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Bracket Breakdown Gambling Tips
So I'm listening to Bill Simmons' podcast and he has on Chad Millman, Vegas Insider. Basically, Chad's job is to interact with the guys who set the line, professional gamblers, sharps, and wise guys. He had some interesting comments about the tournament: By the end of the year, markets are fairly...
Redskins Open with 100-1 Odds to Win 2013 Super Bowl
Via National Football Post, the Las Vegas Hilton opened up the 2013 Super Bowl betting season releasing their first set of odds. The Redskins, to my actual surprise, are tied for LAST with the Rams, Jags, and Browns with 100-1 odds. Last place. That's a bit hard to believe for me, but given the QB...
UFC 130 Poster for 'Edgar vs. Maynard 3' on May 28 in Vegas
Here is the poster for UFC 130, which will be headlined by a third bout between the top 2 lightweights in the world, Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard. The much anticipated event happens on May 28th, on pay-per-view, with a few preliminary bouts to be shown on Spike TV and a few more likely to be...
I Am The 12thMan Is Going To Las Vegas
I'll be heading out dark and early Saturday morning for the oasis in the desert where gambling is legal. This is the third year in a row that I've headed for Vegas for my Memorial Day vacation. I'll try to check-in often to keep up to date on what is going on in the Big 12 Baseball Tournament, and...
The Redskins are this year's Futures bet Cinderella
Taking a look at the futures for next year's Super Bowl winners, I think the Redskins are the best bang for the buck at +3000, and I have 8 reasons to back it up.... As of September 1st, 2008, just prior to the beginning of the NFL season, these were the futures odds for the 2009 Super Bowl...
Aaron Poreda Pitches Predictably
It's late, so this is gonna be a quick one. Aaron Poreda made his Chicago-area network debut Wednesday night. Sure, there were six innings of baseball before he took the mound -- Betemit and Konerko went deep, and some other stuff happend -- but the highlight for most Sox fans who frequent this...
Rock M Roundtable!
1 - In your own personal history with the MU-KU basketball rivalry, where does Monday night's win rank among your favorite moments (on in Doug's case, least-favorite moments)?2 - The narrative is building that Missouri can actually win the Big 12 this year. So uhh...can they?3 - What's KU's...
Winter Meetings Day 1 Thread
I thought about writing an FJM style entry Saturday dissecting Phil Rogers' latest column on leadoff men, but decided I had better things to do with my Saturday night. I then ran across three more Chicago-based articles on Sunday which referenced Williams' conference call non-denial of a...
Vegas likes the Redskins more than most, if not in this game
A few years ago Dan Steinberg suggested that we hand the enormously consequential BCS rankings over to Vegas: I asked another LSVC oddsmaker, Sean Van Patten, whether the OddsMakers Top 25 would be a better guide for picking the national champion than the various polls. "I would say so, yeah,"...
Rock M Roundtable!
First of all, everybody console Atch...who was screwed by weather and airlines out of a trip to the holy land this past weekend. The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive, Atch. Everybody's out on the run tonight, but there's no place left to hide...1 - It's K-State...
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