Me and a few friends are taking bets on the super bowl with a few other kids. I don’t understand how betting works completely, and I think I might end up giving out unfair amounts of money, can someone explain it? Also I was going with the Patriots over the Giants, does that sound right?

• just bet on football
• The two most common ways to bet are either straight up betting or betting against the spread.
  Straight up is easy. This is just who you think will win. If you pick the winning team you win the bet. You will have to pay double whatever they gave you. So $5 would be $10.

  You can also bet against the spread. This is the prediciton on who vegas is choosing to win and by how many points. This makes it so every game is bettable. Like we know an NFL team would crush a college team and the spread was created so even if though a team is a major favorite you can still bet on the game. How this works is a team will be favored by a certain amount of point. I think the patriots are favored by 3 points. So a Giants win or if they lose by only 2 it makes the person who picked the Giants win. If the patriots win by more than 3 then whoever picks the patriots win. If they win by exactly 3 points then it is a push. Normally you would just give them back whatever they put in and nothing more. To avoid this make the tiebreaker either whoever gets closest to picking the finals score, or the total amount of points scored.

Posted on January 26th, 2012 by admin
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Online online sports betting players should be starting to get ready for the Super Bowl, and this season’s matchup has a number of different storylines as the New York Giants looked eerily similar to the team that won the Super Bowl four years ago….when they upset New England. The Patriots also lost to the Giants during the regular season, but their defense will carry their dynasty to yet another Super Bowl victory.

What: NFL Betting
When: Sunday, February 5th, 6:29 PM ET
Where: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN
Pick: New England Patriots -3

Why Bet On New York Giants (12-7 SU, 10-8-1 ATS)

The arguments against Eli Manning being an elite quarterback are declining by the day as he put the Giants on his back in a 23-20 overtime win in San Francisco, going 32-of-58 for 316 yards and two touchdowns, and he was under the pressure as the 49ers shut down their running game (85 yards on 26 carries). Victor Cruz had 10 receptions for 142 yards on a rainy and wet day for the Giants, which makes their aerial prowess even more impressive. The offensive line allowed six sacks and had a tough day in regards to opening holes for the running game, but they held up when they had to and Manning made some incredible plays. However, the defense and special teams did their share as well. The Giants had three sacks and stopped the 49ers on 12 of 13 third-down attempts, although they gave San Francisco four first downs due to penalties. The special teams also forced the 49ers’ Kyle Williams to fumble twice, and the second in overtime was the key to getting in position for Lawrence Tynes’ 31-yard field goal.

Tight end Jake Ballard (knee) limped through the NFC title game, so be sure to keep an eye on the news ahead of the Super Bowl for his status, as well as any other injury worries the Giants may have. This team, coached by Tom Coughlin, doesn’t get rattled by much, so the bright lights of the Super Bowl won’t bother them. Manning has won a record five playoff games on the road, and Coughlin has tied Dallas legend Tom Landry with seven postseason wins away from home. Pressure? What pressure?

Why Bet On New England Patriots (15-3 SU, 10-7-1 ATS)

New England’s defense was the story in a 23-20 win over Baltimore at home in the AFC championship game, which is something that most NFL betting players didn’t see coming. The Patriots racked up three sacks and stopped the Ravens on three of four trips to the red zone, and it was basically the story of the season for their defense: bend, but don’t break. Tom Brady was 22-of-36 for 239 yards, but he didn’t throw any touchdowns and was picked off twice, while the Patriots ran for 96 yards on 31 carries. His line did a good job of protecting Brady, but the Baltimore secondary did a great job on his receivers. This is why the Patriots have been considered the dynasty in the AFC over the last decade, with all due respect to Pittsburgh; they didn’t play their best football, but they made plays when they needed to be made and now they’re in the Super Bowl for the fifth time since 2001.

Tight end Rob Gronkowski (ankle) was seen leaving Gillette Stadium in a walking boot as he was hurt during the Baltimore game, but he did return, so you can expect him to play in two weeks. Led by head coach Bill Belichick and Brady, the Patriots are back in the big game and you know they were praying for the Giants to win on Sunday evening as they’ll have a chance to avenge their loss in Super Bowl XLII four years ago when the Giants ruined their unbeaten season. They’ll have to play much better offensively in order to defeat the Giants and in particular, their line has to protect Brady because four years ago, the New York defensive line dominated the Super Bowl.

How It Will Play Out

Early NFL betting odds have the Patriots favored by three points, although the line could shift over the next two weeks. New England is 2-2 SU and ATS in their last four meetings with the Giants, with three of the games going under the posted total, but the Giants have won the last two meetings SU; there was the Super Bowl win in Glendale, and there was a 24-20 win in New England in Week 9. Manning outplayed Brady, leading a late game-winning drive, while Brady committed three of the Patriots’ four turnovers.

Most of the talk heading into this game will surround the quarterbacks as Manning stated before the season that he belonged on Brady’s level; with one more Super Bowl, it won’t even be an argument anymore. However, this New England defense has had a knack for coming up with big plays when they need to and they’ll force Manning to make a couple of mistakes. Belichick and his staff will have a few wrinkles that Manning and his offense hasn’t seen before, and their defense will be story as the Patriots avenge their Super Bowl loss of four years ago, while covering the sports betting spread.

Giants Patriots Betting Pick: New England Patriots

Posted on January 25th, 2012 by admin
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New York Giants at

New England Patriots
6:30 pm EST
-3 -105 -115 55 o-110 u-110 -3 -110 -110 55½ o-110 u-110 -3 -105 -115 55 o-110 u-110 \
Can u explain to me ?

New England is favored by 3 points, meaning if you bet on them, you will win only if New England wins by more than 3. If New England wins by exactly 3, then you get a refund. The -105 means that for every $105 you risk, you could win a profit of $100 for a total return of $205.

The total is 55.5. You can wager on the total combined score between both teams. The wager is whether or not there will be more than 55.5 points, or less.

Check out http://www.sportsbook-ratings.net/sports-betting-for-newbies for a more detailed explanation of sports betting options.

Posted on January 25th, 2012 by admin
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I’m going to place a bet on the accumilator at the bookies so who do you think will win these games ?

WatfordVSTottenham Hotspur
EvertonVSFulham
Queens Park RangersVSChelsea
LiverpoolVSManchester United
MillwallVSSouthampton
Hull CityVSCrawley Town
West Bromwich AlbionVSNorwich City
BlackpoolVSSheffield Wednesday
StevenageVSNotts County
Derby CountyVSStoke City
Bolton WanderersVSSwansea City
Sheffield UnitedVSBirmingham City
Leicester CityVSSwindon Town
Brighton & Hove AlbionVSNewcastle United
Sunderland VSMiddlesbrough
ArsenalVSAston Villa

5 stars for answer

Liverpool .

Man U
Aston Villa
Southampton
Fulham

just remembered Phil Jones is injured again, Liverpool/Man U is a coin toss

Tottenham
Fulham
Chelsea
Man United
Southampton
Hull City
West Brom
Blackpool
Notts County
Stoke City
Swansea City
Birmingham City
Leicester City
Newcastle
Sunderland
Arsenal

Arsenal or Chelsea

2 – Watford V Tottenham Hotspur
1 – Everton VS Fulham
2 – Queens Park Rangers V Chelsea
2 – Liverpool V Manchester United
1 – Millwall V Southampton
x – Hull City V Crawley Town
2 – West Bromwich Albion V Norwich City
1 – Blackpool V Sheffield Wednesday
2 – Stevenage V Notts County
1 – Derby County V Stoke City
x – Bolton Wanderers V Swansea City
1 – Sheffield United V Birmingham City
1 – Leicester City V Swindon Town
2 – Brighton & Hove Albion V Newcastle United
1 – Sunderland V Middlesbrough
1 – Arsenal V Aston Villa

Good Luck :- )

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Posted on January 24th, 2012 by admin
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Better at football than Johan Djourou?

I bet I know about 7 or 8 haha. F_cking awful player.

How is he still at Arsenal or ANY Premierleague club?
Red – The question itself was slightly humorous, but he is a shocking player, looks drunk every time I watch him.

i don’t know anyone better than any PL players.

Wenger thinks he is super quality
He’s a fuckin mong FFS

Can’t wait for the best RB in the league to return

more than you can imagine, Saint PePe

Lol. Until those 7 or 8 people you know actually plays in a Premier League match, then I’ll be the judge of that.

I agree he’s not Arsenal quality. But he’s not THAT bad. That is, not as bad as you are making him out to be.

edit: Yeah. He has his moments but usually just poor. Arsenal needs a proper full back. Vermaelen’s talents are wasted there.

Nani tore him a new arsehole

Posted on January 23rd, 2012 by admin
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I’m 16 and I’ve dated this guy who’s 17 for 4 months. He likes to bet on football, but unfortuantely he chooses to bet on the wrong team way too often. In fact I made $40 myself betting on a game I knew nothing about just because he bet on the other team.

There is not really anything else that is wrong with our relationship, and it seems silly to worry about this at our ages but he makes a lot of bets with people and always seems to lose. Even when he wins, he loses his winnings in another bet. I’ve tried talking to him about it but he only laughs about it saying that his parents will just give him more. He and I each have rich parents but he seems to think he can keep calling on them to give him more money where I would like to be with someone responsible and can one day make his own.

So I guess what I want to know is, am I being shallow to dump him for this reason? All my attempts to talk about it just has him laugh in response.

your not being shallow.

* you have tried to talk to your boyfriend about his betting and gambling

* he only admits he will mooch more money from his parents

* he won’t get a job with that attitude and by the sounds of it, he won’t ever be responsible for himself or anyone else

Dumping him for this reason is justified, however, are you sure this is where his money is going? May he possibly be lying about losing money on a bet, when he might be spending it elsewhere, such as a bad habit, or hopefully not but possibly: another gf?

I would definitely break up with him. That is not shallow. He has a problem.

I don’t think gambling is your issue. Your issue is this, “…he only laughs about it saying that his parents will just give him more.” and “I would like to be with someone responsible and can one day make his own.” (IE – entitlement attitude and a lazy bum.)

Now, is the a break up offense? In my little world, yes.

Posted on January 22nd, 2012 by admin
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What would be your picks for the weekend?

On twitter @BeatTheBookie45 predicts Chelsea, QPR double to win and Leeds Ipswich draw.. << How does that sound?? Also how much should I bet?

Im not much of a football fan but quite fancy making the game more interesting for me by a cheeky bet or so

Don’t bet and you wont lose any money

arsenal loss liverpool win and rangers win

Here’s a tip

Use European Weekend Coupon on William Hill

And make your combination of bets

http://sports.williamhill.com/bet/en-gb/betting/y/5/cp/230/Football.html

If you know nothing about football ,dont gamble belike us who think we know a bit and gamble but not beating the bookies. Theres only one winner thats the bookie,if you are daft like us have go at these.Have a 20p patent which will cost £1,40p each,3 selections in apatent,3 draws Colchester,Scunthorpe,Bradford.if they win £17,77p.3 aways Hull,Sheff.U,trammere. if win £22,01 if 2 out of 3 wins you still make asmall profit.Odds are Betfreds,good luck

heres a tip. don’t bet at all, it’s a waste of money, unless of course its a giant team like fcb, rma, man utd, etc. against weak teams

There are many betting related website are available in online internet. Few of them provide you potential information about betting . One of that kind of betting related information provide website link is given below in source box.

Posted on January 21st, 2012 by admin
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I’m 16 and my bf is 17. We both have rich parents. I don’t mean to brag about that but its important to know to understand the situation.

I have dated him for about a year now and things go well when we are together, but he is becoming a complete slacker with his schoolwork and other important things. His grades are dropping and his idea of getting ready for the SAT’s the night before was to party until 3am. He plays football, but was demoted this season to a backup role as even his coach told him he needed to put more effort into it but even that he doesn’t care about. He doesn’t care about looking for colleges and I don’t even know if he cares about going to college. He makes stupid bets on sports games all the time (such as this weekend on the Ravens?!) because he always just says that his parents will give him more money if he loses. I know his parents try talking to him about this. My attempts to talk to him just get a laugh and changing the subject because I’m not his mother and shouldn’t worry about this stuff.

I really think he’s going to become a deadbeat or try to mooch off his parents all his life whereas I once day want to make my parents proud and maybe return some of the favors that have been done for me when I am older even if technically, they don’t need me too. Even though nothing else is really wrong with us, I just want to call it off. What do you all think?

Yall are young, you wont know love or shouldnt worry about it till your ovr 20yrs old. Thats when guys will be a little bit more grown and responsible.

Call it off. The way you’re boyfriend is going, it won’t be too long before he starts partying and consuming drugs. He’s not the guy you want to be with.

I know it’s difficult to accept this at 16, but this isn’t the guy you are going to marry. You will probably have 2 or 3 more long term boyfriends and breakups before you meet the marriage guy.

So you have two choices..
1) Just enjoy your time with him and not worry about all that stuff. If you aren’t going to marry him then just have fun and not take things too seriously. It doesn’t matter if he is going to be a deadbeat because by then you will have a new boyfriend. Think of him like a practice boyfriend not anything serious.

2) Just break up with him now.

Call it off. He’s a loser. He’s going to crap around like this through college and into his big junior executive job. He will have at least three wives, pay child support for a half dozen kids, be the boozed-up activity chairman for his country club, and then end up a cranky old fa** playing shuffleboard in Miami Beach. Maybe I got carried away a bit, but you get the idea. Sorry for your situation.

Well a friend is not that who is der only at good times..partying ..laughing and all.if a friend is going wrong way a friend is the only person who guides him the right way not even the parents.and being a gf
your responsibilty increases further.dslikes you for that but at the end of the day..he will also realise the matter..and he would respect you more for that …so never leave your friend.

Look i would say to him your mom and dad wont take care of u for ever or mine iam going to make something of my self maybe use some of that momey to open a dinner and have some 1 cook good home made food that i grew up eating or use it to open a bar or what ever and i will pay my mom dad back and care for them in old age as they have me they wont allways have momey to pay people to do it so i will and u need to make same out of your life it me or u being dead beat if u love me u do better cun when u r homeless and mom and dad arnt careing for u and i have my one home and own a store of my own and iam married and have kids dont think i will thro that a way to help u i want u to be husband but it on u me and a good life or u at wendys some where saying u want fries with thaqt so make him pic u or a bum if he loves u he pic u if not move on u can fine better bye

Posted on January 20th, 2012 by admin
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I’ve been hearing about how to bet on football scores using over/under values. Can somebody explain how this works?

The over/under for a game is 50 (for example).

You want to bet the total amount of points scored in the game will be over or under 50.

Simple.

its created by who the betters want to win. they take in a sh*t load of information and out of all that they gather, the over/under in vegas is made.

This short, but informative article will help you greatly http://www.sportsbook-ratings.net/sports-betting-for-newbies

The over/under is my favorite way to make a profit in NFL sports betting! It is a wager on the number of points scored by both teams combined. This way you can cheer for both teams.

Posted on January 19th, 2012 by admin
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For example the game between manchester city and manchester united. Man united lost their previous two games and Man city beat liverpool 3-0 in their previous game. The ref gives a red card to a Man city player that wasnt even a red card. Man city end up losing. Think of the number of people who would have betted on Man city to win. And its weird how the big teams lose to weak teams which you would never expect. Like when blackburn beated man united 3-2 at old trafford. Thousands would have betted on united to win at home. I think sport is just used to make money just like everything else. And btw im not a man city fan im an arsenal fan, yh we are doing bad :/. What do you think?

n o i do not think

Some maybe but not all…

Its a very valid point Harry. Where there is betting, there is guaranteed to be someone looking for an edge.

For all we know, a ref and his family could be held at gunpoint the night before a game and told ‘you better make sure utd win’.

Criminal gangs have infiltrated football betting before, but the greed of bookies must also be looked at. Being able to bet on bookings/red cards and corners is leaving games wide open to corruption (imho).

If you are a Celtic fan, there is also the possibility of just having another Rangers fan as the referee too. It happens lots, just ask Neil Lennon.

The sports that spring to mind are Horse racing and Boxing, for corruption rather than out and out fixing.

It would be very difficult to fix a football match since it is a team game. The goalkeeper is probably the only one who could deliberately throw a game but there is no guarantee that his team mates wouldn’t score a few goals and I think suspicions would be aroused if a goalie obviously let in several soft goals.

My Granda swore blind it was fixed. Not all sport but football yes. Snooker and boxing too. With Snooker he used to tell me that these guys were simply too good at the game to make the types of mistakes you see on TV.

Hundreds of players and officials have been investigated in Italy, Greece and other balkan states in recent times, but don’t think its a big problem on these shores.

Posted on January 18th, 2012 by admin
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