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11/10/2011 - Avondale, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyle Busch will be allowed to race in the final two events of the season, but will not be allowed to have his primary sponsor, M&Ms, on his race car.
NASCAR announced on Thursday that instead of M&Ms, Busch will have Interstate Batteries on his No. 18 Toyota.
The punishment stems from an incident in last Friday's Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway when he intentionally wrecked Ron Hornaday Jr.
The sanctioning body took initial action against Busch on Saturday by suspending him from the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series races at Texas. On Monday, he was fined $50,000 and placed on probation through the end of the year.
Busch fell from seventh to 11th in the Chase for the Sprint Cup point standings, as he became one of three drivers to be mathematically eliminated from championship contention. He is now 100 points behind leader Carl Edwards.
<< B's double up Oilers, push win streak to 4 games
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brad Marchand scored twice and Tyler Seguin
added a goal and an assist as Boston doubled up Edmonton, 6-3, at TD
Garden.
Milan Lucic, Jordan Caron and Johnny Boychuk also lit the lamp for the Brui
<< Woods shoots 67 to take lead Down Under
Sydney, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tiger Woods fired a five-under 67 Friday
to move into the lead after the morning wave finished two rounds at the
Australian Open.
Woods finished two rounds at nine-under-par 135 and led by one st
<< Chargers' McNeill carted off field
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - San Diego Chargers offensive tackle Marcus
McNeill was carted off the field of Thursday's game against the Oakland
Raiders after taking a helmet-to-helmet hit on a block attempt.
Chargers running ba
<< NFL Inactives (Thursday, November 10, 2011)
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The following is a list of inactive
players for tonight's NFL game.
OAKLAND RAIDERS AT SAN DIEGO CHARGERS, 8:20 P.M. (ET)
Raiders- QB Jason Campbell, QB Terrelle Pryor, RB Darren McFadden, G Bruce
Campb
Kessel lifts Maple Leafs over Blues in shootout >>
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Phil Kessel scored the lone shootout goal to
lift the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues.
Kessel added a goal during regulation for the Maple Leafs, who halted a two-
game skid.
No. 10 Virginia Tech takes down No. 20 Georgia Tech >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Logan Thomas threw three touchdown passes and
added two more scores on the ground, as 10th-ranked Virginia Tech moved one
step closer to an ACC Coastal Division crown with a 37-26 victory over No.
20 Geor
Versteeg's hat trick leads Panthers past Jets >>
Winnipeg, MB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kris Versteeg notched the first hat trick of
his career and added an assist as the Florida Panthers took a 5-2 victory over
the Winnipeg Jets at MTS Centre.
Mike Santorelli and Jason Garrison added goals fo
Gorges guides Habs to OT win over Phoenix >>
Glendale, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Josh Gorges scored the game-winning goal at
1:45 of overtime, sending the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 win over the Phoenix
Coyotes.
Gorges picked up a loose puck in the high slot and slapped one off the in
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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