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Heavy Money On Spurs Sparked Late Adjustments To Odds

The 2013 NBA Playoffs provided more than their share of exciting basketball action for the fans of both the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat. Seldom have we seen two teams so evenly matched play such one sided games. Victories in this series came in double-digit figures and see-sawed back and forth between the two championship seeking teams. Home …

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by admin on June 21st, 2013 Leave a comment »

The 2013 College World Series Defies Handicappers

The annual College World Series, which takes place each spring in Omaha, Nebraska, got started off with some great baseball action over the weekend. All year long the baseball teams at universities across the country have been talking about… and dreaming about… playing some baseball at Omaha. Handicappers in Las Vegas and elsewhere have a harder time trying to predict …

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by admin on June 18th, 2013 Leave a comment »

Nevin Shapiro Rats Out Former Miami Coaches

What ever it was that was going on down at the University of Miami, they must have had a hell of a time… because folks just can’t stop talking about it. Now even the guy who was convicted of running the shady deals is talking about it… and naming names. Coaches names.  It just keeps getting uglier. There is a …

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by admin on June 17th, 2013 Leave a comment »

Tebow Props Fly Out The Window As He Signs With Patriots

If you bet the prop that Tim Tebow would never play in the NFL again, you lost. If you bet that he would end up in Florida, you lost again. As far as it is known, no one at all even dared to put up a prop that Tebow would end up with the New England Patriots and Bill Belichick. …

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by admin on June 15th, 2013 Leave a comment »

NFL Players In The Headlines Frustrate Handicappers

Imagine you’re a handicapper out there in Nevada doing your chart on the odds to show your clients for next seasons NFL games.  You’ve got graphs up all over the room and you have just finished fine tuning your calculations when up pops on the internet a bit of news that could blow the whole project back to Jersey. You …

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by admin on June 10th, 2013 Leave a comment »

Is Bitcoin Good For Bookies?

There is a new way to move money around the world and it is getting quite a bit of attention.  One of the major bottle-necks in on line sports wagering has always been how to move funds from one place to the other. It seems that the federal authorities take exception to certain types of transfers while ignoring others. American …

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by admin on June 8th, 2013 Leave a comment »

Golsons Exit From Notre Dame Upsets BCS Odds

Quarterback Everett Golson of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish has announced that he will be leaving South Bend because of academic issues. By doing so, Golson sent Las Vegas oddsmakers back to their drawing boards to re-figure the early lines going up for next seasons’ NCAA football action. Las Vegas Hotel and Casino SuperBook quickly moved the Irish from 30-1 …

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by admin on June 7th, 2013 Leave a comment »

NCAA College Baseball Regionals Intrigue Bettors

We were searching for some interesting story or topic among HOST PPH workers and collaborators to share with the world and someone at the lines department wrote this article and submitted it. Enjoy it. Talk about super-charged sports action.  This time of the year brings out the college baseball fanatics. Like my mother. She’s 82 years old and knows every …

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by admin on June 4th, 2013 Leave a comment »

The 2013 Belmont Stakes Draws Wagers Of All Sizes

The final jewel in thoroughbred horse racings’ fabled Triple Crown takes place every June up in Elmont, New York at the Belmont Park Race Track.  The race is called the Belmont Stakes at it attracts the finest of the finest of America’s three year old thoroughbred horses to compete over the mile and a half track. Because it is the …

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by admin on June 3rd, 2013 Leave a comment »

Nevada Gaming Control Investigates Cantor Gaming

Cantor Gaming is a big operation. The company runs about a dozen legal sportsbooks in the Las Vegas area and carries a high profile in the industry. Mike Colbert, the former Vice President of Risk (what a title!) at Cantor Gaming was arrested back in October at his Las Vegas home and charged with enterprise corruption, money laundering and conspiracy. …

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by admin on May 30th, 2013 Leave a comment »