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07/04/2010 - Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kevin Harvick won his second consecutive restrictor-plate race by taking Saturday's Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
Harvick, the current points leader, survived a rash of late-race accidents, including the "big one" that involved more than a dozen drivers with 13 laps remaining.
Another multi-car pileup triggered by Sam Hornish Jr. in the final laps set up a green-white-checkered finish. Clint Bowyer grabbed the lead from Jeff Gordon just before the final caution.
After the restart, Harvick moved underneath his Richard Childress Racing teammate Bowyer and took the lead. Harvick then held off Kasey Kahne and Gordon to claim his second win of the season. His first victory this year came at Talladega.
Kahne finished second, and Gordon took the third spot. Dale Earnhardt Jr., who won Friday's Nationwide Series race at Daytona, and Jeff Burton rounded out the top-five.
Harvick increased his lead to 212 points over Gordon. Earnhardt Jr. moved up to 11th in points, while Mark Martin dropped to 13th after being involved in the major crash. Eight races remain before the championship Chase begins in September at New Hampshire.
<< Union, Goats battle to draw
Carson, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Union and Chivas USA battled to
a 1-1 draw at The Home Depot Center in Major League Soccer action on Saturday
night.
Rookies Danny Mwanga and Blair Gavin scored for their respective clubs in t
<< Pair of rookies score as D.C., S.J. draw at one
Santa Clara, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - D.C. United and the San Jose Earthquakes
battled to a 1-1 draw in Major League Soccer action at Buck Shaw Stadium on
Saturday night.
A pair of rookies scored on each side of the half for their respec
<< Astros' error sends San Diego to victory
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Aaron Cunningham scored on Gustavo Chacin's
throwing error in the bottom of the eighth inning in San Diego's 1-0 win over
the Houston Astros.
Kevin Correia threw seven innings for the Padres, who won for
<< Chen sparkles as KC triumphs over Angels
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bruce Chen carried a perfect game into the
seventh and Jose Guillen laced a two-run single an inning later to break a
scoreless tie, and Kansas City went on to beat the Angels, 4-2.
Chen (5-2) dominat
Mason ties European Senior Tour wins record >>
Bad Ragaz, Switzerland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Englishman Carl Mason posted a two-
under 68, including a hole-in-one, Sunday to win the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors
Open by two strokes.
The victory was Mason's 23rd on the European Senior Tour, w
Red Sox hope to break the brooms out on O's >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Boston will try to complete the three-game sweep over
Baltimore when the Red Sox host the Orioles this afternoon in the series
finale at Fenway Park.
Taking the hill for the Red Sox will be John Lackey, who has won five of
Olesen wins by two in Sweden >>
Bastad, Sweden (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen carded a one-
under 70 Sunday to hang on for a two-stroke win at The Princess at Bastad Golf
Club.
The 20-year-old Olesen finished his first European Challenge Tour title at 14
A's, Tribe play rubber match in Cleveland >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The finale of a three-game set at Progressive Field will
take place this afternoon when the Cleveland Indians host the Oakland
Athletics.
Taking the hill for the Indians will be Fausto Carmona, who has won three of
his la
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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