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MLB

Sports Betting: Red Sox vs. Rays Preview

ALCS Rematch – Rays vs. Red Sox

One of the most intriguing stories of last year’s Major League Baseball season was the Tampa Bay Rays.

The perennial doormat of the AL East, the Rays had a season for the ages, beating out perennial division power Boston Red Sox, for last year’s division title-Tampa Bay finished the regular season with a record of 97-65 while Boston finished second with a 95-67.

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Sportsbooks

Sportsbetting.com: NBA Playoff Angles + Odds

NBA Playoffs Ready For Tip-Off

The series are set, the NBA playoff odds are up on the betting board, the betting public is having their say and the teams are getting ready to make their runs at the Championship.

As it stands, the Los Angeles Lakers are big -400 favorites to take the Western Conference and ditto for the Cleveland Cavaliers who are -300 to do the same in the East.

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Sportsbooks

Sportsbetting.com NHL Playoff Preview

NHL Playoff Preview 

16 teams in the NHL will be on a quest but there won’t be John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Terry Jones gallivanting around knocking coconut shells together, mimicking the sound of horse hooves.

No, this quest will be less humorous and a lot more physical.

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Betting Props

Sportsbetting.com Final Four Betting Props

More Final Four Prop Betting

By SPORTSBETTING.com

The Final Four prop wagering options just keep coming, as another wave has been added over the last few days.

The latest group of prop wagers put up by SPORTSBETTING.com includes the head-to-head game matchups. Bettors have been pouring over these options, taking their shots on several of them.

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Betting Props

Sportsbetting? Final Four Gambling Props

Final Four Props

The cliché “Time flies when you’re having fun” is an old dusty one, but it really holds true when it comes to March Madness.

It seems like it was just Selection Sunday and with a blink of an eye, the Opening Round, the Sweet 16 and the Elite Eight are all in the rearview mirror…and now it’s the Final Four.

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NCAAB

Round 1 NCAA Tournament Gambling

It’s all about the Madness

Game on…sort of

Our appetizer arrived last night, with the Morehead State Eagles, who were listed as 3-point faves, crushing the dreams of the Alabama State Hornets in this year’s play-in game. The Eagles win and cover gets them a spot in the Big Dance and a date with….the top-seed Louisville Cardinals.

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Sportsbooks

Sportsbetting.com’s March Madness Preview

Let The Madness Begin

The mini-Madness is over, as Championship week delivered up tons of drama and entertainment for college basketball bettors…and now the bracket has been set and we march on to the full-meal deal…let the real Madness begin!

What to make of North Carolina?

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NCAAB

Sportsbetting.com: Championship Week

Championship Week 

It’s Go Time – Selection Sunday draws nigh and while some teams are already booked in for a spot in the tournament, others have to make their case over the next few days. 

It’s Championship week and invites to the big dance are waiting to be grabbed.

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NCAAB

NCAA Hoops Lines: Conference Tournament Odds

NCAA Conference Championship Week 

Selection Sunday looms, but before that can happen there is championship week. 

While the power conferences have yet to get things going, Siena has taken the MAAC title, Gonzaga the WCC, Chattanooga the Southern, Morehead State the Ohio Valley, Northern Iowa the Missouri Valley, Virginia Commonwealth the Colonial Athletic, Radford the Big South and East Tennessee St. the Atlantic Sun.

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NCAAB

Look Ahead: 2009 National Championship

Bettors Like the Tar Heels for the Championship

Man are we ever close to the start of March Madness.

Selection Sunday is a little more than a week away and the opening-round game in Dayton, Ohio takes place on St. Patrick’s Day…it all starts very soon.

As the clock ticks down the Big Dance, bettors at online sportsbooks have been taking aim at the NCAA Championship Future Odds.

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NFL

Free Agency & 2009 NFL Futures Betting

NFL Odds Adjusted

With the big wave of NFL free agency behind us, let’s have a look at a few of the teams who made a splash and what it means to their current Super Bowl future odds.

Big surprise – the Washington Redskins dove into the deep-end of the free agency pool.

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NCAAB

NCAA Hoops: Weekend Preview

Bigtime NCAA Matchups

Just like that meteor in the movie Armageddon, we’re on a crash course to Selection Sunday for the NCAA’s March Madness basketball tournament.

While there is only a smattering of teams from the Big East in the polls, the upper echelon of the rankings has a strong Eastern flavor.

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Betting Props

2009 Celebrity Apprentice Odds + Oscars Recap

Oscar Bettors Cash In

Whether it was the quality of movies, or with the recessionary times more people stayed home to watch, or the fact Marissa Tomei was back on the red carpet (she’s a draw unto herself)….but online sportsbooks saw a big increase in Oscar betting volume over Hollywood’s big night out last year.

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NCAAB

NCAA Hoops: Weekend Preview

Saturday College Basketball – UConn Tries To Stay On Top

We are less than a month away from Selection Sunday (March 15) and the tip-off to March Madness. As the countdown to the Big Dance starts, the intensity level for all teams is turned up, even those with an invite already assured.

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Betting Props

Gambling Analysis: The 2009 Oscars

Betting on the 2009 Oscars

Will Kate Winslet cry? Will Sean Penn go long? Can Mickey Rourke pull off an upset for bettors?

Bettors are gearing up for the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is 81st Annual Academy Awards show, aka the Oscars, this Sunday and while Hollywood is making preparations, so are the bettors.

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NBA

2009 NBA All Star Game Lines

NBA All-Star Props

The Super Bowl is over, NCAA basketball is really heating up and we’ve reached the mid-point of the NBA season…which means it’s All-Star weekend for on the pro circuit.

While the East and the West go at it on Sunday in the official NBA All-Star game, there is action and festivities all weekend.