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Weekend Football Handicapping

Football Betting: NCAA and NFL Previews

Baseball is grabbing a little of the spotlight, but it’s still football that still takes center stage in October.

NCAA Previews:

A marquee matchup in college football is set for Saturday evening when the No. 1 Florida Gators head to Baton Rouge to play the No. 4 LSU Tigers. Online sportsbooks have the nation’s consensus top team favored by 7.5-points with a Total of 46.

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MLB

2009 MLB Playoffs Betting | Handicapping

Baseball Playoff Betting

Hey, I’ll admit it, I’m one of those people who complain about how long the baseball season is…but there’s something about October baseball and the annual Fall Classic that is truly magical…and makes the journey all worthwhile.

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NFL

Gambling Trends: Week 4 NFL

NFL Betting for Week 4

Flush with cash from winning the battle last week vs. the books on Sunday and Monday, the sports betting public takes aim at Week 4 action.

There are two games in particular that have been attracting a lot of attention, both from the media, the fans and of course from sports bettors.

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NFL

Week 4 Handicapping

Sports Betting Tips: Handicapping Injuries and Suspensions

The sports betting world is getting set to make their NFL picks for this coming Week 4 schedule and one of the things everyone needs to be aware of is, of course, injuries. But not just players who are out of the lineup because of nicks and bruises, but also players who are coming back from an injury…or from a league mandated suspension.

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NCAA Football

2009/10 Florida Gators Betting Odds

NCAA Football Betting: The Florida Gators Odds

Prior to the start of the 2009 college football season, the world was the Florida Gators’ oyster.

Coming off a BCS championship the season before, the preseason NCAA Football odds unanimously declared Florida the No. 1 team in the nation and the Gators were favored to repeat the feat this year, as online sportsbook SPORTSBETTING.com had them as the odds-on favorite with odds set at +200 in late summer.

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Sportsbooks

NFL Injuries – Odds Effect

Week 2 Injury Update

One week down in the NFL and already bettors and linesmakers are trying to figure out how to handle some big name injuries.

The Philadelphia Eagles easily covered the spread last week as a small road in Carolina, as Jake Delhomme continued the “Self-Destruction Tour” he started last year in the playoffs. However, the celebration was muted due to news that QB Donovan McNabb suffered a fractured left rib in the game.

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Sportsbooks

Yellow Jackets vs. Hurricanes Odds

NCAA Betting: Georgia Tech vs. Miami

A big ACC battle kicks off the third week of NCAA football betting action. Tonight’s feature Thursday night game is a Top 25 battle between the No. 14 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the host No. 20 Miami Hurricanes.

The Canes are currently a 5.5-point favorite and this number might still go up (it opened at 4.5 points). We could see 6 by game time if the betting action continues as it is.

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Handicapping

Handicapping NFL Injuries: Week 2

Injuries Impact NFL Week 2 Betting

So Week 1 of the new NFL regular season is in the bag and closed with a pair of exciting Monday Nighters.

The New England Patriots eked out a 25-24 win over the Buffalo Bills but fell well short of covering as 10.5-point home faves and a very late Darren Sproles TD run allowed the San Diego Chargers to defeat the Oakland Raiders 24-20 but wasn’t enough to allow the Chargers to cover as -9 road faves.

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NCAA Football

NCAA Football Gambling Trends Week 2

Big Ten Trends

You’ve heard that those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it right?

Ohio State bettors sure hope it’s true as they prepare to take on the USC Trojans this weekend.

Last season the Ohio State Buckeyes were ranked No. 5 when they traveled to Los Angeles to take on the No. 1 ranked USC Trojans.

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NFL

Gambling Trends: NFL Week 1

Week 1 NFL Trends – September 10, 2009

The curtain rises on the 2009 NFL season tonight in Pittsburgh, with the Steelers currently sitting as a 6-point favorite over the visiting Tennessee Titans.

Sports bettors have been loading up on this game, with very heavy volume recorded at many online sportsbooks. SPORTSBETTING.com is seeing a definite betting trend toward the defending Super Bowl champs, with Pittsburgh receiving close to 70% of all the wagering volume so far.

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Gambling

Handicapping The 2009 NFL SOS

NFL Strength of Schedule – By SPORTSBETTING.COM

NFL Season Win Totals and SOS Variables

When the NFL regular season schedule is released in the spring it sets off a chain reaction in the sports betting world, as online sportsbooks went to work on their Future Odds menu as numbers were calculated on everything from odds to win the division to Week 1 totals and every prop bet in-between.

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Betting Props

NFL Betting Props – Win Totals

NFL Season Win Totals

NFL teams will be going through dress rehearsal this weekend as the preseason draws to a close and the start of the regular season creeps up.

With four weeks worth of exhibition games in the books and more than ample opportunity for bettors to examine numbers. Let’s have a look at some of these NFL Lines, provided by SPORTSBETTING.com.

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Sports

2009 US Open Tennis Odds

U.S. Open Gambling Lines

You know summer is drawing to a close when  NFL betting on the preseason starts and the final Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year is about to begin.

Set to begin Monday at Flushing Meadows in New York, the 2009 U.S. Open will see a familiar face seeded No. 1 on the men’s side in Roger Federer and Dinara Safina at the top of the women’s draw.

Safina is listed at +1000 to take her first-ever Grand Slam singles title and Federer is listed at +120 to take his third Grand Slam title this year.

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Sportsbooks

Sportsbook PreSeason Preview/Odds – Eagles vs. Jags

The Return of Michael Vick

For a preseason game, you can expect a ton of attention when the Eagles and Jaguars hook up Thursday night. If you haven’t heard, Michael Vick will make his debut with Philadelphia – online sportsbook SPORTSBETTING.com is reporting heavy action on Philly in this contest, as bettors feel the team will make a real effort to win this one.

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Sportsbooks

Sportsbetting.com: Titans vs. Bills Predictions

Hall of Fame Game Odds and Picks

Time to raise the curtain on the 2009 NFL season, as it all gets going this weekend in Canton, Ohio with the Hall-of-Fame game.

The Hall-of-Fame game odds have been listed for a while now. The Tennessee Titans are 3-point favorites over the Buffalo Bills, with a Total set at 31. The number has actually moved a little at a number of online sportsbooks, with some of them now showing -2.5.

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Sportsbooks

Sportsbetting.com: AFC North Betting

AFC North Betting

It had been a pretty quiet off-season over in the AFC North, as the teams prepared to head for training camp, but that changed with yesterday’s news cycle and the Ben Roethlisberger story breaking.

The internet and sports talk radio buzzed throughout the day with the news that Big Ben had been named in a sexual assault civil suit. All was no longer quiet on the Northern front….