One of the greatest Super Bowls of all-time is behind us, so it’s time to move on to matters basketball – but we’d be remiss if we didn’t throw in an extra factoid for Sunday’s Pro Bowl: When in Hawaii, NFL players and guests stay at the fabulous JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa on the Leeward Coast of Oahu.
For Immediate Release
Feb. 3, 2008
The Super Bowl may be over, but the year has just begun for Bodog. With more Sports, Poker and Casino events and promotions planned than ever before, 2009 is already shaping up to be a banner year for Bodog.
Bodog Poker is ahead of the game, having already given away 11 $12,000 World Series of Poker* prize packages, with many more to come throughout the year.
There’s more than just one reason Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest betting day of the year. In addition to the sheer volume of people and dollars flooding the market, you also have more betting options than any other single day on the calendar – and the list of Super Bowl wagers on tap keeps getting longer and longer.
Let’s start by revisiting the Golden Rule of money management: Diversify.
Wilt Chamberlain is our hero. “The Stilt” is responsible for two of the most famous stats in basketball history: 100, and 20,000. While the second number is not official, Chamberlain’s 100 points in a game (on Mar. 2, 1962, for the Philadelphia Warriors against the New York Knicks) remains the gold standard in the NBA.
This is why the NFL has a Wild-Card Round. All four of the visiting teams in this weekend’s opening round of the playoffs are favored against their four division-winning opponents. Will a Wild Card take the Super Bowl for the third time in four years? Our preview of this weekend’s action suggests they’ll get off to a good start. All game times are Eastern; for current lines, visit Bodog’s online sportsbook.
We’ve reached the post-Christmas portion of the college football bowl season. Fourteen relatively minor bowl games have come and gone; over the next three days, we’ll be hit with another 16, including three of the four traditional major bowls. Let’s get up to speed with the basic facts. All game times are Eastern; for current lines, visit the Bodog Sportsbook.
The NFL playoffs are starting a little early this year. Our Top 3 NFL betting games for Week 17 feature six teams clawing for a spot in the postseason. There will be no tanking; handicappers won’t have to worry about whether the starters will actually play. Plus, it’ll be some of the best football we’ll see this year. For current lines, visit Bodog Sportsbook.
This is the time of year when handicappers really make their money. The NFL regular season is down to its final two weeks; some teams have nothing to play for and become instant fade candidates, while others are fighting for a place in the postseason. The bigger the stakes, the higher the motivation. Let’s pluck the two highest-stakes games from the Week 16 slate and see what angles we can take to the bank. For current lines, visit Bodog Sportsbook.
Handicappers have to wear many hats to do a good job: athlete, statistician, doctor, lawyer, critic. These days, a background in labor relations would be handy. Our top online experts from Bodog sportsbook weigh in with their opinions and cappers insight for two big matchups happening during Week 15 of the NFL season.
If you’re an NFL player, you can’t just wolf down whatever you like this holiday season. That cranberry sauce might cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The league suspended six players on Tuesday for violating the league’s steroid policy – three of them from the New Orleans Saints, including running back Deuce McAllister. The accused claim their positive test for Bumetanide (a diuretic that can be used as a masking agent) came from a weight-loss pill called StarCaps that did not list that ingredient on the label. Tough noogies, says the NFL. All six are out for the remainder of the regular season.
While it’s important to get a handle on every factor affecting your bet, there’s no angle square NFL bettors overvalue more than weather. This is especially true when the season starts getting long in the tooth as snow, freezing rain, and high winds start changing the way the game is played on the field.
Week 13 opens with a special trifecta of Turkey Day games on Thursday, starting with what will surely be a barnburner between Tennessee and Detroit (+11, 44.5). Take the opportunity to sit down at the table and eat while that gongshow transpires at Ford Field.
You know it’s crunch time in the NFL when they start cranking out the Thursday night games. Last week’s Broncos-Browns tilt in Cleveland was definitely worth watching, even on the NFL Network. They have the honors again in the first of this week’s three top betting matchups (for current lines, visit Bodoglife.com).
Wholesale quarterback changes are on the docket for Week 10 of the NFL season. Rex Grossman is definitely in; Byron Leftwich and Daunte Culpepper might be joining him. But the most bizarre situation is in Cleveland, where it’s as plain as day that coach Romeo Crennel is not calling the shots. The Browns will start Brady Quinn on Thursday, and that’s where we start our preview of the week’s three most important matchups (for current lines, visit Bodoglife.com).
Well, that was a long time coming. The San Diego Chargers (3-5 SU, 3-4-1 ATS) finally gave defensive co-ordinator Ted Cottrell his walking papers on Tuesday. Inside linebackers coach Ron Rivera is his replacement.
There’s no place like home for the holidays – even for Columbus Day. Home teams were 11-3 SU and 8-6 ATS last week in the NFL; home dogs won three of five games outright, led by the St. Louis Rams (+9) beating the Dallas Cowboys 34-14 and causing panic throughout the great state of Texas.
