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10/14/2011 - Las Vegas, NV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ron Hornaday Jr. captured the pole for Saturday's Smith's 350 Camping World Truck Series race after topping current points leader Austin Dillon in qualifying at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Hornaday Jr., who claimed his series record-extending 50th win earlier this month at Kentucky, posted a lap at 176.056 mph for his 27th career pole but his first since October 2010 at Talladega. It was also his second pole at Las Vegas, with his first one here coming in 2008.
The four-time series champion has yet to win a race at this track.
Dillon, the defending race winner, secured the outside pole with a lap at 175.793 mph.
Parker Kligerman qualified third, followed by Johnny Sauter and Matt Crafton.
James Buescher, Nelson Piquet Jr., Brian Ickler, Ricky Carmichael and Miguel Paludo completed the top-10.
Dillon holds just a three-point advantage over Buescher, while Sauter is 19 points out of the lead.
All 34 drivers who attempted qualifying made the starting field.
The 146-lap race at Las Vegas is scheduled to start just after 3:30 p.m. (et).
<< Edwards rallies for Nationwide win at Charlotte
Concord, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carl Edwards bounced back from an early-race
encounter with the wall and then passed Kyle Busch for the lead after a
restart with five laps remaining to win Friday night's Dollar General 300
Nationwide Series race
<< Win over Toronto would see Union advance to postseason
Chester, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Union host Toronto FC at PPL
Park on Saturday with an opportunity to solidify their spot in the 2011 MLS
Cup Playoffs.
A win for the Union would see them qualify for the postseason, th
<< Title contenders Franchitti, Power struggle in Vegas qualifying
Las Vegas, NV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The battle between Dario Franchitti and Will
Power for the IZOD IndyCar Series championship got more interesting on Friday
at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
In a stunning qualifying session, both drivers wil
<< Sporting can clinch playoff berth with win over N.Y.
Kansas City, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sporting Kansas City hosts Red Bull New
York on Saturday with a chance to seal a spot in the 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs.
Sporting is sitting in second place in the Eastern Conference with 45 points
on the
Cards take 3-2 lead behind bullpen, Brewers errors >>
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Cardinals are one win away from
the World Series, thanks to another solid effort from their bullpen and four
Milwaukee errors.
Brewers third baseman Jerry Hairston's fielding error in the
Let the madness begin: Teams kick off college hoops practice >>
Durham, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The college basketball season got off to a big
start Friday night, with teams allowed to practice for the first time,
including reigning national champion Connecticut.
The Huskies are expected to onc
Houston edges Portland to improve playoff outlook >>
Portland, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Dynamo strengthened its playoff
position on Friday, moving into second place in the Eastern Conference with a
2-0 win over the Portland Timbers at Jeld-Wen Field.
Houston entered the clash just
Macenauer, Hiller help Ducks blank Sharks >>
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Maxime Macenauer's first career goal wound up
being the game-winner, as the Ducks edged the Sharks, 1-0, behind their rookie
forward and Jonas Hiller's 12th career shutout.
Hiller made 31 saves for Anaheim
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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