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Pointspreads Explained

Spread betting was invented by Charles K. McNeil, a math teacher from Connecticut who became a bookmaker in Chicago in the 1940s. The bettor bets that the difference in the scores of two teams will be less than or greater than a value specified by the bookmaker.

2007 MTV VMA Odds

Even though football season is upon us, some people are handicapping Amy Winehouse vs. Justin Timberlake rather than Michigan vs. Oregon. With gambling the new American Pastime, there is no better place for the MTV Video Music Awards to be hosted at than Las Vegas.

2007 BMW Championship

With all the attention on Phil Mickelson holding off Tiger to win the Deutsche Bank Championship, Steve Stricker is flying under the radar at this week’s BMW Championship. He’s currently second in the FedEx Cup standings. I don’t know what that means except that he has a good chance with two strong tournaments to win the whole shebang.

Football Betting Tips

As you all know, when you place a straight wager on the pointspread of a football or basketball game, you need to risk $110 to win $100. The $10 difference between risk and payout is known as the juice, or the vigorish (or just “vig” for short) and is the reason sportsbooks are in business.

Bodog now Newbodog

It appears that at least in the short term Bodog Entertainment Group is going to be forced into using the alternate domain newbodog.com for all of it's gaming customers. The online gaming and entertainment giant appears to of lost control over the domains bodog.com and bodog.net due to a United States legal judgment over a Process Patent lawsuit filed in Las Vegas last year.