MLB Playoff Betting: Side Bets For the Frivolous Spender and Champagne Enthusiast

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· Pinnacle MLB Pick 4 parlay paying out a huge amount of money: take STL/HOU/BOS/LAA to make final four win +7218 [Pinnacle Sports]

· Padres are +330 to win Divisional Series over Cardinals. You know there’s a reason to wear that Xavier Nady jersey. [WagerWeb]

· First homer in Yankees/Angels game? How about Steve Finley at 7/1. Just the type of guy to turn it on in the post season. [Bodog]

· Bartolo Colon getting same odds as Mike Mussina for most strikeouts at BetCRIS. We’d absolutely put our dog or our 82-year-old grandmother on the line to get that. [BetCRIS]

· Angels score first +110 at BetMaker. Bag it. Tag it. Sell it to the butcher in the store room. [BetMaker]

Just in Time for Footbal Season: Reduced Juice

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PinnacleSports is making things very lucrative for football bettors this year, reducing all sides to -104 instead of -110:
Instead of paying $110 to win $100 on the Patriots versus the Raiders in the NFL season opener, customers only have to lay $104 to win $100 at PinnacleSports.com. Using this model, although a player would stand to win the same amount, someone who places five $200 bets a week for all 17 weeks of the NFL season would save an astounding $1,020 wagering at PinnacleSports.com instead of at a traditional sportsbook. While other sportsbooks only offer customers one-time sign-up bonuses of 10-20% with restrictive terms and conditions, PinnacleSports.com customers enjoy savings year round on all sports through the company’s reduced margin wagering. In addition, unlike betting exchanges PinnacleSports.com never charges a commission on winning bets.

Pinnacle Sports Reduces Juice on All Sides [Online Casino News]
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Oddjack Expert: Madden ‘06

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So, a lot of those TKE guys in accounting took off today, huh? Good for them. They have the right idea as this is traditionally one of the most fun days to embrace suspended adolescence and not feel too bad about it. Yes, it’s officially the release of Madden ‘06. Order up the Domino’s 555 deals, get the gravity bong cleaned, and, hey, instead of banking your money on the standard head-to-head match-ups with your favorite teams, why not try these side bets to make this joyous day of mindless, jerk-off fun somewhat profitable for those of us who really suck at Madden? Here’s a list of side bets you can use to make this glorious Tuesday a money maker if you can’t win anything else. Might as well, jump…

MADDEN ‘06 SIDE BETS:

· FIRST PLAYER TO GET A SORE THUMB

· FIRST PLAYER TO HAVE HIS GIRLFRIEND CALL

· FIRST PLAYER TO CALL HIS GIRLFRIEND

· PLAYER WHO DOESN’T CHIP IN FOR FOOD

· PLAYER MOST LIKELY TO WEAR A FOOTBALL JERSEY

· FIRST PLAYER TO GO HOME EARLY

· LAST PLAYER TO GO HOME

· PLAYER MOST LIKELY TO CALL OUT TOMORROW AS WELL

· PLAYER MOST LIKELY TO SUGGEST DESIGNING OWN UNIFORMS

· PLAYER MOST LIKELY TO BUY CD OF BAND BECAUSE THEY HEARD SONG ON MADDEN

· FIRST PLAYER TO USE THE PHRASE “MY BITCH” TO THEIR OPPONENT

· FIRST PLAYER TO BRAG ABOUT HIS ONLINE RECORD IN MADDEN 2K4

· OVER/UNDER ON AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES YOUR ROSTER TWEAKER TO FINISH MAKING THE ROSTERS “RIGHT” BEFORE GAMES CAN BE PLAYED

· FIRST PLAYER TO ACCUSE OTHER PLAYER OF LOOKING AT HIS PLAYS

· FIRST PLAYER TO THROW CONTROLLER

· FIRST PLAYER TO ABUSE HIGHLIGHT FUNCTION

· FIRST PLAYER TO PUNCH WALL/FLOOR/HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE