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    NBA Quarter Lines

    I know, as do most of you, that Olympic offers lines on NBA Quarters. Can anyone else recommend a book that offers these lines, either before the game starts or even at halftime? Thanks in advance.
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    Betting ATS versus the Money Line

    I'm sure most experienced handicappers will agree with me when I say that I don't generally find a big difference from game to game in the money line that is posted next to any particular spread line. That is, for a 3-point favourite you pretty much always see a money line of around -150 or -160...
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    Sharp Sports Betting

    by Stanford Wong Has anyone else gone through this book? It has got some excellent info and charts for the more technically oriented handicappers, including a great chapter on teasers, exceelent analysis of statistical trends for NFL scoring, and a very good mathematical approach to betting...
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    No Teasers!!

    I just read a bunch of plays in the CFL week 2 thread and very very strongly want to urge you all who are playing CFL teasers to avoid them. CFL teasers are a lot like CFB teasers - with the higher scoring and bigger variance in the winning margins compared to the NFL (which is originally the...
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    All Dollars Are Not Created Equal

    This is a principle that lies at the heart of any discussion about money management - not just regarding gambling but in our everyday lives as we accumulate wealth and try to find a balance between spending now or saving for later. Let me start with a thought experiment to try and explain what I...
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    -0.5 and 3-way lines ... what's the difference?

    I've seen more than a couple of posters ask about the difference between these offers and understandably so since it looks weird to have the same bet offer with different odds. For example, a team may be offered at +100 on the 3-way lines but -0.5 +105 on the handicaps, different odds yet...
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    Quick Note on Totals Betting

    Minor note on betting the totals the rest of the way through: prices on the unders are more expensive so far than in the group stage but there is at least one reason for it: if a game is 1-1 late in regulation then teams will be playing with less urgency since they know there is another 30...
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    Horseshoes Up the A** and Worst Beats Ever

    Everyone likes to hear gambling stories and everyone likes to brag/whine about their wins/bad beats. So let's hear them. Everyone try and remember their biggest swing of good and bad luck and tell us all about it. Maybe we can vote on them and give a prize to the most outrageous story. (No...
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    Great ESPN article on US/Poland

    http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/020614.html
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    Fielder Indifference? Why?

    I just finished listening to the A's/Brewers game and can't figure out something that happened in the ninth inning. A's up by 2 runs and Milwaukee gets a runner on first - Richie Sexson - in the ninth. During the next at bat Milwaukee sends Sexson to second, presumably to avoid the force out at...
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    Good Information about Croatia

    In sifting through all the media coverage available on the World Cup, occasionally you will find some jewels of very valuable information. Here is one such case: Croatia forward Alen Boksic has described the atmosphere in the camp as "horrible and awful" and admitted his side have no chance...
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    Excellent Spot in Cameroon/Saudi Arabia

    This game has the best betting oppotunity that I have seen so far in the tournament. I've seen 2 places that have a line of Saudi Arabia +2 goals and laying very little juice (Pinnacle currently has +2 -108) Cameroon was between 1.50 and 1.65 straight up before the tournament and on the basis...
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    Excellent World Cup prop

    Will any game have a goal scored in the first 3 minutes? Yes -240 (Pinnacle) 63 games times 3 minutes/game equals 189 minutes, equivalent to over *2 full games of play*! Under normal circumstances, 2 games going scoreless consecutively would have odds in the order of 40 or 50 to 1 ... even if...
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    Car/Mont Series Thoughts

    I think the linemakers are way off on their thinking for this series. Montreal is favoured at home by a slightly bigger margin than Carolina was. Carolina totally dominated the first 2 games (result notwithstanding) - that combined with the previous series where Carolina was better than a decent...
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    Technical Q for Experienced Handicappers

    Do any of you think about any edge for MLB totals betting with respect to the bottom of the ninth? That is, there could be a slight edge to betting the under if you think the home team will win and vice versa. My question for those who have a long experience with observing MLB lines ... will...
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    Age Old Debate ... Batting vs. Pitching

    Interested to get the forum's views on one of the oldest debates around: Batting vs. Pitching. Which is more important? You hear stuff like "Baseball is 90% pitching" all the time but what does that statement really mean? I believe that batting is more important than pitching ni baseball and...
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    Can frikkin' ESPN go one day ...

    ... without screwing up one of their MLB boxscores?? Right now they have Colorado up 2-1 on Houston. Every day they've had a stupid mistake like this. I had a winner already entered on my spreadsheet the other day until I realized it was a mistake. :mad: I rarely rant but couldn't help myself...
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    Beware, Paypal scam

    FYI, Below is a post from rec.gambling.poker and definitely belongs here as well: I just received a suspicious e-mail from "Paypalhelp.net" that links me to a webpage that directs me to enter my e-mail and password. The page is not secured, it has no "s" after the "http". It warns that their...
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    Kelly Betting

    I'm sure this has been discussed here before but for those that haven't seen it, I just came across a simple formula that represents what the Kelly system claims to be your ideal bet size. Here it is: (C*P - 1)/(C-1) where, C- is the coefficient representing your payout amount P- is how likely...
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    Those that will not pay a tout ... why?

    I'm really curious to investigate one theme that I've heard many times but have never really understood. Some people claim that they would never pay for picks "on principle" but I've never really heard them explain this principle. For those that share this view, can you elaborate on this a bit?
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