Over the last couple of weeks, I have discussed how a pointspread is derived by a sportsbook and why the lines change. Now that we know the how and why of pointspreads, we can discuss how best to take advantage of different lines books offer.
Read More . . .This week I want to explain line moves from the House's point-of-view in more detail.
Read More . . .<b>Last week </b>I talked about how the House comes up with a pointspread and what it represents. Preseason football is the first opportunity we have to bet pointspreads each year (in the bookmaking world, your year starts in August so naturally that is the topic for this week.
Read More . . .This week marks the start of my second football season as a part-time columnist and the resumption of weekly publication.
Read More . . .Competition leads to innovation and that can certainly be seen in the sportsbook business in recent years. The offshore industry is undergoing the same changes that Las Vegas has in the last twenty years.
Read More . . .Another season of baseball's cross-league mixer has come to an end and I thought it would be interesting to discuss the results from both a statistical and a financial point-of-view.
Read More . . .I have wanted to write about golf betting for a while now and after watching the final round of the US Open yesterday, decided this is the time. First though, I would like to touch briefly on a couple of other topics.
Read More . . .In the last column, we discussed runlines and moneylines for betting baseball, America's pastime. Now lets talk a little about soccer, the pastime for the rest of the planet.
Read More . . .In the last issue, we covered the math involved in betting moneylines. Many of the hundreds of emails received in response to this issue asked how moneylines compare to runlines. This led to an easy choice for the topic of this week's column.
Read More . . .Last week we talked about which is more important, hitting or pitching, when picking winners in baseball. Based on the your email responses, it seems most of you prefer the pitching route. This week I want to discuss <b>moneylines in baseball,</b> and <b>how the mathematics involved should impact your wagering decision</b>.
Read More . . .March Madness is done for another year and the NBA playoffs are still a few days away, so baseball is the hot topic unless you live in places like Montreal, where hockey dominates the scene, or Milwaukee, where everyone is trying to figure out what has happened to the Bucks. At least Detroit has the Red Wings to make them forget about the Tigers. It can't be very often that a city's hockey team gets more wins than the baseball team, but the Red Wings have 51 and are poised for 16 more, and that might be too much for the Tigers to hope for this season.
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