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Sports Gambling Blog June 2008 Archive

By Allen Moody, About.com Guide to Sports Gambling since 2007

AFL Playoffs Heating Up

Monday June 30, 2008
While the NFL and NCAA football seasons are still a few months away, and the Canadian Football League is just getting started, many eyes have turned to the Arena ... Read More

Marlins Look to Bite Back

Thursday June 26, 2008
The Florida Marlins aim to bounce back from a 15-3 drubbing at the hands of Tampa on Wednesday and will send left-hander Mark Hendrickson to the mound. Hendrickson began ... Read More

Was Donaghy First Official to Fix Games?

Wednesday June 25, 2008
NBA Commissioner David Stern has done everything he possibly can to make fans believe that former official Tim Donaghy was the only official involved in the fixing of basketball ... Read More

Full Slate of Nightime Action

Tuesday June 24, 2008
Things return to normal this evening, with a full slate of baseball games under the lights, along with six games in the WNBA. Kansas City, the Mets, and the Angels ... Read More

Are NBA Games Fixed?

Tuesday June 24, 2008
Although the NBA Finals have been over for a week, Tim Donaghy and the NBA haven't been able to keep out of the news and are unlikely to do ... Read More

Cubs Reaching For Their Brooms

Sunday June 22, 2008
The Chicago Cubs will look to complete the sweep of their cross-town rival tonight, as they send Ryan Dempster to the mound against hard-throwing Javier Vasquez and the Chicago ... Read More

Full Night of Action on Friday

Friday June 20, 2008
Things get back to normal tonight, with plenty of baseball games under the lights, along with a full slate of WNBA contests. The most popular betting choice have been Milwaukee, ... Read More

Phil Steele's 2008 College Football Preview

Thursday June 19, 2008
Football fans know that it's getting closer to the start of the new season by the number of football magazines they'll see on the supermarket shelves or in bookstores. ... Read More

Plenty of Early Action Thursday

Thursday June 19, 2008
The majority of action in Thursday's baseball schedule are afternoon games, so bettors will bust throughout the day. Only three games on the slate will be played under the ... Read More

Lakers Fighing for Their Lives

Tuesday June 17, 2008
The NBA Finals move back to Boston tonight where the Celtics look to put away the Lakers, although this time the shoe is on the other foot for the ... Read More

Tiger Looks to Complete Miracle Comeback

Monday June 16, 2008
Golf moves to the forefront of the betting world today, as Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate have an 18-hole playoff to determine the winner of the U.S. Open. Woods ... Read More

Celtics Look to Wrap Things Up

Sunday June 15, 2008
The NBA finds itself in practically a no-win situation for the balance of the NBA Finals. Should the Celtics wrap the series up tonight the league will be denied ... Read More

Fans inclined to believe Donaghy's story

Sunday June 15, 2008
Newsday's John Jeansonne has penned a nice column on the NBA's saga with former referee Tim Donaghy and how even the perception of wrong-doing is a bad thing in ... Read More

Are College Basketball Games Fixed?

Sunday June 15, 2008
Tim Donaghy's allegations of fixing NBA games has brought plenty of attention to the matter of potentially rigging the outcomes of basketball games. Is there any merit to the ... Read More

Baseball - Interleague Style Part II

Friday June 13, 2008
For sports bettors, Interleague baseball has been a blessing or a curse. Some gamblers have done very well in these match-ups, while others have struggled, to say the least. ... Read More

If It's Not Broke, Don't Fix It

Thursday June 12, 2008
Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy's latest allegations couldn't have come at a worst time for the NBA. While the league, most notably David Stern, is quick to dismiss the ... Read More

It's Now or Never For Lakers

Tuesday June 10, 2008
Tonight is one of the great guessing games in sports betting. Looking at the current line of Los Angeles -9, the sportsbooks are practically begging you to take Boston ... Read More

Don't Go Crazy in NBA

Sunday June 8, 2008
Naturally, the NBA Finals contest tonight is going to get the bulk of the attention today from the perspective of a sports fan, but also from sports bettors. That ... Read More

Weighing the Odds in Sports Betting

Friday June 6, 2008
There has been a bit of a lull when it comes to quality books on sports gambling. As a number of authors found out in the 1970s and 80s, ... Read More

Yankees Look to Bounce Back

Wednesday June 4, 2008
Joba Chamberlain's much-hyped first Major League start didn't go quite as well as the New York Yankees had hoped, and the promising pitcher was removed in the third inning ... Read More

Seems Like Old Times

Wednesday June 4, 2008
The Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers renew one of the NBA's greatest rivalries on Thursday, when the teams meet in the the NBA Finals. The Celtics have home-court ... Read More

Public Loving the Favorites

Sunday June 1, 2008
Baseball is the game of choice for most sports bettors today, although there are several WNBA games and one game in the Arena Football League. With the public betting ... Read More

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