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Kings, Hawks clash in DixieBasketball Betting Lines01/20/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A leading candidate for the Sixth Man Award, Atlanta Hawks guard Jamal Crawford will try to get his team back in the win column Wednesday night versus the Sacramento Kings at Philips Arena. Crawford registered 12 points and six assists in a 94-91 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday, just a few days after burying the game-winning three- pointer against the Phoenix Suns. Crawford is second on the team with 17.0 ppg this season and is averaging 19.0 points over his last eight contests. Joe Johnson had 23 points in the recent loss to pace the Southeast Division- leading Hawks, who got 18 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists from Josh Smith in defeat. Al Horford scored 13 points to go with 10 boards. Atlanta is just a half-game ahead of the Orlando Magic in the standings. "I've got a lot of respect for Oklahoma City's team," Smith said. "They're young, they're exciting and they play hard. They play together. Even though Kevin Durant is the forefront of the team, he has a lot of mini-stars around him. He gets them involved at all times during the game." The Hawks will also host the Charlotte Bobcats on the residency. In injury news for the team, Johnson (foot) is questionable and Smith (Achilles) is listed as probable for this evening's game. Sacramento will resume its winless road trip tonight and has lost four in a row overall, including the first three portions on this trek. In Monday's 105-103 setback at Charlotte, Rookie of the Year candidate Tyreke Evans had 26 of his career-high 34 points in the second half and leads all first-year players in scoring and minutes. He has scored 20 or more points in five of the last seven games, and is averaging 23.7 ppg over that time. "We were playing good in the first half and were playing our game. After that we started (committing) turnovers and (giving up) layups and dunks. We didn't have anyone to stop them. Coach got into us at halftime and we came out aggressive," Evans said of the second-half turnaround. Andres Nocioni and Omri Casspi netted 13 points apiece, while Donte Greene posted 12 and eight boards in defeat. The Kings will also make stops in Orlando and Miami before returning home and are 3-16 away from California's capital this season. Atlanta defeated Sacramento, 113-105, on November 4 this season at ARCO Arena and has won four straight in the series. The Kings are winless in their last three trips to Philips Arena and have dropped 16 of the past 20 at the Hawks.
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Online Sportsbook Football BettingWhy Sports Betting is so much fun?Betting SportsThe most popular sports to bet on are NFL and college football along with NBA and NCAA basketball. There are multiple betting opportunities within those sports, beginning with the basic wager on a game’s outcome (also called betting the side). College Football Point spreads are used in both football and basketball in an attempt to even the attractiveness of each team in a match-up. ( See our article detailing how and why point spreads are made) Points (or Runs) ScoredAnother bet across all major team sports including football, basketball, baseball, and hockey involves wagering on the amount of scoring in a game, called an Over/Under total. For example, the Over/Under total on Super Bowl XXXIX was 48, which means a bettor could wager whether there would be more or less than 48 points scored by both teams combined in the game. Future BetsSports gambling doesn’t end there. Betting sides and totals are the most common wagers available everywhere, but many sportsbooks also offer future bets on big upcoming events like who will win next year’s Super Bowl and what movie will win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Proposition Bets (or Prop Bets)Proposition bets , also known as prop bets, focus upon the more exotic aspects of a game and are generally reserved for events that are widely televised. Prop bets are extremely popular when it comes to wagering on the Super Bowl in Las Vegas. The Imperial Palace Casino’s sportsbook is well-known for the enormous number of prop bets offered. For example, you can bet on:
Types of BetsStraight BetInvolves one individual wager, whether it be on your team to cover the point spread, to win the game straight-up on the money line, or to go over/under the total. Sports Betting ParlaysA parlay is a single bet that links together two or more individual wagers and is dependent on all of those wagers winning together. The benefit of the parlay bet is much better odds than placing each individual bet separately since the difficulty of hitting it is much higher.Standard payoffs on a two-team parlay are 13/5; while a three-teamer pays 6/1; and a four-teamer 10/1. Parlay cards are also fairly common in sportsbooks and popular with bettors, as they are released early in the week with set odds that do not change in return for a slightly lower payoff. Round Robin BettingAdventurous bettors who enjoy betting parlays sometimes put together a series of parlays called a Round Robin . A three-team Round Robin consists of one three-team parlay and three two-team parlays. For example, Joe likes teams A,B,C – with a Round Robin he has a three-teamer with ABC, and two-teamers with AB, AC, and BC.Betting TeasersSimilar to a parlay, a teaser bet is a single bet that links together two or more individual wagers, but is different in that the point spread is adjusted to your advantage on each individual wager. In exchange for the points, you get less of a return on your bet compared to a parlay. For example, a 6-point teaser would move the line on a 7-point favorite from -7 to -1, meaning the team would have to cover 6 less points. Each of the individual wagers must win or the bet is a loss.These are the main types of sports bets available today. But as sports betting continues to grow, sportsbooks will continue to develop new and creative ways to bet. We’ll continue to track these changes to the sports gambling landscape, so check back often and we’ll tell you all about it! To visit this online sportsbook got to MySportsbook.com for all your football betting needs. |
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