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01/24/2012 - Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The world No. 1 twin Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, were hard-fought doubles quarterfinal winners Tuesday at the Australian Open.
The Bryans snuck past a sixth-seeded Polish team of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4 at Melbourne Park.
The 33-year-old Bryans own 11 Grand Slam doubles titles, including the last three Aussie Open crowns. They have won five of the last six Aussie titles and are also the reigning Wimbledon champs.
Up next for the mighty Bryans in the semifinals will be a seventh-seeded tandem of Swede Robert Lindstedt and Romanian Horia Tecau, who topped a 13th- seeded American duo of Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram 6-4, 6-4.
<< Blue Jays ink Morrow to three-year deal
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Toronto Blue Jays have signed pitcher
Brandon Morrow to a three-year contract worth $20 million with a club option
for 2015.
Morrow was 11-11 with a 4.27 earned run average and 203 strikeouts
<< Blockbuster Nadal-Federer Aussie semi set for Friday
Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former world No. 1 greats Rafael
Nadal and Roger Federer will do battle in the semifinals Friday at the 2012
Australian Open.
The second-seeded Nadal snuck past seventh-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych in fo
<< Federer disposes of del Potro, reaches Aussie semis
Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Third-seeded Roger Federer cruised
past 11th-seeded Juan Martin Del Potro in straight sets Tuesday to reach the
semifinals of the Australian Open.
Federer handled the Argentine 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 in a mere
<< Gay, Grizzlies rally to beat Warriors
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rudy Gay scored 23 points and the Memphis
Grizzlies erased an 18-point point deficit in the fourth quarter to extend
their winning streak to seven with a 91-90 comeback victory over the Warriors.
Memp
Top-ranked Kentucky takes act on the road against Georgia >>
Athens, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Back at the top of the national polls, the
Kentucky Wildcats put an 11-game win streak on the line this evening, as they
take on the Georgia Bulldogs in SEC action at Stegeman Coliseum.
The Wildcats moved to 5-0
No.6 Bears battle Sooners in Norman >>
Norman, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The sixth-ranked Baylor Bears, who have lost two
straight after a 17-0 start, try to get back to their winning ways tonight as
they head to the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman for a Big 12 Conference clash
with the Ok
20th-ranked Michigan meets Purdue in Big Ten action >>
West Lafayette, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 20th-ranked Michigan Wolverines try
to find success on the road tonight, as they head to Mackey Arena in West
Lafayette, Indiana for a Big Ten bout with the Purdue Boilermakers.
This will be the 144t
Golden Eagles set to collide with Bulls >>
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 17th-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles are
back at it tonight as they host the South Florida Bulls for a Big East
Conference battle at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.
This will be the 20th meeting in the al
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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