11/28/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Antonio Spurs shoot for their fourth consecutive victory Friday when they welcome the scuffling Memphis Grizzlies to the AT&T Center.
Tim Duncan scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds on Wednesday, as the Spurs defeated the Chicago Bulls, 98-88, in San Antonio.
Rookie George Hill finished with 19 points and 11 boards off the bench for the Spurs, who continue to play without All-Star point guard Tony Parker (ankle) but have won three in a row and six of seven.
Manu Ginobili, in his second game of the season after recovering from offseason left ankle surgery, came off the bench to contribute 15 points.
Parker, who has missed nine games, should be back in less than two weeks.
The Grizzlies lost their fourth straight game Wednesday when Utah's Paul Millsap scored 24 points and hauled in a game-high 16 rebounds, and each Jazz starter reached double figures, as Utah notched a 117-100 victory over Memphis in Salt Lake City.
Rudy Gay had a game-high 27 points and seven rebounds for the Grizzlies, who fell to a miserable 1-7 on the road this season and have lost eight of its last nine overall. Rookie O.J. Mayo added 22 points and Marc Gasol gave 12 points and eight boards in defeat.
San Antonio trounced the Grizz, 94-81, on November 24 in Memphis and has won two straight and four of the last five meetings in the series. The Spurs have also beaten Memphis seven straight times in San Antonio.
<< Blazers close out homestand vs. Hornets
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Portland Trail Blazers will attempt to complete a
perfect three-game homestand Friday when they welcome the New Orleans Hornets
to the Rose Garden.
The Blazers, who are 6-0 at home this season, are coming
<< Lakers welcome Mavs to Staples Center
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Lakers aim to continue their early season
dominance of the Western Conference when they welcome the streaking Dallas
Mavericks to Staples Center.
The Lakers won their fifth straight game Tuesday a
<< Cavs put perfect home record on the line vs. Warriors
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Cavaliers put their unbeaten home record on
the line tonight when they host the Golden State Warriors at Quicken Loans
Arena.
The Cavaliers are a perfect 8-0 as the host this season and are only one of
two t
<< Streaking Celtics shoot for seventh straight win vs. Sixers
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The surging Boston Celtics will take on the visiting
Atlantic Division-rival Philadelphia 76ers tonight at TD Banknorth Garden.
Boston has won six in a row to boost its record to 14-2 on the season. In
Wednesday's 119-111
Surging Flyers wrap home-and-home set with 'Canes >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The surging Philadelphia Flyers will aim for a seventh
straight victory when they host the Carolina Hurricanes in the finale of a
home-and-home series this afternoon at the Wachovia Center.
The Flyers are in the midst of t
Tocchet's Lightning hope to strike Wild in Minnesota >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rick Tocchet hasn't brought many wins as the interim head
coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning. His team will try to change that when they
begin a three-game road trip with today's matchup in St. Paul against the
Minnesota Wild a
Hawks aim to cure road troubles in Toronto against Raptors >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Hawks haven't played well as the visitor lately
and will try to reverse their road fortunes Friday against the Toronto Raptors
at Air Canada Centre.
The Hawks have dropped four in a row away from home and will
Kings, Jazz square off in Utah >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Utah Jazz continue a four-game homestand Friday when
they welcome the struggling Sacramento Kings to Salt Lake City.
The Jazz improved to 7-1 at EnergySoultions Arena on Wednesday when Paul
Millsap scored 24
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.”
To visit this internet sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com for all your sports betting needs and World Series odds.
MySportsbook.com is the best at processing US credit cards for deposits. Welcome to the most player friendly online sportsbook on the planet!
The principals behind MySportsbook are obviously a management group that understands the players needs as evidenced by their commitment to provide easy depositing with their high credit card acceptance rate and free weekly $10 bets they offer to clients with active betting accounts.
The perks don't end there! MySportsbook offers casino, poker and horses as well. Twice named Best Sportsbook by eGaming Review, this place is rock solid financially so you don't ever have to sweat the payout as you may with some other online bookies operating with less betting volume and client base.
Sign up today and grab your share of a 10% bonus that is added instantly to your betting account. Enjoy 52 risk free bets throughout the year as well!
Reasons to Play There: You have to see their no hitter, cycle hitter and slaughter rule promos for baseball. Worth a laugh and probably a few bucks throughout the MLB season. They offer supersized bonuses of 15% if you up your minimum deposit to $500 or more. Lay -105 on Friday NBA! Contests during the NFL football season!
Sports Betting News: NFL Team History | Football Betting | Baseball Betting | Basketball Betting | Hockey Betting | Golf Betting | Tennis Betting | Auto Racing Betting | Horse Racing Betting | Soccer Betting