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The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 Analyzed The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 was rammed through Congress by the Republican leadership in the final minutes before the election period recess. According to Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D- NJ), no one on the Senate-House Conference Committee had even seen the final language of the bill. The Act is title VIII of a completely unrelated bill, the Safe Port Act, HR 4954, dealing with port security. It can be found on pages 213 -244 of the Conference Report: http://www.saveonlinegaming.com/hr49543.pdf. It is based on the Leach and Goodlatte bills,…

NFL BETTING REPORT Now that we have reached Week 4 of the NFL season, we wondered how teams that started the season at 3-0 either SU or ATS fared in this fourth week. Well he did the research as found the results to be quite homey. Starting with teams that began the year 3-0 STRAIGHT UP, these clubs have fared very well if their fourth game is at home, going 30-19-1, 61.2 percent ATS since 1985. However it has been a totally different story if the fourth game is on the road, as the undefeated teams went just 32-45-5, 41.6 percent…

Hilton Contest God spelled backwards is dog. Las Vegas Hilton SuperContestants reversed the word as well as a trend and predicted a dog day afternoon on this weekend’s Sabbath. Players for the first time in the 2006 NFL season sided with more underdogs than favorites — 8-6 — in their Week 4 consensus. The best bet, based on the difference of nods competing teams received, was Jacksonville. The Jaguars, who are laying 2 1/2 points to Washington on the road, were preferred 133-68. Baltimore, which is getting 2 points at home from San Diego, was the top dog play and…

Ohio State/Iowa Saturday Night College Football The Biggest matchup in college football this Saturday takes place in Iowa City as the number one ranked Ohio State Buckeyes take on the thirteenth ranked Iowa Hawkeyes. The Hawkeyes head into this one as seven-point underdogs, but I can assure you that this won’t be a gimme game for the Buckeyes. The last time the Buckeyes were in Iowa City two years ago, the Hawkeyes handed Ohio State its worst loss under coach Jim Tressel and by loss I mean a 33-7 massacre. That was the only game in which the Buckeyes have…

Banquet 400: Winning Isn’t Everything? by Christopher Harris It’s time for a change. Three events into the Chase for the Championship, which I’ll once again admit is a success story that I didn’t see coming, and there’s exactly one format adjustment I’d make. I’m not claiming I’m the first to think of it, but I’ll bang the drum a little louder. (No, I’m not talking about fewer commercials, or side-by-side racing. That’s needed even more, but corporate whore-mongering is what our sport does best.) Here’s my latest stump: winning should count more.

Tease Me Baby – How to Profit with NFL Teasers Bettors love playing teasers and bookmakers love taking teaser bets, so are teasers for suckers or can a smart player actually formulate a positive expectancy by optimizing their wagering strategy? The answer is both Yes and No depending on the approach you take. We often hear the phrase that teasers are sucker bets and that statement is definitely true for the average bettor who does not consider the numbers he is teasing, while professional bettors understand the concept of moving the spread around key numbers.

Home/Road Football Handicapping That offensive juggernaut, the Baltimore Ravens, were a 2-TD favorite last week over the Raiders. The Ravens have only been a double-digit favorite 8 times since 2000, but their record is 8-0 SU, 6-2 ATS in those games. No problem. The Ravens crushed the Raiders 28-6, covering with ease again. Why? Home field is one key handicapping factor. Home field is very important in pro and college basketball, where almost all teams play significantly better at home. It can also be an important factor with some football teams. The Ravens happen to be one of those teams…

Inside the Box Scores Week 4 Part 2 Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation in college football. He takes an in-depth look at each game and pulls out the most pertinent information that will help you handicap games in the future. College football is filled with quirky plays, misleading scores and surprise endings. Fargo takes you inside the action. NEW MEXICO 26 Texas-El Paso 13 New Mexico only outgained the Miners by 48 total yards but it recovered a fumble on the third play of the game…

Pinnacle Pulse- NFL Betting Until recently, sharp players routinely turned a profit using very little handicapping and simply playing underdogs. Blindly betting every home dog of +7.5 or more during NFL season became a staple that regularly cashed at the window. Then this traditional handicapping technique stopped working to the point that these “bread and butter” plays no longer brought home the bacon. In 2005, the “Sharps 101 playbook” was rewritten as favorites covered 58% of the time. Although it’s only the fourth week of the season, at Pinnacle Sportsbook we’ve noticed that this trend may reestablish itself as good…

Inside the Boxscores Week 4 Part 1 Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature from Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best summation in college football. He takes an in-depth look at each game and pulls out the most pertinent information that will help you handicap games in the future. College football is filled with quirky plays, misleading scores and surprise endings. Fargo takes you inside the action. (24) GEORGIA TECH 24 Virginia 7 Georgia Tech outgained the Cavaliers 335-166 with 124 of those total yards coming on two touchdown tosses. Virginia scored its only touchdown off…