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08/05/2007 - Concord, NH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ji Min Jeong closed with a two-under 70 on Sunday to win the USI Championship by three strokes.
Jeong completed her first Duramed Futures Tour title at seven-under-par 209. She picked up $10,500 for the win and jumped into eighth place on the tour's money list.
Tiffany Tavee fired a four-under 68 Sunday to move into second place at four- under-par 212.
Jenny Gleason, who shared the lead with Jeong entering the final round, struggled to a three-over 75 that left her tied for third at minus-two. She was joined there by Sarah-Jane Kenyon.
Seo-Jae Lee and Kim Welch were the final players in red figures at one-under- par 215. Allison Fouch took seventh at even-par 216 after a closing 76.
<< Twins blank Tribe to tighten AL Central
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Scott Baker dominated for eight innings and
combined with Joe Nathan on a five-hit shutout, as Minnesota edged Cleveland,
1-0, in the third of a four-game set at the Metrodome.
Baker (6-4) allowed only f
<< Escobar's game-winning single lifts Braves over Rockies
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Yunel Escobar hit a game-winning single in the
10th inning, as the Atlanta Braves edged the Colorado Rockies, 6-5, in the
finale of a three-game series at Turner Field.
The scoring went silent from the s
<< O's crush D-Rays
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Miguel Tejada, Aubrey Huff and Melvin
Mora all homered as Baltimore routed Tampa Bay, 11-3, in the finale of a
three-game set at Tropicana Field.
Corey Patterson finished 3-for-5 with three r
<< Surging Yanks finish off sweep of Kansas City
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hideki Matsui and Melky Cabrera each homered and
drove in two runs, leading the New York Yankees to an 8-5 victory over the
Kansas City Royals and a sweep of the three-game series at Yankee Stadium.
Alex Ro
Lyon, Le Mans start season on winning note >>
Lyon, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lyon, the defending French Ligue 1 champions,
got their title defense off to a good start, winning their first contest of
the 2007-2007 season 2-0 over Auxerre, Sunday.
Goals by Milan Baros and Karim Ben
Marlins hold off Astros >>
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cody Ross went 2-for-2 with a double and two runs
batted in as the Florida Marlins held on to defeat the Houston Astros, 6-5, in
the finale of a three-game series at Dolphin Stadium.
Ross came in to replace Migu
Celtic draws Kilmarnock to open SPL season >>
Glasgow, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Glasgow Celtic FC got off to a rough
start to the 2007-2008 Scottish Premier League season, drawing with
Kilmarnock, 0-0, in the first game of their title defense.
The champions dominated
Emilio leads United to easy win over Revolution >>
Foxborough, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - D.C. United's Luciano Emilio scored twice in
a 3-0 win over New England on Sunday to pull into a first-place tie for the
scoring lead in Major League Soccer.
Emilio has 12 goals this season - 10 in his l
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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