Internet Gambling on Basketball, Nascar and the Rest
What about the rest of the sports landscape? Does cover it?
Relax, of course they do. It's as certain as MJ being rich, Conan being funnier than
Jay and old people driving slow.
Hoops Odds
NBA lines and NCAA Basketball lines are in abundance on .
You can usually get overnight action on the NBA games and even the most obscure college games day
in and day out. For example, even teams like UC Irvine versus UC Santa Barbara have lines for the
night, which is amazing considering no one outside California would know UC Irvine had a basketball
team to begin with.
Speaking of which, there's nothing as pathetic as a UC Irvine home game, where the arena is
lucky to be half full and the cheerleaders are reflective of the women on campus. As in not very
attractive. Something to keep in mind for would be gamblers - a UCI home game redefines home field
advantage.
NBA TV Betting Props
has props for most TV games, which are a nice package to put together with one of the
best shows on
television, TNT's Inside the NBA. Chuck, Kenny and Ernie are a lot like a championship team.
Chuck is the superstar, EJ runs the point and Kenny is the role player who steps up every now and
then.
Online Gambling and Golf
There's a ridiculous commercial for Law & Order that warns, "The killer kills by email! Check your
inbox...for murder!!!!" Which has nothing to do with golf, but is infinitely more entertaining.
has golf lines for the PGA, as well as head to head props. They do it because three out of four
doctors recommend putting money on a golf game before watching it to reduce excessive boredom.
NASCAR Odds
"If you like your sister, are married to your cousin and love
NASCAR, then you're
a redneck!" Oh, Jeff Foxworthy, you're only funny when made fun of. But the man brings up an
important point: Rednecks love their
NASCAR and there are a lot of rednecks in
this country.
offers
odds on the Nextel Cup Championship, as well as individual races like the
Daytona 500.
Boxing/Tennis Wagers
Every time there's a big fight, you know there are going to be round props, knockout props and Don
King saying "Only in America" about 324,938,238 times. When the grand slams roll around, you also
can make wagers, strictly money liners. Therefore with tennis, it's best to go for the dog and
hope to get lucky. If you take, let's say Serena Williams, you're likely to get -500 or worse.
Exotic Bets
Now this is something to get excited about! Odds for the 2008 election! Jeb Bush getting 35 to 1,
Arnie at 50 to 1 and even Bill Maher is at a modest 100 to 1. Here are some other notables:
- Donald Trump at 2,500 to 1. I wonder how the Donald would react if he knew that the
oddsmakers gave him as good a chance as Laura Bush to be President.
- Michael Moore at 5,000 to 1. The phrase, when "Michael Moore is President" has to be right up
there with "When Hell freezes over," and "When pigs fly." Then again, Hell freezing over is quoted
at only 4,000 to 1.
