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02/18/2012 - Glasgow, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After being forced into administration and subsequently docked 10 points this past week, Rangers misery was compounded on Saturday with a 1-0 defeat to Kilmarnock at Ibrox.
The deduction of points leaves Rangers 14 back of red-hot Celtic, which can extend that advantage further on Sunday with a win at Hibernian.
Ally McCoist's side was eager to start well and almost did when Lee McCulloch's header was cleared off the goal line by Killie's Garry Hay.
But the visitors took the lead in the 12th minute when defender Dorin Goian slipped, allowing Dean Shiels to beat goalkeeper Allan McGregor with a low shot.
The home side had a goal called back for offsides before being dealt another blow as Sasa Papac earned himself a straight red card for a poor challenge on Liam Kelly.
McCulloch thought he had equalized midway through the second half for Rangers, but his headed goal was brought back for a foul in the build up, leaving Rangers with its first home defeat of the league season.
Motherwell 3, Hearts 0
Motherwell, Scotland - Motherwell closed the gap on second-place Rangers with a 3-0 home victory against Hearts which moves the club to within six points of the Glasgow side.
The hosts scored two goals in the final 10 minutes of the first half to seize control of the match as Keith Lasley's shot took a deflection off of Hearts defender Andy Webster and found the back of the net for an own goal.
Jamie Murphy made it 2-0 when he headed home a cross from Lasley, who was sent off early in the second half after collecting a second yellow card.
But Nicky Law only added a third goal the rest of the way for Motherwell, which still has a game in hand on Rangers and could make the race for second place an interesting one.
Dunfermline 1, Inverness 1
Dunfermline, Scotland - Dunfermline could have moved off the bottom of the league table on Saturday but conceded a second-half goal and had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Inverness.
Joe Cardle put Dunfermline in front on the stroke of halftime when Martin Hardie's free kick crashed off the crossbar and was finished on the rebound by the midfielder.
But Inverness claimed a point with 15 minutes to play when Nick Ross was on hand at the back post to sweep home a low cross from Jonathan Hayes.
Dunfermline is now level on points with Hibernian at the bottom of the league, but Hibs has two games in hand.
Dundee United 0, St. Mirren 0
Dundee, Scotland - Dundee United and St Mirren played to a 0-0 draw at Tannadice Park on Saturday in a match that saw few scoring chances.
St Mirren has drawn four of its last five games to move 10 points off the bottom of the table while Dundee United remains two points above its opposition in the middle of the league.
The best chance for either side came in the closing minutes for St Mirren when a good cross from Dougie Imrie for substitute Nigel Hasselbaink failed to be finished off by the Dutchman, who should have scored.
<< Astros sign seven to one-year contracts
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Astros on Saturday signed seven
players to one-year contracts, including infielder Brett Wallace, outfielder
Brian Bogusevic and relievers Fernando Abad and Fernando Rodriguez.
The Astros Ope
<< Flyers' van Riemsdyk returning to lineup Saturday
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Flyers will have third-
year winger James van Riemsdyk in the lineup when they host the Pittsburgh
Penguins on Saturday afternoon.
The 22-year-old New Jersey native missed a mont
<< Seattle acquires Johnson from Montreal
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Seattle Sounders FC announced that the club has
traded for U.S. international forward Eddie Johnson, who was selected by the
Montreal Impact with the No. 1 pick in Major League Soccer's allocation
process
<< Mountain West showdown pits No. 11 UNLV against New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A couple of Mountain West Conference teams
coming off surprising outcomes earlier in the week meet up in The Pit today,
as the New Mexico Lobos entertain the 11th-ranked UNLV Runnin' Rebels.
The Runnin' Reb
Crowder's big game leads Marquette past UConn >>
Hartford, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jae Crowder tied a career high with 29 points
and Darius Johnson-Odom added 24, leading 12th-ranked Marquette to a 79-64
victory over Connecticut at the XL Center.
Crowder also grabbed 12 rebounds for
Panova advances to Bogota final >>
Bogota, Colombia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Russia's Alexandra Panova and unknown
Spaniard Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino will play for the title at the Copa
Colsanitas tennis tournament after winning semifinal matches on Saturday.
Panova e
Kendall, Svoboda take lead in Bogota >>
Bogota, Colombia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Billy Horschel's round began with a
quadruple-bogey and didn't get much better.
As he fell out of the lead Saturday at the Colombia Championship in stunningly
quick fashion, Skip Kendall and Andr
Shockers take BracketBuster matchup with Davidson >>
Davidson, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Joe Ragland poured in a game-high 30 points on
11-of-14 shooting to go with seven rebounds, as No. 24 Wichita State handled
Davidson, 91-74, in a BracketBuster matchup from Belk Arena.
Toure' Murry scored 1
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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