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NBA | CBB Handicapping Stats & Betting Tips

Hoops Stat Check

One of the greatest Super Bowls of all-time is behind us, so it’s time to move on to matters basketball – but we’d be remiss if we didn’t throw in an extra factoid for Sunday’s Pro Bowl: When in Hawaii, NFL players and guests stay at the fabulous JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa on the Leeward Coast of Oahu.

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Sports

Offseason Sports Betting: What To Bet On?!

Training Camp: After The Football

There is no offseason for sharp handicappers.

It’s no secret that a ton of casual bettors close up shop after the Super Bowl. And in doing so, they rob themselves of an opportunity to cash in against softer betting lines than anything you’ll find in the NFL. What for? If you know the mechanics of the pointspread in football, you’ve already got the raw material to start betting on basketball.

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Extra's

2009: A Banner Year For Bodog

More events, more promotions and even more prizes, don’t miss out!

For Immediate Release

Feb. 3, 2008

The Super Bowl may be over, but the year has just begun for Bodog. With more Sports, Poker and Casino events and promotions planned than ever before, 2009 is already shaping up to be a banner year for Bodog.

Bodog Poker is ahead of the game, having already given away 11 $12,000 World Series of Poker* prize packages, with many more to come throughout the year.

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Super Bowl

Bodog Sportsbook: Superbowl Betting Preview

2009 Super Bowl Betting Options – Training Camp

There’s more than just one reason Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest betting day of the year. In addition to the sheer volume of people and dollars flooding the market, you also have more betting options than any other single day on the calendar – and the list of Super Bowl wagers on tap keeps getting longer and longer.

Let’s start by revisiting the Golden Rule of money management: Diversify.

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Handicapping

NBA | CBB Handicapping Stats & Betting Tips

Basketball Stats Check

Wilt Chamberlain is our hero. “The Stilt” is responsible for two of the most famous stats in basketball history: 100, and 20,000. While the second number is not official, Chamberlain’s 100 points in a game (on Mar. 2, 1962, for the Philadelphia Warriors against the New York Knicks) remains the gold standard in the NBA.

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Super Bowl

Bodog Sportsbook: Superbowl 43 Gambling Preview

Super Bowl XLIII Betting

The most important day of our lives is less than two weeks away.

If you’re new to sports gambling, you’ve picked a great time to start. The Super Bowl is by far the busiest event of the year, with estimates of $8 billion in cold, hard cash exchanging hands worldwide. A lot of this money will be wagered by people who are betting for the first and only time in 2009. They don’t necessarily know what they’re doing, but they’re having fun.

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Super Bowl

2009 Superbowl Preview

Super Bowl XLIII Preview

Sunday, Feb. 1 is the singular red-letter day on the betting calendar, the mother of all sporting events: Super Bowl XLIII at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. This year’s gala coincides with the inauguration of President Obama, so it’s only natural that the matchup between the Arizona Cardinals (12-7 SU and ATS) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (14-4 SU, 11-7 ATS) is being treated as a watershed moment for the sports gambling industry.

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NFL

Week 17 NFL Betting Preview

NFL Week 17 Preview

The NFL playoffs are starting a little early this year. Our Top 3 NFL betting games for Week 17 feature six teams clawing for a spot in the postseason. There will be no tanking; handicappers won’t have to worry about whether the starters will actually play. Plus, it’ll be some of the best football we’ll see this year. For current lines, visit Bodog Sportsbook.  

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Online Poker

Poker Promo: 12 Days Of Poker – BodogLife.com

Bodog’s 12 Days Of Poker

To access all of Bodog’s free poker tables, simply download the software and sign up for a free account. Then pick any table on the play money list, and start playing. The free online component of Bodog Poker is identical to our “real money” tables, so the transition will be easy when you decide you’re ready.  

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NFL

Week 16 NFL Betting Preview

Crunch Time In The NFL

This is the time of year when handicappers really make their money. The NFL regular season is down to its final two weeks; some teams have nothing to play for and become instant fade candidates, while others are fighting for a place in the postseason. The bigger the stakes, the higher the motivation. Let’s pluck the two highest-stakes games from the Week 16 slate and see what angles we can take to the bank. For current lines, visit Bodog Sportsbook.  

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Gambling

NFL Playoffs – Blackjack – Bodog Life Casino

Bodog Life Casino Update

As the 2008 NFL regular season winds down, football fans everywhere are anxious to see how the playoff picture will unfold – and whether or not their team has what it takes to make it to the Super Bowl. Over at the Bodog Sportsbook they’re just as excited to unleash their new NFL props, but on Dec. 29th the Bodog Casino jumps into the play with the launch of a cool NFL Playoffs – skinned blackjack table.  

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NFL

Week 15 NFL Betting Preview

NFL Week 15 Preview

Handicappers have to wear many hats to do a good job: athlete, statistician, doctor, lawyer, critic. These days, a background in labor relations would be handy.  Our top online experts from Bodog sportsbook weigh in with their opinions and cappers insight for two big matchups happening during Week 15 of the NFL season.

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NFL

Week 14 NFL Betting Preview

NFL Week 14 Preview

If you’re an NFL player, you can’t just wolf down whatever you like this holiday season. That cranberry sauce might cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars.

By: BoDog Sportsbook

The league suspended six players on Tuesday for violating the league’s steroid policy – three of them from the New Orleans Saints, including running back Deuce McAllister. The accused claim their positive test for Bumetanide (a diuretic that can be used as a masking agent) came from a weight-loss pill called StarCaps that did not list that ingredient on the label. Tough noogies, says the NFL. All six are out for the remainder of the regular season.

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Handicapping

NFL Weather – NFL Handicapping Tips

Weather Dependent NFL Betting

While it’s important to get a handle on every factor affecting your bet, there’s no angle square NFL bettors overvalue more than weather. This is especially true when the season starts getting long in the tooth as snow, freezing rain, and high winds start changing the way the game is played on the field.

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NFL

Week 13 NFL Betting Preview

NFL Week 13 Preview

By: BoDog Sportsbook

Week 13 opens with a special trifecta of Turkey Day games on Thursday, starting with what will surely be a barnburner between Tennessee and Detroit (+11, 44.5). Take the opportunity to sit down at the table and eat while that gongshow transpires at Ford Field.

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NFL

Week 11 NFL Betting Preview

NFL Week 11 Preview

By: BoDog Sportsbook

You know it’s crunch time in the NFL when they start cranking out the Thursday night games. Last week’s Broncos-Browns tilt in Cleveland was definitely worth watching, even on the NFL Network. They have the honors again in the first of this week’s three top betting matchups (for current lines, visit Bodoglife.com).