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12/17/2008 - Seville, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sevilla winger Diego Capel has vowed to stay with his current club for the foreseeable future, despite having been linked with a big-money switch to Real Madrid.
The 20-year-old is one of the most highly-rated young stars in La Liga, but Capel says he is in no rush to leave the Sanchez Pizjuan.
"Real Madrid are a great club, that is clear," he told Marca. "I am honoured when they show their interest in me, but I am already at a great club and I would like to remain here for a long time."
Capel went on to admit that he would like to try his luck in England at some point in the future.
"I love watching the Premier League on television and it's a great league, so I don't see why I wouldn't want to play there one day," he said.
(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)
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Stuttgart, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The German Football League has confirmed
that Markus Babbel will not be allowed to remain in charge at Stuttgart beyond
the end of the current campaign.
The former Germany defender took up the reins
<< Hurricanes D Kaberle activated off IR
Raleigh, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Carolina Hurricanes activated defenseman
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Kaberle had been on IR since December 11 after suffering a leg injury on
December 4 against Pittsburg
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Rome, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lazio striker Goran Pandev is almost certain to
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future.
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<< Bucs place S Phillips on IR
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers placed safety Jermaine
Phillips on injured reserve Wednesday.
Phillips sustained a fractured right forearm in a 13-10 overtime loss to the
Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. He fractured hi
Pierce expected to play Wednesday >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce is expected
to play Wednesday against Atlanta after leaving Monday's contest against Utah
with a knee injury.
Pierce hurt his left knee in the fourth quarter of the 1
LDU Quito defeats Pachuca in Club World Cup >>
Tokyo, Japan (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Claudio Bieler and Luis Bolanos scored in the
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in the semifinals of the Club World Cup.
LDU Quito plays the winner of Thursday
Blickensderfer takes over as Kenseth's crew chief at Roush Fenway >>
Concord, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Roush Fenway Racing has made changes to Matt
Kenseth's team in the Sprint Cup Series, as Drew Blickensderfer will take over
crew chief duties for the 2009 season.
Kenseth, the 2003 Cup champion, made the "
Blue Jackets place Tollefsen on IR, activate Dorsett >>
Columbus, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Columbus Blue Jackets placed defenseman
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen on injured reserve and activated forward Derek Dorsett
off injured reserve on Wednesday.
Tollefsen, 24, will undergo arthroscopic knee
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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