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    Five Great Football Simulation Games

    Posted on September 11, 2016 by admin Posted in college football .

    The list below features five of the best simulation games.

    Second and Ten

    http://www.secondandten.com/

    Although the related Baseball Mogul has been more popular, Football Mogul has been around for an entire decade. The database of players dates back to the 1950s, so players can also simulate historical seasons.

    This simulation has been around since the days of DOS, and gameplay is largely the same as it was 20 years ago. Strategy focuses on the gamer calling formations and various plays.

    Front Office Football

    http://www.solecismic.com/index.php

    This game features both a professional version and a college version. One purchased, users can download an extensive amount of content, including files to cover past seasons. The game has gone through many enhancements focusing in both general management aspects of gameplay as well as the simulation part of the football games themselves. The game features a number of options that allows players to simulate seasons and more. The results are based on actual NFL stats, so the results are accurate from a statistical standpoint.

    SportsSims: http://www.sportsims.net/

    Other Simulations

    There are several other simulations available, including the following:

    When it comes to modern football video games, nothing compares in popularity with the Madden series produced by EA Sports. These are known generally as text-based simulations. Some are purchased and downloaded, while others are played online. The Madden games feature realistic graphics and fun gameplay, but some football enthusiasts prefer games that focus more on simulating actual NFL football games.

    Football Mogul

    http://www.sportsmogul.com/games/football2k12.html

    Strat-O-Matic: http://www.somworld.com/

    The video below demonstrates what gameplay looks like:

    This is the newest game on the list, and it has promise. Players can simulate individual games as well as entire seasons or multiple seasons. Later editions added the ability to call plays, but the game’s main focus has been on the front office aspects (hence, the name).. Action! PC Football focuses more heavily on the game simulation and is widely regarded for the designer’s thoroughness in creating the game.

    Barcode Games: Professional Football Simulator

    http://www.barcodegames.com/

    Goal Line Blitz: http://goallineblitz.com/

    Action! PC Football

    http://www.dksports.com/football.htm

    The best simulations do not focus on graphics at all. Older versions of the game tended to get hampered by flaws in the interface, but the newer versions of the game have improved these flaws and shortcomings.

    Solecismic Software first produced Front Office Football in the 1990s as one of the first simulations to focus on management aspects of football rather than actual gameplay itself. Each year, the company sells million of copies each year

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    Martin Demichelis: ArgetnStar charged over betting

    Posted on September 11, 2016 by admin Posted in football betting .

    Demichelis is not the first professional football player to have been charged by the FA over betting offenses.

    Rule E8 states: “A Participant shall not bet, either directly or indirectly, or instruct, permit, cause or enable any person to bet on – (i) the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of, or occurrence in, a football match or competition; or (ii) any other matter concerning or related to football anywhere in the world, including, for example and without limitation, the transfer of players, employment of managers, team selection or disciplinary matters.”

    The misconduct charge is the latest blow for Demichelis, whose performances and that of his fellow teammates have dipped in recent weeks, with City falling out of contention in the Premier League title race after losing a number of crucial fixtures over the past couple of months.

    Newcastle and England winger Andros Townsend was fined £18,000 ($26,000) and banned for four months in 2013 — a punishment which prevented him from playing at the European Under-21 Championship.

    There is no suggestion that Demichelis was involved in match fixing nor that he bet on games in which he was involved.

    Story highlightsMartin Demichelis charged over alleged bettingDefender accused of committing 12 breaches relating to matches in JanuaryArgentine international could face a fine or suspension35-year-old has until April 5 to appeal

    Demichelis, 35, is accused of having broken worldwide rules which came into existence on August 1 2014 to prevent players from betting on any football activity whether inside or outside of their domestic league.

    City manager Manuel Pellegrini, who announced he will leave the club at the end of the season last month, has presided over defeats to rivals Tottenham, Leicester and Manchester United with his team 15 points off the pace and now fighting to qualify for next season’s Champions League.

    City did beat Liverpool to win the League Cup final and face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League quarterfinals next week.

    Manchester City declined to comment when contacted by CNN. Demichelis was not immediately available for comment.

    “It is alleged the player committed 12 breaches of FA Rule E8 concerning football matches between 22 January 2016 and 28 January 2016. He has until 5pm on 5 April 2016 to respond to the charge,” said an FA statement:

    Dan Gosling, the Bournemouth midfielder, was fined £30,000 ($43,000) after breaching the rules in March 2014 while at former club Newcastle.

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    Alex Rodriguez suspended for entire 2014 season

    Posted on September 11, 2016 by admin Posted in betting baseball .

    Major League Baseball did not release details of the arbitrator’s decision, which the players union said it “strongly disagrees” with.

    “The number of games sadly comes as no surprise, as the deck has been stacked against me from day one,” said Rodriguez, who has struggled with hip injuries in recent years. Though he was suspended in August, Rodriguez played out the 2013 season because of the appeal.

    The 162-game suspension — which is the most severe punishment in baseball history for doping — highlights baseball Commissioner Bud Selig’s recent high-profile crackdown on performance-enhancing drugs. He will likely appeal in federal court.

    Rodriguez, one of 14 players suspended in the Biogenesis scandal, was the only one who appealed his suspension. . “This is one man’s decision that was not put before a fair and impartial jury,” Rodriguez said, “does not involve me having failed a single drug test, is at odds with the facts and is inconsistent with the terms of the Joint Drug Agreement and the Basic Agreement, and relies on testimony and documents that would never have been allowed in any court in the United States because they are false and wholly unreliable.”

    The Yankees said in a statement that they “respect Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, the arbitration process, as well as the decision released today by the arbitration panel.”

    Saturday’s ruling stemmed from Rodriguez’s appeal of a his suspension by MLB, which accused him of taking performance-enhancing drugs and having ties to the now-shuttered Biogenesis clinic in South Florida.

    Biogenesis was a former anti-aging clinic that MLB said supplied steroids to at least a dozen baseball players.

    The ruling by Major League Baseball arbitrator Fredric Horowitz will not only cost Rodriguez $25 million in salary, it also further clouds the groundbreaking career of a player who will turn 40 during the 2015 season.

    “No player should have to go through what I have been dealing with, and I am exhausting all options to ensure not only that I get justice, but that players’ contracts and rights are protected through the next round of bargaining, and that the MLB investigation and arbitration process cannot be used against others in the future the way it is currently being used to unjustly punish me,” Rodriguez said in a statement.

    Rodriguez, 38, is fifth on MLB’s list of all-time home run leaders, just six behind Willie Mays.

    Story highlights The New York Yankees say they “respect” the decision Alex Rodriguez suspended for 2014 regular season and postseasonDecision will cost slugger $25 million Rodriguez plans to appeal

    An arbitrator Saturday upheld most of New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez’s 211-game doping suspension, keeping him out of the 162-game 2014 regular season and the postseason.

    When the suspension ends in 2015, Rodriguez will be owed $61 million in a contract that runs through 2017.

    Rodriguez, one of the best players of his generation who was once considered an automatic Hall of Fame candidate, was defiant in a statement released Saturday.

    The former Seattle Mariner, Texas Ranger and now New York Yankee player then took a swipe at Selig, whom he has claimed in the past had an unjustified vendetta against him.

    Rodriguez, who has claimed he was the target of a MLB “witch hunt,” probably will appeal Horowitz’s decision in the courts or to seek to delay the suspension

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    What They Are, How to Read Them and What to Do With Them by Ed Bagley

    Posted on September 10, 2016 by admin Posted in college football .

    Now you can better understand why La Salle College is ranked last among 242 Division I schools.

    6) Temple (ranked No. 145 after its opening loss) face off in week two. Good luck, La Salle, and God speed.

    The BCS (Bowl Championship Series) does not factor in scoring margin. Following its horrendous loss, Michigan ended up being ranked No. La Salle is a Catholic university located in Philadelphia.

    When you know that more than $700 million can be bet on one game–the Super Bowl–in only Las Vegas, then you understand that billions were bet illegally on the Super Bowl last year in the United States and in offshore sports books around the world.

    Created by Jeff Sagarin, a 1970 MIT mathematics graduate, these computer ratings are for Division I-A (what the NCAA now calls the Football Bowl (FB) Subdivision) and Division I-AA (what the NCAA now calls the Football Championship (FC) Subdivision) teams.

    A diminishing-returns principle exists to prevent teams from building up ratings by running up large victory margins against weak teams. 174 (56 AA teams are rated better), and their play reflects their rating. 41 by Sagarin following its 23-3 home victory over Virginia.

    Copyright © 2007 Ed Bagley

    Folks in the gaming business know that more than a billion dollars is wagered on every Monday Night Football game during the season.

    Only Division I (both A and AA) are counted for rating and schedule strength during the season.

    Anyway, the Sagarin rating is a numerical measure of a team’s strength.

    Ursinus College is not a Division 1 school (which includes the 242 teams with La Salle), not a Division II team (which includes another 157 teams), but a Division III team. 143 after its opening loss) and Buffalo (ranked No. 2. 57 after the loss. Instead, it rewards teams that do well against good opponents.

    A hypothetical victory margin is determined by comparing the rating of the two teams after adding 2.93 points to the home team. 36 after steamrolling over UAB 55-18 in its home opener.

    1) Washington, one of the poor to mediocre teams in the country the last several years, was rated No. 31 after hammering Syracuse 42-14 in its home opener.

    While betting on sports is only legal in a few places in the United States, such as Las Vegas, millions of office workers are involved in sports pools every week now that the football season has arrived.

    5) Notre Dame, beaten badly (33-3) by Georgia Tech, was rated No. Georgia Tech was rated No. 5 by both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll going into the game. 38 following its upset of mighty Michigan 34-32 on Michigan’s home field. For Sagarin ratings and more detailed information go to: www.usatoday.com

    Michigan was ranked No. 242 La Salle Explorers. The win was the biggest upset in college football history as no AA team had ever beaten a ranked team.

    You will have to forgive the NCAA for taking titles that have been used for years and are perfectly clear, then renaming them and creating confusion in the process.

    4) Wyoming, a small school and never among the nation’s top teams, was ranked No. The home edge will vary during the season.

    For those who wager, it may be helpful to put some science on your side when you wager, and one of the best places to do that is with the Sagarin College Football Ratings.

    3) Appalachian State, a AA school, was rated No. Ursinus is not a planet but a real liberal arts college in Pennsylvania.

    The first job for La Salle this year will be to score a touchdown, or any points, including a field goal or touchback. The worst-rated AA school is the No. The worst-rated A school is Florida International at No. La Salle lost its home opener to Ursinus 28-0. The ratings are updated following each week’s games and published in USA Today on Wednesdays.

    2) Michigan State, another short end of the stick team for far too long, was rated No. Both teams are among the 7 worst Division I-A teams in the country, joining Louisiana-Monroe, Rice, Duke, Utah State and Florida International. . The Explorers next job will be to actually win a game. The Irish failed to score a touchdown for the first time ever in their home opener.

    7) A total of 242 teams, 119 A schools and 123 AA schools, make up the Sagarin College Football Ratings. 40 by Sagarin.

    Following the first week of college football action, here are some facts that interested me about Sagarin’s first-week ratings:

    If there is a way for the NCAA to assert its superior power, it does so by making everything more difficult and confusing, similar to your United States government and its IRS tax code which could reduce a sane person to tears just reading it.

    The Sagarin College Football Ratings: What They Are, How to Read Them and What to Do With Them

     by: Ed Bagley

    USA Today, the largest circulation newspaper in the United States, is the nation’s daily newspaper and carries the Sagarin College Football Ratings

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    NFL Teams in Alphabetical Order

    Posted on September 10, 2016 by admin Posted in football betting .

    Every year, the Super Bowl (the NFL championship game) is what excites football fans the most, with everyone looking forward to spending time together and watching the big game over some delicious food. As such, the total number of NFL teams is 32. A very interesting fact is that, over 8 million pounds of guacamole is consumed on Super Bowl Sunday, and the sales of antacids increase drastically the next day! Such is the impact of the NFL, which seems to be only getting bigger with every passing year.

    Formerly known as the American Professional Football Association, and started in the year 1920, the group soon adapted itself to the National Football League in the year 1922. A lot of people plan Super Bowl Sunday way in advance, and ensure that they have no engagements or commitments that day. Each zone has four teams, resulting in 16 teams under the AFC, and 16 under the NFC. The AFC and NFC have four zones each-North, South, East, and West. Here however, is something for those of you looking for such a list in alphabetical order.

    NFL Team

    Division

    Arizona Cardinals

    NFC West

    Atlanta Falcons

    NFC South

    Baltimore Ravens

    AFC North

    Buffalo Bills

    AFC East

    Carolina Panthers

    NFC South

    Chicago Bears

    NFC North

    Cincinnati Bengals

    AFC North

    Cleveland Browns

    AFC North

    Dallas Cowboys

    NFC East

    Denver Broncos

    AFC West

    Detroit Lions

    NFC East

    Green Bay Packers

    NFC North

    Houston Texans

    AFC South

    Indianapolis Colts

    AFC South

    Jacksonville Jaguars

    AFC South

    Kansas City Chiefs

    AFC West

    Miami Dolphins

    AFC East

    Minnesota Vikings

    NFC North

    New England Patriots

    AFC East

    New Orleans Saints

    NFC South

    New York Giants

    NFC East

    New York Jets

    AFC East

    Oakland Raiders

    AFC West

    Philadelphia Eagles

    NFC East

    Pittsburgh Steelers

    AFC North

    San Diego Chargers

    AFC West

    San Francisco 49ers

    NFC West

    Seattle Seahawks

    NFC West

    St. It is now one of the richest sporting leagues in the world. As the biggest sports league that American football has ever seen, the craze about the NFL, its players, and the yearly Super Bowl only gets greater and wider. Also known as Super Bowl Sunday, it is a day on which maximum food is consumed, after Thanksgiving!

    There are a total of 32 NFL teams, which have been divided into various zones of the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). Usually, you will always find a zone-wise distribution of these teams. Louis Rams

    NFC West

    Tampa Bay Buccaneers

    NFC South

    Tennessee Titans

    AFC South

    Washington Redskins

    NFC East

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    Using Reverse Line Movement To Win

    Posted on September 10, 2016 by admin Posted in betting baseball .

    All of this will be fun to follow (not to mention profitable) when every sport except baseball are going on simultaneously during the winter months.

    http://prosportsonline.net

    To back this up, our friends over at Prosportsonline.net have tracked the records for games where over 60 percent of the public has been on one side, yet there was reverse line movement of at least one full point from the opening number at the top sportsbooks in NFL, NCAAF, NBA and NCAAB. Keep a close eye on Canbet here, as that Australian sportsbook cracked the top five both years.

    The highest two-year winning percentage using RLM from the top five books belongs to College Football, which went 480-341-10, 58.5 percent, +95.10 units. Note that these records are for sides only and do not include totals.

    The NFL sports betting is generally considered the toughest sport to beat, yet blindly following this method produced an exceptional 59.2 percent win rate last season, improving the two year record to 328-249-12, 56.8 percent, +59.06 units. So what exactly is reverse line movement? RLM takes place when a large majority of bets are on one team, yet the line moves in the opposite direction. Keep in mind that NCAAB was the most liquid sport in terms of top-five sportbooks however, with not a single sportsbook making the top five both years. Furthermore, they list the RLM records for many individual sportsbook, making it easy to spot which books this system is working at and which books it may be best to ignore.

    College Basketball sports betting was not too shabby either, with a two-year mark of 492-356-22, 58.0 percent, +91.96 units. We tracked the top five books for each of the pointspread sports for the last two years, as as you can see, this strategy has been profitable in every sport. This would make Miami +6 the RLM play.

    So what causes RLM when the aim of most sportsbooks is to get as close to balanced action on both sides as possible? The answer to this is quite simple: the sharp bettors; the one’s who give sports betting advice. Keep an eyes on the top five sportsbooks at Sports Insights though, as NCAAF sports betting has been very liquid in that regard, with only one sportsbook (believe it or not, Bodog) finishing in the top five both years.

    So what we recommend is to only use the top five each season for each individual sport (in terms of units won). However, instead of the line rising as you might expect, it instead drops to Chargers -6. Carib ruled the roost season at 93-66-9, 58.5 percent, +18.55 units after ABC held the penthouse spot in the 2007-08 season.

    Now do the sharps win every single time? Absolutely not! However, they are right more often than they are wrong, so being on the same side as the sharps is a prudent strategy over the long run, and again, the best thing is that there in absolutely no conventional sports handicapping necessary..

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    Thus, following reverse line movements is the same thing a following the smart money. Last year was a good RLM season for NFL sports betting (45-29, 60.8 percent, +11.91), but two sportsbooks that were in the top five in NFL RLM in both seasons.

    The proper way to make a sports bet using reverse line movement is to place your bet as soon as there is an RLM of one full point (or 10 cents in MLB and NHL) off of the opening line. It should be noted that many fewer MLB games have qualified so far this season (is the whole world using RLM now?), but smaller profits is still profit.Again, these records are for Money Lines only and do not include totals.Finally, NHL sports betting has picked up 148.49 units in two years, and unlike MLB, NHL had four sportsbooks out of the top five gain double-digit units this past season. RLM takes place when more money/ sportsbook picks are bet by the small percentage of bettors that are on the unpopular side (the sharps) than is bet by the huge majority of players betting the popular side (the squares). To illustrate, let us say that San Diego Chargers open at -7 over the Miami Dolohins, and over 70 percent of the sports bets placed on the game are on San Diego. Another important recommendation is to use a slow moving (but reliable) sportsbook. This is where an important word of caution is in order though. This may enable you to get the stale more favorable sports betting line at the time the reverse line movement hits at the triggering Sportsbook. Sure, using this approach leaves open the possibility of the line turning around and moving back against you, but as you will see in bit, betting as soon as an RLM qualifies has been profitable in every major North American sport such as the last two seasons, so if one line turns around, so be it. Quite a few RLM followers watch the moves until almost game time, and then bet accordingly. The huge problem with this is that the nfl line, ncaaf line or nhl line may have moved too much by that time, and all of the value has been sucked out of the unpopular side..

    NBA sports betting has the lowest two-year five-book RLM winning percentage among the 11/10 sports, but then again, every gambler in the world would kill to go 382-301-9, 55.9 percent, +48.90 units, and the 57.5 percent win rate this past season is nothing to sneeze at. The records quoted below are based on the bets being made at the triggering books, so beating the move by a half-point or a few cents now and then would actually make your record even better.

    Also, games where over 60 percent of the public are on one side, yet there is reverse line movement of at least 10 cents on the Money Line from the opening number at the top five sportsbooks in MLB and NHL sports betting has also been profitable

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    Top 10 Sports Colleges

    Posted on September 9, 2016 by admin Posted in college football .

    Stanford University

    With an impressive record in virtually every varsity sport, this Ivy League school holds the top ranking among sports colleges. The Gators are also known for their strong contenders in football, men’s basketball, and women’s golf, soccer, football, tennis, and volleyball.

    9. Florida State University

    Florida State is a top contender in a number of college athletics programs, including football, basketball, softball, soccer, volleyball, swimming, and diving. The school is also known for victories in men’s diving, swimming, golf, track, gymnastics, men’s and women’s fencing, and more.

    With the widespread popularity of college sports teams, and the consistent successes of each of these colleges on the field and in the stadium, it’s no wonder these top 10 sports schools garner the support and spirit of students and fans all over the nation.

    10. University of Georgia

    With rigorous academic requirements for all athletes, Georgia is setting the pace for a new paradigm of scholarships among its top level football, baseball, gymnastics, tennis, and swim teams.

    College sports have captured the hearts of millions of Americans, from loyal students and alumni cheering on their schools to local businesses and fans. Whether you follow college baseball, football, gymnastics, volleyball, soccer, or other varsity athletics, these are some of the top universities to beat:

    1. University of Florida

    Florida is renowned in a number of varsity sports, notably excelling in women’s swimming and men’s track and field in the 2009-2010 season. UCLA is also renowned for its women’s sports performances, with the softball, track, gymnastics, and rowing teams excelling in 2009-2010.

    4. 5. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

    One of the country’s most widely recognized sports schools, UCLA was the first university to win over 100 NCAA championships, making the Bruins a fixture among the top basketball schools. They finished 5th in the 2009-2010 NACDA reckoning of sports colleges, placing them in the top 5 for the first time.

    3. They’re especially known for their excellence in football, as well as putting forward strong contenders in track and baseball.

    6. University of North Carolina

    North Carolina has won 51 titles and 34 national championships in 6 different sports, making its mark as one of the top sports colleges in the United States. University of Texas

    This Texas school has won more titles than any other school in the Big 12 League since it was founded in 1996. The university is known for its basketball team, as well as women’s soccer, women’s field hockey, and men’s lacrosse.

    With a staff of over 100 coaches and assistants, 34 varsity sports, and about 300 athletic scholarships, it’s no wonder this school presented 49 athletes in the 2008 Beijing Winter Olympics and has over 9,000 students enrolled in intramural sports in any given semester.

    2. Stanford has brought home the NACDA Director’s Cup award for Division I sports for the past 15 years, qualifying it as best overall for collegiate sports in the United States.. University of Virginia

    The Cavaliers raced to top positions in women’s rowing and men’s soccer in the past year, among the school’s other sporting achievements.

    8. Ohio State University

    Ohio State has brought home championship wins in all three of the biggest men’s sports: basketball, football, and baseball. University of Southern California

    Southern California is best known for its varsity football team, which has won 11 championships, but also excels in basketball and a host of other college athletics.

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    How the Sports Betting Line is Made by RJ Bell

    Posted on September 9, 2016 by admin Posted in football betting .

    Once the opening line is released by LVSC, the individual sportsbooks decide if they want to make any adjustments before offering it to the public.

    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.

    Why the Line Changes

    “The #1 thing for us is to make a line for each game that creates good two-way action. People think it’s much more complicated, but it’s not.”

    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)

    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). 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.

    The purpose of these adjustments, like all line adjustments, is to more equally divide the betting action. Oddsmakers have to determine if any changes are necessary and send out an “adjusted line.”

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    What Is the Line Trying to Accomplish?

    Since the oddsmaker’s ultimate goal is equally dividing the betting action, public perception and betting patterns must be taken into account. Reasons for such adjustments include:

    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. 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. By moving the line, sportsbooks can influence how the public bets on a particular game.

    “You either have a passion for it or you don’t,” Seba said.

    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. We do this by drawing from past experiences and applying them to current situations. By necessity their approach is very research-oriented and concise, since with millions of dollars at risk there is little margin for error. The power ratings are adjusted after each game a team plays.

    “The main objective is that our clients get equal action on both sides,” Seba said. 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. If we’ve done that, we’ve done our job.”

    Las Vegas Sports Consultants (LVSC) is the world’s premier oddsmaking company and the most respected authority on making the lines.

    How the Opening Line Is Made

    Once betting begins, sportsbooks can adjust the line at any time.

    There is a common misconception that point spreads represent the oddsmakers’ prediction of how many points the favorite will win by. That is not the case at all – their intent is NOT to evenly split the ATS result between the teams; rather, their goal is to attract equal betting action on both sides. Seba explained that it all starts with each oddsmaker creating a line on each game based upon their own personal approach.

    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. 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. “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).

    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. 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. This usually includes having up-to-date power ratings on each team. For example, the public might have heavy betting interest week after week on a popular college football team such as USC. In doing so they attempt to make more attractive the team that is getting less action. Mike Seba is a Senior Oddsmaker at LVSC and has been making lines for the last six years. Of course there is an entire method to the madness on how the opening line is created.

    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. Stated another way, they want to create a line that half the people find appealing to bet one way while the other half find it appealing to bet the other way (known as ‘dividing the action’).

    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.

    RJ Bell

    ©Pregame.com 2006

    Website: http://www.Pregame.com

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    The opening line is the first line created by the oddsmakers, which is then sent out to sportsbooks

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    Baseball Betting – How to Bet on Baseball

    Posted on September 9, 2016 by admin Posted in betting baseball .

    The run line uses a constant spread of 1.5 runs, although on very rare occasions you may see it jump to 2.5 runs. For our purposes, let’s say the odds on the game were:

    As a general rule, strikeout pitchers typically perform better in night games and may be solid under plays, while off-speed pitchers who don’t register too many strikeouts are usually good over plays when they are pitching in the daytime.

    Kansas City Royals +1.5 -125

    Boston Red Sox -1.5 +105

    Now, those people betting on the Royals are risking more money than they will win, in this case $125 to win $100, but they are receiving 1.5 runs. Obviously, 1.5 runs is more meaningful in a contest where the oddsmaker is predicting a total of 7 runs to be scored than it is in a game where the predicted total is 14 runs.

    The reason the odds didn’t change as much for the Padres (-115 to +135) as they did for the Red Sox (-180 to +105) is because the Red Sox are the home team and will not bat in the bottom of the ninth inning if they lead by one run or they will stop batting in the ninth inning if they go ahead by a run, even if the bases are loaded and there are no outs, unless they score by home run.

    Baseball Overs & UndersIf you’re completely new to overs/unders, more commonly referred to as totals, a good place to get started is here.

    Baseball totals are just like the totals for any other sport, in that you’re betting the total number of points (runs in this case) is either over or under the bookmaker’s predicted total.

    On the money line, Padres bettors will risk $115 to win $100, while Giants bettors will risk $100 to win $105. There is no point spread and the odds used for baseball wagering look foreign to them. If you don’t know anything about over/unders, you’re in luck, as that’s our next topic.

    But when betting with the run line, we would expect to see the same game looking closer to:

    Baseball Betting – How to Bet on BaseballMany longtime sports bettors will say that baseball is the easiest of the major sports in which to show a profit, yet it’s one of the least wagered on sports around.

    In the book “Sports Betting: A Winner’s Handbook” Jerry Patterson states, “More big scores have been made betting on baseball than any other proposition.”

    Let’s use an example of the Royals playing at the Red Sox. If you bet nothing but underdogs you can win less than half of your bets and still come out ahead in the long run.

    The Run Line The run line is essentially a combination of the point spread and the money line rolled into one.

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    The one difference is that in many cases you will have to risk more than the standard -110 used in football and basketball totals when you place a baseball totals bet. Using the run line, however, we would see odds resembling:

    Looking at another game, this time where the road team is favored, we’ll choose the Padres at the Giants. On the regular money line we may see odds like:

    The most common assumption on why sports gamblers don’t wager on baseball is that they don’t know how. Bet wisely and remember that it’s a long season and you might be the next gambler to be singing the praises of baseball wagering.

    What this means is that bettors wishing to wager more than 8.5 runs will be scored will have to risk $130 to win $100, while those wagering on the under will risk $100 to win $110.

    The first thing prospective baseball bettors need to do is understand how the money line works.

    Kansas City Royals +165

    Boston Red Sox -180

    How is the predicted number of runs figured? Simply by looking at the oddsmaker’s over/under number on the game. The team that is favored on the money line will also be the favored team on the run line.

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    Using our earlier game between the Padres and the Giants for total purposes, it’s quite possible we would see a totals proposition of:

    San Diego Padres OV 8.5 -130

    San Francisco Giants UN 8.5 +110[

    As you remember from your reading on the money line, what this means is that Red Sox bettors are asked to risk $180 to win $100, while Royals bettors will risk $100 to win $165.

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    For wagering purposes what happens in extra innings counts, both for totals and run line bets.

    San Diego Padres -115

    San Francisco Giants +105

    It’s also wise to consider the predicted amount of runs scored in a game when looking at the run line. But it’s actually quite easy.

    San Diego Padres -1.5 +135

    San Francisco Giants +1.5 -155

    Don’t worry, once you see it in action, it’s not nearly as confusing as it first sounds.

    The Padres, as the road team, will continue to bat all the way through the ninth inning even if they’re already ahead, or if the Padres take a one run lead in the top of the ninth, they’ll continue to swing away and try to add to their lead.. Even if the Royals lose by one run, those betting Kansas City on the run line will win their bet because of the 1.5 runs.

    Smart bettors and professional gamblers will seldom give odds greater than -140 when betting on baseball and always look for a reason to bet the underdog. On the positive side, there will be cases where you receive favorable odds, such as +120 when you place a toals bet in baseball.

    Betting the run like makes sense when you like a big favorite and can get them at reduced odds by giving the 1.5 runs.

    There you have the basics to betting on the National Pastime

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    Las Vegas Hotel MGM Mirage Knew of Pool ‘Death Ray’ Back in 2008

    Posted on September 7, 2016 by admin Posted in gambling, gambling advice .

    “We’ve had no one file a complaint or injury claim.”

    Right now, the hotel is looking at getting some larger, thicker umbrellas, maybe some large plants and a few other, more high-tech options, Absher said.

    “Because of the curved, concave shape of that hotel, they sometimes get isolated pockets of high temperatures,” said Absher, the MGM Mirage spokesman.

    “I’m sitting there in the chair and all of the sudden my hair and the top of my head are burning,” Pintas told ABC News. As the Earth spins, the sun moves across the horizon. They didn’t want to spend the money,” Ashton told ABC News Wednesday night. Ashton wrote the builders of the Vdara hotel back in November 2008.

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    Fixing the problem isn’t going to be easy. A plastic cup melts at around 160 degrees.

    “This is hardly a unique situation,” he said.

    Today, guests lounging at the Las Vegas pool reportedly are getting burned by concentrated sun rays strong enough to melt plastic drink cups and plastic newspaper bags.

    They told him it even melts plastic cups.

    Gordon Absher, a spokesman for the hotel’s owner, MGM Mirage, said the company placed a reflective film over the windows that blocks about 70 percent of the light.

    A reporter from the Las Vegas Review-Journal made two trips to the pool and saw the 10-foot-by-15-foot hot zone.

    But for now, guests are going to have to be careful as the ray moves across the pool area.

    Apparently, there is a more scientific name for the “death ray,” a name that the hotel’s management prefers: “solar convergence phenomenon.”

    A solar glare specialist who was denied a contact by a Las Vegas hotel to help it solve an intense sunlight issue — now dubbed a “death ray” by employees there — says the casino ignored his advice and went with a cheaper fix.

    “It is at best a mild inconvenience,” he said. Putting in one row of thick umbrellas won’t solve the problem because each day they would have to be a few feet back or a few feet forward from their prior day’s position.

    He said that Vdara is not the only building in America to have the problem.. Until then, add some extra sunscreen and beware of the strong light.

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    “They’re kind of giggling and say: ‘Yeah, we know. “Once bids were received, the film we installed met and exceed those specifications. The film manufactured by others, including SSAF, did not.

    Since the summer heat is on its way out, the hotel has a few months to find a solution. “I’m rubbing my head and it felt like a chemical burn. We offer them an umbrella. A plastic Vdara bag holding Pintas’ newspaper also was burned through by the sun. This was the first summer of operation and he said Vdara is investigating steps to solve the solar convergence.

    “I used to live in Miami and I’ve sat in the sun in Las Vegas 100 times. He ran to a nearby umbrella but even that didn’t provide cover, let alone a shadow.

    “It was as bright as outside,” said Pintas, a Chicago lawyer who owns a condo at the Vdara.

    With that film, the hotel acknowledged, “when folks are out on the pool deck, on some days people will feel this reflection and the heat associated with it.”

    The idea of a blinding light being magnified by a glass hotel in the middle of the desert shouldn’t surprise anyone. “We are dealing with a moving target.”

    Ashton blamed the problem on poor design, saying the building was placed in the wrong position. They thought nobody would get hurt.”

    Pintas said he shifted around, and suddenly the back of his legs were burning. During the summer, it was noticeable for about 90 minutes before and after noon, the reporter discovered from pool employee interviews. “They thought the issue would go away. But as the seasons change, the angle of the Earth to the sun changes too, meaning shadows — and in this case the hot spot — move in a different way. We call it the death ray,’” Pintas said.

    “This is quite literally an astronomical challenge,” Absher said. We offer them an explanation of the unique convergence we deal with there.

    Pintas said that polyethylene newspaper bags melt at between 120 and 130 degrees. I know what a hot sun feels like and this was not it,” he said. He said there are no “sour grapes” over being denied the contract.

    “No one has had to seek medical attention,” he added. The ray can increase temperatures 20 degrees in the zone.

    Pintas isn’t the only one to experience the so-called death ray at the City Center hotel.

    Absher said the company is well aware of the lingering problem. At the bar, he explained the intense heat to some employees.

    After a recent swim in the pool just after noon, he went back to his lounge chair.

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    “It is one thing to ask experts in their relative field for advice; it is another to ignore their advice without justification,” glass film manufacturer Nichols E. “If someone notices that the temperature has increased and they mention something to our staff, we offer to move them. The black letters bearing the name Vdara had entirely melted away.

    Bill Pintas felt burning in his hair during his experience with the hot spot.

    “They didn’t like the information. I couldn’t imagine what it could be.”

    Pintas learned he wasn’t the first person to experience the magnified sunlight. “My first inclination was thinking: Jesus we’ve destroyed the ozone layer because I am burning.”

    “The specifications for the window film used to mitigate our convergence, those specifications were written by a solar convergence expert that was hired to evaluate the situation and recommend mitigation,” Absher said. That’s why MGM Mirage hired consultants to evaluate the problem and find a solution.

    In the end, they chose a competing film that Ashton said was cheaper and inferior.

    Ashton is president of SSAF International, which ultimately did not get a contract for a protective window film to fix the problem.

    As the Earth rotates, the hot spot shifts across the pool area

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