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11/07/2011 - Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - NASCAR fined Kyle Busch $50,000 and placed him on probation for the remainder of the calendar year for intentionally wrecking Ron Hornaday Jr. in last Friday's Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.
The sanctioning body took initial action against Busch on Saturday by suspending him from the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series races at Texas.
In issuing Monday's penalty against Busch, NASCAR said in a statement that "if during the remaining NASCAR events in 2011 there is another action by the competitor that is deemed by NASCAR officials as detrimental to stock car racing or to NASCAR, or is disruptive to the orderly conduct of an event, the competitor will be suspended indefinitely from NASCAR."
NASCAR also noted that the parking directive has been lifted, which will allow Busch to participate in next Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway. Busch is not on the preliminary entry list for Saturday's Nationwide event at Phoenix.
On Sunday, Busch attended the 500-mile race at Texas, sitting atop his team's pit box and watching Michael McDowell drive his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to a 33rd-place finish.
Busch fell from seventh to 11th in the Chase for the Sprint Cup point standings, as he became one of three drivers to be mathematically eliminated from championship contention. He is now 100 points behind leader Carl Edwards.
<< Kaymer's inconsistent year
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - "It was an okay year. But, now it's a good
year."
Those were Martin Kaymer's own words after winning the WGC-HSBC Champions on
Sunday.
He won in his first start of 2011 in Abu Dhabi, had four other top-
<< Verdasco wins; Ferrero loses in Paris
Paris, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fernando Verdasco was among Monday's winners,
while former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero came up a loser at the final ATP
Masters event of the year, the $3.06 million BNP Paribas Masters in Paris.
The forme
<< Havre de Grace finishes first in final NTRA Poll
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A fourth-place finish in the 2011 Breeders'
Cup Classic on Saturday did not prevent Havre de Grace from finishing atop
the final NTRA Thoroughbred Poll for 2011. The four-year-old filly was the
4-1 sec
<< Paterno not a 'target' of child abuse probe
Harrisburg, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly
said Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno is not a target of the ongoing
investigation of former assistant Jerry Sandusky, who has been charged with
numerou
Cowboys WR Austin out with hamstring injury >>
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin
is likely out for 3-to-5 weeks after suffering his second hamstring
injury of the season during Sunday's game against Seattle.
Austin injured his r
A New York twist to a Sunday of redemption >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Jets were in danger of
relinquishing the mystique they'd worked so hard to create over the past two-
plus years, even if the braggadocio never left.
Eli Manning found himself in a similar scen
Colts TE Clark sidelined with leg injury >>
Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Indianapolis Colts tight end Dallas
Clark will miss a few weeks due to a lower left leg injury suffered in
Sunday's game against Atlanta.
Clark exited Sunday's game in the second quarter,
Verdasco wins; Ferrero, Davydenko lose in Paris >>
Paris, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fernando Verdasco was among Monday's winners,
while former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero and former champion Nikolay
Davydenko came up losers at the final ATP Masters event of the year -- the
$3.06 m
Las Vegas Sports Consultants (LVSC) is the world’s premier oddsmaking company and the most respected authority on making the lines. Mike Seba is a Senior Oddsmaker at LVSC and has been making lines for the last six years. In our extended interview, Seba explained that there are 4-5 oddsmakers assigned to make lines for each of the major sports (pro & college football and basketball; MLB, NHL, boxing, golf). Each of these oddsmakers bring unique opinions, strengths and weaknesses to the process. Oddsmakers at LVSC are professional sports junkies who love what they do and would probably do it for nothing if you asked them, but they do get paid for it. By necessity their approach is very research-oriented and concise, since with millions of dollars at risk there is little margin for error.
“You either have a passion for it or you don’t,” Seba said.
“The #1 thing for us is to make a line for each game that creates good two-way action. We do this by drawing from past experiences and applying them to current situations. People think it’s much more complicated, but it’s not. “Divided action means the sportsbook is guaranteed a profit on the game because of the fee charged to the bettor (called juice or vig – typically $11 bet to win $10).
Power ratings are the oddsmaker’s value of each team and are used as a guide to calculate a "preliminary" pointspread on an upcoming game. The power ratings are adjusted after each game a team plays. Examples of non-game factors that would require an adjustment to a team's power rating are key player injuries and player trades.
Once a game’s power rating based pointspread is determined, the oddsmaker will make adjustments to that line after considering each team's most recent games played and previous games played against that opponent. Also, adjustments are made after reading each team’s local newspapers to get a sense of what the coaches & players are thinking going into the game.Since the oddsmaker’s ultimate goal is equally dividing the sports betting action, public perception and sportsbook betting patterns must be taken into account. For example, the public might have heavy betting interest week after week on a popular college football betting team such as USC. If an oddsmaker comes up with a preliminary line of USC -7, then an adjustment up to -7.5 or -8 would be made in response to the public’s expected USC bias.
The last step in the line-making process for each oddsmaker is taking one final look to determine whether or not the line "feels right." This is where common sense and past experience with how games are bet enters into the picture.A round-table discussion among the 4-5 oddsmakers involved in making the line for each sport is then conducted and a consensus line is decided upon by the Odds Director before it is released to the sportsbooks. Of the 4-5 oddsmakers, generally the 2 most respected opinions are weighed more heavily by the Odds Director before he decides on the final line.
Experts working for the individual books having a strong opinion on the game
Individual books having players who consistently bet with certain tendencies (such as an extreme bias toward favorites or toward a certain popular team like USC)The purpose of these adjustments, like all line adjustments, is to more equally divide the betting action.
Once betting begins, sportsbooks can adjust the line at any time. In doing so they attempt to make more attractive the team that is getting less action. By moving the line, sportsbooks can influence how the public bets on a particular game.For example, if the pointspread on a game is 7 and most of the money is coming in on the underdog (taking the +7), sportsbooks will then move the number down to 6 ½ to try and attract money on the favorite.
Moving the line is the oddsmaker's effort to balance betting action, and often times such moves can have a major impact on a bettor’s decision. Oddsmakers can also change the line depending on various event-related factors such as player injuries or weather. Obviously, if the line comes out a week ahead of the event (which is the case in football), there is much that could happen during the week leading up to the event that could affect the line. Oddsmakers have to determine if any changes are necessary and send out an "adjusted line."“The main objective is that our clients get equal action on both sides,” Seba said. “We’re not trying to pick the team that covers the spread, we’re trying to make it a coin flip, a tough decision (for the bettor). If we’ve done that, we’ve done our job.”
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New York, NY – October 3, 2007 – The dress rehearsal is over! The NHL preseason has ended and now that fans have had a glimpse of what is to come it is time to hit the book! Stanley Cup odds are live at MySportsbook.com, the world’s largest online sportsbook and casino.
The Ottawa Senators and Detroit Red Wings remain on top of the odds charts after an impressive start in the preseason. Betting lines opened for both teams at 6-1 in June. Since then the Sens have fallen to 7-1 and the Red Wings are now caught in a pack including the defending champion Carolina Hurricanes, the San Jose Sharks and the Anaheim Ducks, all at 10-1.
MySportsbook.com has also posted props on each team’s point total for the regular season. The Senators lead the charge at 108.5 followed by the Ducks at 106.5. Detroit will attempt a repeat for the prize as the Red Wings are deadlocked with the Predators at 104.5 a piece. The temporary loss of highly touted rookie Evgeni Malkin puts a lot of pressure on the stick of assistant captain Sidney Crosby - his lowly Pittsburgh Penguins are listed at 71.5.
Even if bettors are not brave enough to put their money on the underdog, an early bet on the favorites at sportsbook.com tends to produce bigger payouts than a mid-season wager. Placing a $1,000 bet last summer on the Detroit Red Wings or Ottawa Senators would have paid out to $8,000 and $10,000 respectively, opposed to a $2,500 or $3,000 payout at the beginning of the playoffs.
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NHL Regular Season Points - Team Must Play 82 Games
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