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Major League Baseball Betting: Boston and NY set the tone for a thrilling season

The MLB opened with a bang on Sunday as one of the game’s great rivalries was renewed but the 2010 season really gets into the swing with a full schedule this weekend. Nick Shiambouros selects the best bets. “Sunday saw a gritty performance from a resilient Boston team and they showed that they will fight New York all the way to the last pitch this year.” The Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 9-7 in a thrilling game in Sunday’s season opener. New York blew a 5-1 lead in this high scoring game. The great CC Sabathia lost his way on the mound for the Yankees and Boston made him pay

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Apr 07, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

NBA Betting: Magic might temporarily lose their sparkle at season’s end

Nick Shiambouros has a short term laying strategy for Dwight Howard’s Orlando Magic – who have the championship in their eyes and not the final few games of the season “The limited playing time of Orlando center Dwight Howard is another reason to oppose the Magic. Howard is the cornerstone of this team and it is unlikely he will play a lot of minutes. Coach Van Gundy will want him healthy and rested before the playoffs begin.” The Orlando Magic look certain to finish the season in second place in the Eastern Conference. The Magic are 4.5 games ahead of third placed Atlanta with only five games left to play in the regular season. Lebron’s Cleveland have already finished first in the Conference. In short, Orlando have nothing left to play for until the start of the playoffs later this month . Coach Stan Van Gundy’s only concern at the moment is the health of his team. He will not risk playing his starting rotation for long minutes in meaningless games and that could give Betfair punters an edge

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Apr 07, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

UK General Election Betting: Three straws for Tory layers to clutch

The polls don’t look good for Labour but the fight is not over for Brown and co. Here are three reasons why Labour may still pull off a shock “While the Tory lead is again looking unassailable, there remain cracks for Labour to exploit and narrow the deficit. In topical racing terms, they’ve cleared The Chair, yet still have several fences and a gruelling run-in to negotiate.” On the day that Gordon Brown called the General Election , his party’s fortunes appear to have taken a significant turn for the worse. It’s been a bad week for Labour , with Brown’s core brand of economic competence shaken by a campaign from some business leaders against a planned rise in national insurance.

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Apr 06, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

NCAA Basketball Betting: Mission impossible for Butler?

It’s been a long and eventful journey to the final but on Monday evening The Duke Blue Devils will play the Butler Bulldogs to see who will be crowned NCAA Champion 2010. Nick Shiambouros selects the best bets

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Apr 05, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Malaysian Grand Prix Betting: Webber’s Red Bull has wings

The impressive Red Bulls of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel occupy first and third places on the grid for tomorrow’s race and this will present a super chance for them to get some big points on the board. But that’s easier said than done on this track, says David Croft. “Job half done then but as we’ve seen twice this season already, the sight of a Red Bull on pole doesn’t necessarily equate to a race win. Webber will be sleeping tonight with both his fingers and toes crossed that the little reliability issues that have snatched victory away from Vettel, plus the big engine failure he suffered in Friday practice, don’t come back to haunt him.” As brilliant gambles go, and let’s face it we’ve all one of those at some stage of our lives, Mark Webber’s decision to switch to intermediate tyres at the end of qualifying was akin to sticking his mortgage on a roulette wheel and seeing his lucky number come up.

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Apr 03, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Moto GP Season Betting Preview: Stoner to pip Rossi

Trent Burton looks ahead to the 2009/10 Moto GP season which he’s expecting to be an absolute cracker and where based on what we’ve seen so far in testing, Casey Stoner looks the best bet. “Rossi is without question the best rider on the grid, but, (and I’ll probably get hate mail for this), Stoner is hands down the quickest. If he can get it all together for a trouble-free year, something’s that’s been missing for the last two seasons, he’s my tip for his second championship.” After the longest off-season I can remember, the 2010 season is now just a week away from getting started

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Apr 03, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

This Week On Betfair Live Video: The Sony Ericsson Final

Andy Roddick and Tomas Berdych go toe-to-toe in today’s final in Miami, available on Betfair Live Video. Andy Roddick is clearly in super form on the American hardcourts he knows so well and loves so much and has made a second consecutive final in Masters events. He’ll be wanting to go one better this time after falling at the last hurdle at Indian Wells. The man who beat him that day was Ivan Ljubicic , who was matched at a high of 600.0 on Betfair at the start of the tournament. There will be no repeat final with the big-serving Croat knocked out in the early rounds but the man Roddick will be facing this afternoon was also a big outsider at the start of the tournament. Step forward Tomas Berdych – the highly-talented yet notoriously flakey Czech who was matched at odds of 140.0 at the start and is trading at 2.62 to win today’s final. Berdych certainly can’t be accused of having had an easy route to the final and beat, amongst others, world number one Roger Federer and the ever-improving Robin Soderling . Andy Roddick’s greater experience, pedigree and the fact he’s on home soil explain why he goes into today’s match as the favourite but after Ljubicic’s heroics a couple of weeks ago, no-one would be too surprised if the likeable American falls just short once again

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Apr 03, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

NBA Betting: San Antonio and Cleveland the good things this weekend

Nick Shiambouros talks us through the events of the last few days and the upcoming matches in the ever-exciting world of the NBA. “I think the Raptors will rise to the challenge and take care of the Warriors. Golden State has had a shocking season and is only playing for pride – I make the Raptors my best bet of the week.” The Utah Jazz thrashed the Golden State Warriors 128-104 with yet another dominant display on Wednesday evening. The Jazz came out firing and had the game in safe keeping at the half

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Apr 02, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

MLB American League Preview: It’s Yankees v Sox, again

The 2010 baseball season gets underway on Sunday April 4. Nick Shiambouros looks at the teams of the American League “Nothing short of a World Series will do for the Sox this year. Boston signed John Lackey as a free agent during the winter. He is a pitcher of the highest calibre and is a welcome addition to the rotation. This team has tremendous depth and a wealth of talent

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Apr 01, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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