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01/29/2012 - Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Romanian partner Horia Tecau won the Australian Open mixed doubles title on Sunday.
Mattek-Sands and Tecau, seeded No. 8, easily won the match tiebreaker to earn a 6-3, 5-7, (10-3) victory over the fifth-seeded team of Russia's Elena Vesnina and India's Leander Paes.
After the second lasted nearly an hour, Mattek-Sands and Tecau took care of their opponents in the tiebreaker in just 12 minutes. They had six aces and 34 winners in the match.
On Saturday, Paes and Radek Stepanek had ended the three-year Australian Open reign of Bob and Mike Bryan by beating the top-ranked twin brothers in the men's doubles final.
Instead of the Bryans, Mattek-Sands became the only American to win a title at this year's championship.
<< Waldow leads No. 21 Saint Mary's over BYU
Provo, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brad Waldow had 19 points and 11 rebounds to help
No. 21 Saint Mary's to an 80-66 win over BYU.
Clint Steindl had 16 points and Rob Jones added 13 points and nine rebounds
for Saint Mary's (21-2, 10-0 WCC), wh
<< Dudley helps Phoenix down Memphis
Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jared Dudley hit the deciding free throws with
three seconds left, as the Suns halted a three-game skid with an 86-84 win
over the Grizzlies on Saturday.
Dudley finished with 20 points and Steve Nash ha
<< Hayward, Miles help Jazz edge Kings
Salt Lake City, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gordon Hayward scored 21 points, C.J.
Miles had 20 and the Utah Jazz survived a tailor-made three-point attempt by
Jimmer Fredette in the final seconds to beat the Sacramento Kings, 96-93, on
Saturda
<< UNLV downs Air Force in OT
Colorado Springs, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mike Moser had 27 points and 12
rebounds as No. 12 UNLV won its second consecutive overtime game on the road
with a 65-63 triumph over Air Force.
Oscar Bellfield added 15 points and seven a
Kieffer wins maiden Challenge Tour title >>
Ahmedabad, India (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - German Max Kieffer parred the first
playoff hole Sunday to defeat India's own Rahil Gangjee and win The Gujarat
Kensville Challenge 2012.
Kieffer earned his first European Challenge Tour title
Rock wins in Abu Dhabi; Tiger ties for 3rd >>
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Robert Rock trumped some of
the best players in the world Sunday, including fellow third-round co-leader
Tiger Woods, to win the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship.
Rock shot a two-under 70
Djokovic outlasts Nadal in epic Aussie final >>
Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Novak Djokovic became only the fifth
man in the Open Era to win three straight major titles when he outlasted
Rafael Nadal in Sunday's marathon final at the 2012 Australian Open. Djokovic
and Nadal battl
Bulls kick off monster road trip in Miami >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A pair of Eastern Conference heavyweights square off on the
shores of Biscayne Bay Sunday afternoon when LeBron James and the Miami Heat
play host to Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls in a rematch of last season's
conference
The AFC South and the NFC East are the favorite divisions to have the next Super Bowl champ among them in the NFL betting odds. But more down to the point, these football odds are in favor of the Indianapolis Colts, by far the strongest team in the AFC South, and the Dallas Cowboys of the NFC East.
Most sports fans would agree that these two teams top the list to win it all before the season even begins. In the BetUS Sportsbook football futures, the Colts are +800 in the odds to win the Super Bowl, while the Cowboys are sitting at +1000 and the Super Bowl XLIV champions New Orleans Saints at +900. In the AFC South, the Colts won the division for five straight years after the 2002 realignment, before the Tennessee Titans won it in 2008. But the Colts came back strong in 2009 to win the division again en route to the Super Bowl. The Cowboys are the favorite to win the NFC East, as well as to advance far into the post season. The Cowboys won the division last season before their horrendous loss in the NFC Divisional playoff to Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings. But the ‘Boys will take that loss humbly and be ready for the playoffs this time around.
The NFC South is also very strong, at +600 in the NFL futures, considering that it is home to the defending Super Bowl champions. However, some predictions have the Atlanta Falcons with possibilities of claiming the divisional title this season in place of the Saints, as no team has won back-to-back division championships since the division realignment took place. Let’s not overlook the AFC North at +500. As TO goes to Cincinnati to join Chad OchoCinco and Adam “Pac-Man” Jones, this team looks to claim the division title again. And it is likely they will do so. The Bengals lost in the AFC Wild Card spot in a hard-fought battle against the New York Jets last season. Lest not forget the Pittsburgh Steelers, the XLII Super Bowl Champions… All these teams present interesting odds and matchups for the upcoming season, but the safest and surest bet seems to be with the Colts in the AFC South and the Cowboys in the NFC East. Play this weekly NFL Football Contestto see if you can win.
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In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.
It is called the "pointspread."
Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.
But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.
A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.
In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.
The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere for online football betting .
Don't believe it? Just take a look at what happens around the Super Bowl.
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