Tuesday Sports Betting News and Notes

Here are Tuesday’s baseball betting news and notes from
the private clipboard of the top baseball handicappers at OffshoreInsiders.com

Devil Rays-Orioles

Tampa’s Jason Hammel has a 10.42 ERA in the month of August. However, he
faces an Orioles team that has lost six straight. Daniel Cabrera is 6-0
lifetime to Tampa with a 2.90 ERA.

Twins-Indians

Cleveland’s
Jake Westbrook has been a sensational fantasy baseball pitcher as of late,
sporting a 1.50 ERA in his last 36 innings. World class handicapper Stevie
Vincent, one of the OffshoreInsiders.com
top experts, notes that Kason Gabbard has great splits numbers. Texas
has won all six of his home starts and his home ERA is 2.38 with a .912 WHIP.

Angels-Mariners

The Halos Jeff Weaver is what master sports handicapper
Joe Duffy likes to call “predictably unpredictable”. He’s allowed one run or
less in 20 starts, but six or more in seven trips to the hill.

Reds-Pirates

Cincinnati
enters this double-header with the longest winning streak in MLB at eight
games.

Mets-Phillies

Philadelphia
southpaw Adam Eaton has been abysmal all year as his 6.36 ERA and 1.62 WHIP
dictates. Fresh off the DL, he takes on
the first-place Mets in a relative “must win” for the Phillies. Surprisingly,
Eaton has a 5-0 lifetime record to the Mets with a 1.89 ERA.

The Phillies are winless in 12 games as a home underdog in
2007.

Braves-Marlins

Florida is
ice cold, losing 9-of-11. The Braves send future Hall-of-Famer
John Smoltz to the hill off of consecutive wins in which he’s pitched 18
innings combined and given up just four runs. Smoltz is 13-6 career to the
Marlins with a 2.70 ERA.

Florida is
1-15 for -16.8 units this year when their bullpen ERA is 3.00 or less in their
previous 10 games.

Brewers-Cubs

Red hot Rich Hill totes the mound for Chicago. Over his last two starts he’s given up three
runs with a 17-3 walk-to-strikeout ratio. The Brew Crew are 4-16 -15.5 their
last 20 to teams that average .9 or less homeruns per game.

Nationals-Dodgers

Washington’s
Jason Bergmann makes his first start in more than a month.

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Sports Betting Expert Brings Sense to Point Shaving Debate

ALPHARETTA, GA—Joe Duffy is the leading authority on sports gaming strategy and issues related to sports betting. An expert guest on several nationally syndicated radio programs, his articles have appeared on top websites and publications all over the world.

Since the bombshell that NBA ref Tim Donaghy is being investigated in a gambling scandal, speculation on how he may have affected the betting outcome of games has been rampant. Veteran sports betting expert Joe Duffy brings an educated view.

Articles related to recent scandals involving possible point shaving include:

A Fair and Balanced View of Tim Donaghy’s Latest Claims

Sadly though, early returns of the court of public opinion suggest Donaghy’s indoctrination has been met with initial success. While Donaghy skillfully planted confirmation bias to put the NBA on the defensive, the burden of proof is on him to substantiate, not the league to negate.

NBA Totals Would Be the Easiest For Maverick Ref to Exploit

I will try a different approach of getting into the mind of a potential game fixer. If hypothetically I wanted to influence the betting outcome of an NBA game with the aid of an NBA ref, how would I do it without leaving telltale signs?

Rampant Speculation about Donaghygate

As an example, an “expert” often quoted on ESPN.com asserts that 13 games last year in which Donaghy officiated were within one-point of the spread. Does ESPN use a fact checker? According the game log as published on that same ESPN.com, the number is actually 11, not 13. But fudging the number by more than 18 percent makes a much sexier story.

Blackmail, Not Just Bribery Can Lead to Pointshaving

Most seem to assume pointspread chicanery is limited to giving money to an athlete, coach or official in return for altering the betting result of a game. This is not necessarily so.

Response To Professor’s Contention About Point Shaving

The pointspread is not and will never be a prediction on the outcome of the game. It is a “prediction” on what the spread needs to be to get as close to an equal amount of money on each side. The public loves betting superior against bottom shelf squads and this is accounted for in the line.

It is Good to Pick Bad

Every wannabe detective thinks they found the statistical smoking gun that Tim Donaghy pointshaved games. These conclusions are based in no small part on the epiphany that big underdogs cover at a disproportionate rate. No kidding, sharp players have known that for years.

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Big News and Notes For the CFB Sports Gambler

The premier sports handicapping experts of Covers-Experts.com
take a look at some early betting news and notes for the first week of college
football.

Tennessee-California

It’s of course a huge revenge game for the Golden
Bears. Last year, the Volunteers crushed
Cal in the season opener 35-18. Cal
returns 16 starters, eight on one of the top offenses in the country.

UL Lafayette-South Carolina

South Carolina
free safety Emanuel Cook, an All-SEC selection last year as a freshman, is
suspended as is Gamecocks starting quarterback Blake Mitchell.

Washington State-Wisconsin

New Badgers quarterback Tyler Donovan has only two starts
under his belt. However, he does have
proven playmakers returning to help with his transition: tight ends Travis Beckum and Andy Crooks, tailback P.J.
Hill and wideouts Paul Hubbard and Luke Swan.

Utah-Oregon State

The Utes were to return 10 starters on offense. On the
other hand, offensive lineman Jason Boone was lost for the season. According to
Stevie Vincent, “All reports are that Utah is much more prepared for the season then they were last
year.” Vincent has replaced football handicapper Dr. Bob Stohl
as the lead betting source for large betting syndicates.

Kansas State-Auburn

Moneyline bettors will want to note that Auburn
is 11-1 in home night games this century, including four wins to nationally
ranked teams. They’ve won 12-of-14 and 20 of their last 23 SU at home. However, note that Auburn
must replace RB Kenny Irons and their all-time
leading receiver Courtney Taylor. Returning
players accounted for only 42.5 percent of their rushing yards last year and
55.6 percent of their receptions. Also four starters are gone from their
offensive line.

Eastern Michigan-Pittsburgh

EMU was 1-11 last year and has lost 35 straight games
straight up to BCS conference teams. Eastern
Michigan
though has a more proven QB as their starter Andy Schmitt
started 7-of-12 games last year. Pittsburgh
has a virgin QB Bill Stull and a rebuilt linebacking
unit.

Marshall-Miami

Master college football handicapper Joe Duffy of GodsTips
reports that new Miami coach Randy
Shannon plans on playing both true and redshirt freshman. “That backdoor could
be wide open” says Duffy of a potential pointspread cover for Marshall,
while the Hurricanes are breaking in the new talent.

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Hillary Clinton Likely Dem Nominee For US President

Hillary Clinton is the overwhelming favorite to win the
2008 Democratic nomination for US President according to one of the leading sportsbooks. Clinton
is a prohibitive -275 favorite. Master
handicapper Joe Duffy, CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com
is best known as the top American sports punter and sports betting
handicapper, but has shown to be quite fair and balanced in political
handicapping as well.

“This far removed from the primary elections; I do not
remember a non-incumbent who was this close to being a betting lock” says the sports
betting expert
of Mrs. Clinton.

BetUs
Sportsbook
lists Barack Obama next at +190. The only potential presidential
candidate who could beat Clinton
for the Democratic nomination is Al Gore.
The former Vice President under popular Democratic two-term President
Bill Clinton, Gore has not declared his candidacy.

Bumbling John Edwards is +700 according to the
oddsmakers. Dark horses include Joseph Biden at +2500, Mike Gravel at +3500 and Bill Richardson at
+3500. Gadfly Dennis Kucinich is given as much chance of winning as Michael
Vick. There are betting odds on neither.

While the war on terror is the main issue in the campaign,
let’s hope the winner has views on legal sports gambling that are in the same
camp as Ron Paul, another dark, dark horse presidential hopeful or even in tune
with the pro online gambling views of Libertarian Wayne Root.

Root, a former employee of Jim Feist, owns a sports
betting site.


Chances of Vick Playing In NFL Again Are 100 Percent

If only the oddsmakers were as clueless as the media
scribes and the talking suits. Why can’t Mike Lupica,
Len Pasquarelli or one of their minions such as Oscar
Dooley post the online sports betting odds on whether and when Michael Vick
will play again?

After hearing all the doomsday predications about Mike
Vick’s future, I was disappointed to see that BetUs
Sportsbook
has much more reasonable odds of even money on “Will M Vick ever
throw another pass as an NFL QB?”

Joe Duffy, CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com
says, “Let me make this perfectly clear. Barring an act of God, the chances of Vick
playing in the NFL again are 100 percent.”

Multi-millionaires, with a dream team collection of
lawyers, do not serve long jail terms. This is especially when the victims are
not human beings. Leonard Little killed a person when driving drunk. He’s still in the NFL.

Ray Lewis was charged with murder—also of a human being. With high society attorneys, he was able to
plead down. Now the same hacks who are
writing Vick’s professional obituary tell us how Lewis is one of the great
leaders in the NFL.

How long with the NFL suspend Vick? The online sportsbook
betting odds of one-to-six months is tempting at +10,000 though admittedly it
will likely be longer.

But let’s get back to having to bet only -120 with the
juice as to No. 7 playing again. Vick will find religion, declare his
repentance and most importantly assert how much he’s matured. The lifelong
underachiever’s insistence that’s he’s grown up with be music to the ears of
any coach or GM in need of a quarterback.

I’m still searching to see if any of the online sports
betting outfits will post long odds on which team Vick will play for. Falcons’
owner Arthur Blank has a lot of his Home Depot residuals invested in Vick.

When Vick said it was head coach Dan Reeves responsible
for his shortcomings, Blank fired Reeves.
Then the Falcons’ signal caller threw Reeves successor Jim Mora, Jr.
under the bus. Mora became unemployed.

Blank can talk the tough talk now, but he will be first in
line to forgive and forget the kid he’s coddled since the day the twain met.
Plus while Vick spends minimal time in the federal detention center, the Dirty
Birds will lose more than enough to draft a blue chip wide receiver as the
yellow ribbon ‘round Vick’s old oak tree.

Vick starts more games the rest of his career than Joey
Harrington does.


How Will Donaghy Scandal Affect Sports Betting?

When the Tim Donaghy scandal broke, NBA Commissioner David
Stern held his somber press conference concerning the alleged “rogue, isolated
criminal”. Sounding more like Howard
Stern, David clearly has replaced Senator Bill Frist as the current poster
child for online sports betting hypocrisy.

Stern asserted that is was his understanding the Donaghy
and his associates bets were “not placed in Vegas”. It’s been inferred, but not
yet confirmed, that Donaghy’s bets were placed at
online offshore sportsbooks.

However, thanks to Senator Frist and his infringement on
gambling civil liberties and self-responsibility, the sharp sports bettor has
more advantages in pointspread betting than in the recent past. “More and more
of the betting wise guys and sports gambling syndicates are returning to the
corner bookie” says Vegas insider Cy McCormick of
MasterLockLine.com.

The result is both offshore sportsbooks and Las
Vegas
casinos will have less access to sharp versus
square information, hence the advantage to beating the NFL odds and college
football betting lines for football bettors.

A few years ago, Dr. Bob Stohl,
who appropriately enough operates Dr. Bob Sports, was all the rage among sports
gamblers. Several betting syndicates
would move tens of thousands of dollars on his picks. Offshore sportsbook directors often called it
the “Dr. Bob Factor.” Betting odds were
moved several points based purely on Stohl’s sports handicapping picks.

This phenomenon was seen a decade or so previous on the
Las Vegas Strip with Doc’s Enterprises.
Once a cutting edge sports betting analyst and one of the foremost Vegas
advisors, Doc’s Big 10 plays would move the Las Vegas
betting line several points. Since then, a lesser known sports tout, Bill
Tanner has become the top Big 10 betting expert.

It was déjà vu in recent years with Dr. Bob Stohl. Luckily for the sportsbooks, Dr. Bob proved to be
not much of a sports betting expert and the bookmakers
cleaned up thanks to his sub .500 sports wagers. Since then, most betting
syndicates have become disciples of forensic handicapping founder Stevie
Vincent of BetOnSports360.com.

Major sportsbooks have offered
Vincent incentive to release his plays to Costa Rican oddsmakers before he does
his clients, but Vincent insists this is not an option. “They can purchase my
plays and have equal access” but Vincent is a professional gambler himself and
has refused overtures to be a double agent.

True, the oddsmakers may catch up to Vincent’s techniques
the way they had with Doc’s Enterprises and Doctor Bob, but especially with
betting over/unders, Vincent’s winning has rate never been seen before in the
sports betting circles.

Even smaller players can get free sports handicapping
information in beating the NFL pointspread as the famed “Tailgate Party” is at
BettorsAdvice.com this year. It is the
same information that previously was on the local and toll-free scorephones:
NFL real-time injuries, live weather radar, free sports service picks, insight
from professional sport handicappers and more.

Simply put, the sports bettor adjusts to the changes in
the landscape. All gamblers should be
furious at the anti-online sportsbook and online casino climate. Yet clearly the professional gambler can turn
a huge negative into a positive with the aforesaid Vegas edge.


Rampant Speculation About Donaghygate

Everyone, this author included, has theories on the precise details of how rebel NBA ref Tim Donaghy may have affected the outcome of games in which he officiated. Theories by definition are conjecture.  They need only be plausible using the known facts. Even reasonable suppositions may not prove to be 100 percent correct.

There are many rational hypotheses on the scandal and then again, there is other guesswork that can easily have holes poked through it. There are a small number of postulators who, to their credit, have been able to gravy train this scandal into purporting themselves as gambling experts. Unfortunately, to the more seasoned and authentic authorities in sports gambling, too often the notions of the squeakier wheels may get the oil even if the views rarely hold water.

At the very least the more seasoned are much less apt to scream proof in the crowded theatre of nattering nabobs.  The USA Today’s Danny Sheridan correctly observes, “You can make all kind of cases with numbers. But if you have the exact games, then it’s like black and white.”

As an example, an “expert” often quoted on ESPN.com asserts that 13 games last year in which Donaghy officiated were within one-point of the spread.  Does ESPN use a fact checker?  According the game log as published on that same ESPN.com, the number is actually 11, not 13. But fudging the number by more than 18 percent makes a much sexier story.

Thanks for proving the oddsmakers are adept, damn savvy in fact.  Any two bit gambler was aware of this bombshell.  To embellish on a line from the Simpson’s, it seems to me a rather obvious find from a rather mediocre genius.   This discovery was classic dog bites man though some gullible media saps bought it hook, line and sinker as man bites dog.

If even a higher percentage of games were going down to the pointspread wire with Donaghy, this would be evidence that he likely did not, repeat not affect the outcome.  How anyone could imply the opposite is beyond me.

However, if a forensic statistician found that Donaghy had the highest percentage of games that were not even close to the pointspread, that would be a potential straw in the wind unlike the polar opposite (non) finding.

But wait, the “betting expert” has all his bases covered.  He found that in games Donaghy officiated in 2007, the average number of points was 13 point higher than the average posted total.

So the “smoking gun” is too many games were too close to the pointspread, but then again, the other smoking gun is that too many over/unders were not close to the pointspread. The ghost of Joe McCarthy lives and the legacy of Mike Nifong thrive.

The so-called gambling experts seem to be missing the point, though cynics will tell you the only point is that the worst publicity is no publicity for wannabes. After all, no purported conclusive evidence means no real story and no media exposure.

Granted, we still do not know every detail, and perhaps never will regarding the Tim Donaghy scandal. However, from what we have seen so far, it appears point shaving was likely not as commonplace and may not even be part of the criminal allegations against him.

We do know for a fact that he supplied “inside information”. As a gambler who handicaps games legitimately,  I can assure you that we are always, always looking for an “edge”—any and all major advantages—over the long-run.  Getting “inside information” does not mean we bet the mortgage on a particular sporting event, but it can increase our long-term winning percentage.

Examples are the injury status of a key player.  Shaquille O’Neal, Dwayne Wade and Pau Gasol are instances of star players whose game time status was often uncertain to the gambler.  However, Donaghy would have access to unpublished injury information, the type of privy data that would give a gambler a huge upper hand.

As another example, perhaps a team was playing five contests in seven nights and their flight into town was delayed four hours, they got to town at 11:00 A.M. on game day.  Knowing when situations like this occur would also provide bettors with a huge edge.

Simply “if”, any player, coach or ref were involved in point shaving, it is highly doubtful if his chicanery would result in the final scores being disproportionately close to the spread.  It would be quite the opposite.

So of the two bodies of evidence thrown against the wall by the err “betting expert,” one that says too many games were close to the number and the other that says too many games were not close to the number, the latter is much more likely to stick.

My educated estimation, based on what I heard so far, is that Donaghy supplied the gamblers version of “insider trading” as illustrated above.  Game day unpublished information would be the holy grail for sharp players, and it appears that is exactly what Donaghy supplied.

When the specific contests that Donaghy bet on comes out, of course an inordinate percentage will be in matches he officiated.  The Johnny-come-lately experts will scream there is the damning evidence they knew was coming.

Not so fast.  Of course Donaghy is going to have access to inside information on a game when he’s already on site.  How can he do undercover work on a matchup that is 400 miles from his own two eyes and ears?

While even those of us who refuse to jump to rash conclusions will appropriately muse, “How could he possibly be objective in a game in which he has five dimes riding?” this is far from proof that he consciously influenced the outcome.

Don’t get me wrong, Donaghy is clearly guilty of going well over the line of any and all codes of conduct, but I am quite confident those hell bent in proving a made-for-television conspiracy will only continue to make  leaps of faith that may not be backed by the evidence.  A scenario in which he acquired inside information on games other those he was to officiate would be a shocking turn of events to the true “betting experts”.

Reasonable speculation is human nature.  Salacious gossip backed merely by fuzzy math is irresponsible. ESPN.com proves to be the worldwide leader in tittle-tattle.

Joe Duffy is CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com He has written hundreds of articles on sports gaming, published on many of the top websites and in leading publications around the world and has been an expert guest on several national radio shows including Sporting News Network.

MasterLockLine.com

Sunday, May 04, 2008, PLAINVIEW, NY–MasterLockLine.com has its roots on a Long Island golf course when several high rollers decided to pool their money to purchase sports service selections of a dozen or so top handicapping firms.  Via word of mouth, the syndicate grew to several dozen members quickly, almost all members betting several thousand dollars per game on a daily basis.

Eventually the Alliance, now MasterLockLine.com decided to go public with the plays as a business venture to subsidize their gaming combine. Why now to the general public offer the same information for $3.63 per day? “First of all, this price is an introductory price.  We know clients will stay with us and while they will still get elite service selections for pennies on the dollar, it won’t be at that price when they renew” founding father Dom Vincenzio stated perhaps too matter-of-factly.

“It’s a business venture,” stated Cy McCormick.  “Our original intentions have been exceeded.  We are all making money on the leisurely end already.  With the quality of sports services offered, we plan on turning a profit purely by reselling the plays as well.”

As members of the syndicate include major players in the computer programming field,

MasterLockLine.com wrote an exclusive program that rates sports services overall and in each individual sport.  Using “z-scores” a mathematical formula that weighs the statistical reliability of data, sports services are rated based mostly on long term return on investment records, but with some consideration given to “who’s hot”.

Data mining was used to determine what percentage will be assigned to weigh various factors. Included is measuring long-term versus short term record, each sport individually versus overall record, and the subcategory of higher rated plays versus “regular” rated plays, etc.

Whether it’s high profile sports services such as Doc’s Enterprises, Jonathan Stone, Bobby Ventura, Wayne Root, Mark Lawrence, Dr. Bob Stohl, the so called Covers Experts, Jim Feist and his family of funds, Wayne Root or the lesser known such as Bill Tanner, Kal Elner and others, the MasterLockLine.com  monitors all of their top service plays, parses them and passes along only the cream of the crop to you.

In 2006, the SuperLockLine, which originated in the 976-LOCK days became MasterLockLine.com.

BetonSports360.com

Address for site: www.betonsports360.com

E-mail: SVincent@JoeDuffy.net

Website: Stevie Vincent’s BetOnSports360.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, August 15, 2007

“Revolutionary New Sports Handicapping Site”

PLAINVIEW, NY–A
revolutionary new website that experts say will change the landscape of sports
betting is now live: Stevie Vincent’s BetOnSports360.com Stevie Vincent is the forefather of
“forensic handicapping” based on the principal of forensic economics.

Already considered the leading authority on probability
and statistics as it applies to sports gaming, Vincent took it a step
further. Captivated by a research paper
authored by a University of Pennsylvania professor who used forensic economics
to argue a significant percentage of college basketball games were fixed,
Vincent used data mining software and a web crawler unearthing consistent
patterns of when teams were likely to cover or fail to cover the spread.

However, Vincent does not believe the anomalies are
evidence of underworld influence, but proof that not only are there distinct
patters of when a team will peak and bottom out, but forensic handicapping
exploits when oddsmakers overuse recent data resulting in “overlays” or “underlays” (bad lines) by the oddsmakers. He also believes
some off lines are intentional in anticipation of predictably inaccurate public
perception.

Vincent’s research answers one of handicapping’s great
mysteries: how to weigh long term versus short term data. “It depends, but it
is now ascertainable how and when to evaluate the fluid variables” asserts
Vincent.

In short, forensic handicapping evaluates data and detects
the confluence of team, oddsmaker and public
tendencies producing an end product being the most scientifically valid sports
selections ever.

Vincent is former Executive Editor of the popular
scorephone “Tailgate Parties” and has been a consultant to several top
handicappers.

BetOnSports360.com takes sports betting into a new age with
“forensic handicapping” using ground-breaking techniques employed successfully
in other fields.


Preseason Publications Help Isolate Overvalued and Undervalued Teams

Joe Duffy (www.OffshoreInsiders.com)

Many a professional handicapper is publishing his
preseason college football predictions. Unfortunately, these prognostications
can have limited value to the pointspread bettor, even if the conjecture turns
out to be spot on.

For example, all of the touts I’ve seen have forecasted
USC to win the Pac-10 and Stanford to finish dead last. It is quite conceivable for these
prognostications to be flawless, yet the Cardinal could still finish with a
better record against the spread than the Trojans.

We take conference foreboding an imperative step further.
Borrowing the research done at Stassen.com, over the years we have compared and
contrasted the consensus predictions of the respected preseason college
football publications to the offshore odds.

While this has proven enormously valuable for placing
futures bets, it is even more advantageous in compiling a “cheat sheet” of
overvalued and undervalued teams entering the season.

First of all, let’s set the simple criterion. Stassen
takes 12 preseason publications and uses a basic point system to compile a
consensus. If a periodical predicts a
team to win their conference, they are assigned one point. Two points are given for a second place
prediction, three for third and so on.

Of course the consensus is formed by ranking teams by lowest
point total to highest. Better yet, the specific point compilation helps us
“rate” teams (see previous articles about the difference between rating and
ranking). We compare the Stassen research to the odds to win a conference or
division as posted by BetUs Sportsbook.

Major dichotomies are noted and teams are graded as
overvalued, extremely overvalued, undervalued, extremely undervalued, or at
value.

For example, the Miami Hurricanes are modest -115
favorites to win the ACC Coastal even though Virginia Tech at even money is the
unanimous choice to win according to the preseason magazines. Yet, GA Tech is
at +775 even though they are dead-even with Miami
according to the 12 modules. We flag
Virginia Tech as “at value”, Miami
as “overvalued” and GA Tech as “extremely undervalued”.

By no means do we gaze at just the top or for that matter
the bottom of the standings for an edge.
For example Illinois is
the second long shot in the Big 10 at +3500. However, they are a comfortable
seventh (remember there are 11 teams in the Big 10) in the compilation. We grade the Illini as “undervalued”.

Remember that the offshore odds take public perception
into account. No publication is perfect,
but we have found the rated assemblage of the numerous sources to be more
accurate in distinguishing the talent levels of the teams.

Even the most accurate conference predictions can be
flawed to the gambler because betting odds are the great equalizer. Our system
of contrasting the data with the betting odds gives sharp players the premier
preseason sports betting cheat sheet.

Joe Duffy is CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com,
home of free picks, live scores and odds, sports betting databases
and the famed Tailgate
Party
, news and notes of interest to the online bettor compiled from
hometown newspapers.