10/25/2008 - Arcadia, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Defending champ Midnight Lute rallied down the stretch to repeat as the victor in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita on Saturday. The win gave trainer Bob Baffert his second victory of the day.
Racing for just the second time in 2008, Midnight Lute and rider Garrett Gomez broke slowly from the gate in the eight-horse field. Setting the pace up the backstretch was First Defence and Fatal Bullet.
Fatal Bullet took the lead on the final turn as Midnight Lute began his rally. Running down the middle of the track the defender caught Fatal Bullet inside the furlong pole and opened up to the wire.
Midnight Lute, giving Gomez his fourth Championship win this weekend, posted a two-length victory over Fatal Bullet with Street Boss third and In Summation getting fourth.
Trainer John Sadler said Cost of Freedom, who drew the inside post, was scratched from the Sprint after a veterinary inspection Saturday morning.
The time for the six furlongs was 1:07.08 on the synthetic surface, more than two seconds faster than the winner's time last year at Monmouth Park.
Midnight Lute was coming off a 10th-place finish in the Pat O'Brien Handicap at Del Mar in his lone start this year. The Sprint victory was worth $1.15 million to bring the five-year-old's career earnings to more than $2.7 million. He has won six of 13 lifetime starts.
Owned by Mike Pegram, Midnight Lute has a chance to win his second Eclipse Award as champion male sprinter.
Midnight Lute paid $7.40, $5.00 and $3.20. Fatal Bullet returned $6.60 and $3.80, and Street Boss paid $2.40 to show.
<< Donativum rallies to grab Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf
Arcadia, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Donativum, ridden by Frankie Dettori, rallied
down the stretch to capture Saturday's $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf
at Santa Anita. The win marked Dettori's seventh career Breeders' Cup victory.
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<< Mascara salvages point for Catania
Siena, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Giuseppe Mascara converted a penalty kick in
the 79th minute to help Catania earn a 1-1 draw against Siena at Artemio
Franchi on Saturday.
Mascara's spot kick came after Siena goalkeeper Gianluca
<< No. 5 Florida chomps down on Kentucky
Gainesville, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tim Tebow threw for two touchdowns and ran
for two more as the fifth-ranked Gators destroyed Kentucky, 63-5, on Florida's
homecoming.
Tebow completed 11-of-15 passes for 180 yards with one interception
<< Midshipman sails to victory in Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Arcadia, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Midshipman, ridden by Garrett Gomez, set the
pace most of the way in winning Saturday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile
at Santa Anita.
It marked Gomez's third Breeders' Cup win of the weekend.
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Points, Bettencourt share lead in Miami >>
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - With players using preferred lies, D.A. Points
fired a nine-under 62 Saturday to gain a share of the lead after three rounds
of the Miccosukee Championship.
The 62 would have matched the course record if
Edwards rebounds in Nationwide title hunt with Memphis win >>
Millington, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carl Edwards won Saturday's Kroger on Track
for the Cure 250 Nationwide Series race with a dominating performance at the
Memphis Motorsports Park. The No.60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford driver led 185 of
250 lap
Eto'o bags quick hat trick as Barca blasts Almeria >>
Barcelona, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Samuel Eto'o had three goals in the opening
24 minutes to take over the La Liga scoring lead and help Barcelona cruise to a
5-0 win over Almeria on Saturday and into first place in La Liga.
Eto'o scored in
Late score lifts BYU past UNLV >>
Provo, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Max Hall threw a six-yard touchdown pass to
Dennis Pitta with 1:46 remaining to give 18th-ranked BYU a 42-35 victory over
UNLV at LaVell Edwards Stadium.
Hall threw for 245 yards with four touchdowns
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.
Don't believe it? Just take a look at what happens around the Super Bowl.
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