Report: Eagles' Westbrook to have surgery, out until season begins
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06/03/2009 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook will reportedly be out until the start of the regular season due to a nagging ankle injury.
Comcast SportsNet reported Wednesday that the two-time Pro Bowl selection will see ankle specialist Dr. Mark Myerson in Baltimore and may need a procedure to clean out bone spurs in the ankle.
The report also states that regardless of the whether or not Westbrook has surgery, he will be sidelined until the start of the regular season.
The running back, who turns 30 by the opening of the 2009 campaign, ran the ball for a career-low tying 4.0 yards per carry last year, amassing 936 yards on the ground and 402 through the air, a far cry from a career-high 2,104 yards from scrimmage the year before.
The oft-injured Villanova product has played in at least 12 games each season throughout his seven-year career -- all with Philadelphia -- compiling 5,721 yards on the ground, 3,609 receiving yards on 401 grabs and 64 total touchdowns.
Liverpool, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Everton trio Phil Jagielka, Joseph Yobo and Tim Howard have all put pen to paper on new extended contracts with the club. Defenders Jagielka and Yobo had both agreed to new five-year deals before las
<< Braves P Campillo returns to DL
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Atlanta Braves right-handed pitcher Jorge
Campillo was placed on the 15-day disabled list with problems in his throwing
shoulder, the club announced on Wednesday.
The 30-year-old was placed on the DL
<< Braves release Glavine; trade for McLouth
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Atlanta Braves made a couple of stirring
moves on Wednesday, first releasing 305-game winner Tom Glavine, only a day
after he pitched six scoreless innings in a rehab start, and then acquiring
center
<< Padres place Hairston on DL
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Padres placed outfielder
Scott Hairston on the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday with a strained left
biceps.
Hairston suffered the injury in Tuesday's game against the Phillies. In
<< Wang to start Thursday; Teixeira out with bruised ankle
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Yankees announced Chien-Ming Wang
will start Thursday's game against Texas, ultimately pushing back CC Sabathia
to Friday's contest vs. Tampa Bay.
Wang, who has struggled to an 0-3 mark and a 16.07 E
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Kyle Lohse left his Wednesday start against the Cincinnati Reds in the third inning due to a recurrence of right forearm discomfort. Lohse was pulled because of tightness in the ar
Weaver strikes out 10, Abreu stars as Angels rout Blue Jays >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jered Weaver struck out a career-high 10
batters in seven strong innings, Bobby Abreu hit a two-run homer and drove in
four, as the Angels cruised to an 8-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Weaver (5-2)
Niemann twirls two-hit shutout, Zobrist slams Rays past Royals >>
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ben Zobrist hit a grand slam and Jeff
Niemann tossed his first major league complete game, giving up only two hits,
as the Tampa Bay Rays routed the Kansas City Royals, 9-0, in the second of a
three-g
Feldman remains unbeaten as Rangers top Yankees >>
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ian Kinsler went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run
scored to lead Texas past the New York Yankees, 4-2, in the middle test of a
three-game set.
Marlon Byrd also had an RBI for the Rangers, who snapped a two-
Hoffpauir's hit in 11th inning lifts Cubs over Braves >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Micah Hoffpauir hit a pinch-hit RBI single in
the 11th inning to give the Cubs a 3-2 victory over Atlanta, on a day the
Braves acquired a young All-Star and said goodbye to a 305-game winner.
Mike Fonte
MySportsbook.com refunds all bets on Oakland, Green Bay and Tampa Bay from NFL week one.
(September 14) – Week one of NFL action saw three teams go scoreless for the first time since 1977. Another four were unable to get a touchdown and almost half of the underdogs covered the spread. Those three teams saved bettors at MySportsbook.com from losing out completely, thanks to the company’s unique NFL Shutout Rule -- which ensures that if the team you backed goes scoreless, your wager is refunded.
Sportsbook refunded tens of thousands of dollars to customers who bet on Oakland, Green Bay and Tampa Bay, the three teams that stunk up the field so badly that their fans and backers never had a chance to get up from their couches and cheer. In the spirit of the low scoring start to the season, odds makers at the world’s largest online sportsbook and casino have set odds on how many total shutouts there will be this season.
MySportsbook.com has posted updated sports betting lines for week two of the season. Ben Roethlisberger’s health status is still questionable, so Willie Parker will try to lead Pittsburgh again as they travel to Jacksonville as a one point favorite. After beating up on his little brother last week, Peyton Manning will look to lead the Colts to victory against Houston. Indianapolis is a whopping 13.5 favorite in the match-up.
Seattle, last year’s highest scoring team, showed the power of their defense with their gritty 9-6 win in Motown over the ravenous Lions. They take their act back home to the comforts of Qwest Field where they will face the resurgent Arizona Cardinals. The Seahawks are favored by a touchdown.
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Who Makes the Sportsbook Betting Lines?
Las Vegas Sports Consultants (LVSC) is the world’s premier oddsmaking company and the most respected authority on making the lines. Mike Seba is a Senior Oddsmaker at LVSC and has been making lines for the last six years. In our extended interview, Seba explained that there are 4-5 oddsmakers assigned to make lines for each of the major sports (pro & college football and basketball; MLB, NHL, boxing, golf). Each of these oddsmakers bring unique opinions, strengths and weaknesses to the process. Oddsmakers at LVSC are professional sports junkies who love what they do and would probably do it for nothing if you asked them, but they do get paid for it. By necessity their approach is very research-oriented and concise, since with millions of dollars at risk there is little margin for error.
“You either have a passion for it or you don’t,” Seba said.
“The #1 thing for us is to make a line for each game that creates good two-way action. We do this by drawing from past experiences and applying them to current situations. People think it’s much more complicated, but it’s not. “What are the Football Betting Lines Trying to Accomplish?
There is a common misconception that point spreads represent the oddsmakers’ prediction of how many points the favorite will win by. That is not the case at all – their intent is NOT to evenly split the ATS result between the teams; rather, their goal is to attract equal betting action on both sides. Stated another way, they want to create a line that half the people find appealing to bet one way while the other half find it appealing to bet the other way (known as ‘dividing the action’).Divided action means the sportsbook is guaranteed a profit on the game because of the fee charged to the bettor (called juice or vig – typically $11 bet to win $10).
How the Opening Line Is Made
The opening line is the first line created by the oddsmakers, which is then sent out to sportsbooks. Of course there is an entire method to the madness on how the opening line is created. Seba explained that it all starts with each oddsmaker creating a line on each game based upon their own personal approach. This usually includes having up-to-date power ratings on each team.Power ratings are the oddsmaker’s value of each team and are used as a guide to calculate a "preliminary" pointspread on an upcoming game. The power ratings are adjusted after each game a team plays. Examples of non-game factors that would require an adjustment to a team's power rating are key player injuries and player trades.
Once a game’s power rating based pointspread is determined, the oddsmaker will make adjustments to that line after considering each team's most recent games played and previous games played against that opponent. Also, adjustments are made after reading each team’s local newspapers to get a sense of what the coaches & players are thinking going into the game.Since the oddsmaker’s ultimate goal is equally dividing the sports betting action, public perception and sportsbook betting patterns must be taken into account. For example, the public might have heavy betting interest week after week on a popular college football betting team such as USC. If an oddsmaker comes up with a preliminary line of USC -7, then an adjustment up to -7.5 or -8 would be made in response to the public’s expected USC bias.
The last step in the line-making process for each oddsmaker is taking one final look to determine whether or not the line "feels right." This is where common sense and past experience with how games are bet enters into the picture.A round-table discussion among the 4-5 oddsmakers involved in making the line for each sport is then conducted and a consensus line is decided upon by the Odds Director before it is released to the sportsbooks. Of the 4-5 oddsmakers, generally the 2 most respected opinions are weighed more heavily by the Odds Director before he decides on the final line.
Why Sports Betting Lines Change
Once the opening line is released by LVSC, the individual sportsbooks decide if they want to make any adjustments before offering it to the public. Reasons for such adjustments include:Experts working for the individual books having a strong opinion on the game
Individual books having players who consistently bet with certain tendencies (such as an extreme bias toward favorites or toward a certain popular team like USC)The purpose of these adjustments, like all line adjustments, is to more equally divide the betting action.
Once betting begins, sportsbooks can adjust the line at any time. In doing so they attempt to make more attractive the team that is getting less action. By moving the line, sportsbooks can influence how the public bets on a particular game.For example, if the pointspread on a game is 7 and most of the money is coming in on the underdog (taking the +7), sportsbooks will then move the number down to 6 ½ to try and attract money on the favorite.
Moving the line is the oddsmaker's effort to balance betting action, and often times such moves can have a major impact on a bettor’s decision. Oddsmakers can also change the line depending on various event-related factors such as player injuries or weather. Obviously, if the line comes out a week ahead of the event (which is the case in football), there is much that could happen during the week leading up to the event that could affect the line. Oddsmakers have to determine if any changes are necessary and send out an "adjusted line."“The main objective is that our clients get equal action on both sides,” Seba said. “We’re not trying to pick the team that covers the spread, we’re trying to make it a coin flip, a tough decision (for the bettor). If we’ve done that, we’ve done our job.”
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