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06/26/2010 - Campbellville, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dan Patch Award winner Sportswriter led most of the way and was able to hold on to win Saturday's $1.5 million North America Cup at Mohawk Raceway. The three-year-old pacer covered the mile in 1:48 3/5.
Driven by Mark MacDonald, Sportswriter took the lead around the first turn and set the pace up the backstretch. Racing in second was Kyle Major with We Will See in third and Fred and Ginger fourth in the 10-horse field.
Last year's two-year-old pacing colt champion took the field into the far turn as Fred and Ginger made a move into second with Kyle Major in third and 2-1 favorite Rock N Roll Heaven advancing into fourth.
Trained by Casie Coleman, Sportswriter had the lead coming off the final turn and into the stretch. We Will See, driven by Brett Miller, came charging along the rail to challenge the leader.
Sportswriter held off We Will See down the stretch to post a one-length victory in the year's first major harness race. Finishing third was 95-1 longshot Piece Of The Rock followed by Rock N Roll Heaven, Delmarvalous, Fred and Ginger, One More Laugh, Kyle Major, Art Professor and All Speed Hanover.
Sportswriter, owned by Steve Calhoun, West Wins Stable and Southwind Farm, notched his first win of the season, picking up $750,000 for the effort. After winning seven of eight races in 2009, the pacer has earned $1,645,411 in his career with eight wins in 12 lifetime starts.
Earlier in the evening, Coleman and MacDonald combined to win the $666,000 Fan Hanover with Western Silk to become the first trainer-driver combination to win both the Fan Hanover and Pepsi North America Cup.
In last week's elimination race, Sportswriter was third to Rock N Roll Heaven.
Sportswriter returned $8.50, $5.50 and $4.60. We Will See paid $21.40 and $10.50, and Piece Of The Rock paid $15.20 to show.
<< Los Angeles, Toronto FC battle to scoreless draw
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Donovan Ricketts made just one save to earn his
ninth shutout the season Saturday in a 0-0 tie against Toronto FC at BMO Field
in MLS.
L.A. (10-1-3), which leads the Western Conference by nine points, has allo
<< Cameron, Red Sox top Giants
San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mike Cameron slugged a three-run homer
and Darnell McDonald hit a solo shot as Boston doubled up San Francisco, 4-2,
in the second installment of a three-game interleague series.
Adrian Beltre added
<< Garland outduels Florida's Johnson in Padres' win
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jon Garland outdueled Josh Johnson and knocked
in the winning run in San Diego's 2-1 victory over Florida in the middle of a
three-game set at Sun Life Stadium.
Garland (8-5) lasted 6 2/3 innings to grab th
<< Konerko lifts ChiSox to 11th straight victory
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Paul Konerko's solo home run in the eighth
inning off Andrew Cashner broke a tie game and gave the White Sox a 3-2
decision over the Cubs for their 11th straight victory.
Matt Thornton closed the
Dodgers down Yankees; Burnett loses fifth straight >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - James Loney went 2-for-4 with four RBI
as the Los Angeles Dodgers clobbered the New York Yankees, 9-4, to give
manager Joe Torre his first win against his former team.
The Yankees took a 2-1
Ngwenya's late goal helps Houston draw Colorado >>
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Joseph Ngwenya scored in the 80th minute as the
Houston Dynamo overcame an own goal by Lovel Palmer to tie the Colorado Rapids
2-2 on Saturday at Robertson Stadium in MLS.
Danny Cruz scored the opener for Hous
Angel lifts New York over Kansas City >>
Kansas City, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Juan Pablo Angel scored two of New York's
three second-half goals, lifting the Red Bulls to a 3-0 win over the Kansas
City Wizards on Saturday at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in MLS.
Salou Ibrahim scored
Buchholz exits with hyperextended knee >>
San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Boston Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz
exited Saturday's game against the Giants after pulling up lame running the
bases in second inning.
The Red Sox indicated the 25-year-old right-hander suffe
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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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