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02/16/2007 - Far Hills, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 2012 Curtis Cup will take place at the Nairn Golf Club. The announcement was made Friday by the United States Golf Association and the Ladies Golf Union.
The Nairn has hosted many amateur and professional championships since its formation in 1887. The Walker Cup was played there in 1999.
"The Ladies' Golf Union is delighted that the Nairn Golf Club has agreed to host the Curtis Cup in 2012," said Susan Simpson, director of championships for the LGU. "We could not have chosen a more welcoming club or a more testing venue for the match. It was a very difficult decision, but I have no doubt that we have made a wise choice in Nairn."
The Curtis Cup is a Ryder Cup style event with teams of females from the United States and Great Britain & Ireland. The United States rolled to an 11 1/2 - 6 1/2 win over the GB&I team at the 2006 Curtis Cup. With that victory, the U.S. extended its lead in the series to 25-6-3.
<< PSV looks to get break out of slump
Almelo, Holland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - PSV Eindhoven will look to get back on
track in the Dutch Eredivisie on Saturday when it travels to Heracles Almelo
for its week 25 fixture.
PSV, the league leaders, have faltered the last three
<< Real Madrid look for revenge on Betis
Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - When the Spanish La Liga gets underway
Saturday, Real Madrid will be looking for revenge on a suddenly resurgent Real
Betis squad.
Betis, the 15th-placed team in the table, has been on the rise as
<< Rutgers signs Schiano to extension
Piscataway, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rutgers University and head football coach
Greg Schiano agreed to a four-year contract extension that will run through
the 2016 season.
Under the new deal, Schiano's compensation will increase to $1.5
<< Forsberg gives Predators instant credibility
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The city of Nashville is known primarily
as the country music capital of the world, but come this June, the town could
be pulling double duty as the center of the hockey universe.
That's how significant la
All-Star break awards >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - It's hard to believe, but the NBA's All-Star break is
here. This season has been filled with plenty of rim-rattling dunks and
exciting finishes.
The trade deadline is near, and soon the playoffs will be
Stuttgart move into second to kickoff weekend fixtures >>
Frankfurt, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Stuttgart kicked off the weekend
Bundesliga action with a dominating 4-0 win at Frankfurt on Friday.
The visitors, who moved into second in the table - four points behind Schalke
who plays at
Lyon get late rally to slip past Lille >>
Lille, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lyon increased its lead at the top of the
Ligue 1 standings to 14 points on Friday with a dramatic 2-1 win over Lille at
Stadium Lille Metropole.
Goals from Fred and Sebastien Squillaci in the final
Field set for WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship >>
Tucson, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The field for next week's World Golf
Championships - Accenture Match Play Championship was set Friday afternoon.
The top 64 players from last week's World Ranking all committed to play at The
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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 .
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