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02/19/2012 - Naples, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kenny Perry shot a two-under 70 on Sunday, a round that didn't match his first two, but was still good enough for him to complete a dominating, five-shot victory at the ACE Group Classic.
Perry finished at 20-under-par 196, tying the tournament record set by Bernhard Langer last year. He earned the second Champions Tour victory of his career, with the first coming at the 2011 SAS Championship.
Langer came in a distant second on Sunday at the Talon Course at TwinEagles Golf Club. He finished at 15-under 201 after also carding a 70.
Reigning Champions Tour Player of the Year Tom Lehman (72) tied for third at 14-under 202. He shared that place with Bill Glasson (68) and Mike Goodes (69).
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<< Edwards, Biffle put Roush Fenway on front row for Daytona 500
Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carl Edwards won Sunday's time trials for
the Daytona 500 while his teammate, Greg Biffle, secured the outside pole to
give Roush Fenway Racing and Ford the front starting row for the February 26
race at
<< Fair leads No. 2 Syracuse past Rutgers
Piscataway, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - C.J. Fair scored a career-high 21 points on
Sunday, leading No. 2 Syracuse to a 74-64 win over Rutgers.
Scoop Jardine added 17 points and seven assists, Kris Joseph had 14 points and
Fab Melo finished wit
<< Green's big game helps Michigan State down Purdue
West Lafayette, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Draymond Green exploded for 20 points,
10 rebounds and seven assists, and No. 7 Michigan State defeated Purdue, 76-
62, on Sunday.
Branden Dawson also had a double-double with 15 points to go with
<< Red Wings set another record with win over Sharks
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Red Wings already own the NHL's
single-season record for consecutive home victories. On Sunday, they set
another record with a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks.
Henrik Zetterberg, Drew
Hoarau rescues point for PSG against Montpellier >>
Paris, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Guillaume Hoarau scored with 2 minutes left
in normal time, and PSG tied Montpellier 2-2 on Sunday at the Parc des Princes
to hold onto first place in Ligue 1.
Alex fired PSG into the lead late in the firs
NHL suspends Peters one game >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The National Hockey League suspended Minnesota
Wild center Warren Peters for one game without pay on Sunday.
The suspension stems from a cross check to the head of St. Louis' David Backes
late in the third per
Delle Donne's late shot lifts Delaware past Drexel >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Elena Delle Donne drained a basket with
two seconds left on the clock to give No. 10 Delaware a 40-39 victory over
Drexel.
The win for the Blue Hens (24-1, 15-0 CAA) gave the squad its second regul
Messi's four goals help Barca crush Valencia >>
Barcelona, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lionel Messi scored four straight goals as
Barcelona crushed Valencia, 5-1, on Sunday at the Camp Nou in a one-sided game
featuring two of the top three clubs in La Liga.
Pablo Piatti scored in the 9th min
Las Vegas Sports Consultants (LVSC) is the world’s premier oddsmaking company and the most respected authority on making the lines. Mike Seba is a Senior Oddsmaker at LVSC and has been making lines for the last six years. In our extended interview, Seba explained that there are 4-5 oddsmakers assigned to make lines for each of the major sports (pro & college football and basketball; MLB, NHL, boxing, golf). Each of these oddsmakers bring unique opinions, strengths and weaknesses to the process. Oddsmakers at LVSC are professional sports junkies who love what they do and would probably do it for nothing if you asked them, but they do get paid for it. By necessity their approach is very research-oriented and concise, since with millions of dollars at risk there is little margin for error.
“You either have a passion for it or you don’t,” Seba said.
“The #1 thing for us is to make a line for each game that creates good two-way action. We do this by drawing from past experiences and applying them to current situations. People think it’s much more complicated, but it’s not. “Divided action means the sportsbook is guaranteed a profit on the game because of the fee charged to the bettor (called juice or vig – typically $11 bet to win $10).
Power ratings are the oddsmaker’s value of each team and are used as a guide to calculate a "preliminary" pointspread on an upcoming game. The power ratings are adjusted after each game a team plays. Examples of non-game factors that would require an adjustment to a team's power rating are key player injuries and player trades.
Once a game’s power rating based pointspread is determined, the oddsmaker will make adjustments to that line after considering each team's most recent games played and previous games played against that opponent. Also, adjustments are made after reading each team’s local newspapers to get a sense of what the coaches & players are thinking going into the game.Since the oddsmaker’s ultimate goal is equally dividing the sports betting action, public perception and sportsbook betting patterns must be taken into account. For example, the public might have heavy betting interest week after week on a popular college football betting team such as USC. If an oddsmaker comes up with a preliminary line of USC -7, then an adjustment up to -7.5 or -8 would be made in response to the public’s expected USC bias.
The last step in the line-making process for each oddsmaker is taking one final look to determine whether or not the line "feels right." This is where common sense and past experience with how games are bet enters into the picture.A round-table discussion among the 4-5 oddsmakers involved in making the line for each sport is then conducted and a consensus line is decided upon by the Odds Director before it is released to the sportsbooks. Of the 4-5 oddsmakers, generally the 2 most respected opinions are weighed more heavily by the Odds Director before he decides on the final line.
Experts working for the individual books having a strong opinion on the game
Individual books having players who consistently bet with certain tendencies (such as an extreme bias toward favorites or toward a certain popular team like USC)The purpose of these adjustments, like all line adjustments, is to more equally divide the betting action.
Once betting begins, sportsbooks can adjust the line at any time. In doing so they attempt to make more attractive the team that is getting less action. By moving the line, sportsbooks can influence how the public bets on a particular game.For example, if the pointspread on a game is 7 and most of the money is coming in on the underdog (taking the +7), sportsbooks will then move the number down to 6 ½ to try and attract money on the favorite.
Moving the line is the oddsmaker's effort to balance betting action, and often times such moves can have a major impact on a bettor’s decision. Oddsmakers can also change the line depending on various event-related factors such as player injuries or weather. Obviously, if the line comes out a week ahead of the event (which is the case in football), there is much that could happen during the week leading up to the event that could affect the line. Oddsmakers have to determine if any changes are necessary and send out an "adjusted line."“The main objective is that our clients get equal action on both sides,” Seba said. “We’re not trying to pick the team that covers the spread, we’re trying to make it a coin flip, a tough decision (for the bettor). If we’ve done that, we’ve done our job.”
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Sportsbook betting odds favor Europe in Ryder Cup
September 19, – Despite holding a decided edge in the all-time series, with 24 wins, 2 ties and 10 losses, Team USA is the underdog again heading into the Ryder Cup in Kidare, Ireland this weekend, according to MySportsbook.com. The Europeans have captured four of the past five editions, including their largest victory ever, an 18 ½ to 9 ½ thumping in Michigan in 2004. Current Ryder Cup betting odds favor the Europeans to continue their winning ways; they are a 4-5 bet to take the title, compared to 6-5 for the Americans.
Despite being knocked out in the first round of World Match play by Shaun Micheel, Tiger Woods is predicted to lead the US charge and be their highest point scorer for the week, with odds listed at 9-4 that he outpoints all other American players, including Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco to name a few. Team USA has four relatively unknown players on the roster but all four are 2007 tournament winners and have posted some of season’s best performances, each earning over $1.5 million on the PGA TOUR. They include Zach Johnson, Vaughan Taylor, JJ Henry and Brett Wetterich.
The experienced European squad includes the likes of Luke Donald, Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington, Jose Maria Olazabal and Darren Clarke, who’s emotions will be tested after the passing of his wife to a battle with cancer. Donald and Garcia are in particularly good form and each is a 5-1 bet to lead the European squad in the points race. Donald has proven he can go head to head with Woods at a major event after a run for the $1.2 million purse at the PGA Championship. Garcia’s Ryder Cup credentials prove he’s ready for battle too.
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Ryder Cup Odds| Europe Tie USA |
4-5 10-1 6-5 |
| Tiger Woods Jim Furyk Phil Mickelson Chris DiMarco David Toms Stewart Cink Chad Campbell Scott Verplank Zach Johnson Vaughan Taylor JJ Henry Brett Wetterich |
9-4 4-1 5-1 7-1 8-1 12-1 15-1 15-1 25-1 30-1 30-1 50-1 |
| Sergio Garcia Luke Donald Padraig Harrington Colin Montgomerie Darren Clarke David Howell Lee Westwood Paul Casey Henrik Stenson Jose Maria Olazabal Paul McGinley Robert Karlsson |
5-1 5-1 6-1 13-2 8-1 9-1 9-1 11-1 12-1 12-1 20-1 25-1 |
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