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05/04/2010 - Barcelona, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lionel Messi had two goals and an assist, leading Barcelona to a 4-1 win over Tenerife at rainy Camp Nou on Tuesday.
Messi increased his La Liga-leading scoring total to 31, and extended Barca's lead top the standings to four points over Real Madrid, which visits Mallorca on Wednesday in a top-four clash.
Bojan Krkic and Pedro also scored for Barcelona, which won its 29th match this season against just one loss and six draws.
Dani Alves played a role in both Messi goals, setting up the first with a pass to the left post that Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent to Messi on the right side.
Messi managed to lift the ball just over Tenerife goalie Sergio Aragoneses and inside the right post before Pablo Sicilia could clear the ball in the 17th.
Tenerife, which remained even on points with Malaga bridging the bottom three, leveled through Roman in the 39th, but Barca took control in the second half.
Alves, who finished with three assists, put Krkic through into the area on the right in the 63rd, and he finished to the far post. Messi set up Pedro in the 77th on the right, and he slipped a shot between the legs of Aragoneses.
Messi finished his performance by settling a lofting pass from Alves to finish inside the left post on the last play of the match.
Mata scored twice and David Silva added a goal as Valencia secured a Champions League berth, and opened a nine-point cushion on Mallorca for third place.
Kalu Uche scored twice as Almeria beat Villarreal 4-2 to move closer to safety and leave the Yellow Submarines even on points with Getafe for the last Europa League berth. Roberto Soldado scored as Getafe tied Sporting Gijon 1-1 to pull even with Villarreal, while Gijon inched four above the drop zone.
Also Wednesday, Real Zaragoza hosts Espanyol, Athletic Bilbao hosts Malaga, Racing hosts Sevilla, Osasuna hosts Deportivo, and Atletico Madrid hosts Valladolid.
<< Galaxy face tough test at Colorado
Commerce City, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Galaxy, arguably Major
League Soccer's top team through six weeks of the 2010 season, faces its
toughest test of the season this week.
The Galaxy are in the midst of a three-game
<< Royals release Colon, reliever signs in Korea
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Royals released pitcher Roman
Colon on Tuesday, allowing him to sign with the KIA Tigers of the Korean
Baseball Organization.
Colon was outrighted to Triple-A Omaha in mid-April after
<< Bucs RB/KR Smith signs
Tampa, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced Tuesday that
running back/kick returner Clifton Smith has signed his one-year tender
offer.
Smith joined the Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent out of Fresno State
<< Earnhardt Jr. fans hoping his next win will come soon
Charlotte, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dale Earnhardt Jr. fans continue to wait and
wonder. When will Earnhardt Jr.'s winless streak end, and will NASCAR's most
popular driver make it into the championship chase this season after missing
it last
Tracy, Green reunite for Indy 500 >>
Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Former IndyCar team owner Barry Green has
joined KV Racing Technology to serve as Paul Tracy's race strategist for the
May 30 Indianapolis 500, team officials announced on Tuesday.
Green and Tracy will
Padres disable Gallagher, promote Webb >>
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Padres have placed right-
handed pitcher Sean Gallagher on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained toe
on his left foot.
The 24-year-old Gallagher has appeared in nine games in relief
Browns sign TE Smith >>
Berea, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Browns have reportedly signed tight
end Alex Smith on Tuesday.
The Cleveland Plains Dealer is reporting that the team has signed the five-
year veteran to a one-year deal.
He spent last seaso
Penguins F Guerin out for Game 3 >>
Montreal, QC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bill Guerin will
miss his club's Eastern semifinal Game 3 against the Montreal Canadiens
with an undisclosed injury.
Prior to the contest, TSN of Canada reported that Guer
MySportsbook.com Favors Fighting Irish to win College Football betting odds
According to odds makers at MySportsbook.com, on January 8, the Fighting Irish faithful may be toasting their 14th national title in Arizona – Notre Dame’s first national championship in close to 20 years.
Although MySportsbook.com has listed Notre Dame as the 5-1 favorite to win thecollege football College Football betting, fans in Columbus do not need to cancel their tickets to Glendale just yet. The Ohio State Buckeyes, listed right behind the Irish at 7-1, are also heavy favorites to win college football’s most coveted prize, while West Virginia, USC and the 2007 National Champion Texas Longhorns - all listed at 8-1 – are strong contenders as well.
MySportsbook.com has also posted gambling odds on the conference championships for the ACC, Big 12 and SEC. In the ACC – it could be anyone’s title, particularly for the two schools from the Sunshine State. Florida State and Miami, both listed at 2-1, are favored to win the ACC Championship Game odds, with the ‘Noles hoping to finish in the nation’s top 10 for the first time in five years, and the ‘Canes looking to avenge their 10-7 loss against FSU in last year’s ACC Championship betting.
Moving west to the Big 12, MySportsbook.com has betting lines listing Texas as 7-5 favorites to repeat as conference champions, even though the Longhorns lost their national championship-winning quarterback Vince Young to the NFL. In the south, the Auburn Tigers – led by Heisman-hopeful senior running back Kenny Irons – have been given the best odds to win the SEC Championship odds at 5-2.
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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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