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06/11/2007 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Woody Austin jumped 92 places to No. 81 in the latest Official World Golf Ranking following his win Sunday at the Stanford St. Jude Championship.
In Europe, Richard Green's victory at the BA-CA Open moved the Australian back into the world top 50 at No. 37, a jump of 26 places from last week.
Little changed in the top 20.
Tiger Woods, of course, remained the No. 1 player, where he was followed by Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, Adam Scott, Ernie Els, Henrik Stenson, Vijay Singh, Geoff Ogilvy, Luke Donald and Retief Goosen to round out the top 10.
Stenson moved up a spot to sixth, dropping Singh to seventh. Goosen slipped into the 10th spot after a week spent on the outside of the top 10, replacing Padraig Harrington, who dipped to 11th.
Harrington was followed by Sergio Garcia, Zach Johnson, Rory Sabbatini, Trevor Immelman, Paul Casey, K.J. Choi, Stewart Cink, Justin Rose and Charles Howell III to finish the top 20.
Johnson moved into the 13th spot this week, dropping Sabbatini to 14th.
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<< Tampa Bay's Seo accepts assignment to Durham
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays announced on
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Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu and 15th-seeded American Robby Ginepri were among
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<< McNabb makes first practice appearance
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan
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Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Seattle Mariners placed right-handed
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in his right elbow.
It is Reitsma's second stint on the DL this season as he spent
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Rodriguez notched his second Pla
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Cubs place Ramirez on DL >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Cubs placed infielder Aramis
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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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