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01/31/2012 - Montpellier, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fifth seed Feliciano Lopez and seventh seed Philipp Kohlschreiber were a pair of first-round winners Tuesday at the Open Sud de France tennis tournament.
The left-handed Spaniard Lopez hammered 19 aces and handled Russian Igor Kunitsyn 6-4, 7-6 (9-7), while the German Kohlschreiber handled scrappy Belgian Olivier Rochus 6-1, 6-4 on the indoor hardcourts at The Arena.
Another seeded victor was No. 8 Finn Jarkko Nieminen, who held off French qualifier Maxime Teixeira 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 on Day 2.
Three unseeded Frenchmen moved on -- wild card Paul-Henri Mathieu, Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin -- as did American Michael Russell, who topped France's Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 7-5. Russell will face another Frenchman, third-seeded Gael Monfils, in the round of 16.
This week's top seeds are Czech slugger Tomas Berdych and French stars Gilles Simon, Monfils and Richard Gasquet, all of whom received opening- round byes. Monfils titled here two years ago.
The winner of this $518,000 tournament will collect $95,000.
<< Four years later, Giants' foes still feeling the rush
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It was perhaps the perfect game plan at the absolute perfect
time.
While the New York Giants' ability to pull off what's considered one of
greatest upsets in sports history, a 17-14 ousting of New England in Super Bowl
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<< Aden sidelined for remainder of season
Pullman, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Faisal Aden, Washington State University's
second-leading scorer, will miss the remainder of the college basketball
season with a left ACL tear.
Aden, a senior guard, suffered the injury on January 2
<< Augsburg signs South Korean Koo from Wolfsburg
Augsburg, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Augsburg signed South Korean midfielder
Koo Ja-Cheol on loan for the rest of the season Tuesday from Wolfsburg.
Koo, 22, joined Wolfsburg from Japanese side Jeju United last January and made
10 Bundesli
<< Inter bolsters squad with new signings
Milan, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Inter Milan moved to offset the departure of
midfielder Sulley Muntari with three new signings Tuesday.
Colombian striker Fredy Guarin, Italian midfielder Angelo Palombo, and
Brazilian defender Juan
Hoffenheim signs Lakic on loan from Wolfsburg >>
Sinsheim, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hoffenheim signed striker Srdjan Lakic on
loan for the rest of the season Tuesday from Wolfsburg.
Lakic, 28, played in 10 matches in the first half of the season for Wolfsburg,
which made a number of move
Mainz signs striker Zidan from Dortmund >>
Mainz, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mainz signed Egypt striker Mohamed Zidan on
Tuesday from Borussia Dortmund.
Zidan, 30, played for Mainz from 2005-07, and returns for his second stint at
the club on a deal through the end of the season w
Juve's match against Parma postponed >>
Parma, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Serie A leader Juventus had its match at Parma
postponed Tuesday because of snow.
Unbeaten Juventus leads AC Milan by one point, but could surrender first place
when Milan visits Lazio on Wednesday.
Juventu
Holy Cross to play six home games in 2012 >>
Worcester, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Holy Cross football will play its first three
games at home and six of its 11 in a 2012 schedule announced on Tuesday.
The Crusaders will open the season against New Hampshire on Aug. 30 in the
second night g
In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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