Wednesday, June 2, 2010

2010 World Cup Odds and Propositions From The Las Vegas Hilton Super Book



2010 WORLD CUP
JUNE 11 - JULY 11
THROUGHOUT SOUTH AFRICA
ODDS TO WIN:
BRAZIL            4/1
ARGENTINA         6/1
ITALY            12/1
ENGLAND           7/1
GERMANY          12/1
SPAIN             4/1
FRANCE           20/1
THE NETHERLANDS   8/1
PORTUGAL         20/1
IVORY COAST      30/1
MEXICO           60/1
CAMEROON        100/1
SOUTH AFRICA    125/1
USA              60/1
GHANA           100/1
SWITZERLAND     250/1
AUSTRALIA       125/1
NIGERIA         125/1
DENMARK         125/1
GREECE          150/1
SOUTH KOREA     150/1
JAPAN           300/1
URUGUAY         150/1
SLOVAKIA        500/1
PARAGUAY         80/1
CHILE            80/1
SLOVENIA        500/1
NEW ZEALAND    2000/1
HONDURAS        500/1
ALGERIA         500/1
SERBIA           60/1
NORTH KOREA    2000/1
WILL SPAIN OR BRAZIL WIN THE 2010 WORLD CUP?
YES              +175
NO               -200
WILL ENGLAND OR USA OR MEXICO WIN THE 2010 WORLD CUP?
YES              +600
NO               -800
ODDS TO WIN GROUP A:
FRANCE           EVEN
MEXICO           +300
URUGUAY          +325
SOUTH AFRICA     +650
ODDS TO WIN GROUP B:
ARGENTINA        -250
NIGERIA          +400
GREECE           +700
SOUTH KOREA     +1200
ODDS TO WIN GROUP C:
ENGLAND          -350
USA              +400
SLOVENIA        +1000
ALGERIA         +2000
ODDS TO WIN GROUP D:
GERMANY          -125
SERBIA           +275
GHANA            +500
AUSTRALIA        +700
ODDS TO WIN GROUP E:
THE NETHERLANDS  -200
CAMEROON         +450
DENMARK          +425
JAPAN           +1200
ODDS TO WIN GROUP F:
ITALY            -250
PARAGUAY         +275
SLOVAKIA         +750
NEW ZEALAND     +5000
ODDS TO WIN GROUP G:
BRAZIL           -185
PORTUGAL         +325
IVORY COAST      +350
NORTH KOREA    +10000
ODDS TO WIN GROUP H:
SPAIN            -450
CHILE            +450
SWITZERLAND     +1200
HONDURAS        +2500
WILL FRANCE ADVANCE FROM GROUP A?
YES              -250
NO               +210
WILL MEXICO ADVANCE FROM GROUP A?
YES              -105
NO               -115
WILL URUGUAY ADVANCE FROM GROUP A?
YES              +110
NO               -130
WILL SOUTH AFRICA ADVANCE FROM GROUP A?
YES              +180
NO               -210
WILL ARGENTINA ADVANCE FROM GROUP B?
YES             -1050
NO               +750
WILL NIGERIA ADVANCE FROM GROUP B?
YES              +110
NO               -130
WILL GREECE ADVANCE FROM GROUP B?
YES              +150
NO               -170
WILL SOUTH KOREA ADVANCE FROM GROUP B?
YES              +260
NO               -310
WILL ENGLAND ADVANCE FROM GROUP C?
YES             -1300
NO               +900
WILL USA ADVANCE FROM GROUP C?
YES              -125
NO               +105
WILL SLOVENIA ADVANCE FROM GROUP C?
YES              +190
NO               -220
WILL ALGERIA ADVANCE FROM GROUP C?
YES              +400
NO               -500
WILL GERMANY ADVANCE FROM GROUP D?
YES              -420
NO               +350
WILL SERBIA ADVANCE FROM GROUP D?
YES              -115
NO               -105
WILL GHANA ADVANCE FROM GROUP D?
YES              +140
NO               -160
WILL AUSTRALIA ADVANCE FROM GROUP D?
YES              +220
NO               -260
WILL THE NETHERLANDS ADVANCE FROM GROUP E?
YES              -900
NO               +650
WILL CAMEROON ADVANCE FROM GROUP E?
YES              +105
NO               -125
WILL DENMARK ADVANCE FROM GROUP E?
YES              EVEN
NO               -120
WILL JAPAN ADVANCE FROM GROUP E?
YES              +320
NO               -380
WILL ITALY ADVANCE FROM GROUP F?
YES             -1100
NO               +800
WILL PARAGUAY ADVANCE FROM GROUP F?
YES              -180
NO               +160
WILL SLOVAKIA ADVANCE FROM GROUP F?
YES              +120
NO               -140
WILL NEW ZEALAND ADVANCE FROM GROUP F?
YES             +1500
NO              -2500
WILL BRAZIL ADVANCE FROM GROUP G?
YES              -750
NO               +550
WILL PORTUGAL ADVANCE FROM GROU G?
YES              -150
NO               +130
WILL IVORY COAST ADVANCE FROM GROUP G?
YES              -110
NO               -110
WILL NORTH KOREA ADVANCE FROM GROUP G?
YES             +2000
NO              -4000
WILL SPAIN ADVANCE FROM GROUP H?
YES             -2000
NO              +1300
WILL CHILE ADVANCE FROM GROUP H?
YES              -135
NO               +115
WILL SWITZERLAND ADVANCE FROM GROUP H?
YES              +150
NO               -170
WILL HONDURAS ADVANCE FROM GROUP H?
YES              +500
NO               -700
  
GROUP STAGE - OPENING MATCHES
FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2010
AT JOHANNESBURG - JSC
7:00 AM - ESPN
MEXICO           PICK   -120          2   OVER   -130
SOUTH AFRICA     PICK   EVEN          2   UNDER  +110
MEXICO           +160
DRAW             +210
SOUTH AFRICA     +175
AT CAPE TOWN
11:30 AM - ESPN
FRANCE           -1/2   -105          2   OVER   -140
URUGUAY          +1/2   -115          2   UNDER  +120
FRANCE           -105
DRAW             +225
URUGUAY          +300
SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2010
AT JOHANNESBURG - JEP
7:00 AM - ESPN
NIGERIA            +1   +120      2 1/2   OVER   -120
ARGENTINA          -1   -140      2 1/2   UNDER  EVEN
NIGERIA          +700
DRAW             +300
ARGENTINA        -225
AT PORT ELIZABETH
4:30 AM - ESPN
GREECE           PICK   -130          2   OVER   -105
SOUTH KOREA      PICK   +110          2   UNDER  -115
GREECE           +140
DRAW             +210
SOUTH KOREA      +200
AT RUSTENBERG
11:30 AM - ABC
USA                +1   +120      2 1/2   OVER   EVEN
ENGLAND            -1   -140      2 1/2   UNDER  -120
USA              +650
DRAW             +350
ENGLAND          -250
SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2010
AT POLOKWANE
4:30 AM - ESPN
SLOVENIA         -1/2   +135          2   OVER   -115
ALGERIA          +1/2   -155          2   UNDER  -105
SLOVENIA         +135
DRAW             +210
ALGERIA          +210
AT DURBAN
11:30 AM - ABC
AUSTRALIA          +1   -110      2 1/2   OVER   EVEN
GERMANY            -1   -110      2 1/2   UNDER  -120
AUSTRALIA        +575
DRAW             +290
GERMANY          -200
7:00 AM - ESPN
GHANA            +1/2   -130          2   OVER   -115
SERBIA           -1/2   +110          2   UNDER  -105
GHANA            +250
DRAW             +225
SERBIA           +110
MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2010
AT JOHANNESBURG - JSC
4:30 AM - ESPN
DENMARK            +1   -120      2 1/2   OVER   +105
THE NETHERLANDS    -1   EVEN      2 1/2   UNDER  -125
DENMARK          +500
DRAW             +280
THE NETHERLANDS  -180
AT MANGUANG/BLOEMFONTEIN
7:00 AM - ESPN
CAMEROON         -1/2   +120          2   OVER   -130
JAPAN            +1/2   -140          2   UNDER  +110
CAMEROON         +120
DRAW             +220
JAPAN            +230
AT CAPE TOWN
11:30 AM - ESPN
PARAGUAY         +1/2   EVEN          2   OVER   -120
ITALY            -1/2   -120          2   UNDER  EVEN
PARAGUAY         +350
DRAW             +230
ITALY            -120
TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2010
AT RUSTENBERG
4:30 AM - ESPN
SLOVAKIA       -1 1/2   +115      2 1/2   OVER   -115
NEW ZEALAND    +1 1/2   -135      2 1/2   UNDER  -105
SLOVAKIA         -275
DRAW             +325
NEW ZEALAND      +850
AT PORT ELIZABETH
7:00 AM - ESPN
PORTUGAL         PICK   -160      2 1/2   OVER   +130
IVORY COAST      PICK   +140      2 1/2   UNDER  -150
PORTUGAL         +125
DRAW             +220
IVORY COAST      +220
AT JOHANNESBURG - JEP
11:30 AM - ESPN
NORTH KOREA    +2 1/2   -130          3   OVER   -125
BRAZIL         -2 1/2   +110          3   UNDER  +105
NORTH KOREA     +2500
DRAW             +800
BRAZIL          -1200
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2010
AT NELSPRUIT
4:30 AM - ESPN
CHILE              -1   EVEN      2 1/2   OVER   +105
HONDURAS           +1   -120      2 1/2   UNDER  -125
CHILE            -175
DRAW             +290
HONDURAS         +460
AT DURBAN
7:00 AM - ESPN
SWITZERLAND    +1 1/2   -105      2 1/2   OVER   -125
SPAIN          -1 1/2   -115      2 1/2   UNDER  +105
SWITZERLAND     +1100
DRAW             +425
SPAIN            -400
ODDS TO WIN GOLDEN BOOT:
LIONEL MESSI (ARG)         8/1
DAVID VILLA (ESP)          8/1
WAYNE ROONEY (ENG)        10/1
LUIS FABIANO (BRA)        10/1
FERNANDO TORRES (SPA)     12/1
GONZALO HIGUAIN (ARG)     15/1
CRISTIANO RONALDO (POR)   15/1
NILMAR (BRA)              30/1
ROBIN VAN PERSIE (NED)    15/1
DIDIER DROGBA (CIV)       20/1
MIROSLAV KLOSE (GER)      30/1
CARLOS TEVEZ (ARG)        40/1
ROBINHO (BRA)             40/1
SERGIO AGUERO (ARG)       40/1
ALBERTO GILARDINO (ITA)   40/1
GIUSEPPI ROSSI (ITA)       XX
KAKA (BRA)                40/1
MARIO GOMEZ (GER)         50/1
HUMBERTO SUAZO (CHI)      60/1
THIERRY HENRY (FRA)       40/1
NICOLAS ANELKA (FRA)      40/1
SAMUEL ETO'O (CMR)        40/1
FRANK LAMPARD (ENG)       60/1
DIEGO FORLAN (URU)        50/1
DIEGO MILITO (ARG)        30/1
JERMAIN DEFOE (ENG)       40/1
KLAAS-JAN HUNTELAAR (NED) 50/1
JOZY ALTIDORE (USA)      150/1
JAVIER HERNANDEZ (MEX)    80/1
LUKAS PODOLSKI (GER)      50/1
ANTONIO DI NATALE (ITA)   50/1
LIEDSON (POR)             50/1
ARJEN ROBBEN (NED)        60/1
FRANCK RIBERY (FRA)       60/1
LANDON DONOVAN (USA)     125/1
ANDRE PIERRE GIGNAC (FRA) 60/1
LUIS SUAREZ (URU)         60/1
STEVEN GERRARD (ENG)      80/1
PETER CROUCH (ENG)        50/1
FIELD (ALL OTHERS)        12/1
*GOLDEN BOOT WINNER IS TOP GOALSCORER.  IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PLAYER WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF GOALS, THE TIE BREAKER GOES TO THE PLAYER WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED THE MOST ASSISTS (WITH THE FIFA TECHNICAL STUDY GROUP DECIDING WHETHER AN ASSIST IS TO BE COUNTED AS SUCH).  IF THERE IS STILL MORE THAN ONE PLAYER, THE TIE BREAKER GOES TO THE PLAYER WHO HAS PLAYED THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME*
WORLD CUP MATCHUPS -- TEAM TO PROGRESS FURTHER
ARGENTINA        +120
BRAZIL           -140
BRAZIL           EVEN
SPAIN            -120
MEXICO           EVEN
USA              -120
ENGLAND          -170
GERMANY          +150
FRANCE           +125
ITALY            -145
ARGENTINA        +105
ENGLAND          -125
GERMANY          +150
THE NETHERLANDS  -170
THE 2010 WORLD CUP WINNER WILL COME FROM WHICH CONTINENT?
EUROPE            2/5
SOUTH AMERICA     2/1
AFRICA           15/1
NORTH AMERICA    40/1
ASIA            100/1
AUSTRALIA       100/1
ANTARCTICA         XX
EUROPE - DENMARK, ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, ITALY, THE NETHERLANDS,
         PORTUGAL, SERBIA, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SPAIN AND SWITZERLAND
SOUTH AMERICA - ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHILE, PARAGUAY AND URUGUAY
AFRICA - ALGERIA, CAMEROON, GHANA, IVORY COAST, NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA
NORTH AMERICA - HONDURAS, MEXICO AND USA
ASIA - JAPAN, NORTH KOREA AND SOUTH KOREA
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
WILL THE WINNER OF THE 2010 WORLD CUP BE A FIRST-TIME WINNER?
YES              +175
NO               -200
*PAST WORLD CUP WINNERS ARE ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY AND URUGUAY

Friday, April 16, 2010

NORM: Larry King split is one for books - News - ReviewJournal.com

NORM: Larry King split is one for books - News - ReviewJournal.com

Mayweather (40-0) doubts anyone can beat him - Sports - ReviewJournal.com

Mayweather (40-0) doubts anyone can beat him - Sports - ReviewJournal.com

Greg Biffle Rips Fastest Lap Late in First Texas Practice Session

The NASCAR Sprint Cup series has kicked off their weekend with practice session one for Sunday's Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. For the first two-thirds of practice most teams were using race trim set-ups with Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr and Kevin Harvick all showing good times. Once the qualifying trim came on, there was a mad shuffle of changes with all the leaders until ultimately Greg Biffle finished on top in the closing moments.


Fastest during the opening practice was Biffle with a lap at 190.813 mph. Second quick was Tony Stewart with a lap at 190.201 mph. Third fastest was Earnhardt Jr. at 189.567 mph. Earnhardt Jr was just .186 off the pace set by Biffle. Bowyer was fourth fastest at 189.394 mph while Jimmie Johnson turned a lap at 189.235 mph.

The fast lap by Biffle is a good sign for the Fenway-Roush program who had struggled collectively during last months Charlotte testing on the new spoiler. This will be the first major down-force track used with the new spoiler. The new spoiler is expected to slow cars down on the straightaways slightly, but allow for more grip entering the turns. This week is also the debut of Goodyear's new tire compound. Saturday's practices -- with the longer runs -- should give more information to how the tire's durability will perform in race conditions.   


Complete List Texas Practice One Speeds

Monday, April 5, 2010

Tiger's Masters Return Draws Record Action at Las Vegas Sports Books

By Micah Roberts

VegasInsider.com

The Masters has arguably been the top golf tournament of the year, but this year it takes on an entirely new meaning to the word “huge“.

When Tiger Woods makes his 2010 debut to the season at this year’s Masters, everyone will be glued to the set like never before. What makes this week so huge is because of the tabloid journalism circulating around all forms of media hyping this week into must watch television even for those who never watch golf.

The build up has already begun as the countdown to this week’s Tiger-watch nears. All age groups, ethnicities, and just about everyone else has some sort of interest built up for how they feel about the Tiger’s story. Some will say that Woods didn’t do anything that any normal man hasn’t done and that he has been unfairly persecuted by public opinion. Others will contend that by endorsing all the top flight products and attempting to maintain this larger than life persona that he let down those who looked up to him.

Regardless of how anyone feels, they will all be paying attention to what’s going on at the Masters like never before. Perhaps that’s not fair to the prestige of the tournament or to the other players who will be competing as well, but despite the circus atmosphere they are about to go through this week, they’ll all agree that the golf world needs Tiger Woods back.

The biggest beneficiaries for this week’s Tiger-watch are the networks carrying the event. ESPN coverage runs Thursday and Friday before CBS takes the weekend shift. Knowing the possible ratings spike from Woods competing allows them to increase their fees from advertisers.

On a much smaller scale here in Nevada, we have betting on the event. The Masters is always one of the larger bet upon events of the year in golf, but it should set records because of all the incremental interest like never before.

“It will be our biggest golf handle ever,” said Las Vegas Hilton Super Book’s golf expert Jeff Sherman, the foremost authority on golf odds in Las Vegas who also posts all his weekly odds on his web-site, Golfodds.com.

“Through the weekend, our handle is already up 33% from previous Masters and most of that is from the regular golf bettors who are looking for value on some of the others,” said Sherman.

With Woods out of the picture for all the early season tournaments, it’s kind of taken some of the value and fun away of betting other golfers because there isn’t the value there normally is. If you take Woods and his normally expected odds of 5/2 out of the scheme, a bettor is left with much lower odds on a golfer like Ernie Els. When you put Woods back in the mix, the odds go up on all the other golfers.

“Right now we’ve seen an equal mix of bettors playing Woods along with Els and Steve Stricker. Those have been the most popular thus far,” said Sherman. “I Think what we’ll see is a lot more Woods action the week of the tournament because that’s when we’ll get most of the people betting that aren’t really that big of golf fans that want to have something at stake for this big of an event.”

Els presents good value at 12/ 1 after winning the last two tournaments he’s been in while Stricker is at 20/1. The value Woods has is at 9/2 odds, which Sherman says is the highest his odds have been for any tournament since his first two years on tour.

“I don’t see Tiger winning at all, and I’d be very surprised if he had a top-5 finish. I’m looking somewhere around a Top 20 finish,” said Sherman.

It may seem a tough forecast seeing how Woods has won a major 14 times, including the Masters four times, but Sherman see’s the layoff being critical along with his mental psyche coming in.

“I wouldn’t be shocked to see him start slow on Thursday because he’s always been a slow starter, but I am concerned about the layoff. Usually a golfer needs about three of the early tournaments to get in golf shape and he hasn’t played any competitive golf for so long. He’s also extremely nervous about what to expect when he does play from just the fan stand point.”

Sherman and the Hilton crew generally offer 40 props on the Masters every year along with all the match-ups and odds to win, but has added a few more wrinkles this year with Woods offering 15 more props than normal just for the anticipated curiosity for the event.

“We have all kinds of props surrounding Woods play specifically like what he’ll do on his first hole, either a par or other, over-under what his first round score will be, and whether or not he’ll make the cut,” said Sherman.

A bettor can lay minus-800 that Woods will make the cut following Friday’s action, or they can take plus-600, meaning every $1 of action gets you $6 in return along with the initial wager. If Woods struggles as Sherman suggests he might, betting that he doesn’t make the cut could be worth a shot.

Woods has only missed the cut of a Major twice in his career, but one of them happened last year at the British Open. Then when you incorporate all the other things he has to deal with regarding his “transgressions” and all the hoopla surrounding that ordeal, compounded by not playing, it shouldn’t come as a surprise if he doesn’t make the cut.

Whatever happens this week, it will surely be memorable as more people are expected to watch and bet golf than ever before. Whether he does well or not, the weight of the monkey on his back will finally be lifted because it’s step that he’s actually moving on. There are things he could have done differently, in particular not hiding from everyone for so long more so than the admitted transgressions, that could have eased him into competition a little more comfortably.

But if that were the case, the ratings bonanza for the networks, lead stories on TMZ, and record handle at the sportsbooks wouldn’t be happening. If anything, we should thank Tiger Woods for adding real reality TV to our entertainment menu and giving so many people at the water cooler topics to debate on.

Friday, March 12, 2010

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Popular new tourist attraction is a History Channel phenomenon - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:02 p.m. - Las Vegas Sun

Check In, Check Out - Hotel Review - Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas - Review - NYTimes.com

Check In, Check Out - Hotel Review - Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas - Review - NYTimes.com

St. Patrick's Day the rest of the year

St. Patrick's Day the rest of the year

Las Vegas Caesars Palace To Debut Eight New Pool Experiences

Las Vegas Caesars Palace To Debut Eight New Pool Experiences

How hot can it get? - Los Angeles Times

How hot can it get? - Los Angeles Times

Auto Racing News: Rivalries are about to Heat Up! - at VegasInsider.com, the leader in Sportsbook and Gaming information - Auto Racing Stories, Auto Racing Headlines, Auto Racing Top News, Auto Racing Latest News, NASCAR Stories, NASCAR News, NASCAR Top News, NASCAR Headlines, NASCAR Latest News

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Online Pro Football & Sports Gambling, Horse Racing, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Boxing, NASCAR - Story - Casinos set to bank on Big Dance - GamingToday

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FANTASY BASEBALL: Pitcher and Catcher Rankings - Sports - ReviewJournal.com

FANTASY BASEBALL: Pitcher and Catcher Rankings - Sports - ReviewJournal.com

FANTASY BASEBALL: Slim pickings at catcher in early rounds of draft - Sports - ReviewJournal.com#

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