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09/10/2010 - Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A second-seeded tandem of American Liezel Huber and Russian Nadia Petrova posted a semifinal victory Friday at the 2010 U.S. Open.
Huber-Petrova reached the women's doubles finale with a 6-3, 6-2 spanking of seventh-seeded Yung-Jan Chan of Taipei and Jie Zheng of China at the National Tennis Center. Huber was a mixed doubles champion, alongside fellow American Bob Bryan, here on Thursday.
The 34-year-old Huber is a four-time Grand Slam women's doubles champion, including a U.S. Open title, alongside Zimbabwe's Cara Black, back in 2008.
Huber and Petrova will meet a sixth-seeded pairing of American Vania King and Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova in Sunday's finale, with the winning team claiming $420,000.
On Thursday, King-Shvedova topped a ninth-seeded pairing of Black and Australian Anastasia Rodionova 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. King and Shvedova captured the Wimbledon championship in July.
<< South Carolina CB Culliver cleared
Columbia, SC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - South Carolina senior cornerback Chris
Culliver will be back on the field when the Gamecocks host 22nd-ranked Georgia
on Saturday.
Culliver, who earned Second-Team All-SEC honors as a junior safety
<< Milan ready to unveil Ibrahimovic against Cesena
Cesena, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - AC Milan made a big statement in its 4-0
opening-weekend win over Lecce, while defending champions Inter Milan and
runners-up, Roma, both were held to 0-0 draws.
Now, Milan is set to add to its big
<< Gaming: Ride the Sun Belt train for another week
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After the first Five-Star play of the
season proved victorious (Arkansas State plus the points at Auburn), let's roll
with another Sun Belt Conference squad, this time against a Big East foe.
Florida Int
<< Lille hopes for spark in derby match with Lens
Lens, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - With four successive draws to start the Ligue
1 season, Lille's Ludovic Obraniak is hoping that Saturday's derby match with
Lens at the Felix-Bollaert Stadium will be enough to help his team raise its
level o
Ronaldo set for Madrid return >>
Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Real Madrid will be boosted by the earlier-
than-expected return of Cristiano Ronaldo on Saturday when the club gets set
to host Osasuna.
Ronaldo suffered an ankle injury in Real's 0-0 draw with Mallorca
Zamora signs new Fulham deal >>
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fulham announced on Friday that the club
has signed striker Bobby Zamora to a new four-year contract.
The 29-year-old Zamora was a big part of Fulham's run to the final of the
Europa League last se
Bryans capture third U.S. Open title >>
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The top-seeded twin Bryan brothers,
Bob and Mike, captured their third career U.S. Open men's doubles title on
Friday.
Playing in their fourth U.S. Open final, the 32-year-old Bryans improved
Spurs lose Defoe for three months >>
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tottenham was dealt a big blow on Friday as
it was revealed that striker Jermain Defoe is set to miss the next three
months after undergoing ankle surgery.
Defoe was already set for a groin operation
In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.
It is called the "pointspread."
Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.
But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.
A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.
In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.
The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere for online football betting .
Don't believe it? Just take a look at what happens around the Super Bowl.
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