Archive for March, 2008
Betting on March Madness: Sweet 16 Matchups
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Here’s the full March Madness lineup for the Sweet 16 round, with odds at press time:
Thursday
No. 7 West Virginia at No. 3 Xavier (+1)
No. 4 Washington State at No. 1 North Carolina (-9)
No. 12 Western Kentucky at No. 1 UCLA (-12)
No. 3 Louisville at No. 2 Tennessee (+3)
Friday
No. 10 Davidson at No. 3 Wisconsin (-5)
No. […]
Betting on American Idol: Will David Archuleta Win?
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
David Archuleta? Doesn’t he play safety for the Chicago Bears?
That’s about how much I know about American Idol. But that can be a good thing when it comes to betting the entertainment futures market: no bias toward any one contestant.
You don’t need to know a fugue from a flugelhorn to know that Archuleta is a […]
Bettors Now Getting a Better Deal
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Gamblers looking to find a bit of the old glory in new Las Vegas may not realize that things have actually gotten better over the years.
In fact, the image of Vegas ‘back in the day’ with its smoke-filled casinos and shrewd bookies is something that many of today’s bettors hope to find when they arrive […]
College Basketball Betting: Selection Sunday Sure Bets
Thursday, March 13th, 2008We’re still a few days away from being able to officially start filling out our March Madness brackets. Selection Sunday is the day the NCAA’s 10-member committee of athletic directors and conference commissioners will decide which 65 teams will make the men’s basketball Tournament.
Thirty teams get automatic March Madness invitations by winning their conference tourneys […]
Betting on Sports: Is it Right or Wrong?
Thursday, March 6th, 2008If you’re any good at handicapping, then you’re good at making decisions. So you know better than to get trapped into making a binary choice about your moral stance on things.
There are times when betting on sports is perfectly all right, and times when it isn’t. In my worldview, the latter category includes anything that […]