Copyright (c) 2006 TheGreek Sportsbook. All rights reserved. http://www.thegreek.com Sports news announced through TheGreek Sportsbook RSS news feed en-us 11/19/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-missouri-valley-conference.asp 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: 1 11/16/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-mountain-west-conference.asp 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: 1 11/13/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-conference-usa.asp 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: 1 11/10/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-atlantic-10-conference.asp 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: 1 11/7/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-pac-10-conference.asp 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: 1 11/3/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/pacman-versus-cotto-is-boxing-betting-bonanza.asp 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. 1 11/2/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-southeastern-conference.asp 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: 1 10/30/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-big-east-conference.asp 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: 1 10/27/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-big-ten-conference.asp 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: 1 10/24/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-acc.asp 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: 1 10/21/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-big-12.asp 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. 1 10/18/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/the-future-is-now-for-college-basketball-betting.asp 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. 1 10/15/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/breeders-cup-betting-has-value.asp 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. 1 10/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-pacific-division.asp 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: 1 10/9/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-northwest-division.asp 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: 1 10/6/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-southwest-division.asp 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: 1 10/3/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-southeast-division.asp 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: 1 9/30/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-central-division.asp 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: 1 9/26/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-atlantic-division.asp 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: 1 9/24/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/nba-future-book-betting.asp 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. 1 9/19/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/sports-betting-lip-service.asp 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. 2 9/17/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/total-nfl-betting-techniques.asp 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. 1 9/14/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/the-value-of-rest-in-nfl-betting.asp 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. 1 9/11/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/monday-night-football-betting.asp 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. 1 9/8/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/sunday-night-football-betting.asp 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. 1 9/5/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/good-action-for-boxing-betting-fans.asp 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: 1 9/3/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-nfc-west.asp 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: 1 8/31/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/looking-for-an-angle-in-opening-week-nfl-betting.asp 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. 1 8/27/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/using-science-in-college-football-betting.asp 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. 1 8/27/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-nfc-south.asp 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: 1 8/20/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-nfc-east.asp 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: 1 8/17/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/federer-serena-favored-in-us-open-tennis-betting.asp 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. 1 8/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-afc-south.asp 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: 1 8/10/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-afc-north.asp 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: 1 8/2/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/pga-championship-betting.asp 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. 1 08/1/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/nfl-future-book-betting.asp 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. 1 8/5/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-afc-east.asp Over a two-game span New England lost the Super Bowl and quarterback Tom Brady, traumatic events for NFL betting fans who backed the Patriots. But those events are ancient history and there's nothing to suggest that New England, which has been superb both straight up and against the spread for more than a decade, won't dominate this division again. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2008 regular season records and pointspread results in parentheses: 1 07/27/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-sunbelt-conference-and-independents.asp 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: 1 07/24/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-mid-american-conference.asp 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: 1 07/21/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-mountain-west.asp 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: 1 07/18/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-conference-usa.asp 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: 1 07/15/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-wac.asp 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: 1 07/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-big-east.asp 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: 1 07/9/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-pac-10.asp 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: 1 07/6/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-acc.asp 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: 1 07/3/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-big-12.asp 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: 1 06/27/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/tiger-favored-in-british-open-betting.asp 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. 1 06/27/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-big-ten.asp 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: 1 06/24/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-the-sec.asp 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: 1 06/21/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/college-football-betting-surprise-teams.asp 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. 1 06/18/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-college-football-conferences.asp 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. 1 06/15/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/bcs-futures-kickoff-college-football-betting.asp 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. 1 06/9/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/federer-and-serena-are-wimbledon-betting-favorites.asp 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. 1 06/6/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/stats-don't-lie-to-baseball-betting-fans.asp "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. 1 06/3/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/future-prices-offer-baseball-betting-clues.asp 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. 1 05/31/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/us-open-golf-betting-always-a-challenge.asp 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. 1 05/29/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/lots-of-wagering-options-forr-boxing-betting-fans.asp The significance of a sporting event often can be judged by the number of sports betting options associated with it. 1 05/26/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/gamblers-have-choices-in-belmont-stakes-betting.asp 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. 1 05/22/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/sports-betting's-funny-side.asp 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. 2 05/18/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/gamblers-eye-boxing-betting-parlay.asp 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. 1 05/16/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/poker-betting-not-just-for-players.asp 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. 1 05/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/contrasts-in-french-open-tennis-betting.asp 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. 1 05/11/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/indy-500-betting-is-wide-open.asp 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? 1 05/7/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/preakness-betting-different-from-derby.asp 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. 1 05/6/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/preakness-offers-new-betting-challenges.asp 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. 1 04/29/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/bouts-test-boxing-betting-fans.asp 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. 1 04/28/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/nfl-draft-impacts-nfl-betting.asp 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. 1 04/22/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/hope-springs-eternal-for-horse-racing-betting-fans.asp 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. 1 04/18/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/kentucky-derby-tests-horse-racing-betting-fans.asp 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. 1 04/16/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/triple-crown-challenges-horse-race-betting-fans.asp 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. 1 04/13/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/five-keys-to-baseball-betting-success.asp 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. 1 04/11/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/british-invasion-tests-boxing-betting-fans.asp 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. 1 04/7/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/nfl-betting-includes-draft.asp 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. 1 04/4/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/proposition-baseball-betting.asp 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. 1 04/1/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/nba-playoffs-betting.asp 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. 1 03/27/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/sports-betting-lip-service.asp 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. 2 03/24/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/master-golf-betting-on-the-masters.asp 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. 1 03/22/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/tv-boosts-boxing-betting-profile.asp 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. 1 03/20/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/future-book-kentucky-derby-betting.asp 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. 1 03/20/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/future-book-kentucky-derby-betting.asp 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. 1 03/18/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/nl-west-baseball-betting.asp 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. 1 03/17/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/nl-central-baseball-betting.asp 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. 1 03/16/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/nl-east-baseball-betting.asp 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? 1 03/15/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/al-west-baseball-betting.asp 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. 1 03/14/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/al-central-basseball-betting.asp 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. 1 03/13/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/al-east-baseball-betting.asp 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. 1 03/8/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/formula-1-indycar-betting.asp 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. 1 03/5/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/american-idol-for-betting-fans.asp 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. 2 03/5/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/betting-baseball-futures.asp "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. 1 03/5/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/big-dance-first-round-betting-tips.asp 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. 1 03/5/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/boxing-betting-marquez-diaz-offers-wagering.asp 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. 2 03/5/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/boxing-betting-over-the-next-few-weeks.asp 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. 2 03/5/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/college-basketball-betting-big-dance.asp 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. 2 03/5/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/horse-race-betting-for-gamblers.asp 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. 2 03/5/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/major-league-baseball-betting-future-book.asp "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. 2 03/5/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/ncaa-basketball-tournament-betting.asp 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. 2 03/5/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/nfl-betting-future-book-early-start.asp 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 2 03/5/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/nfl-betting-straight-up-losers-were-pointspread.asp 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. 2 03/3/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/march-madness-betting.asp 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. 1 02/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/sportsbooks-academy-award-betting.asp 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. 1 02/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/college-football-betting-already-underway.asp 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. 2 02/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/sports-and-sports-betting-2008-lip-service.asp 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: 2 02/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/college-basketball-betting-ivy-league.asp 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: 1 02/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/college-basketball-betting-horizon-league.asp 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: 1 02/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/college-basketball-betting-analzying-west-coast-conference.asp 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: 1 02/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/college-basketball-betting-metro-atlantic-conference.asp 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: 1 02/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/college-basketball-betting-mountain-west-conference.asp 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: 1 02/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/nascar-betting-no-signs-of-running-out-of-gas.asp 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. 1 02/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/friday-the-13th-superstitious-sports-betting-fans.asp 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. 1 02/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/nfl-betting-early-start-to-season.asp 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. 1 02/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/college-basketball-betting-mid-american-conference.asp 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: 1 02/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/college-basketball-betting-ohio-valley.asp 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: 1 02/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/college-basketball-betting-big-sky.asp 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: 1 02/12/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/college-basketball-betting-sunbelt-conference.asp 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: 1 02/10/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/nfl-betting-straight-up-losers.asp 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: 1 01/16/2009 http://www.thegreek.com/2009/risk-reward-golf-betting.asp 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. 1 12/19/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-football-betting-bowling-for-dollars.asp 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. 1 11/7/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-basketball-betting-big-12.asp 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: 1 11/7/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-basketball-betting-atlantic-10.asp 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: 1 11/7/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-basketball-betting-wac.asp 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: 1 11/7/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-basketball-betting-mvc.asp 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: 1 11/1/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/undervalued-teams-football-betting-success.asp 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. 2 11/10/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-basketball-betting-big-west.asp 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: 1 11/10/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-basketball-betting-colonial-athletic.asp 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: 1 11/7/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-basketball-betting-conference-usa.asp 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: 1 11/10/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-basketball-betting-southern-conference.asp 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: 1 11/3/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-basketball-betting-acc.asp 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: 1 11/3/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-basketball-betting-big-east.asp 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: 1 11/3/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-basketball-betting-pac10.asp 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: 1 11/3/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-basketball-betting-sec.asp 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: 1 11/3/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/gamblers-see-future-college-basketball-betting.asp 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. 1 11/3/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-basketball-betting-big10.asp 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: 1 10/29/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/nba-betting-atlantic-division.asp 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: 1 10/29/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/nba-betting-central-division.asp 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: 1 10/29/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/nba-betting-northwest-division.asp 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: 1 10/29/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/nba-betting-pacific-division.asp 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: 1 10/29/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/nba-betting-southeast-division.asp 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: 1 10/29/2008 http://www.thegreek.com/2008/nba-betting-southwest-division.asp 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: 1 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/2008-nfl-betting-analyzing-nfc-north.asp 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. 1 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/2008-nfl-betting-analyzing-nfc-east.asp The division did not have a team with a losing pointspread record last season, attesting to the overall strength of the NFC East. 1 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/2008-nfl-betting-analyzing-afc-west.asp 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. 1 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/2008-nfl-betting-analyzing-afc-south.asp 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. 1 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/2008-nfl-betting-analyzing-afc-north.asp 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. 1 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/2008-nfl-betting-analyzing-afc-east.asp 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. 1 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/2008-us-open-tennis-championship-wide-open.asp 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. 1 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-football-betting-sun-belt.asp 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. 1 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-football-betting-mid-america.asp 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. 1 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-football-betting-mountain-west.asp Starting quarterbacks return to the league's top six teams so "over" may be the right play in MWC games this season. 1 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/nfl-betting-hedging-with-the-future-book.asp 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. 1 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-football-betting-analyzing-conference-usa.asp Only one Conference USA team, East Carolina, has enjoyed a winning pointspread record over the last eight seasons, so there are wagering opportunities here. 1 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-football-betting-wac.asp 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. 1 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/golf-betting-wide-open-pga.asp 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. 1 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/summer-olympic-games-betting.asp 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. 1 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/nfl-preseason-betting-has-its-challenges.asp 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. 1 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-football-betting-big-east.asp 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. 1 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-football-betting-pac-10.asp Pac-10 teams were 21-14 ATS outside their conference last season but don't appear to be as strong, overall, this year. 1 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-football-betting-acc.asp ACC teams were just 22-29-2 ATS versus non-conference foes in 2007, a mark that could get even worse this year. 1 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-football-betting-big-xii.asp Kansas and Nebraska combined for a 21-4 record ATS last season but look for underrated Texas Tech to reward bettors this year. 1 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-football-betting-big-ten.asp Big Ten teams were only a combined 22-22 ATS outside the conference, last season. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2007 records, returning starters (RS) - including kickers - and returning lettermen (RL) in parentheses: 1 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-football-betting-sec.asp SEC teams were 28-19 ATS outside the conference last season and, led by Florida, Georgia and Auburn, should be a wagering powerhouse again this year. Teams are listed in predicted order of finish with 2007 records, returning starters (RS) - including kickers - and returning lettermen (RL) in parentheses: 1 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/college-football-betting-future-books-offer-versatility.asp The kickoff of the 2008 season still is weeks away but there are at least a couple of good reasons why college football betting should be near the top of your wagering playbook right now. 2 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/boxing-betting-heavyweight-fights-entice-gamblers.asp 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. 1 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/british-open-betting-life-without-tiger.asp 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. 1 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/fly-fish-betting.asp Sports betting began with the basics of football, basketball, baseball and horse racing but it wasn't too long before the growing popularity sports such as hockey, boxing, tennis, golf and auto racing forced bet takers to add those events to their wagering menus. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/obama-favored-over-mccain.asp In a display or rare patience, more than three years after the first future book was posted, 16 months since the start of the campaign, and 54 primaries and caucuses later, some politically savvy Presidential election betting fans finally moved closer to cashing a ticket when Barack Obama secured the Democratic Party nomination to face Republican John McCain in the race for the White House in November. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/tour-de-france-betting.asp 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. Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/sports-betting-quotes-may-2008.asp Golfer John Daly isn't the only well-known athlete who sometimes has gotten into trouble because of a heavyweight appetite for gambling. Charles Barkley, no Twiggy himself, also bit off a bit more wagering wafer than he could chew, recently. Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/golf-betting-is-tiger-worth-the-price.asp 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. Sat, 31 May 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/2008-world-series-of-poker.asp Poker betting is one thing but wagering on poker betting is quite another. And yet that's the challenge gamblers will face when they match cash to conviction on the 39th World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, beginning May 30. Sat, 31 May 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/scratching-the-surface-french-open-tennis.asp 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. Wed, 27 May 2008 11:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/nfl-odds-nfl-betting.asp 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. Tue, 20 May 2008 05:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/preakness-stakes-betting-is-a-horse-of-a-different-color.asp 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. Tue, 20 May 2008 05:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/sports-and-sports-betting-gets-some-lip-service.asp The practice of sports betting always has attracted a percentage of players who not only are loose with a dollar but a quote, too. Thanks goodness for that because we never could make up this stuff:"We had no money on him. I thought he was going out for a run to keep himself warm." Tue, 20 May 2008 05:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/sportsbooks-aim-to-boost-olympic-summer-games.asp Betting on the Olympics always has paled in comparison to the pomp and circumstance of the global extravaganza itself but this year sportsbooks are hoping that, with some innovative offerings, they can transform the five ring athletic competition into a three ring circus of wagering. Tue, 20 May 2008 05:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/gamblers-strap-on-seat-belts-for-2008-indy-500.asp 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. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/the-kentucky-derby.asp 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. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/why-the-nfl-draft-matters.asp The greatest non-sporting event in sports, the NFL Draft, should lure gridiron-starved NFL fans and, far more tellingly, savvy NFL betting fans, to their TV screens when the annual, dust-off-the-Barcalounger, grab-the-giant-Doritos-bag, telethon-like coverage begins April 26. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/nba-basketball-playoffs.asp 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. Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/calzaghefavored-over-hopkins.asp 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. Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/merger-could-boost-indycar-betting.asp If NASCAR betting is as powerful as a jet airplane turbo and betting on Formula One racing has been as steady as a Mercedes transmission, then IndyCar betting - with the notable exception of the Indianapolis 500 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/two-left-feet.asp Like most gamblers, college basketball fans, particularly those who enjoy sports betting on the NCAA Men's Tournament (who doesn't?) would, understandably, much rather look ahead to the next bet than back at the last one. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 011:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/march-madness-betting.asp 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. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 011:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/mlb-betting-inside-al-east.asp 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. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 011:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/mlb-betting-inside-al-central.asp 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. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 011:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/mlb-betting-inside-al-west.asp 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. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 011:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/mlb-betting-inside-the-nl-east.asp 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. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 011:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/mlb-betting-inside-the-nl-central.asp 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. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 011:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/mlb-betting-inside-the-nl-west.asp 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. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 011:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/major-league-baseball-betting.asp The marathon Major League Baseball betting season starts at the end of this month but for those gamblers for whom the cry of "play ball" can't come soon enough or for those other bettors who consider the 2,430-game diamond campaign little more than a walk in the (ball)park, future book wagering is available right now. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 011:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/ncaa-bracket-betting.asp NCAA basketball is in full swing but, arguably, the two best wagering days of the year, the NCAA bracket opening rounds of the Men's Basketball Championship, March 20 ands 21, are in the sights of every March Madness betting fan. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 011:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/Gamblers-seek-formula.asp F1 betting may not be the equal of NASCAR wagering in the United States but the motor sport, which revs up for the opening of its 59th season in Melbourne, Australia, March 16, boasts an international following that is not only passionate but a favorite of gamblers across the globe. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 011:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/horse-racing-kentucky-derby.asp The horse racing odds and the potential payoffs can be enormous but the risks also are substantial, making Kentucky Derby future book betting on the 134th running of the mile-and-a-quarter classic at Churchill Downs, May 3, a gambling pursuit not doctor-recommended for cardiac patients. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 011:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/key-to-successful-nfl-betting.asp Before burying the recently concluded NFL season, savvy gamblers will want to sift through those decaying bones to determine if the gridiron carcass left any clues that could be used to uncover a successful NFL betting strategy when the 2008 campaign kicks off in September. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 011:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/wynn-revitalized-las-vegas-casino.asp Las Vegas always has been a city built on hopes and aspirations but only a handful of true visionaries have had a unique and lasting impact of the growth and direction of this desert outpost. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/liberace-has-strong-link.asp Entertainment became linked with Las Vegas in the 1940s when savvy city planners and casino entrepreneurs rightly reasoned that even hard-edged gamblers would need an occasional respite from the drudgery of table games and the challenge of sports betting that had lured them to this desert outpost in the first place. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/genius-or-madman-howard-hughes.asp By the mid 1960s, Las Vegas was well on its way to establishing itself as the gaming and sports betting capital of the world. Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/bugsy-siegel-and-las-vegas.asp From its legal inception in 1931, Las Vegas' gaming and sports betting industry has been built on the dreams and imagination of people who have had the courage to question the status quo. Fri, 8 Feb 2008 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/betting-the-nascar-sprint-cup-series.asp 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. Fri, 8 Feb 2008 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/sports-and-sports-betting-the-best-quotes-of-2007.asp 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 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/looking-for-nba-betting-clues.asp 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 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/sports-bettings-key-question-can-you-win.asp For most sports betting enthusiasts, the key question is whether to lay or take the points. Wed, 25 Jan 2008 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/super-bowl-betting-offers-many-super-options-for-the-gambler.asp 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) Wed, 25 Jan 2008 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/bowl-betting-recap-dont-follow-the-money.asp 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. Wed, 25 Jan 2008 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/gamblers-sportsbooks-are-on-the-same-side.asp Like Oscar and Felix, the odd couple that comprises honest bettors and legitimate sportsbooks is on the same side when it comes to anything that threatens the integrity of their sports betting relationship. Wed, 24 Jan 2008 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/golf-betting-isnt-par-or-the-course.asp With generous odds offered on dozens of competent players each week, golf betting can be remarkably rewarding. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/sports-and-sports-betting-impudent-questions.asp 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? Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2008/sports-betting-resolutions-for-2008.asp Rather than attempt something too challenging for the new year, let's stick to making some simple resolutions - improving our sports betting habits. Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-pro-football-betting-nov22.asp 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. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/sports-betting-wit-and-wisdom.asp If you're one of the handful of people who still believe that tennis is all about starched white clothing and curtseys at Wimbledon then you must have been as shocked as Captain Renault in "Casablanca" to learn that there's also betting on the sport. Fri, 9 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-pro-football-betting-nov13.asp 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. Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-22.asp 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. Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-21.asp 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. Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-20.asp Students of college basketball betting always have to hit the books when looking for wagering plays within the Ivy League. Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-19.asp 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. Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-18.asp 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. Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-17.asp 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. Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-16.asp 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. Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-15.asp Conference bully Davidson also had the best pointspread record last year, something students of college basketball betting will be watching this season. Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-14.asp 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. Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-13.asp 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. Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-12.asp Interestingly, it was a team with a losing record, Towson State, which proved kindest to college basketball betting devotees last season. Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-11.asp The worst team in the league was the best against the spread last season, something college basketball betting followers will be watching this year. Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-10.asp The conference was 60-39 ATS outside the league last year, undoubtedly making some college basketball betting followers of the MVC very happy. Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-9.asp This looks like a down year for the conference, an assessment college basketball betting fans may endorse at the windows. Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/College-pro-football-betting-nov6.asp 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. Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-8.asp Southern Miss was a can't-miss for college basketball betting fans last year but it's a new season in Conference USA. Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-7.asp 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. Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-6.asp X again marks the spot for Atlantic 10 basketball betting junkies who rode Xavier to a solid pointspread season a year ago. Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-5.asp College basketball betting fans will be warily eyeing a conference that has lost much of its muscle from a year ago. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-4.asp 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. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-3.asp 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. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-2.asp 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. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-basketball-betting-1.asp North Carolina and Maryland were the league's only solid performers for college basketball betting fans last season. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-pro-football-betting-nov1.asp 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. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/nba-betting-6.asp The Suns should have little difficulty repeating in a division that they won by 19 games last season. The fight will be for second among the two LA teams and Golden State. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/nba-betting-5.asp 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. Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/nba-betting-4.asp You know you're in a tough neighborhood when defending NBA champion San Antonio didn't even win its own division last season. Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/nba-betting-3.asp Both the Wizards and Magic could move past the Heat in a highly competitive race for Southeast Division laurels, this season. Tue, 17 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/nba-betting-2.asp Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit all are prime contenders in a division that should send three teams to the playoffs. Tue, 17 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/nba-betting-1.asp Boston made a couple of huge moves in the off-season which could lead the Celtics past the Nets and Raptors in the NBA's weakest division. Tue, 17 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/sports-betting-nfl-money-lines.asp It was somewhere around 25 years ago - an eon in the prospering life of modern sports betting - that Nevada's licensed bookmakers first began employing money lines. Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/sports-betting-rr.asp In the beginning, God created the heavens and Earth. But it wasn't until an innovative oddsmaker came along that the genesis of sports betting, a biblical event in the history of human existence for those who spend their autumn Sundays praying not for salvation but for a cover, became the mega-industry that it is today. Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/College-pro-football-betting.asp 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. Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-football-betting-nfl-betting.asp Most unsophisticated sports bettors hit the gridiron running, with little or no concern for whether their best chance for success rests with college football betting, nfl betting or a combination of both. Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/nfl-betting-7.asp Granted, New Orleans isn't going to surprise anyone this year but with a solid cast, a new winning attitude, and only Carolina as serious division opposition, the Saints should march to another NFC South title. Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/nfl-betting-6.asp The Bears have a much more difficult schedule than a year ago when they won 13 games but the NFC North is so weak that it will be difficult for Chicago not to win 10 or 11 games and capture a third straight division title. Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/nfl-betting-5.asp The NFC East remains the most competitive division in the NFL, with every team capable to beating (or losing) to every other. The most consistent team will win the division. Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/nfl-betting-4.asp Like the Patriots, Ravens and Colts, the Chargers are the class of their division, arguably the best team in the NFL. Unlike New England, Baltimore and Indianapolis, however, San Diego will get a stern test for the division title from rivals Denver and Kansas City. Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/nfl-betting-3.asp Like most recent defending Super Bowl champions, the Colts may find it difficult to repeat, but winning another AFC South title should be no problem. Indianapolis has a wide edge over its division rivals. Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/nfl-betting-2.asp The Ravens won the division by five games last season and while the margin may not be as significant this year, Baltimore should have little difficulty defending against wild card hopefuls Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-football-betting-sep.asp Oregon State at Cincinnati: Oregon State is 3-7 ATS versus non-conference foes on the road the last seven seasons. Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/nfl-betting-ow.asp New Orleans at Indianapolis: The Saints have covered four of their last five meetings with the Colts but Indianapolis has been strong out of the gate, notching a 6-1-1 mark against the spread (ATS) in its last eight season openers. Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-football-betting-ow.asp 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 Nevada and online sportsbooks. Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/nfl-betting-1.asp Any unbiased assessment would mark the Patriots as the clear division favorite with a good chance to challenge the Colts, Chargers and Ravens to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl. Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/sports-betting-q.asp From an NFL player alleged to be so cruel to dogs it should make you cringe, to an NBA referee who went on a sports betting binge, to a Tour de France rider with a syringe, it's been an interesting few months in the world of sports and sports betting. Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-football-betting-11.asp 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. Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-football-betting-10.asp 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. Fri, 3 Aug 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-football-betting-9.asp 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. Wed, 1 Aug 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-football-betting-8.asp 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. Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-football-betting-7.asp 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. Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-football-betting-6.asp 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. Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-football-betting-5.asp 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. Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/election-betting.asp.asp Not that members of the sports betting industry needed it but when Chris Matthews, the loquacious and assertive host of MSNBC's Hardball, quoted odds on the 2008 race for President of the United States, the practice of betting on elections gained a measure of acceptability. Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-football-betting-4.asp 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. Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-football-betting-3.asp 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. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-football-betting-2.asp Michigan should replace Ohio State atop the Big Ten with Penn State as a possible sleeper. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/boxing-betting.asp 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. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/sports-betting-gc.asp From the actor George Clooney to golfer Lee Trevino and athletes, journalists, business leaders, executives and whomever in between, June was a very good month for those of us who enjoy quips and quotations, some side-splitting, some strident, some silly, some sophomoric, on the world of sports and sports betting... Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/college-football-betting-1.asp 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. Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/sportsbook-casino-games-3.asp The fast-paced nature of craps and the physical involvement of the player make it a target of opportunity for casino cheats, or crossroaders, as they're commonly called. Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/sportsbook-casino-games-2.asp Blackjack is every casino's most popular and profitable game but the house's bottom line could be even stronger were it not for the efforts of thieves, called crossroaders. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/sportsbook-casino-games-1.asp It was more than two decades ago that Barron Hilton, the chairman of the hotel chain that bears his name (and grandfather of you-know-who), shelled out $50,000 for a private, six-hour seminar from Steve Forte, arguably the leading expert on casino games cheaters and scam artists. Mon, 07 May 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/sports-betting-math.asp There's a school of thought that prescribes to the notion that it's the proficient bettors, more than the astute handicappers, who wind up with the cash at the end of a sports betting transaction. Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/baseball-betting-nl-west.asp With improved pitching, the Dodgers look like the team to beat in the highly competitive (but not overly skilled) National League West. Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/sports-betting.asp The idea was to read several newspapers a day and peruse the Internet to chronicle and amass the year's most interesting sports and sports betting quotes which we would present in a December column. Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/baseball-betting-nl-central.asp The Cardinals finished the regular season just five games over .500 but won the World Series when their pitching jelled in the post-season. Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/baseball-betting-nl-east.asp 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. Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/baseball-bets.asp With 30 teams playing 162 games each, Major League Baseball provides the player with 2,430 betting opportunities, more than any other sport. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/betting-baseball.asp "The Boys of Summer" are in full swing and sportsbooks everywhere are bracing for another six straight months of baseball betting. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/baseball-betting-al-west.asp 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. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/baseball-betting-al-central.asp 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. Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/baseball-betting-al-east.asp 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. Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/academy-awards-bettors.asp 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. Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/march-madness.asp Second only to the Super Bowl in wagering popularity, the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, which is set to tip-off March 15, offers a unique set of challenges for bettors who get involved in "March Madness." Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/kentucky-derby.asp The Kentucky Derby always poses sports betting risks, especially now, months before the running of America's most esteemed horse race. Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/horse-betting-eclipse.asp No matter what time of the day or night you're reading this, odds are you're little more than a few mouse clicks away from horse betting somewhere in the world. Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2007/golf-betting.asp Probably the only thing more difficult and frustrating than gaining a degree of proficiency at playing golf is trying to make a buck betting golf. Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2006/sports-betting-gambling.asp 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... Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.thegreek.com/2006/sports-betting-christmas.asp 'Twas the night before Christmas and in every casino, Not a player was stirring, from sports book to keno.