wagering opportunity of the year.

BOXING BETTING: MARQUEZ-DIAZ OFFERS WAGERING POSSIBILITIES

March 5, 2009
With its inherent unpredictability from both the fighters and the judges and the reality that a contest can end at any time, betting boxing is neither for the faint of heart nor light of wallet.

BOXING BETTING PACKS A PUNCH OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS

March 5, 2009
WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko opened as a prohibitive -1000 favorite (bet $1,000 to win $100) to dismiss mandatory challenger Juan Carlos Gomez in a bout that will cap two weeks of intense international boxing betting action in March.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL BETTING: BIG DANCE FIRST ROUND TIPS

March 5, 2009
The Super Bowl attracts more attention but many sports betting fans believe the opening round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, which tips off March 17 this year, is the best wagering opportunity of the year.

HORSE RACE BETTING: FOR GAMBLERS, KENTUCKY DERBY FUTURE (BOOK) IS NOW

March 5, 2009
The 2009 Run for the Roses won't be contested until the first Saturday in May but Kentucky Derby betting fans can run to the windows (or their computer screens) now to place a future book wager on America's premier horse race.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL BETTING: FUTURE BOOK OFFERS SOME OPTIONS

March 5, 2009
"April is the cruelest month" wrote T.S. Eliot, who probably didn't have Major League baseball betting on his mind when he first put pen to paper to scribble those words. But for anyone who's endured the daily six-month grind of wagering on America's National Pastime

NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BETTING OFFERS SOME NEW COMPLEXITIES

March 5, 2009
College basketball betting will reach an insane pitch this month with March Madness but you can avoid a trip to the asylum and maybe even make a few bucks by observing a few simple rules when wagering on the 2009 Men's Basketball Championship.

NFL BETTING: FUTURE BOOK OFFERS EARLY START TO SEASON

March 5, 2009
With and the start of the NFL preseason still more than five months away, bookmakers quickly rushed to fill the wagering void by offering future book prices on which team will win Super Bowl

NFL BETTING: STRAIGHT UP LOSERS WERE POINTSPREAD LOSERS, TOO

March 5, 2009
They still may be sweeping the streets of confetti in Pittsburgh but NFL betting fans just about everywhere else already have turned their attention to the 2009 season.

March Madness Betting

March 3, 2009
College basketball betting will reach an insane pitch this month with March Madness but you can avoid a trip to the asylum and maybe even make a few bucks by observing a few simple rules when wagering on the 2009 Men's Basketball Championship.

Sportsbooks Eye Expansion of Academy Award Betting

February 12, 2009
Wagering interest won't be nearly as keen as was on the Super Bowl but with a viewing audience of some two billion people, sportsbooks aren't about to let the Academy Awards be handed out in Los Angeles on Feb. 22 without offering that enormous pool of potential gamblers some Oscar betting with their popcorn.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BETTING FOR NEXT SEASON ALREADY UNDERWAY

February 12, 2009
They may still be celebrating Florida's BCS title in Gainesville but college football betting fans across the country already are looking to next season, eyeing a future book on whether the Gators will repeat or whether some other team will end the 2009 campaign ranked No. 1.

SPORTS AND SPORTS BETTING: LIP SERVICE FROM THE YEAR PAST

February 12, 2009
Before leaving 2008 and plowing into the sports betting action in 2009, we offer a fond look back at the athletes, journalists, executives and just plain folks who gave us so much pleasure with the simple act of opening their mouths:

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing the Ivy League

February 12, 2009
Students of college basketball betting will have to crack open a book before testing their wagering skills on the Ivy League. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing the Horizon League

February 12, 2009
Horizon League teams were 51-40-2 ATS outside their conference a year ago, trend college basketball betting enthusiasts surely will be watching this season. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting: Analzying the West Coast Conference

February 12, 2009
The over/under for the conference's eight teams was 99-134-3, giving college basketball betting technicians a solid trend. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing the Metro Atlantic Conference

February 12, 2009
For the second straight season, the five MAAC teams that won 18 or more games straight up also had winning records against the spread, a trend college basketball betting enthusiasts will be monitoring this year. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing the Mountain West Conference

February 12, 2009
The teams with the three best SU records also had the best ATS marks, a trend college basketball betting fans will be monitoring this season. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

Nascar Betting Showing No Signs of Running Out of Gas

February 12, 2009
Despite a faltering economy, NASCAR betting shows no signs of running out of gas any time soon. Even the start of the 2009 Sprint Cup season, which puts tires to the racetrack at the Daytona 500 on Feb. 15 - the Budweiser Shootout, Feb. 7, is a non-scoring event--demonstrates how stock car racing can attract an expanding audience despite a defiance of conventional wisdom.

FRIDAY THE 13TH HAS SUPERSTITIOUS SPORTS BETTING FANS KNOCKING ON WOOD

February 12, 2009
With Friday the 13th on the calendar for both February and March (and, for those of you scoring at home, November, as well) superstitious athletes, sports betting fans and sportsbooks may be knocking on wood for the next couple of months.

NFL Betting: Offers Early Start to Season

February 12, 2009
With and the start of the NFL preseason still more than five months away, bookmakers quickly rushed to fill the wagering void by offering future book prices on which team will win Super Bowl XLIV in Dolphin Stadium, in Miami, Feb. 7, 2010.

College Basketball Betting - Analyzing the Mid-American Conference

February 12, 2009
All seven teams that had a losing straight up won/lost record also were unsuccessful against the pointspread last season, a trend that college basketball betting followers will be watching again this year. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting - Analyzing the Ohio Valley Conference

February 12, 2009
College basketball betting followers should expect the unexpected in an Ohio Valley Conference that could look a lot different than last year. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Big Sky Conference

February 12, 2009
College basketball betting aficionados made a bundle betting "over" in the Big Sky, a trend they'll be tracking again this season. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting - Analyzing the Sun Belt Conference

February 12, 2009
Only four of the Sun Belt Conference's 13 teams had winning records against the spread, a trend college basketball betting followers will be watching this season. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

NFL Betting: Straight Up Losers Were Pointspread Losers, Too

February 10, 2009
One trend, as it has in the previous six seasons, again was validated last year: Straight up (SU) losers are losers against the spread (ATS), too. In fact, of the 11 teams that had SU regular season losing records in 2008, not a single one of them had a winning record ATS:

There's Huge Risk/Reward Potential in Golf Betting

January 16, 2009
With its enormous payoffs but slim chances for success, golf betting is something less than an ideal wagering pursuit for weak-kneed gamblers who might be prone to choke over a two-foot putt.

College Football Betting: Bowling For Dollars

December 19, 2008
As regular readers (thanks, Mom) will recall, this is the time of the season when we pit art against science in an annual college football betting ritual matching the Nevada oddsmaking community against a man and his computer models.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing the Southern Conference

November 10, 2008
Conference bully Davidson again had the best pointspread record last year, something students of college basketball betting will be watching this season. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing the Colonial Athletic Association

November 10, 2008
VCU not only did it on the court but also proved kindest to college basketball betting devotees of the CAA last season. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing the Big West Conference

November 10, 2008
College basketball betting fans will take note that only three of the conference's nine teams had winning pointspread records last season. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

Looking At Undervalued Teams A Key To Football Betting Success

November 7, 2008
Call it short-term memory loss if you like but NFL betting fans can get spoiled on a team's previous season's results. The notion lingers of the Patriots, Colts, Cowboys, Chargers, Packers and Giants as elite teams while the Dolphins, Raiders, Falcons, Rams and Ravens are etched in the brain as sub-standard football clubs.

College Basketball Betting: Analzying the Big 12

November 7, 2008
Big 12 teams were 70-57-2 ATS outside their conference last season, providing a winning trend for students of college basketball betting. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing the Atlantic 10

November 7, 2008
Atlantic 10 basketball betting junkies profited from the league's 83-64-2 non-conference ATS mark last season. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing the Western Athletic Conference

November 7, 2008
College basketball betting followers did well going against the WAC in one-conference games (33-57-2 ATS) and will be watching that trend this year. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing the Missouri Valley Conference

November 7, 2008
Missouri Valley Conference teams were worth a wager at home last year, something college basketball betting followers will be monitoring this season. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing Conference USA

November 7, 2008
Memphis gets most of the coverage but college basketball betting fans know that other Conference USA teams may be better pointspread plays than the Tigers. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

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College Basketball Betting: Analyzing the ACC

November 3, 2008
The teams with the best records also were the best bets in the Atlantic Coast Conference last year, a trend which college basketball betting fans will watch closely this season. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing the Big Ten

November 3, 2008
College basketball betting fans have to be careful gauging the ever-changing power struggle in the Big Ten. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing the Big East

November 3, 2008
For all its prowess, only five of 16 Big East teams had winning records against the number last season, something college basketball betting devotees will be watching closely this year. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing the Pac-10

November 3, 2008
Only three of the Pac-10's teams failed to post a winning pointspread record last season, making the league a favorite of college basketball betting fans. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing the SEC

November 3, 2008
There should be a lot of volatility in the SEC, forcing college basketball betting aficionados to stay on their wagering toes this season. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

Gamblers See 'Future' in College Basketball Betting

November 3, 2008
NCAA hoops, which are pushing the NFL for the most popular wagering sport among North American gamblers, won't tip off until November but college basketball betting fans can get an early start on the action right now.

NBA Betting: Analyzing the Eastern Conference Atlantic Division

October 29, 2008
Motivation should be the only question as bettor-friendly Boston seeks a second straight NBA championship after competing in the NBA's weakest division. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2007/08 season are in parentheses:

NBA Betting: Analyzing th Eastern Conference Central Division

October 29, 2008
Sports betting darling Detroit should be able to hold off Cleveland in a division that always offers many wagering opportunities. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2006/07 season are in parentheses:

NBA Betting: Analyzing the Eastern Conference Southeast Division

October 29, 2008
The Magic were also magic to NBA betting fans last season but a rising Heat and a dangerous team of Wizards may have something to say about that this year. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2006/07 season are in parentheses:

NBA Betting: Analyzing the Western Conference Northwest Division

October 29, 2008
Having emerged as a serious contender last season two or three years before most predicted, don't expect the Jazz to wait around for the rest of the division to catch them. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2006/07 season are in parentheses:

NBA Betting: Analyzing the Western Conference Pacific Division

October 29, 2008
The Lakers not only were the best team but the best pointspread team in the division a year ago. The former may be easier to achieve than the latter this season. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2006/07 season are in parentheses:

NBA Betting: Analyzing the Western Conference Southwest Division

October 29, 2008
It would be wagering justice if New Orleans, the team with the best pointspread record in the Western Conference last season, won it all this time, which is a distinct possibility. Straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS), and over/under (O/U) records for the 2006/07 season are in parentheses:

2008 NFL Betting: Analyzing the NFC North

August 29, 2008
Minnesota and Green Bay were a combined 13-5-2 ATS outside the division last year, a trend which could continue this season for those two NFC North contenders.

2008 NFL Betting: Analyzing the NFC East

August 29, 2008
The division did not have a team with a losing pointspread record last season, attesting to the overall strength of the NFC East.

2008 NFL Betting: Analyzing the AFC West

August 28, 2008
Take powerhouse San Diego out of the mix and the remaining members of the AFC West were a dismal 10-19-1 ATS outside the division last year.

2008 NFL Betting: Analyzing the AFC South

August 27, 2008
The Colts and Jaguars figure to fight it out for the AFC South title among four teams that were 24-16 ATS last year outside the division.

2008 US Open Tennis Championship Wide-Open

August 15, 2008
The US Open Tennis Championship takes center court in Flushing Meadows, New York, beginning Aug. 25 but for the first time in recent wagering memory oddsmakers can't even agree on which players should be made the tennis betting favorites to win the men's and women's singles titles in the year's fourth and final Major.

2008 NFL Betting: Analyzing the AFC East

August 15, 2008
New England's dream season ended in a nightmare in the Super Bowl but it's difficult to see how the Patriots won't dominate this division again, certainly straight up and probably against the spread, as well.

2008 NFL Betting: Analzying the AFC North

August 15, 2008
There's not much separating Pittsburgh and Cleveland at the top of the division this year and, come to think of it, Cincinnati and Baltimore at the bottom.

College Football Betting: Analyzing the Sun Belt Conference and Major Independents

August 7, 2008
Just five of the Sun Belt Conference's nine teams have pointspread records dating back eight years so there's not a great statistical data base for bettors. Among independents, only Navy has been a reliable play since 2000.

College Football Betting: Analyzing the Mid-America Conference

August 7, 2008
The Giants may have won Super Bowl LXII just five months ago but in a lack of NFL betting respect only the late Rodney Dangerfield could appreciate, New York isn't even favored to win its own division this season.

College Football Betting: Analyzing the Mountain West Conference

August 7, 2008
Starting quarterbacks return to the league's top six teams so "over" may be the right play in MWC games this season.

NFL Betting: Hedging with the Future Book

August 1, 2008
The Giants may have won Super Bowl LXII just five months ago but in a lack of NFL betting respect only the late Rodney Dangerfield could appreciate, New York isn't even favored to win its own division this season.

College Football Betting: Analyzing Conference USA

July 31, 2008
Only one Conference USA team, East Carolina, has enjoyed a winning pointspread record over the last eight seasons, so there are wagering opportunities here.

College Football Betting: Analzying the WAC

July 31, 2008
The WAC may not be at the top of every gambler's list but many of the conference's teams have fallen into statistically reliable betting categories over the past decade.

Golf Betting: Gamblers Eye Wide-open PGA Championship

July 31, 2008
With two-time defending champion Tiger Woods still in rehab following June knee surgery, golf betting fans shouldn't have any difficulty finding value at the final Major of the year, the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, Aug. 7-10.

Summer Olympic Games Betting Will Have Worldwide Appeal

July 31, 2008
Olympic Games betting never has enjoyed the action of a World Cup, a Wimbledon, an NBA Championship or a World Series, but the inclusion of soccer, tennis, basketball and baseball, not to mention dozens of other sports popular in different parts of the globe, should ensure that the bi-annual five-ring circus, which gets underway in Beijing, August 8, will keep both bet makers and takers hopping.

NFL Preseason Betting Has Its Challenges

July 30, 2008
The continued popularity of NFL preseason betting can be linked to America's growing addiction to anything football. Bettors, particularly those in the United States who have survived a five-month hiatus from their favorite wagering sport, seem unwilling (or unable) to endure another five weeks before the NFL preseason.

College Football Betting: Analyzing the Pac 10

July 29, 2008
Pac-10 teams were 21-14 ATS outside their conference last season but don't appear to be as strong, overall, this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2007 records, returning starters (RS) - including kickers - and returning lettermen (RL) in parentheses:

College Football Betting: Analyzing the Big East

July 29, 2008
Don't go to sleep on the Big East. Conference teams were 22-16-1 ATS outside their league last year and, if history is a guide, could be undervalued and underestimated by oddsmakers again in 2008.

Boxing Betting: Heavyweight Fights Entice Gamblers

July 2, 2008
When it comes to boxing betting, anything that removes the outcome from the hands of the judges is preferable, thus the affection gamblers have for those knockout prone heavyweights who seem to rarely leave matters to the ringside pencil-pushers.

British Open Betting: Life Without Tiger

July 2, 2008
For the greater part of a decade, when it came to golf betting, the key question always was whether to take a short price on Tiger Woods or put your cash on some other player at much longer odds.

Are Gamblers Ready to Embrace 2007 Tour de France Betting?

June 24, 2008
If gamblers accept assurances that doping scandals truly are a thing of the past, then Tour de France betting should get a wagering boost when the world's most revered bicycle race wheels out of the western naval port of Brest on July 5 to start its annual three-week journey across the country before concluding with a ride down the Champs-Elysees in Paris, July 27.

Golf Betting: Is Tiger Worth the Price in the US Open?

June 09, 2008
Anyone who is contemplating a round of golf betting tees off by asking themselves if Tiger Woods, the world's No. 1 ranked player and the most dominating force on the links since Jack Nicklaus, is worth the price.

Scratching the Surface - French Open Tennis

May 31, 2008
Favorites may have been dominate in recent years but if you want to do more than just scratch the surface of French Open Tennis Championship betting, look to, well, the surface.

Draft Has Impact on NFL Odds, NFL Betting

May 27, 2008
Legendary oddsmaker Roxy Roxborough was fond of saying that NFL betting is part reality and part perception, a description that aptly fits this year's recently concluded NFL draft.

Preakness Stakes Betting Is A Horse Of A Different Color

May 20, 2008
The first thing you should know about Preakness Stakes betting is that it's even farther removed from the Kentucky Derby, the opening leg of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown, than the 494 miles that separate Louisville from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, the site of the triad's middle jewel, May 17.

Gamblers Strap On Seat Belts For 2008 Indy 500 Betting

May 20, 2008
Rain may have washed away the race's second round of qualifying on May 11 but many bookmakers, looking for maximum wagering mileage, raced to open their windows for Indy 500 betting on the annual Memorial weekend American racing classic at the Brickyard, Sunday, May 25.

Horse Racing: The Kentucky Derby

April 21, 2008
The Kentucky Derby, dubbed "The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports," surely is the greatest two minutes in horse race betting and, come to think of it, probably also is the two greatest minutes in sports betting.

Betting The Nba Basketball Playoffs:It's A Whole New Season

April 21, 2008
Don't get too cocky if you did well betting NBA basketball during the regular season because the playoffs, which tip-off at the end of this month, are a whole new ball game for gamblers.

Betting Boxing: CalzagheFavored Over Hopkins

April 15, 2008
Joe Calzaghe has never lost (44-0, 32 knockouts) so it shouldn't come as a major surprise that the former super middleweight champion of the world opened as a solid favorite to continue his unbeaten streak before HBO's cameras at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, April 19.

Golf Betting: Master The Possibilities

April 1, 2008
As the only one of golf's four major events that can boast a permanent home course, betting The Masters is a little more predictable than golf betting in general.

Election Betting: Big Risks, Big Rewards

April 1, 2008
It was in early 1992, just after the successfully concluded Gulf War, when the first President Bush had a popularity rating of 90 percent that Roxy Roxborough, the nation's preeminent price maker at the time, came under fire for political future book betting odds he'd posted on the upcoming US presidential election.

March Madness Betting

March 12, 2008
The best two sports betting days of the year, the opening round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, dribbles into the wagering picture on March 20 and 21 and gamblers already are sharpening their attacks for the 32-game onslaught.

MLB Betting: Inside The AL East

March 12, 2008
There's no doubt that the Red Sox and Yankees are the bullies of the American League East but baseball betting aficionados understand that straight up achievement doesn't always translate to wagering success, arguing for a more sophisticated analysis of the upcoming Major League Baseball campaign.

MLB Betting: Inside The AL Central

March 12, 2008
The Indians were the surprise team in the American League Central Division a year ago, not only winning on the field, but at the wagering windows, as well.

MLB Betting: Inside The AL West

March 12, 2008
The Angels may have coasted to a comfortable victory in the AL West but astute MLB betting fans also were able to find winning plays for the other three teams in the division last year.

MLB Betting: Inside The NL East

March 12, 2008
Proving that MLB betting is a difficult pursuit for even the most studious sports bettor, the Nationals, who finished a distant fourth in the NL East, were a lot more reliable a bet that the heralded Mets, who were in the division hunt until the final weekend of the season, last year.

MLB Betting: Inside The NL Central

March 12, 2008
The Cubs won last year's National League Central title (and are favored to do so again in 2008) but savvy baseball betting fans were more than able to find wagering nuggets throughout the division by either betting on or against certain teams in certain situations.

MLB Betting: Inside The NL West

March 12, 2008
With four teams over .500 and three teams involved in the post-season (the Rockies beat the Padres in a one-game playoff for the wild card), the National League West was a high-profile division last season, not just for baseball fans but for fans of MLB betting.

Betting The Nascar Sprint Cup Series

February 8, 2008
The NASCAR Sprint Cup series puts pedals to the metal later this month but sports betting enthusiasts need not wait a minute longer to jump start their wagering engines.

Sports And Sports Betting: The Best Quotes Of 2007

February 8, 2008
While most of us have bid farewell to 2007, it's not too late for one final look back at the athletes, administrators and journalists who have given the arena of sports and sports betting such fabulous lip service over the past 12 months

Looking For Nba Betting Clues

February 8, 2008
With over half the NBA regular season complete, this would be both a convenient and appropriate time for NBA betting fans to take a detailed look back at the more than 600 games that have been played

Super Bowl Betting Offers Many Super Options For The Gambler

January 24, 2008
The teams had barely left bone-chilling Lambeau Field in Green Bay when the word arrived from up high (actually, the second floor of a building in Las Vegas)

Bowl Betting Recap: Don't Follow The Money

January 24, 2008
It was the colorfully named "Deep Throat" who, cloaked in a dark and desolate parking garage in the motion picture, "All the President's Men," admonished Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward to "follow the money" in the Watergate investigation.

Sports And Sports Betting: Impudent Questions

January 23, 2008
Shouldn't anyone eyeing a serious sports bet or three on the NFL Playoffs have their TV remote set to the Weather Channel? Don't games where there is snow, rain and/or wind favor the underdog?

Sports Betting: College And Pro Football Trends For November 22-26

November 16, 2007
Sports betting, particularly football betting, has become significantly more sophisticated over the past decade with players mining years of research in an effort to gain an edge on sports books.

Sports Betting: College And Pro Football Trends For November 13-19

November 9, 2007
Sports betting, particularly football betting, has become significantly more sophisticated over the past decade with players mining years of research in an effort to gain an edge on sports books.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Ohio Valley Conference

November 2007
A 23-59-3 pointspread record outside their league last season tells college basketball betting followers all they need to know about the prowess of the Ohio Valley Conference teams.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

November 2007
The four MAAC teams that won 18 or more games straight up also had winning records against the spread last season, a trend college basketball betting enthusiasts will be monitoring this year.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Ivy League

November 2007
Students of college basketball betting always have to hit the books when looking for wagering plays within the Ivy League.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Big Sky Conference

November 2007
The conference's only 20-game winner also was the only reliable pointspread play, an emerging trend that college basketball betting aficionados will be watching this season.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Big West Conference

November 2007
Long Beach State, one of the traditional powers of the conference, also proved to be the best friend of college basketball betting fans, last season.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Sun Belt Conference

November 2007
With a non-conference record of 41-51-1 ATS, college basketball betting followers of the Sun Belt Conference had to be careful picking their wagering spots last season.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Mid-American Conference

November 2007
All five teams that had a winning straight up won/lost record also were successful against the spread last season, something college basketball betting followers will be eyeing this year.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Southern Conference

November 2007
Conference bully Davidson also had the best pointspread record last year, something students of college basketball betting will be watching this season.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Horizon League

November 2007
The three teams that won 20 or more games, Butler, Wright State and Illinois-Chicago, also had the best pointspread records a year ago, a trend college basketball betting enthusiasts surely will be watching this season.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The West Coast Conference

November 2007
Six of the eight teams had losing pointspread records outside the conference, an indication to college basketball betting technicians to tread lightly with this group.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Colonial Athletic Association

November 2007
Interestingly, it was a team with a losing record, Towson State, which proved kindest to college basketball betting devotees last season.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Western Athletic Conference

November 2007
The worst team in the league was the best against the spread last season, something college basketball betting followers will be watching this year.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Missouri Valley Conference

November 2007
The conference was 60-39 ATS outside the league last year, undoubtedly making some college basketball betting followers of the MVC very happy.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Mountain West Conference

November 2007
This looks like a down year for the conference, an assessment college basketball betting fans may endorse at the windows.

Sports Betting: College And Pro Football Trends For November 6-12

November 2007
Sports betting, particularly football betting, has become significantly more sophisticated over the past decade with players mining years of research in an effort to gain an edge on sports books.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing Conference USA

November 2007
Southern Miss was a can't-miss for college basketball betting fans last year but it's a new season in Conference USA.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Big 12

November 2007
The Big 12 played just .500 ball ATS outside the conference last year, leaving students of basketball betting to ponder if the league will be as good as advertised this season.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Atlantic 10

November 2007
X again marks the spot for Atlantic 10 basketball betting junkies who rode Xavier to a solid pointspread season a year ago.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Big Ten

November 2007
College basketball betting fans will be warily eyeing a conference that has lost much of its muscle from a year ago.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Pac-10

October 2007
The Pac-10 could be the nation's strongest hoop loop this year, hardly a surprise to college basketball betting fans who backed the league's teams to the tune of a 63-48-3 ATS record versus non-conference foes.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The SEC

October 2007
Back-to-back titles by Florida and a 77-63-2 out-of-conference ATS record have alerted every college basketball betting aficionado to the power of the SEC.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The Big East

October 2007
For all its prowess, the Big East was just 90-86-1 ATS versus non-conference teams last season, hardly the stuff to make basketball betting fans coo.

College Basketball Betting: Analyzing The ACC

October 2007
North Carolina and Maryland were the league's only solid performers for college basketball betting fans last season.

Sports Betting: College And Pro Football Trends For November 1-5

October 2007
Sports betting, particularly football betting, has become significantly more sophisticated over the past decade with players mining years of research in an effort to gain an edge on sports books.

College And Pro Football Betting: Trends For October 6-8

September 2007
Sports betting, particularly football betting, has become significantly more sophisticated over the past decade with players mining years of research in an effort to gain an edge on sports books.

College Football Betting: Analyzing The Sun Belt Conference

August 2007
Of the eight teams in the Sun Belt conference, only two, Troy and Middle Tennessee, had winning records last year and just one, Troy, is above .500 for the past seven seasons.

College Football Betting: Analyzing The Mid-America Conference

August 2007
Western Michigan and Toledo look solid but overall the MAC appears mediocre at best with a quartet of teams (Miami, Temple, Buffalo and Eastern Michigan) having won two or fewer games last season.

College Football Betting: Analyzing Conference USA

August 2007
Southern Mississippi and Houston, the winners of the respective East and West divisions of CUSA last season, again will be the teams to beat this year.

College Football Betting: Analyzing The WAC

August 2007
For the second year in a row, there could be another undefeated BCS bound team from the WAC, only this season it's more likely to be Hawaii than Boise State.

College Football Betting: Analyzing The Mountain West

July 2007
The MWC is a league with three strong teams and six weak ones with BYU, TCU and Utah clearly in position to dominate. The Cougars get the nod because they get to play both the Horned Frogs and Utes at home this year.

College Football Betting: Analyzing The Big East & Independents

July 2007
Either West Virginia or Louisville - but not both - could have a chance to play for the national championship. The teams meet before a Thursday night national television audience in Morgantown, Nov. 8. Notre Dame will be the best of the three independents, though Navy may have more victories this season.

College Football Betting: Analyzing The Big 12

July 2007
Oklahoma and Texas meet in the Red River Shootout in the Cotton Bowl on Oct. 6 in a contest that could decide one of the representatives in the BCS title tilt.

College Football Betting: Analyzing The ACC

July 2007
Virginia Tech and Florida State have top five, if not national title aspirations and no team in the Atlantic Division will be an easy target.

College Football Betting: Analyzing The PAC 10

July 2007
USC will begin the year as the top team in the nation, a position the Trojans will have a good chance of defending, if they can negotiate road trips to Oregon and California.

College Football Betting: Analyzing The Big Ten

July 2007
Michigan should replace Ohio State atop the Big Ten with Penn State as a possible sleeper.

Boxing Betting Should Pack A Strong Punch In July

July 2007
With HBO as an unwitting accomplice, betting on boxing should move to the top of the sportsbook betting menu around the globe over the first three Saturdays in July.

College Football Betting: Analyzing The SEC

July 2007
Half of the 12-team SEC could wind up in the top 25 with LSU given the best chance of the bunch to play for a national championship.

Baseball Betting: Inside The NL West

April 2007
With improved pitching, the Dodgers look like the team to beat in the highly competitive (but not overly skilled) National League West.

Baseball Betting: Inside The NL Central

April 2007
The Cardinals finished the regular season just five games over .500 but won the World Series when their pitching jelled in the post-season.

Baseball Betting: Inside The NL East

April 2007
The Mets came within a game of the World Series and hope that better health, especially in the pitching staff, and a good mix of emerging young players and veteran performers, will get them to the October Classic this year.

Baseball Betting: Inside The AL West

April 2007
The Angels hope to use a familiar formula, six innings from their starters and a superior bullpen, to get the job done in the mediocre AL West.

Baseball Betting: Inside The AL Central

April 2007
Chicago's fall from World Series champion to also-ran can be traced to a pitching staff that yielded exactly one more run per game (3.61 to 4.61) than in 2005.

Baseball Betting: Inside The AL East

April 2007
The Yankees scored the most runs in baseball last year and a lineup that features Johnny Damon, Derek Jeter, Bobby Abreu, Alex Rodriguez, Hidecki Matsui, Jason Giambi, Jorge Posada and Robinson Cano figures to be every bit as potent this season.

Academy Awards Attract Bettors

February 2007
While betting totals for the Feb. 25 Academy Awards won't approach what was wagered on Super Bowl XLI earlier in the month, with a worldwide television audience estimated at more than two billion people, there's plenty of incentive - including cultivating a slew of new bettors - for sportsbooks to post prices on many of the top categories.

Pondering Of The Vagaries Of Sports Betting, Gambling And Luck

December 2006
While the end of one year and the start of another always bring about a measure of self - examination for the gambler, it should be comforting to know that over the eons, other people, some of great fame, repute and disrepute, have pondered the complexities of sports betting, gambling and luck, as well...

Christmas Is For Sports Betting

December 2006
'Twas the night before Christmas and in every casino,
Not a player was stirring, from sports book to keno.

NBA Betting: Western Conference Preview

November 2006
Dallas Mavericks: Like their NBA Finals playmates, the Mavericks have essentially the same cast back for another run at a title.

NBA Betting: Eastern Conference Preview

November 2006
NBA betting is a lot like baseball betting; a player needs discipline and stamina to deal with the daily drain of a long and debilitating six-month season.

Horse Betting: Four Key Questions For Wagering On The Breeders' Cup

October 2006
The 23rd edition of the Breeders' Cup - renamed the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships five years ago to give it a sense of global importance - comes to Churchill Downs (and sportsbooks everywhere), Nov. 4 so even if you're not one who regularly plays the ponies, this is the time to make horse betting your passion.

NFL Betting Should Include The Future Book

October 2006
Astute bookmakers - most other types soon are wearing paper hats at fast food joints - realize that the greater the number of wagering choices in an NFL betting equation, the easier it is for them to hide the vigorish.

Sports Betting Affected By Gambling Superstitions

October 2006
Friday the 13th looms large in the sports betting world, forcing bet makers and bet takers alike to superstitiously cross their fingers even though there's no credible evidence that the second Friday of this month will carry more risk than any other day.

NFL Futures Betting Opportunities

September 2006
Though the NFL has strived for parity, the first few weeks of the 2006 regular season has seen a clear division between the good and bad teams.

NFL Preview: NFC North, NFC South

September 2006
Chicago Bears (11-5 SU, 9-5-2 ATS, 4-11-1 O/U): The Bears gave up the fewest points in the NFL last year and dominated their NFC North rivals by a wide margin, trends which should continue in 2006.

NFL Preview: NFC East, NFC West

September 2006
Here are thumbnail sketches of the NC East and NFC West teams. Numbers in parentheses indicate last year's straight up (SU), against the spread (ATS) and over/under (O/U) records...

ACC Betting Lines Posted

August 2006
The Greek Sportsbook released the opening betting lines for the first week of college football. As most online sports bettors rejoice at the prospects of the upcoming season, The Greek continues previewing the BCS conferences.

NFL Preview: AFC North, AFC South

August 2006
AFC North: PITTSBURGH STEELERS (11-5 SU, 9-7 ATS, 8-6-2 O/U): The Steelers lost several key players, including Antwaan Randle El, from last year's Super Bowl winning team but the biggest loss is the one that didn't happen, to QB Ben Roethlisberger, who seems to have recovered from a motorcycle accident.

Postseason Baseball Future Book Odds

August 2006
The Greek Sportsbook recently released future book odds for baseball's postseason awards. Online sports bettors will find some intriguing opportunities in the Cy Young, Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year awards.

Tigers Fight Over SEC West Title

August 2006
The Greek Sportsbook is currently offering college football game-day lines, as well as odds on the conference champions, season 'over/under' win totals and the winner of the Heisman trophy.

NFL Exhibition Provides Good Betting

August 2006
Some people are critical about the quality of the NFL exhibition season. However, for the sharp bettor, there can be an abundance of good opportunities.

NFL Preview: AFC East, AFC West

August 2006
Fed an August diet of preseason games where motivation was questionable and lines and betting limits reflected a queasiness of confidence, you can't blame gridiron gamblers or the bet takers at The Greek Sportsbook if they're starved for some real NFL betting when the regular season starts this month.

College Football Kicks Off Gridiron Season This Month

August 2006
Baseball may be America's pastime but football is America's obsession, especially when it comes to betting.

Beating (And Betting) The Dog Days Of Summer

July 2006
The dog days of summer are here but that doesn't mean that baseball bettors, panting from the daily drudgery of the sport, have to roll over and play dead.

The Biggest Mistakes Of Horse Handicapping: Part V

July 2006
Handicapping Mistake #5: There are several tried and true rules of the game, such as, "Never bet a horse to do something he hasn't done before," "Never bet a 3-year-old against older horses in the spring," "Never bet fillies against colts," "Never bet maidens versus winners," and "Never bet the highest weighted horse on a muddy track," which always should be followed.

The Biggest Mistakes Of Horse Handicapping: Part IV

July 2006
Handicapping Mistake #4: Public prognosticators can help you win. Those who can, do. Those who can't, make selections in newspapers or via a telephone service, hold seminars or write books.

Bookmakers and Risk

June 2006
Suppose you are given a choice between the following two opportunities. What should you do?

Heisman Trophy Future Betting Can Be Predictable

June 2006
The Heisman Trophy is awarded in early December, but its outcome can be wagered on now. The Greek was the first online sportsbook to release lines on the Heisman.

The Biggest Mistakes Of Horse Handicapping: Part III

June 2006
Handicapping Mistake #3: Class will tell: "Years ago, before there were reliable speed figures and when there were fewer horses and fewer racetracks, class might have meant something. Today, there's no such thing as class," said the professional horse player.

The Biggest Mistakes Of Horse Handicapping: Part II

June 2006
Handicapping Mistake #2: Never let the tote board influence your wagering decisions: "You couldn't possibly make a dumber statement," one of Nevada's best professional horse bettors who asked that his name not be used.

The World Cup Is a Global Betting Affair, Too

June 2006
The planet's biggest and most widely bet sporting event, the World Cup of Soccer, kicks off in Germany June 9 and it's no surprise that the globe's grandest and most innovative bet taker, The Greek Sports Book, already has a series of prices posted for the 32-nation extravaganza that makes America's Super Bowl look like a provincial backyard game of touch football.

Roulette or Baseball - What's the Difference?

June 2006
Roulette and baseball are popular wagering activities, yet, mathematically, they are quite different.

The Biggest Mistakes of Horse Handicapping: Part I

May 2006
Last time out, The Greek Sportsbook examined the four handicapping pillars - speed, pace, track bias and value - on which a foundation of successful horse race betting is based.

The Four Pillars Of Horse Handicapping

May 2006
Rome wasn't built in a day. Neither, for that matter, was Athens so if you're planning to bet on horses with The Greek Sportsbook, it would be wise to analyze the four essential pillars on which race handicapping is constructed...

Eight Great Factors In Betting Baseball

May 2006
With the Greek Sportsbook offering a myriad of wagering options on thousands of games each season, sophisticated gamblers understand that in order to be successful betting online on Major League Baseball, a player needs to concentrate on eight core factors...

Early Kentucky Derby Odds

April 2006
The Kentucky Derby won't be run until the first Saturday in May but The Greek Sportsbook already has prices posted and is accepting wagers on the 132nd Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs.

Baseball Betting Buffet

March 2006
With The Greek Sportsbook offering a money line, runs line and total on every Major League Baseball game, that's 2,430 regular season baseball games, you wouldn't think there'd be any need to expand the sports betting menu beyond those appetizers.

NFL Winners Also Beat The Spread

March 2006
The 2005/06 NFL season has come and gone and the 2006/07 campaign still is a couple of months away but before the handicapping buzzards pick the carcass clean, it's time to wash up, put on our scrubs, make like Kay Scarpetta or Temperence Brennan (or any other medical examiner on your fiction reading list) and perform a pointspread postmortem.

There Are No Stupid Questions

March 2006
Shouldn't sportswriters, journalists and commentators know something about odds and oddsmaking before they issue proclamations and offer opinions on gambling?

How To Master Betting Golf

March 2006
Defending champion Tiger Woods opened as a strong +175 favorite (bet $100 to win $175) to win his fifth Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club, April 6-9, but if that price is a little too short for your wagering taste, The Greek Sports Book is offering double-digit odds (and more) on every other golfer in the elite field.

"Play Ball?" Not Yet; Bet Ball? Absolutely!

March 2006
The shout of "play ball" has yet to arrive at Major League Baseball Stadiums but it's not too early to place a future book wager or three on the upcoming season, which begins April 2.

"Big Dance" Tops March Wagering Menu

March 2006
Whoever coined the phrase, "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" couldn't have been a fan of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, which roars into arenas, living rooms, wagering outlets and onto computer screens this month.

Formula One Season Presents Challenges, Rewards For Bettors

February 2006
Formula One racing celebrates its centennial this year, a season that promises to be among the most challenging - but potentially rewarding - for bettors in the 100-year history of the sport.

Can't Wait For 'March Madness?' Then Try 'February Frenzy'

February 2006
If you can't wait for the "March Madness" that is the 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament then try out the "February Frenzy" that is the Match Play Golf Championship in Carlsbad, California, this week.

NASCAR Nextel Cup Season Opens, Sunday

February 2006
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is favored to win the battle but Tony Stewart is favored to win the war when the NASCAR Nextel Cup season roars out of the garage with the Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Florida, Sunday.

February Offers Wagering Feast

February 2006
It may be the calendar's shortest month but with the Super Bowl, the Winter Olympic Games and the start of the NASCAR Nextel Cup season all packed within its 28 days, February figures to be long on both wagering options and activity.

Keys to Betting College Basketball

January 2006
Hardwood hysteria continues to build on college campuses this month, presenting the bettor with a set of challenges and considerations that have a limited application to the NBA.

Hedging with NFL Futures

January 2006
Astute bookmakers - most other types soon are wearing paper hats at fast food joints - realize that the greater the number of wagering choices in a betting equation, the more vigorish that can get passed along to the gambler.

The Greek Sportsbook Article Archive

Stupid Coach Tricks

December 2005

Duke is the One to Beat for College Hoops Crown

November 2005

Heat and Sun Bear Down on San Antonio

October 2005

Eagles Favored To End Patriots Reign

September 2005

USC Is Even Money to Repeat

August 2005

Scratching The Surface Of Tennis Wagering

July 2005

Betting The Triple Crown

May 2005

Baseball Futures

April 2005

Kentucky Derby Futures

March 2005

March Madness

March 2005

NASCAR Nextel Cup Fueled by Betting

February 2005

Super Bowl Wagering Figures to Be Just That, Super

February 2005

Can You Picture a Bet On the Oscars?

January 2005

Technical Handicapping the Bowl Games

December 2004

College Basketball Futures

November 2004

The NFL Factor

October 2004

2004 NFL Preview

September 2004

2004 College Football Preview

August 2004

Injuries Are a Part Of the Betting Game, Too

July 2004

The 10 Commandments Of Sports Wagering

July 2004

The Eight Common Myths Of Horse Wagering

June 2004

Betting Golf Poses Big Risks, Even Bigger Rewards

June 2004

Betting Politics

May 2004

Betting Baseball

April 2004

Major League Baseball Futures

April 2004

Kentucky Derby Futures

March 2004

March Madness

March 2004

Bet Fast Horses, Not Smart Ones

February 2004

Bettors Shift Into Gear For New NASCAR Season

February 2004

Betting the Super Bowl

February 2004

Betting the NFL Playoffs

January 2004

Parlays Offer Hope, Danger During College Football Bowl Season

January 2004

The NBA Versus College Basketball: Same Game, Different Betting...

December 2003

Betting College Basketball Futures

December 2003

Betting NBA Futures

November 2003

Betting NHL Futures

October 2003

Betting Hockey

April 2003

Betting the Kentucky Derby

April 2003

Betting Baseball

March 2003

March Madness

March 2003

Horse Racing

February 2003

Betting Auto Racing

February 2003

Gaming Glossary

January 2003

Sportsman Of the Year

January 2003

Unusual Wagers

December 2002

Betting Horses

December 2002

Betting College Basketball

November 2002
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