{"id":4134,"date":"2009-04-08T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/wednesday-betting-masters-2009-favorites-and-mlb-early-winnings\/"},"modified":"2009-04-08T12:36:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T17:36:00","slug":"wednesday-betting-masters-2009-favorites-and-mlb-early-winnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/wednesday-betting-masters-2009-favorites-and-mlb-early-winnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Betting: Masters 2009 Favorites and MLB Early Winnings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Orioles host the Yankees, the Spurs try to get past the Trail Blazers, and the Blackhawks<\/span> face off with the Blue Jackets.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Gambling Prohibition entering final days\u2026<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

PartyGaming<\/span><\/font><\/span> Plc, one of the biggest poker sites<\/a> in the world, got a better-than-expected settlement from the United States<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> government. The non-prosecution agreement coupled with Congressman Barney Frank promising to introduce pro-choice gambling legislation has made industry insiders pro-life about the future of online betting. Follow the latest developments and expert analysis is the betting and online gambling news section<\/a> <\/p>\n

Masters favorites\u2026.<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

There are some 2009 Masters sleepers<\/a> for both Masters Calcutta and Vegas odds betting<\/a>. \u00a0<\/span>Not only betting on Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson to win, golf handicappers can utilize proposition bets<\/a>.<\/u><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Speaking of <\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong>Masters<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/st1:City>, <\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong>America<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>‘s only <\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong>Grandmaster sports handicapper<\/a> Joe Duffy just wins. <\/p>\n

Here we go again. GodsTips is already 4-1 this MLB season. Three of the winners were underdogs as was the one loser. It’s d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu all over again. We’ve been destroying bookmakers for decades with underdogs and small favorites. <\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Tipping off on the hardwood  . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/o:p><\/p>\n

The marquee action is in the NBA’s Western Conference on Wednesday night, with <\/span><\/font>Utah<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at New Orleans<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at San Antonio<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. The Spurs will have to do without Manu Ginobili for the rest of the regular season and the playoffs because of an ankle injury; the guard also sat out the last meeting between these teams, a 102-84 Portland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home rout back on March 1. Brandon Roy and LaMarcus<\/span> Aldridge each picked up 26 points that night for the Blazers.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Elsewhere on the NBA’s schedule for Wednesday night it’ll be <\/span><\/font>Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Orlando<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at New York<\/st1:City>, New Jersey<\/st1:State><\/st1:place> at Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Milwaukee<\/st1:City>, Oklahoma<\/st1:State><\/st1:place> City at Denver<\/st1:City>, Minnesota<\/st1:State><\/st1:place> at Golden<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, and Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. The Wizards upset the Cavaliers 109-101 at home on April 2 as a 9.5-point underdog. Caron Butler scored 25 points for Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in that victory, while LeBron James led Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> with 31 points in a losing cause.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Meeting up on the diamond . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/o:p><\/p>\n

The Yankees will be looking to bounce back from a season-opening loss when they take on the Orioles in <\/span><\/font>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> again on Wednesday night. New York saw prized offseason acquisition CC Sabathia get lit up by the Orioles offense on Monday, and they’ll be looking for a better result from righthander<\/span> Chien<\/span>-Ming Wang (8-2, 4.07 ERA in 2008) on Wednesday. The Orioles will counter with Japanese righthander<\/span> Koji Uehara<\/span>, who will be making his Major League debut.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the American League on Wednesday it’ll be <\/span><\/font>Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at the White Sox, Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at the Angels, and Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> at Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. The Rays and Red Sox will both be sending young guns to the mound; lefthander Scott Kazmir (12-8, 3.49 ERA) for Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, and lefthander Jon Lester (16-6, 3.21 ERA) for the BoSox<\/span>.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

There’s a full slate of eight games in the NL on Wednesday, including an early-afternoon matchup between the Nationals and Marlins in <\/span><\/font>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. Righthander<\/span> Daniel Cabrera (8-10, 5.25 ERA) will get the ball for Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while Chris Volstad<\/span> (6-4, 2.88 ERA) goes for Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. As well, it’ll be Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Philadelphia<\/st1:City>, Colorado<\/st1:State><\/st1:place> at Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, the Mets at Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, the Cubs at Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, the Dodgers at San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, and then also Milwaukee<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Taking a trip around the rink . . .<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/o:p><\/p>\n

The National Hockey League offers up just a pair of games on Wednesday night, with <\/span><\/font>Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Columbus<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. The Blue Jackets and Blackhawks<\/span> met in Columbus<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Sunday, with Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> pulling out a 1-0 overtime victory. Kris Versteeg<\/span> had the game-winning goal in the extra frame for the Blackhawks<\/span>, while Nikolai Khabibulin<\/span> made 20 saves to pick up his second shutout of the campaign. Blue Jackets netminder<\/span> Steve Mason stopped 24 shots.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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