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10/16/2007 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The race order and post-times for the 24th Breeders' Cup World Championships, scheduled for Friday, October 26 and Saturday, October 27 at Monmouth Park, have been announced.
The first ever two-day extravaganza of the annual event will commence on Friday of next week with the running of the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at 4:25 p.m. (et).
Set for 5 p.m. is the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf race for two- year-olds. The first day will conclude with the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile with a post-time of 5:35 p.m. Due to the configuration of Monmouth Park the Dirt Mile will be run at the distance of one-mile and 70 yards.
The Saturday schedule for the Breeders' Cup is unchanged from recent years with minor post-time adjustments.
The $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies will have a post-time of 12:30 p.m. Approximately every 40 minutes another race will go off.
Here are the remaining Breeders' Cup races as scheduled: $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile, 1:10 p.m.; $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, 1:55 p.m.; $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint, 2:35 p.m.; $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile, 3:20 p.m.; $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff, 4:05 p.m.; $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf, 4:50 p.m. and $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, 5:35 p.m.
<< Panthers use an ancient formula for success
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Consider the Carolina Panthers' 25-10 victory over the
Arizona Cardinals this past Sunday a win for the ages.
With No. 1 quarterback Jake Delhomme out for the season with a damaged right
elbow and backup David Carr dealing
<< Orioles claim P Novoa from Cubs
Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Orioles Tuesday claimed pitcher Roberto
Novoa off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.
Novoa, a 28 year-old righthander, spent the 2007 season on the disabled list
with a right humeral head fracture suffere
<< Cowboys just another opponent for Pats
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The week-long buildup ended in a familiar way for the New
England Patriots. In the end, the Dallas Cowboys were just another opponent.
And nobody undersold it more than their quarterback.
"It's really early in the season
<< Raiders Hit By Reality
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - No one can fault the Raiders or their fans for getting a
little excited about the club's 2-2 start. After all, it's not often that you
see a team match its win total from a year prior before the month of October.
However,
Mangini starting to lose that genius moniker >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It is easy to blame the New York Jets' pathetic 1-5 start
on quarterback Chad Pennington. He has certainly done his part to bring this
team back to the sub-mediocrity level their fan base has grown accustomed to
for all these
Harrington leads Grand Slam by one >>
Tucker's Town, Bermuda (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - British Open champion Padraig
Harrington posted a three-under-par 67 Tuesday to grab a one-stroke lead after
the first round of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf at the Mid Ocean Club.
U.S. Open ch
Giants standing tall after authoritative win >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The three-game win streak the New York Giants brought into
Monday night's battle with the Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome came with
an asterisk attached to it. The club overcame shoddy first-half performances
in victories
Texans get trampled in Jacksonville >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Texans knew what they were up against this
past weekend in Jacksonville, but still couldn't find a way to stop it.
The Texans suffered a 37-17 loss to the AFC South-rival Jaguars Sunday at
Jacksonville Municipa
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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