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2. Spread betting - Wikipedia

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   Purpose. [] The general purpose of spread betting is to create an active market for both sides of a binary wager, even if the outcome of an event may appear prima facie to be biased towards one side or the other. In sports, almost every contest has a favorite and an underdog, most obviously when a historically strong team is playing a weaker team.

3. How are point spreads made for NFL games? Veteran Vegas ... - AOL

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   The first spread Andrews comes to for an NFL game is simple math, using the power ratings: If Team A is 90, Team B is 91 and at home with a 2.5-point home-field advantage, the line is Team B -3.5.

4. Sports betting - Wikipedia

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   Odds boards in a Las Vegas sportsbook. Sports betting is the activity of predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome. Sports bettors place their wagers either legally, through a bookmaker/sportsbook, or illegally through privately run enterprises referred to as "bookies". The term "book" is a reference to the books used by wage ...

5. Sports betting systems - Wikipedia

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   Sports betting systems. Sports betting systems are sets of events that when combined for a particular game for a particular sport represent a profitable betting scenario. Since sports betting involves humans, there is no deterministic edge to the house or the gambler. Systems supposedly allow the gambler to have an edge or an advantage.

6. See early point spreads, betting odds for Clemson-Notre Dame ...

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   FanDuel has Notre Dame as a 3.5-point favorite, according to its website, with the over/under for the game at 46.5 points. Draft Kings also has Notre Dame -3.5, and Circa Sports has Notre Dame as ...

7. NFL playoff betting: The Bills are getting the most money at ...

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   Every other divisional round game has a spread of at least 6.5 points, and both Saturday games have spreads of at least 9.5 points. The Texans are 9.5-point underdogs at the Baltimore Ravens on ...

8. Charles K. McNeil - Wikipedia

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   Died. April 7, 1981. (1981-04-07) (aged 77) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Known for. Creating the points spread in sports betting. Charles Kline McNeil[1] (16 August 1903 – 7 April 1981) [2][3] was the inventor of the point spread in sports gambling. [4][5] McNeil earned a Master's Degree from the University of Chicago.

9. NFL betting: Steelers are, by point spread, the biggest ... - AOL

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   The Steelers opened as a 13-point underdog at the Kansas City Chiefs, and that has gone down to 12.5 at BetMGM. That's still the biggest spread in wild-card weekend history, and by a decent margin.