Weekly Look at Interesting WagerWeb Sportbook Betting Lines
by Dave Schwab - 2/16/2012
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WagerWeb Sportsbook has been able to establish itself as one of the leaders in the online gaming industry by not only providing consistent and reliable service to its customers, but through the innovative design of its website. One of these innovations is the clear separation between sports that have active betting lines from the sports that remain inactive at this time, allowing you to quickly tap into all the action.
The following is a look at a few of WagerWeb’s active sports betting lines that are currently available on its website.
Men’s College Basketball
WagerWeb offers a full set of daily side and total lines for college basketball as well as first half lines for all the major matchups. Check back often as it will often add a number of extra games as the day wears on.
Looking at Thursday night’s games, Florida State is a 10-point home favorite over Virginia Tech with the total set at 127 points. The first half line has the Seminoles as 5.5-point favorites with the total set at 59. In one of the biggest matchups of the night, Michigan State is a six-point home favorite over Wisconsin with the total set at 116. The first half line has the Spartans favored by three points with the total set at 53.5.
NBA Basketball
Along with a full set of lines for all the day’s contests, WagerWeb has recently updated its futures odds for the Eastern and Western Conference Championships as well as the NBA Championship. The Miami Heat are the prohibitive favorite to win the East at -130 with the Chicago Bulls second at +165. Lin-sanity has taken the nation by storm, but the New York Knicks are still a +1500 longshot to win the conference.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are the clear favorite in the West at +140 with the Los Angeles Lakers second at +400. The LA Clippers are a close third at +500 with the San Antonio Spurs fourth at +550. Last year champions, the Dallas Mavericks, are currently +600 to win the West.
The Heat are listed at +150 to win this season’s NBA title followed by the Thunder and Bulls at +350. The Lakers are next +950 and the Clippers are +1000. The Mavericks are a mild longshot at +1400 to successfully defend their crown.
PGA Golf- Northern Trust Open
WagerWeb offers a full set of head-to-head matchups for each round of this week’s PGA Northern Trust Open, which kicks-off with first round action on Thursday. The lines for a couple of high-profile first-round matchups has Luke Donald the slight favorite at -120 verses Phil Mickelson at -110, Sergio Garcia the favorite at -135 verses Jason Day at +105, and Rickie Fowler a -140 favorite verses Ricky Barnes at +100.
NASCAR- Daytona
Speed Week at Daytona International Speedway leading up to next Sunday’s Daytona 500 gets underway this Saturday night with the running of the 34th Budweiser Shootout. This non-point race features the top 25 NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers in a 75-lap dash to the finish line.
WagerWeb has opened two-time Bud Shootout champion Kevin Harvick as Saturday night’s favorite at +800. Fan favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. is next at +950 followed by a group of five drivers at +1000, including last year’s Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart. Five-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, whose amazing winning streak came to an end in 2011, is listed at +1100 to win this race.
Jeremy Lin Prop Bets
Jeremy Lin-mania has led to a couple of interesting prop bets surrounding the jersey sales of the New York phenom. The first offers odds on what place his jersey will end up in total sales by the end of the season according to NBAShop.com. The odds off it being No.1 are +800, which could be an incredible value the way this whole story continues to capture the imagination and attention of the nation. The lowest odds are +200 that Lin’s jersey sales do not even crack the Top 10.
This is the kind of prop you might want to jump on right away as the odds could radically change if the Knicks keep winning.
The second prop compares Lin’s jersey sales verse the sales of Tim Tebow’s. The odds that his sales outrank Tebow’s are +600 and they are -800 they will not. Tebow ended the NFL season with the No.2 selling jersey in the league according to NFLShop.com.
