Stewart wins in a wild finish at Martinsville
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10/30/2011 - Martinsville, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tony Stewart gained huge ground in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship by winning Sunday's Tums Fast Relief 500 in dramatic fashion at Martinsville Speedway.
Stewart passed Jimmie Johnson for the lead just after a restart with three laps remaining and then held off a fierce challenge from Johnson to win his third Chase race this season. He won the first two playoff races in September -- Chicagoland and New Hampshire.
With the win, Stewart moved to within eight points of Carl Edwards, who hung on to the championship lead with a ninth-place finish. Edwards ran one lap behind for a good portion of the 500-lap race.
Johnson finished second, while Jeff Gordon rebounded from an early-race accident to finish third. Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top- five.
Harvick is now 21 points out of the lead. Brad Keselowski fell 27 markers behind after finishing 17th. Keselowski got spun around on the final lap.
Johnson, the five-time defending series champion, trails Edwards by 41 points with just three races to go. The series heads to Texas next weekend.
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The Galaxy w
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SPORTS BETTING
NFL Football Betting OnlineIn 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 .
Don't believe it? Just take a look at what happens around the Super Bowl.
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