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07/03/2010 - Watkins Glen, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Team Penske dominated Saturday's qualifying for the IZOD IndyCar Series race at Watkins Glen International, with points leader Will Power grabbing the pole for the Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen.
Power rounded the 3.4-mile, 11-turn road course in one minute, 29.3164 seconds to give Penske its eighth consecutive IndyCar pole this season and its sixth straight pole at Watkins Glen.
"It's awesome to have the car on pole again," said Power, who claimed his fifth pole of the season and the seventh of his IndyCar career. "We're certainly racking them up, but we've got to get the race win."
Power kicked off the season by winning the first two street/road course races -- Brazil and St. Petersburg, FL. He currently holds a 12-point lead over Scott Dixon, who did not make the final "Fast Six" session and ended up qualifying seventh.
Helio Castroneves will start alongside Power on the front row after qualifying 0.14 seconds behind his teammate.
"Each one of us wants to win, but as [team owner] Roger [Penske] says in the end, the team wins," Castroneves said. "Whoever is up there, it benefits the team."
Castroneves won the first three poles at Watkins Glen from 2005-07.
Ryan Briscoe, who won the pole here in 2008 and '09, qualified third, while defending series champion Dario Franchitti took the fourth spot.
Rookie Takuma Sato and Justin Wilson, the defending race winner, will share the third row. Dixon and Marco Andretti will make up row four. Mario Moraes and Adam Carroll, a newcomer to the series, will roll off from the fifth row.
One week after competing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at New Hampshire, Danica Patrick qualified a disappointing 21st in the 25 car field.
Sunday's IndyCar race at Watkins Glen is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. (et).
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Wimbledon, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - American Vania King and Kazakh Yaroslava
Shvedova won their first Grand Slam final together on Saturday, toppling Elena
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The lo
<< Twins' Hardy returns from DL stint
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Twins on Saturday reinstated
shortstop J.J. Hardy from the 15-day disabled list.
Hardy missed 20 games after landing on the DL, retroactive to June 7, with a
left wrist contusion. He was
<< Marlins call up INF Donnie Murphy from minors
ATLANTA (AP) -The Florida Marlins, looking for offensive help, have called up infielder Donnie Murphy from Triple-A New Orleans.Infielder Brian Barden, who was hitting .179 in 28 at-bats, was designated for assignment.Manager Edwin Rodriguez says he
<< Woods finds his stroke, shoots another 70
Newtown Square, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tiger Woods remained a non-factor at the
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Woods shot his second straight even-par 70 to finish thre
Wells flirts with no-no, pitches Cubs over Reds >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Randy Wells took a no-hitter into the seventh
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Wells (4-6) gave u
Kaymer leads as Canizares falters in France >>
Paris, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Defending champion Martin Kaymer only managed
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Open de France.
Kaymer finished 54 holes at nine-under 204 and is one ahead
Tigers activate Perry from DL >>
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Tigers have activated pitcher
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Perry had gone to the DL because of biceps tendinitis in his right shoulder
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The 23-year
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St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cardinals outfielder Ryan Ludwick was placed
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Ludwick hasn't seen the field since June 25 after suffering a right calf
strain three day
In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.
It is called the "pointspread."
Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.
But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.
A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.
In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.
The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere for online football betting .
Don't believe it? Just take a look at what happens around the Super Bowl.
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