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2011 NFL Gambling: Lines | Week 10 Matchups & Predictions

2011 Week 10 NFL Gambling Lines: Top 3 Matchups and Predictions

Week 9 of the NFL regular season marked the halfway point for all 32 teams as each now has at least eight games under their belt. Last week also provided a healthy return for the road teams as 10 of 14 covered against the spread.

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NFL

2011 NFL Gambling: Lines | Week 9 Matchups & Predictions

2011 Week 9 NFL Gambling Lines: Top 3 Matchups and Predictions

As we reach the halfway point of the NFL regular season, the odds makers continue to keep their lines razor sharp. For the second week in-a-row, six favorites and six underdogs each covered with one game ending as a ‘push’.

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2011 NFL Gambling: Lines | Week 8 Matchups & Predictions

2011 Week 8 NFL Gambling Lines: Top 3 Matchups and Predictions

The odds makers earned their paychecks last week as things were even right across the board. In the 13 games on the schedule, six favorites and six underdogs each covered with one game ending as a ‘push’.

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2011 NFL Gambling: Lines | Week 7 Matchups & Predictions

2011 Week 7 NFL Gambling Lines: Top 3 Matchups and Predictions

The odds makers gave us a bit of breathing room last week as eight favorites verse just four underdogs covered against the spread. The same trend held true for the home and away teams as just four road teams won ATS. The ‘under’ was the play of the week with 10 of 13 games staying ‘under’ the total line.

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2011 NFL Gambling: Lines | Week 6 Matchups & Predictions

2011 Week 6 NFL Gambling Lines: Top 3 Matchups and Predictions

The odds makers continue to keep the lines sharp as last week seven favorites and six underdogs covered against the spread.

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2011 NFL Gambling: Lines | Week 5 Matchups & Predictions

2011 Week 5 NFL Gambling Lines: Top 3 Matchups and Predictions

The odds makers earned their keep last week as they split the favorites and the underdogs right down the middle at 8-8. The road teams had a slight advantage with 10 of 16 winning against the spread. Turning to the total line, for the first week since the start of the regular season, the results balanced out with nine games going ‘over’ and seven games staying ‘under.

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2011 NFL Gambling: Lines | Week 4 Matchups & Predictions

2011 Week 4 NFL Gambling Lines: Top 3 Matchups and Predictions

It was a ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ last Sunday as 10 of 15 underdogs either covered the spread or won their game outright. Washington made it 11-of-16 for the week after covering the four-point spread against Dallas on Monday night.

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2011 NFL Gambling: Lines | Week 3 Matchups & Predictions

2011 Week 3 NFL Gambling Lines: Top 3 Matchups and Predictions

The odds makers sharpened their pencils for the second week in a row as the favorites went 8-7-1 against the spread. The home team had the edge at 10-6 ATS and the total went ‘over’ in 11 of the 16 games. We took a step backwards in Week 2 and are now 2-3-1 on our top picks.

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2011 NFL Gambling: Lines | Week 2 Matchups & Predictions

NFL Week 2 Preview & Predictions

The odds makers get an A+ for their point spreads in Week 1 of the NFL’s regular season after almost splitting things right down the middle. The home team went 7-8-1 against the spread, while the favorites went 7-8-1 ATS as well. We are off to a good start with a 2-1 record ATS on last week’s top picks.

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2011 NFL Gambling: Lines | Week 1 Matchups & Predictions

NFL Week 1 Preview & Predictions

The 2011 NFL regular season gets underway this Thursday night as all 32 teams begin another quest for a Super Bowl title. While championships are not won in September, there are a number of intriguing matchups on the opening day schedule as well as some solid value to be found in the current point spreads and total lines.

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NCAA Football

NCAA Football Handicapping Tips | How To Bet On College Football

How To Bet On College Football

Is college football betting different than NFL football betting? In a word, yes. Sure, the sports are mostly the same and many of the basic principles don’t need to be covered again.

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PGA Golf

PGA Tour Handicapping Tips | How To Bet On Golf

How to Bet on The PGA Golf Tour

Perhaps more than most of the popular North American sports, pro golf is a tough, strange beast to tame. It’s dart-throwing. It’s a needle in a haystack. However, because the odds of a particular golfer winning are so low, you can make a lot more money per bet on golf than you can on most sports.

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Fight Club

UFC Handicapping Tips | How To Bet On UFC/MMA Fights

How to Bet on UFC/Mixed Martial Arts

The general consensus in sports betting is that NFL is the toughest of the major sports because the betting public and oddsmakers’ knowledge is so strong and the lines are so sharp. By the reverse logic, I believe UFC/MMA betting is one of the best places to make money in sports betting today.

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NBA

NBA Betting – How to bet on NBA Basketball

NBA Handicapping Tips – How to Bet on NBA Hoops

NBA basketball is one of the most fun sports to bet because of its variety. Whereas other major pro sports trend toward a certain kind of betting, like spreads for football and money lines for baseball, everything is popular in hoops.

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NHL

NHL Betting – How to bet on NHL Hockey

NHL Handicapping Tips – How to Bet on NHL Hockey

Compared to the biggies like football, basketball and baseball, hockey doesn’t get as many bets. But it should. The truth is that there’s money to be won in betting on NHL because the lines on average aren’t as sharp.

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2011 NFL Matchups: Gambling Lines | Week 1 Projections

NFL Opening Day Preview

The NFL is open for business after the league owners and the Players Association finally came to terms on a new CBA (collective bargaining agreement). With the labor mess behind us, it is time to turn our attention to the 2011 season starting with Week 1 of the regular season.