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Ghana 60:1

I added some Ghana World Cup futures at 60:1 to go with the 35:1 on Uruguay. Both of these teams are in the same pod (with the United States) and should either make the semis, we can start to pull out some equity by betting on their opponent to advance. Of course, If [...]

Games to Avoid

Basically the rest of the group phase. I’ve got nothing for the next day or two.
Declan Hill:
It is the time for the fixes.
Here is what I know.
The fixers are in South Africa. They have been desperately trying to contact various teams. They have various runners and old contacts coming in and out of the [...]

Group A Bets

Kickoff is in under an hour…
South Africa PK +170 vs. France is on strike
Going with the point spread here. This will push on a draw. I have a small amount on SA +280 straight up as well.
Uruguay/Mexico o2 +175
I’ll be livebetting this one and putting my 100% live betting record at [...]

World Cup Week 2

Adding some more action no doubt spurred by the increase in scoring that was inevitable, even if it was hard to profit from some of the scoring.  We took a bad beat taking Australia/Ghana o2.5 +165 when there was no scoring after Harry Kewell’s red card and subsequent penalty prior to the half hour mark.  [...]

Snooze

16 games, 32 teams, 25 goals.  Betting the under in every game would have given you a 13-1-2 record so far.  The only over to hit was Germany’s 4-0 win over Australia.  Brazil/North Korea pushed on a 3 goal line and Greece/South Korea did the same at 2.  8 games were 0-0 at halftime.
Uruguay hit [...]

World Cup Betting

The World Cup just kicked off 45 minutes ago with South Africa and Mexico tied 0-0 at half.  Some various bets I’m recommending so far:
Uruguay to win Group A +350
This one is already off the board as Group A starts today, but this was also available at +400.  Even odds for a team that should [...]

Quiet No More

April is traditionally a slow gambling month. Despite the NHL and NBA playoffs kicking off, there’s not usually much action to be found. Thankfully, a couple of items have popped up for this weekend:
Les Habitants
From Puck Prospectus:
December 19th is the line of demarcation for me. That’s when Montreal’s prime mover, defenseman Andrei Markov, [...]

MLB 2010 Season Win Totals Over/Under

I’ve never done well betting on baseball games. Sure, I’m smart enough to know that when an overmatched scrub shortstop is up against a hard throwing closer, strikeouts and popups will result(or as Chip Caray would say, “Fisted!”). Translating that into an appreciable edge is something I’ll leave to gamblers braver than I. [...]

Boat Race 2010 – Will a Boat Sink?

The 156th Oxford-Cambridge boat race takes place tomorrow in London. Oxford are favored at roughly -250, but picking the winner isn’t the most interesting play.
Pinnacle has a line (below) for “Will a Boat Sink?” currently at -1650. I know most of you don’t enjoy betting large favorites, but a boat has [...]

Big East Fail

Absolutely nothing doing on these Sweet 16 or NIT games. Butler looks to have peaked at +7.5 against Syracuse. It was a lean for me at that number, I’d have played it at 8, but it’s back down to 6.5 and a pass like the rest of the games. Northern Iowa is [...]