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Super Bowl Boxes are a glorious way for you, on one day during the calendar year, to gamble with your office mates or buddies (and unlike March Madness this requires zero skill or thought at all). Chances are you at this very moment have a spreadsheet on your computer or a print out on your desk that has your name in a variety of boxes. You are sitting there looking at each box likely thinking "OH COME ON 2-5? What kind of BS is that?" or you are celebrating a glorious number like 0-3 or 0-7. Well, how about we delve into the 44 year history of the Super Bowl and take a look into just exactly what has hit. 1st Quarter The First Quarter's distribution can be defined by 1 word, "boring". Out of 100 boxes only 13 have come up in 44 games. 10 of which wound up at 0-0 which is the most likely combo to get some form of payout. In addition, 10 games have finished at 3-0 and 8 at 7-0. In other words, if you don't have a 0-3-7 combo, than you can just about c...

If you are looking for the best sports betting online - look no further -join now the most secure online sportsbook with best bonuses and promotions! The World Cup begins today and I'm wondering just how Patriotic you feel today. The US enters the tournament with 95:1 odds meaning the gambling community essentially feels that the US has zero shot of pulling of the massive World Cup upset and truly why would they. Soccer is not one of the prime sports in this country and we have never had any major success in this tournament. If the US were to somehow come home with World Cup trophy in hand it would be one of the more historical sports upsets. The Americans may be ranked #14 overall in the FIFA World Rankings as well as SI's World Cup Power Rankings but they aren't truly in the class of the European and South American powerhouses. The Americans do not have any players getting regular playing time on any of the European club giants. Meanwhile, a team like Spai...

Best online sports betting bonuses and promotions at Sportsbetting.com. Join now the most secure online sportsbook ! if you're betting on just the favorite so I'm going to be 1000% honest with this post. I have ZERO idea about anything surrounding this years Belmont stakes. I only recognize one horse now that both the Preakness and Kentucky Derby winners have pulled out of the race. That horse is Ice Box, the horse that arrived like a bullet at the Kentucky Derby to finish second. He is the odds on favorite and I fully expect him to take home the Belmont title. But you can't reallly take home too much cash just betting on the favorite so we need to package this up with the next two finishes. To decide the next two finishers we combine a scientific formula which includes two criteria, name and outfit. With no outfits truly sticking out to me this Belmont Stakes I think I will simply go with the dudes, First Dude and Game On Dude. They both have decent odds and the Dude ...

Best online sports betting bonuses and promotions at Sportsbetting.com. Join now the most secure online sportsbook ! In 2009 the tennis world was shocked by Robin Soderling's defeat of Rafael Nadal. The defeat came out of nowhere for Nadal and helped Roger Federer complete the career grandslam. The defeat also means that for only the 2nd time of his career*, Rafael Nadal is not defending his title at Roland Garros. As a result the gambling lines for Nadal moved into the realm of contemplation. At the start of the tourney you could find lines as good as 1:2. While this line isn't the most appealing in the world, putting up more money than you would win in return is never the most desirable decision, but in reality its easy money. Nadal has already won the French Open 4 times in his career. He has yet to lose this season on clay, having won three tournaments during the clay season. In those three tournaments Nadal dropped a total of two sets. Through two rounds at...

This post is brought to you by sportsbook SPORTSBETTING.com. Get the best online sports betting bonuses at this online sportsbook . After getting dismantled by the Rays in their two game series in the Bronx, falling 5 games back, it feels as if the Yankees team is in complete disarray. But then you look at the Standings realize that the Yankees aren't in any dismal position, they still actually have the 3rd best record in Major League Baseball. So this in turn moves your attention and focus back towards the Rays and the realization that this team is eye openingly good. The Rays are 30-11. They are 17-4 on the road. 17-4. That is truly unthinkable in baseball*. Their pitching staff is currently far and away the best in baseball. All 5 men of their rotation are 28 or younger, are over .500 for the season, and have an ERA under 3.40. Their lineup is full of speed and power and of course more youth. Only two of their everyday starters are older than 28 (Pena and Bartlett) s...

This post is brought to you by SPORTSBETTING.com. Get best online sports betting bonuses at this sportsbook . And now we can all officially speculate about something that we all have been speculating about for nearly 3 years now, where will Lebron James be signing a contract in the summer of 2010. As of right now your early favorites are still the Cavaliers. They are closely followed by the Knicks who are followed more distantly by the Bulls, Nets, Clipshow and Heat. The odds will obviously change throughout the offseason as more news comes out but let's just give some thoughts to each of the 6 squads. Cavs - The Cavs are the favorites for the obvious reason, he is currently a member of the Cavs, he is an Ohio lifer, and his legacy will never be as strong winning championships as it would be if he won them in Cleveland. Even though the team he would go to would be a completely rebuilt ship (outside of Chicago) it will always feel like he bailed for a better scenario and co...

This post is brought to you by SPORTSBETTING.com. Get best online sports betting bonuses at this sportsbook . If you were to play Vegas for a moment, I think one of the most intriguing Over/Unders you could put together for the remainder of the 2010 season would be how many wins 2009 Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke will wind up with. Greinke went the entire month of April without a victory despite numbers that frankly were top of the line starter stuff. Greinke's statline through 6 games reads 39.2 IP, 2.27 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 33 Ks. So why does he yet to have a recorded a win this season? Well he plays on the Royals to start. The team has yet to score more than 4 runs in any of his 6 outings. Then you throw on the fact that he's working with the Royals bullpen, who gives up ample runs once he leaves the game, and you have an 0-3 pitcher with tremendous numbers. So lets rebring up my original question, if you were to set the line on Greinke victories this season wher...

This post is brought to you by SPORTSBETTING.com. Get best online sports betting bonuses at this sportsbook . My father, the bright man that he is, said something in Spring Training that I kind of laughed off but is looking like a distinct possibility just 1 month into the season. The phrase was quite simple and quite brief, "You watch, Cano just might win the MVP this year". His reasoning was quite simple, if Cano ever could bottle up all of his potential and put it together in a season while hitting in the 5 hole behind Teixeira and A-Rod he just might wind up hitting .340 with 130 RBIs and 30+ HRs at second base. Again, its just one month into the season, but I certainly wish I went to Vegas and put some money on Cano for MVP for what would have been relatively long odds. Here's what Robinson Cano's rankings look like through the month of April. Cano sits first in the AL in Hits, Average, Runs, OPS and Slugging Percentage. He sits 2nd in the AL in Home Run...

This post is brought to you by SPORTSBETTING.com. Get best online sports betting bonuses at this sportsbook . As the Masters begins today we return to the age old question, would you take Tiger Woods or the field win the tournament? Only in 2010 this question diverts from the typical odds and typical story lines. How will Tiger play in his first tournament back? Will he have rust? Will the constant questioning wear him down? This year Tiger Woods is still the odds on favorite and will return +450 on a bet. This is obviously not the nearly 2:1 odds he typically sits at. People clearly think that not having played in a tournament in nearly 6 months will make it so he will be unable to win his first tournament back. So if you believe in Tiger Woods this is the best payout you will likely ever get. Personally I think picking the field is the clear way to go. Maybe if Woods had played at Bay Hill or any other tournament over the last month and shown that he was back to full ...

This post is brought to you by SPORTSBETTING.com. Get best online sports betting bonuses at this sportsbook . It's Final Four Weekend so let's take a quick look at the odds for this weeks Championship game. Picking Butler Butler Beats Duke: 5-1, Butler Beats West Virginia: 7-1 The Butler Bulldogs are #3 of 4 this weekend as they are barely favored over Michigan St. and then would be an underdog in the championship game. Personally, I don't think the Hoosiers win the title. I think they get there, but I'm not buying they beat Duke or WVU, even though they already knocked off Cuse who is probably better than both WVU or Duke. Picking Duke Duke Beats Butler: 3-2, Duke Beats Michigan State: 2-1 The Blue Devils are the favorites but come on I can't pick them to win without wanting to punch myself in the face. Down with Duke and Jon Scheyer. Picking Michigan St. Michigan St Beats Duke: 6-1, Michigan St Beats West Virginia: 8-1 Michigan St. had the ea...

This post is brought to you by SPORTSBETTING.com. Get best online sports betting bonuses at this sportsbook . It's March Madness which means every radio program, blog, mother, cousin, board 2nd grader, etc. is coming up with some bracket of 64 things with the objective of deciphering what is best. The best of all of these brackets on a consistent basis is Name of the Year or NOTY . Of course due to the the fact that this actually isn't a sporting activity and resides on a blogger website there aren't any Vegas lines for whom the favorites are. Well I'm saying there should be and well, I'm going to label the Top 10 Favorites for 2010 NOTY. 10. Pencilman Jeffries - Underrated quality name that just might take the Crotchtangle Region. 9. Spartacus Bernstein - This name screams POWER and JEW. Or WARRIOR and JEW. Or 300 and JEW. Something and JEW. It's got potential. 8. Gregor Schwinghammer Jr. - Gregor was birthed by Schwinghammer Sr., aka Austin ...

This post is brought to you by SPORTSBETTING.com. Get best online sports betting bonuses at this sportsbook . Coming into this week many proclaimed that the Big East was the best conference in the entire country and that there would be many a Big East celebration in March. Well after a few days of NIT games and one day of the NCAA tournament perhaps the Big East was getting a bit too much love. Of the 8 Big East teams to play a postseason game this far, only one beat the spread, and they still lost. 4 NIT Games ~UConn defeats Northeastern at home by just 2. ~St. John's (the team that beat the spread) lost by two on the road at Memphis. ~Seton Hall got crushed at home by Texas Tech and their coach was subsequently canned. ~USF lost at home by 1 to NC State. 4 NCAA 1st Round Games ~Villanova was lucky to pull out an overtime victory. ~Notre Dame couldn't hit a jump shot and lost a 6-11 matchup. ~Georgetown was thoroughly embarrassed by a mediocre Ohio team. ~Marq...

This post is brought to you by SPORTSBETTING.com. Get best online sports betting bonuses at this sportsbook . Last week we looked at the potential Home Run Kings so today why not look at the potential Stolen Base Kings. There are 4 odds on favorites to lead the league in Stolen Bases this year: 1. Jacoby Ellsbury: Led the league in steals last year with 70. Don't really have any reason this will decline. 2. Michael Bourn: Steals essentially every time he gets on base. Problem is he's probably going to get on base less this year because his BABIP was through the roof last year and will likely decline. 3. Carl Crawford: Looked like he was on pace for 100 steals and then he stopped at the end of the year. Made it seem like it was an offseason goal to not slowdown midseason this year. 4. Jose Reyes: If he can get his thyroid in order the man did steal 78 bases in 2007. After these four you're digging for some youngsters to jump into the game. Maybe an Elv...

This post is brought to you by SPORTSBETTING.com. Get best online sports betting bonuses at this sportsbook . Every year there are ample Home Run challenges you can enter yourself into. Some of them require you to pick multiple players in tiers, some of them require you to grab one guy and let it rip. With the season just a month away there are the heavy weights that you would expect to be in the running (Fielder, Howard, Pujols, Arod, etc.) and then there are the sleepers that you can actually make money on. So let's take a look at a handful of sleepers that I think might be worth the risk. 5. Garrett Jones - If you're looking for the super off the radar long shot you might want to look at Garrett Jones. Last year as an old rookie Jones came up smoking hot and hit 21 home runs in just 314 at bats. This year he's likely to get near 600 abs and well 21 *2 = 42. Do I think he's going to do that? No. But his odds are going to be so long it might be worth it. ...

This post is brought to you by SPORTSBETTING.com. Get best online sports betting bonuses at this sportsbook . The MLB season is just around the corner and its time to take a look at how Vegas sees the Divisions playing out and how much they'd be willing to pay you if you are a reader of the future. Of all 30 teams the Phillies and the Yanks are the only two whom Vegas sees as a better than 50/50 proposition. Both seem like a terrible bet. The Rays and Red Sox should both be very good and challenge the Yanks. The Phillies odds are not even close to worth the price of admission. I'd also avoid the really huge longshots like the Jays, Nats, Pirates and especially the Padres. The Padres are going to be BRUTAL. Now to the three teams I'd most contemplate taking the risk reward. 1) The Mets. Please do a cursory comparison between the New York Mets roster and the Philadelphia Phillies roster, the Phillies roster isn't leaps and bounds better it just has way less ...

This post is brought to you by SPORTSBETTING.com. Get best online sports betting bonuses at this sportsbook . Are you bored of betting on the Olympics or on NBA basketball and eager to find yourself a juicy ludicrous prop bet in which you have little to no chance of winning? Well I have just the thing for you, the Tiger Woods press conference prop bet. Not only do you need to read the mind of Tiger Woods but you need to get his exact wording. Here's the bet: "WHAT WILL BE THE EXACT PHRASE THAT TIGER WOODS WILL SAY FIRST ON HIS OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19TH 2010 - MUST BE EXACT PHRASE FOR ACTION " And if you think that's ridiculous, you should see some of the lines. 125:1 "I'm Silly With My Willy". 50:1 "Thank God for John Terry". 125:1 "I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman". 100:1 "My Tiger is back in its cage". Etc. So even if you are bored and want a little changeup, this problem is the...

This post is brought to you by SPORTSBETTING.com. Get best online sports betting bonuses at this sportsbook . As you can the favorites are Germany, USA, and Canada in that order. The Germans, in case you didn't know, have led the Winter Olympic medal count three Olympics running. The USA looked for a big push from Ms. Vonn to move into the lead but with her ankle questionable that looks to take the Americans out of the running for several medals. The Canadians as the host nation come in third but they really haven't come close to winning the medal count in any of the past three Olympics. Just because they are the host nation does not mean that they will morph into Winter Gods. After these three Nations you are looking at long odds and high payouts, or essentially you are looking to throw away your money. If anybody may be worth while to gamble on it could be the Norwegians as they did invent skiing and they do place consistently well in the Biathlon, Cross Country a...

This post is brought to you by SPORTSBETTING.com. Get best online sports betting bonuses at this sportsbook . With the Super Bowl just 4 days away let us look at some of the more ridiculous prop bets that you can wager on. The Coin Toss The Coin Toss is probably the most ridiculous thing to bet on because it's a 50/50 proposition and is straight luck, yet the lines say that it isn't straight 50/50? Someohow the Colts are favored to win the coin toss and the coin is favored to come up Tails. Hmm... What Color Will the Gatorade Bath Be This good ole prop is multiple choice... The odds on favorite is clear/water but that just seems boring. Something tells me the Colts use blue gatorade and the saints go classic lime green. So whomever you think wins the game go with that... Or you can just ask the trainers of the Colts and Saints and figure out what color they choose and then you're 50/50. Oh and you can also bet on whether it will be an offensive or defensive c...

This post is brought to you by SPORTSBETTING.com. Get best online sports betting bonuses at this sportsbook . If the athletes don't actually really care about who wins the game, does that make it easier or harder to gamble on? Or does it just make it dumb to gamble on? If neither the favored nor the underdog truly care about the end result than does talent mean anything? Is it dumb to put money on a game where the stakes are probably greater in your eyes than the eyes of the athletes? You obviously have figured out by now that I am talking about the Pro Bowl. The early line on this weekend Pro Bowl is the AFC +2. Why? Probably because their quarterbacks are more Pros than Pro Bowlers. But perhaps that is actually a good thing? Maybe these quarterbacks (Schaub, Garrard, Young) feel the need to have big games and prove that they belong while the NFC quarterback contingent of McNabb, Rodgers, and Romo don't have anything to prove? And this makes the AFC the better play...

The Conference Championship games are just around the corner so why not take a quick look at all the lines in the sports betting world. New York Jets at Indianapolis Colts Money Line: Jets +290, Colts -360 The money line is probably something you want to avoid for this game unless you have superb confidence in the Jets winning. A pay out of nearly 3 to 1 for a jets victory could be enticing but the Colts Payout makes it completely not worth it. You're better off either not betting or laying the points... Spread: Jets +7 1/2 But are you confident that the Colts are going to win by more than a touchdown? The Jets have lost by more than 7 just twice this season and have won 7 of their last 8 games. When the Jets were in Indy they were still well in the game when Peyton left. If you're going Colts you have to go the spread -7 1/2 pick but I wouldn't have too much confidence. Over/Under: 39 This is a tricky number. 20 points a side doesn't seem like much bu...