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07/10/2010 - Newton, IA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Austin Dillon became the first rookie driver in the Camping World Truck Series to claim three consecutive poles after winning Saturday's qualifying for the Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway.
Dillon, the 20-year-old grandson of NASCAR multi-team over Richard Childress, turned a lap of 135.263 m.p.h. around the 0.875-mile oval for his third pole in 12 truck races. He also won the pole at Michigan and Texas last month.
Aric Almirola qualified on the outside pole after posting a lap of 134.305 m.p.h. Stacy Compton took the third spot, while Brian Ickler and Johnny Sauter rounded out the top-five.
Greg Pursley, Ryan Sieg, Timothy Peters, Todd Bodine, the current points leader, and Matt Crafton were sixth through 10th, respectively, in qualifying.
Bodine enters Sunday's truck race at Iowa with a 55-point advantage over Almirola, who won three weeks ago at Michigan.
Mike Skinner, last year's race winner here, will start 15th, while Ron Hornaday Jr., the four-time and defending series champion, will roll off 19th.
Chris Lafferty was the only driver who failed to qualify.
The 200-lap truck race at Iowa is scheduled to start around 2 p.m. (et).
<< Braun and Fielder team up to down Pirates, again
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder hit back-to-
back home runs to support 6 1/3 strong innings from Dave Bush, as the Brewers
held on to defeat Pittsburgh, 4-3, in the middle test of a three-game series
from Mi
<< New England makes a statement, tops L.A. 2-0
Foxborough, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Heading into Saturday night's Major League
Soccer fixture, the New England Revolution had lost three straight without
even scoring a goal, while winning just one fixture in their last 10.
The latest se
<< United, Red Bulls battle to scoreless draw
Harrison, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Red Bull New York and D.C. United battled to a
scoreless draw in Major League Soccer action at Red Bull Arena on Saturday
night.
The draw, New York's second straight, extends the club's unbeaten run to fi
<< Creamer leads by three at suspended Women's Open
Oakmont, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Paula Creamer was one-under par through 13
holes of the third round Saturday when play was halted for the day at the U.S.
Women's Open due to darkness.
Creamer was atop the leaderboard at minus-one and
Ruiz breaks up perfect game, scores winner in 11th for Phillies >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Philadelphia catcher Carlos Ruiz broke up
Travis Wood's bid for perfection with a leadoff double in the ninth inning and
scored the winning run on Jimmy Rollins' single in the bottom of the 11th, as
the Phi
Posey stays hot, keys late rally for Giants >>
Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Buster Posey singled in the go-ahead run
during a rally in the seventh inning and added a two-run homer in the ninth,
as the Giants upended the Washington Nationals, 10-5, to win for the fifth
time in
Tillman shines as Orioles top Lee in Rangers' debut >>
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chris Tillman overshadowed the much-
anticipated Rangers debut of Cliff Lee with 7 1/3 innings of one-run ball, and
the Baltimore Orioles recorded their first road series win of 2010 with a 6-1
victory
Rockies surge to sixth straight win >>
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carlos Gonzalez and Melvin Mora belted home
runs in support of Jason Hammel's 6 1/3 sturdy innings in Colorado's 4-2 win
over San Diego in the middle test of a three-game series.
Brad Eldred added a hom
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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