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2011-12 NBA Totals Report Update

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:31:29 +0000

Many sports bettors were curious to see what effect, if any, the NBA lockout would have on the season from a betting standpoint. As we approach the halfway point, it's safe to say that there has been somewhat of an impact, at least as far as totals go.

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Odds to Win the 2012 World Series

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:47:50 +0000

Major League Baseball will be here before you know it, as players are starting to make their way to Arizona and Florida for spring training. Exhibition games will be starting in about three weeks and the regular season is just over six weeks away.

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Will Green-Ellis Keep Streak Intact?

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:04:56 +0000

The safest pair of hands in the NFL takes the grandest stage of all this Sunday at Super Bowl XLVI. Sports Interaction is giving bettors a chance to profit from BenJarvus Green-Ellis' exception ball security.

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Mark Franco's Super Bowl Selections

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:07:06 +0000

Every year at this time, we yield the floor to professional sports bettor Mark Franco, who gives us his Super Bowl selections, including his top 10 proposition wagers for the game.

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Goofy Super Bowl 46 Bets

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:53:40 +0000

There will be plenty of serious sports bettors busy on Super Bowl Sunday, but there will also be those who enjoy betting on the coin toss, what type of shirt Tom Brady's son might happen to be wearing and how many times Peyton Manning will be shown on television during the game.

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Super Bowl Office Pool Ideas

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:53:04 +0000

While roughly half of all American adults will have some sort of vested interest in the outcome of Sunday's Super Bowl, not all of them are going to be placing traditional wagers on the game. Many will partake in the traditional mainstay of large sporting events, the office pool.

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Super Bowl 46 Alternate Point Spreads

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:09:10 +0000

The sportsbooks know that the Super Bowl is one last opportunity for them to get their hands on your money during football season and they make it as easy as possible for you to place numerous wagers. One that is gaining in popularity the past few years is alternate point spreads, where bettors have the option of betting into many different lines.

You can make the Patriots the underdog, make the Giants the favorite, or raise or lower the total.

Read Super Bowl 46 Alternate Point Spreads in the Football Betting section of the site.

Photo: The Patriots' Rob Gronkowski has been battling ankle problems during the week. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

First Look at Super Bowl 46

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:18:39 +0000

The biggest day in sports betting is quickly approaching, as Super Bowl 46 is just around the corner. The Super Bowl is traditionally the most-bet game of the year and this year doesn't figure to be an exception with two marquee teams, both with large followings.

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NFL Conference Championship Trends

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:22:41 +0000

Four teams are just one step away from the Super Bowl amd in this article we'll look at betting trends that have developed in the NFL Conference Championship games. Because of the limited number of games, we'll look at both long-term and short-term betting trends.

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Best College Basketball Conference Totals Trends

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:14:33 +0000

This article is similar to the directly below, but instead of concentrating on conference trends as they pertain to betting against the spread, this one deals only with totals. The three conferences we look at are definitely not your major conferences, giving weight to the theory that your smaller conferences may be the best to study for handicapping purposes.

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