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01/10/2012 - Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The LPGA Tour released it 2012 schedule on Tuesday and the 28-event slate features five new events.
As had already been announced, the tour opens the season February 9-12 in Australia with its first new stop. That will be followed by events in Thailand and Singapore before the first stateside event takes place March 15-18 with the LPGA Founders Cup in Arizona.
The tour will head to California for two tournaments, the second of which is the year's first major, the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
After two weeks off, the tour will move to Hawaii for another new tourney, then quickly shifts back to Alabama the following week.
In the first week of May, the tour will have a two-day event in Brazil. The next three events are in New York and New Jersey, including the year's second major, the Wegmans LPGA Championship.
After a pair of events, including a new stop in Canada, the year's third major -- the U.S. Women's Open -- will be contested at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wisconsin.
After a two-week respite, the tour heads to France for the Evian Masters, which will be a major starting in 2013. The tour returns to the U.S. for two events, including the return of the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic, which was off the slate last year.
The tour heads north of the border to Canada the last week of August, then will play a new event at an old location as the Kingsmill Resort hosts the Kingsmill Championship.
The following week is the season's final major, the Women's British Open at Royal Liverpool. The tour returns to the U.S. the next week for the Navistar LPGA Classic, which is the last full-field event in the states.
In October, the tour goes back to Asia for four straight weeks. The tour will shift to Mexico for Lorena Ochoa's event before the season wraps up November 15-18 with the second playing of the CME Group Titleholders.
According to the tour's release, LPGA Tour commissioner Michael Whan also revealed that the LPGA renewed eight of the nine tournament contracts that ended in 2011 and 10 of 11 marketing partnerships that also required new contracts.
With the addition of the new events, and the return of the Jamie Farr, the total purse in 2012 increased to $47 million after being $40.4 million last year.
<< Del Potro coasts, Isner ousted in Sydney
Sydney, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded Juan Martin Del Potro coasted
to a straight-set victory in an Australian Open tuneup Wednesday, while John
Isner fell in a three-set shocker.
Seeded No. 2, Isner won the first set against fello
<< Mavericks handle struggling Pistons
Auburn Hills, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dirk Nowitzki netted 18 points on 9-of-10
shooting as the Dallas Mavericks took down the Detroit Pistons, 100-86.
Shawn Marion netted 14 points, Vince Carter had 11 points and Delonte West
dished out
<< Red-hot Rangers beat Coyotes in shootout
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Derek Stepan scored in the sixth round of the
shootout, as the red-hot New York Rangers topped the Phoenix Coyotes, 2-1.
Ruslan Fedotenko scored in regulation for the Rangers, who have won five in a
row and
<< Rockets beat Bobcats for 1st road win
Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chandler Parsons scored 20 points and Houston
earned its first road win in six tries of the season, 82-70, over the
Charlotte Bobcats.
Despite a 5-of-19 effort from the field, Kevin Martin added 17
No letdown for Notre Dame against Georgetown >>
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Skylar Diggins scored 22 points and Natalie
Novosel added 21 points and seven rebounds, as No. 2 Notre Dame posted an
80-60 victory over 18th-ranked Georgetown.
Notre Dame held the Hoyas to 28 perce
Rose scores 31, Bulls beat T-Wolves >>
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Derrick Rose scored a game-high 31 points
and dished out 11 assists Tuesday as the Chicago Bulls held off the Minnesota
Timberwolves, 111-100, at Target Center.
Luol Deng netted 21 points and ripped d
Jennings, Jackson help Bucks dodge Spurs >>
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Stephen Jackson finished with 34 points and
assisted on Brandon Jennings' key basket in the final minute, as the Bucks
held on for a 106-103 victory against the Spurs in Andrew Bogut's return.
Jackson
Halak returns to Montreal, shuts out Habs >>
Montreal, QC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Montreal fans still adore Jaroslav Halak, as
evidenced by the standing ovation he received following St. Louis' 3-0 victory
on Tuesday night.
Playing at the Bell Centre for the first time since being traded
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
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