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08/29/2010 - Rome, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - AC Milan opened its 2010-11 Italian Serie A campaign with an impressive 4-0 win over Lecce on Sunday.
Alexandre Pato scored twice and Thiago Silva once in the opening half-hour before Filippo Inzaghi closed out the impressive showing with a 90th minute goal to lead the Rossoneri to victory.
The 20-year-old Pato started the scoring when he converted Massimo Ambrosini's set-up in the 16th minute before Silva made it 2-0 seven minutes later.
Pato made it 3-0 in the 29th when he ran onto a Ronaldinho pass, cut around the 'keeper and slotted home.
Inzaghi closed out the scoring in the closing seconds.
In other Serie A action on Sunday afternoon, it was: Chievo 2, Catania 1; Fiorentina 1, Napoli 1; Palermo 0, Cagliari 0; Parma 2, Brescia 0; Sampdoria 2, Lazio 0.
Earlier in the day, Juventus fell to Bari, 1-0, thanks to a Massimo Donati goal.
On Saturday, Genoa topped Udinese, 1-0, and Roma and Cesena battled to a scoreless draw.
<< Gonzalez pitches Oakland past Texas
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Gonzalez (12-8) gave up just two runs on five hits with
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Chris Dickerson ch
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Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jose Mourinho made his debut as Spanish La
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Madrid was no doubt the better side for much of the day, but
<< Wie captures 2nd LPGA Tour win in Canada
Winnipeg, MB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michelle Wie shot a two-under 70 Sunday to
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Wie, who entered the final round tied for the lead with Jiyai Shin, finished
with a 12-under 276
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Far Hills, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The United States Golf Association announced
the members of the 2010 U.S. World Amateur Team Championship squad on Sunday.
U.S. Amateur champion Peter Uihlein, David Chung, who lost to Uihlein at
Chamb
French helps Mariners get by Twins >>
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Luke French tossed seven strong innings to
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finale of a three-game set.
French (3-4) was charged with just one run on three hi
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Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Brandon Morrow will
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the New York Yankees.
The right-hander is 10-6 with a 4.27 earned run average
Uihlein wins U.S. Amateur Championship >>
University Place, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Peter Uihlein defeated David Chung, 4
& 2 on Sunday to win the 110th U.S. Amateur Championship at Chambers Bay.
It will be a happy 21st birthday for the Oklahoma State University star.
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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.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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