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) How even can it get?
Fourteen games were played this past weekend with an even split between the favorites and underdogs. Each took home seven wins against the spread, but that's not where the 50-50 split ends. The UNDER was victorious seven times, while the OVER took home seven wins as well.How can anyone make a living off such even statistics? It really isn't that difficult and it's one thing all handicappers should pay attention to. It's called picking your spots.
When analyzing the weekend's games, try not to get the feeling of invincibility by attacking each and every contest. The NFL is such a tremendously hard league to cash in on, so even if one studies every single possible angle, the key to succeeding week after week is narrowing the choices down to one or two plays.
When wagering on other sports, especially horse racing, the professional horseplayer knows how to stick to the few events that provide the best return on his investment. More>>
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) Catholic college professor accused of credit card theft
COLONIE, N.Y. (AP) - A Catholic college professor is facing felony forgery and criminal possession of stolen property charges for allegedly stealing credit cards from the school's friary.Prosecutors say Siena College professor Thomas Bulger used the stolen cards to charge hundreds of dollars worth of beer, lottery tickets and other items.
In a statement to police, Bulger says he stole a credit card issued to the Siena College Friary from a black leather case he found on a fountain while delivering a letter to 1 of the 27 friars who live on campus.
His statement says Bulger then drove around charging lottery tickets after work, signing made-up names on the receipts, hoping to use his lottery winnings to make horse racing bets.
Siena's president, the Rev. More>>
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) GOLDEN MOMENT FOR ADVANCED
Kevin Ryan has long had his sights set on winning the totesport.com Ayr Gold Cup and Advanced, an unlucky third in the race last year, made no mistake this time.Partnered by Jamie Spencer, the four-year-old powered to a neck win over Irish raider Benwilt Breeze in a typically thrilling renewal of the six-furlong event.
However, Spencer could find the race plays a significant role in his bid to regain the jockeys' championship as he picked up a two-day suspension (October 3 and 4) for careless riding.
That suspension takes his tally for such offences to 24 days over the last 12 months and another ban in the coming weeks would see him referred to the British Horseracing Authority to face a possible 14-day ban.
The 28 runners split into two groups in the main and it looked as if Benwilt Breeze (22-1) was going to land the prize when he went ahead on the far side approaching the final furlong, but he then hung right. More>>
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) Lottery expands Keno with cartoon horses
The Massachusetts State Lottery, which unveiled a $20 scratch ticket last month, is now dramatically expanding its Keno racing game and switching from virtual cars to cartoon thoroughbreds.The new initiatives signal the lottery's determination to get back on track after a rare down year last year. Revenue overall at the lottery fell 1.4 percent in fiscal 2007 and lottery aid to cities and towns declined by $59 million, or 6.2 percent.
Lottery officials said the revamped Daily Race Game would be introduced as soon as possible at the existing 220 locations where the car racing game is being played and then be rolled out to a total of 1,500 locations by April. The game is expected to generate $160 million in annual revenue once fully operational.
Dan Rosenfeld, the lottery spokesman, said each location will have dual monitors, one for the regular Keno game, where players bet $1 and try to pick winning numbers, and one for the racing game, where players bet $1 and try to pick winning numbered horses. More>>
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) Get involved...
SIR MICHAEL STOUTE might not consider Red Gala the apple of his eye but he looks the pick of the crop in the Heritage Handicap at Ascot.Unraced as a two-year-old, he looked unlikely to be up there with Stoute's superstars when, after two second places at Kempton and Nottingham last year, and he could do no more than land the odds in an ordinary maiden at Brighton a year ago to the day, albeit by nine lengths from Flame Creek.
As I've already said on numerous occasions, Stoute is in a different class when it comes to bringing about massive improvement in late-developing horses. Red Gala looks another one straight out of that mould.
He made his seasonal bow at Newbury in April and wiped the floor with Luca Cumani's current Cesarewitch favourite Samurai Way, racing prominently then quickening up nicely for Frankie Dettori to score with a bit in hand. More>>
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) Pinnacle Race Course Near Detroit Metro Airport to Become One of the Country's Premier Thoroughbred Racing Tracks
- Company led by Michigan banker and thoroughbred-horse owner, Jerry Campbell, seeks racing license with October 8 applicationLANSING, Mich., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Few would disagree that Michigan's economy sorely needs a positive shot in the arm, and a Jackson-based company led by Jerry Campbell, a successful Michigan banker and long-time thoroughbred-horse owner, is today submitting a formal proposal to the state's Office of the Racing Commissioner and Racing Commissioner Christine White to grant a license so his company can build and operate "one of the finest thoroughbred horse-racing tracks in the United States and host one of the sports' biggest racing events," according to Campbell.
Campbell is the former founder and Chairman of Republic Bancorp and current Chairman of Citizens Republic Bancorp, the largest bank headquartered in Michigan, and owner of 125 thoroughbred horses. More>>