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Pinnacle Pulse - Why Parlays Are Often A Better Bet Than Futures
by Simon Noble - 01/10/2007
As the NFL divisional playoffs approach, 32 contenders have been reduced to just eight. This weekend four more teams will bite the dust, and with them, countless Super Bowl futures tickets. Though you might be feeling smug if you're sitting on a Saints futures wager at +10,000, with New Orleans now listed at just +965 at Pinnacle Sportsbook, your nails are still in for a gnashing before you can pop the champagne.
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Opening Odds for 2008 National Title Game Offered by Pinnacle
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 01/09/2007
Florida fans everywhere are still celebrating Gators' dominating 41-14 BCS Championship Game win over Ohio State and leading online sportsbook, Pinnacle Sportsbook has already released odds on who'll win next year's National Championship. When Florida had jumped out to a 20-point halftime lead last night, the oddsmakers at Pinnacle Sportsbook were busy handicapping the chances of college football's top programs winning the 2008 title game.
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Pinnacle Pulse - Finding an Edge in Minor Sports
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 12/28/2006
To the uninitiated the mechanics of the stock market can seem somewhat of a mystery. The rise and fall of share prices can be difficult to pre-empt as market reaction normally occurs a full week before good or bad news is released, yet once the information hits the headlines, it creates barely a ripple. For an average investor waiting to act until after good news is released is a quick route to the poor house. Many times, I've sat on my hands and watched a stock rise or fall during the day, and later thought "if only I bought it before the price shot up, or shorted before it tanked!"
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2007 Golden Globe Odds Offered By Pinnacle Sportsbook
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 12/14/2006
Less than an hour after the official nominations were announced earlier this morning, Pinnacle Sportsbook became the first bookmaker in the world to release odds on the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards. As the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was unveiling the nominees, odds makers at Pinnacle Sportsbook were busy calculating odds for the most popular Golden Globe categories.
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Pinnacle Pulse: Handicapping College Bowl Games
by Simon Noble - 12/13/2006
With 32 College Bowl Games spread through January 8th, many handicappers are putting in extra hours. While some suggest treating these games just like any other, there are two good reasons to spend some extra time studying these match-ups. First, games that are televised over the holidays have more "public" money bet on them, giving the studious player the opportunity to gain an extra edge. Second, there are a number of factors that cause many of these games to play out differently from the regular season, giving yet more value to professionals.
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Pinnacle Pulse - NFL Props (Part 1)
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 11/29/2006
While many players have found Props easy to beat, this market has traditionally been the domain of smaller players. This year NFL Props have increased immensely in popularity at Pinnacle Sports, creating two new advantages. First, there is a lot more two-way action causing line moves. Second, other sportsbooks are trying to offer many NFL Props as well and some are even copying the Pinnacle Sports betting lines.
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Ohio State-USC National Championship Game Odds at Pinnacle Sportsbook
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 11/27/2006
Although the BCS Championship Game is still over one month away, college football fans and members of the media have been debating which teams deserve the opportunity to play for the national championship for weeks. After beating archrival Michigan in their regular season finale, Ohio State secured their spot atop the BCS rankings and earned the right to play in the title game.
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Pinnacle Pulse - Alternate NFL Lines
by Simon Noble - 11/08/2006
It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of offerings at the Pinnacle Sportsbook. For football alone, bettors have the choice of nearly 30 markets, including halftimes, quarters, props and futures for several different leagues including the NFL, NCAA, CFL and even the CIS Vanier Cup. Many players staunchly ignore everything except vanilla sides and totals markets.
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Pinnacle Pulse - Exploiting Skewed NFL Futures
by Simon Noble - 11/02/2006
With the halfway point of the NFL season here, Pinnacle Sportsbook's NFL futures - revised after each week's play - now accurately reflect the current standings. Not only does Pinnacle Sportsbetting offer odds to win the Superbowl, the AFC Championship, the NFC Championship, NFL division odds plus unique props on Indy or the Bears going undefeated but the Pinnacle Sportsbook offers all of these at low juice with odds that offer up to 50% better value than other sports books.
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Odds Are Dennis Green Will Be First NFL Coaching Casualty
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 10/26/2006
We're only seven weeks into the NFL season and already the contenders have begun to separate themselves from the pretenders. Several head coaches are already starting to feel the heat as their teams are failing to meet pre-season expectations. With a number of teams off to a slow start, Pinnacle Sportsbook today announced updated odds on which current NFL coach will be the first to lose his job.
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Mavericks Favored To Win NBA Title
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 10/26/2006
With tip-off of the 2006-07 basketball season taking place next week, Pinnacle Sportsbook has announced updated odds on all 30 NBA teams winning the league championship. The largest sports betting site on the Internet, Pinnacle Sportsbook currently lists Mark Cuban's Dallas Mavericks as a 4/1 favorite to avenge last year's loss in the NBA Finals and capture the franchise's first ever championship.
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Pinnacle Pulse: Turning Fantasy Football Into Real Cash
by Simon Noble - 10/11/2006
Fantasy sports have become an extremely popular pastime with tens of millions of sports fans around the world. During football season, fantasy owners spend hours each week examining player statistics, evaluating their fantasy football teams and contemplating trades.
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The Pinnacle Pulse - The Power of Reduced Juice
by Simon Noble - 09/20/2006
Professional players dedicate many hours each week shopping for the best price, and will often spend more time in this endeavor than handicapping. Given that the sharps are betting high limits each week, this is time well spent even if it adds only 1% to the bottom line. But how can the average player making $100 bets get the best price without turning odds checking into a full-time job?
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CSI Favored To Win Thursday Night Ratings War
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 09/19/2006
The new fall television season kicks into high gear this week with the return to the airwaves of several of the most popular shows on TV. One of the most highly anticipated nights of season premieres takes place Thursday when ABC's hit drama "Grey's Anatomy" moves from Sundays in an attempt to unseat reigning ratings king "CSI".
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The Pinnacle Pulse - Try Waking Up And Realizing You Owe $1 Million on an 8-Team Parlay
by Simon Noble - 09/13/2006
Every once in a while, despite the best bookmaking and balancing of positions, sportsbook managers find a surprise in their daily summaries, like a player hitting a $1 million 8-team parlay. Though the occasional player hitting a home-run on a parlay should be expected, when a big one hits, it can catch sportsbooks off guard.
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Pinnacle Sportsbook Launches Football Betting Portal for NFL Season
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 09/07/2006
When the 2006 NFL season kicks off this week, it marks the return of the favorite sport for millions of bettors around the world after a long, seven-month layoff. With sports bettors now demanding up-to-date information to make well-informed plays, Pinnacle Sportsbook today launched a dedicated betting portal providing all the current NFL news, scores, odds and statistics, essential for today's successful football bettors.
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The Pinnacle Pulse - Football is Here!
by Simon Noble - 09/01/2006
With the opening weekend of college football just days away, many players are studying changes made during the off-season. One of the biggest changes doesn't involve any player or team, but the length of the game itself.
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The Pinnacle Pulse - NFL Preseason Edition
by Simon Noble - 08/23/2006
Debating the merits of betting on preseason NFL, I'm often asked about the logic of betting games when the starters spend most of their time on the sideline.
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Pinnacle Announces 2006 Emmy Awards Odds
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 08/22/2006
All eyes will be on television's brightest stars Sunday when the winners of the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are revealed. Pinnacle Sportsbook opened betting on the Emmys shortly after nominations were announced on July 6th and with only a few days until the awards ceremony, the company has released updated 2006 Emmy Awards odds on the six major categories.
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The Pinnacle Pulse - Top 10 Gambler's Resolutions
by Simon Noble - 08/17/2006
The beginning of the NFL season is similar to the start of a new year -- providing a perfect opportunity for players to 'wipe the slate clean' and carry out a health-check on their betting, much like the soul-searching on New Year's Day that results in life-enhancing resolutions. With this in mind, Pinnacle Sports has assembled ten Gambler's Resolutions; but don't worry, these don't involve exercising or giving up beer!
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Pinnacle Post Odds on Next English Team Captain
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 07/12/2006
Following their devastating penalty shoot out loss to Portugal in the World Cup, the English National Team lost its captain as David Beckham announced his resignation from the post after five and a half years. With one of the most prestigious positions in world soccer vacant, Pinnacle Sportsbook today announced odds on who'll be awarded the captain's armband for the English National Team by new coach Steve McClaren.
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Pinnacle Sportsbook: Odds Indicate Yankees Will Miss The Playoffs
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 07/12/2006
Now that the All-Star game has passed and the second half of the Major League Baseball season gets underway this weekend, the playoff push will begin as the contenders try to separate themselves from the pretenders in the next three months. Injuries to star players, an aging pitching staff and several other American League clubs enjoying terrific seasons have many believing this will be the first season the New York Yankees miss the playoffs under Joe Torre. After originally opening as favorites in April to make the postseason for a twelfth straight season, Pinnacle Sportsbook now lists the Yankees as underdogs to make the 2006 MLB playoffs.
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The Pinnacle Pulse - World Cup Final Edition
by Simon Noble - 07/07/2006
There have now been 48 games completed in the group stage and 14 knock-out games played in the 2006 World Cup. As the tournament reaches its climax in Berlin this weekend, handicappers and sharp bettors have more and more information available for analysis.
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The Pinnacle Pulse - Wimbledon + World Cup Edition
by Simon Noble - 06/28/2006
With Wimbledon in full swing, a lot of Pinnacle Sports players are taking a much closer look at tennis betting. If you're thinking about trying your hand at Wimbledon or other tennis events, there are a few pitfalls a little preparation can help you avoid.
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The Pinnacle Pulse - Wimbledon + World Cup Edition
by Simon Noble - 06/30/2006
With Wimbledon in full swing, a lot of Pinnacle Sports players are taking a much closer look at tennis betting. If you're thinking about trying your hand at Wimbledon or other tennis events, there are a few pitfalls a little preparation can help you avoid.
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Odds Are Arena Is Out
by Pinnacle Sports - 06/23/2006
Bruce Arena has become a fixture in American soccer, but after directing the fifth-ranked U.S. team to a winless trip in Germany his future with the team is murky at best. With his coaching decisions questioned throughout the World Cup, PinnacleSports.com released odds on Bruce Arena returning to U.S. men's soccer just minutes after the team failed to advance out of their group.
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The Pinnacle Pulse - World Cup Wagering
by Simon Noble - 06/21/2006
In a previous column, we discussed situational wagering on World Cup matches. There might be such opportunities now in this group. In order to identify these, you need to understand how each team can advance, and when teams have an incentive to cooperate.
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The Pinnacle Pulse - NBA Finals Edition
by Simon Noble - 06/14/2006
While many can set a basketball total line based on "feel", the deadliest totals players at Pinnacle Sportsbook combine statistical analysis with a subjective understanding of the teams. If you want to set a baseline, you should begin analysis by looking at five statistics: each team's average points scored, average points allowed by each team, and the league scoring average.
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The Pinnacle Pulse - World Cup Betting Advice from a Bookie
by Simon Noble - 06/07/2006
The 2006 FIFA World Cup kicks off Friday when Germany plays Costa Rica. The World Cup is the most heavily bet event, dwarfing even the Super Bowl for volume wagered. Between the huge Asian and European public's interest in the World Cup, and the ease of placing bets over the Internet, it's almost guaranteed that many prices on games will be "out of whack". As frequent readers of this column know, this offers sharp players a chance to profit.
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The Pinnacle Pulse - World Cup Edition
by Simon Noble - 05/31/2006
The teams have qualified, the venues are complete and the stage is set at Pinnacle Sportsbook for the biggest football party in history, the 2006 FIFA World Cup! Highly profitable for informed players everywhere, Germany 2006 will see 32 nations compete for football's biggest prize with the first match played on June 9th, when hosts Germany face Costa Rica.
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Pinnacle Sportsbook Posts Odds On 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 05/31/2006
This week, 275 of America's top young spellers will descend on the nation's capital to compete in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee. For the first time in Spelling Bee history the event will hit primetime, as the Championship Rounds of this year's contest will be broadcast live on ABC. Further demonstrating the popularity of the event, Pinnacle Sportsbook has become the first company offer wagering on the National Spelling Bee after receiving numerous customer requests.
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by Simon Noble - 05/24/2006
This week we move to Paris and serve up a Royale with Cheese while looking for a betting edge in the second Grand Slam event of the year at Roland Garros.
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The Pinnacle Pulse - A Bookie's View On The NBA Playoffs
by Simon Noble - 4/27/2006
After a grueling 82-game regular season, the NBA playoffs are finally here, which is one of the busiest betting events every year. During the post season many sharper players shift their focus from sides and totals to something easier to beat: playoff series wagers.
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The Pinnacle Pulse -- A Bookie's View On MLB Runlines
by Simon Noble - 4/20/2006
With Major League Baseball in full swing, there are many wagering options available to the savvy player. One that is often overlooked is the run line bet, which is the MLB equivalent of an NFL 1.5 point spread. While nearly every player, professional or otherwise knows what the '3' in the NFL is worth, far fewer understand the value of the '1.5' in baseball.
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The Pinnacle Pulse -- Week One NFL Lines Posted
by Simon Noble - 04/13/2006
Although the Super Bowl was played only three months ago, the draft hasn't taken place yet and training camps aren't even close to opening, it's still not too early to start thinking about the NFL if you play at Pinnacle Sportsbook!
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The Pinnacle Pulse -- March Madness From A Bookie's Perspective
by Simon Noble - 03/22/2006
With big busts and Georgetown, Bradley, Wichita State and George Mason delivering big upsets, we say goodbye to the reigning champs and all representatives from the Big Ten as the mid-majors march on in the NCAA Tournament.
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Bet on the Next NFL Commish At Pinnacle Sportsbook
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 03/22/2006
Yesterday Paul Tagliabue announced he'll retire as commissioner of the National Football League in July, ending a 16-year reign at the helm of the country's most popular sport. With the NFL's 32 owners now charged with selecting the sport's third commissioner in league history, Pinnacle Sportsbook today released odds on who'll replace Paul Tagliabue as the next head of the NFL.
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Pinnacle Sportsbook Offers Barry Bonds Suspension Odds
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 03/09/2006
In excerpts from the forthcoming "Game of Shadows," the book's co-writers detail Barry Bonds alleged doping regime that they claim began in 1998 and employed a variety of performance-enhancing drugs including steroids and human growth hormones. Despite his continued denial and lack of a positive drug test to date, Bonds must now deal with the most damning allegations of steroid use as he enters his 21st Major League season.
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Pinnacle Sportsbook Offers Odds On A Tiger Woods Grand Slam
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 03/09/2006
Last weekend Tiger Woods continued his hot start to the season by conquering the "Blue Monster" at Doral in the Ford Championship. With three wins in five events this year, sports fans everywhere are wondering if Tiger will tame the field and capture the elusive Grand Slam this year by holding all four modern major championships simultaneously.
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Sopranos Odds Offered At Pinnacle Sportsbook -- Who Will Get 'Whacked'?
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 03/09/2006
With "The Sopranos" returning to television after a 21-month hiatus Sunday night, the biggest question on the minds of the show's loyal fans is which character will be the next to get "whacked". Last week Pinnacle Sportsbook became the first sportsbook to let fans bet on who'll be the first of 18 regular Sopranos characters killed-off in the upcoming season of the hit mob drama. After nearly one week of wagering, Uncle Junior and Christopher have emerged as firm favorites with online bettors to be the first character to be 'clipped' or pass away during "The Sopranos" sixth season.
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Pinnacle: Connecticut Favored To Win Men's Hoops Tournament
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 03/06/2006
Now that the regular season has ended, over 300 Division I men's basketball teams enter their conference tournaments this week hoping to earn an invite to "the big dance" for a shot at the national championship. With the field of 65 teams announced on Sunday, leading online sportsbook Pinnacle Sportsbook today released updated odds to win the 2006 men's NCAA Basketball Tournament.
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by Simon Noble of Pinnacle Sportsbook - 03/02/2006
What are the three most important things a professional considers when betting a game? Price, price and price. Getting the best number on every game will turn a 50% handicapper into a net winner and allows a 53% capper to show a handsome profit at season's end. Every penny you're able to shave off of a price adds to your bottom line.
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Pinnacle Sportsbook Offers Updates 2006 Academy Awards Odds
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 02/28/2006
All eyes will be on Hollywood's brightest stars Sunday when the winners of the 78th Annual Academy Awards are revealed. Pinnacle Sportsbook was the first bookmaker in the world to open betting on this year's Oscars, releasing odds only minutes after the nominees were announced on January 31st. With the official awards ceremony taking place this weekend, Pinnacle Sportsbook has released updated 2006 Academy Awards odds in the six major Oscar categories.
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by Simon Noble of Pinnacle Sportsbook - 02/22/2006
As of Tuesday morning, Pinnacle Sportsbook was offering spreads, MLs and totals on 131 different games plus another 548 wagering options on match-ups, props and futures. On Wednesdays and weekends, there are even more events to wager on at the Pinnacle Sportsbook.
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Pinnacle Posts Finale Odds For Dancing With The Stars Betting
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 02/22/2006
After two months, ABC's hit show "Dancing With The Stars" has reached its finale as only three celebrity teams remain in the competition. For the two-episode finale, Stacy Keibler, Drew Lachey, Jerry Rice and their professional partners will try to impress the television audience and judges through a series of dances. With the celebrities performing their final routines this week, Pinnacle Sportsbook has announced updated odds for the winner of the show for Dancing WIth the Stars betting.
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The Pinnacle Pulse - Football Is Over, Yet Still Many Wagering Options
by Simon Noble - 02/08/2006
As the NFL season winds down, many football bettors are left with a sense of emptiness. Other than this weekend's Pro Bowl, NFL fans must wait until September for the next competitive games to kickoff. If you're contemplating where to channel your handicapping energies in the meantime, you could do a lot worse than taking a long hard look at college basketball.
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The Pinnacle Pulse -- Super Bowl Week From A Bookies Perspective
by Simon Noble - 02/01/2006
Now that it's finally Super Bowl week, bettors can celebrate that they'll have more betting options on this game than any other all year, as the one thing that the Super Bowl is known for, is the wide range of proposition bets offered. At Pinnacle Sportsbook you can bet on everything from the coin toss and first scoring play of the game, to the best Super Bowl commercial and first "Maddenism" announcer John Madden will utter after kickoff.
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Official 2006 Oscar Odds Offered By Pinnacle Sportsbook
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 01/31/2006
Only minutes after the official Oscar nominations were announced earlier this morning, the odds makers at Pinnacle Sportsbook began calculating odds for the 78th Annual Academy Awards". With odds on the six major categories finished only minutes after the nominees were announced, Pinnacle Sportsbook has released the first official betting lines on this year's Oscars.
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2006 Arena Bowl Odds From Pinnacle Sportsbook
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 01/25/2006
Fans everywhere don't need to wait until the Super Bowl to get their football fix as another exciting Arena Football League season begins this weekend. The Arena League has become very popular with fans and bettors suffering from football withdrawal following the big game. With the AFL's twentieth season kicking off this week, leading online sportsbook Pinnacle Sportsbook has updated odds on all 18 franchises winning Arena Bowl XX.
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The Pinnacle Pulse -- Four Teams A Game Away From Super Bowl
by Simon Noble - 01/18/2006
Officiating can be a factor that makes handicapping games that much more difficult and last weekend witnessed some of the most questionable NFL officiating ever seen. No matter how much time you spend analyzing a match-up, a judgment call can be the ultimate decider of who wins and who loses. Losing bettors and fans remember these calls for a very long time…
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Dancing With the Stars Odds Available At Pinnacle Sportsbook
by Pinnacle Sportsbook - 01/04/2006
Last summer's most successful television series returns this week with 10 new celebrities competing on ABC's hit reality show Dancing With The Stars. This season's famous participants include a former Super Bowl champion, a professional wrestling diva, a rap mogul and an Oscar winner, among others, who'll team with professional ballroom dancers in an eight-week competition decided by viewer voting and judges.
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The Inside Wagering Line From Pinnacle Sports Book By Simon Noble - 01/04/2006
In the early years of sports betting, public money was the dominant factor. The influence of public money was so great that the lines were often over inflated to force some control over the positions a sportsbook would take on a game. The squares forced certain patterns every week - take the favorite and over early, and the dog and under right before post. These patterns were even more pronounced for Monday night games and the playoffs.
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The Inside Wagering Line From Pinnacle Sports Book By Simon Noble - 12/30/2005
The college football season will reach its climax with next week's BCS Bowls. On premier games such as these, players have an additional tool to make money at Pinnacle Sports: live betting. On all of the BCS Bowl games, Pinnacle sportsbook will offer live betting with reduced juice wagering that offers up to 50% better value to the player than other sports books.
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The Pinnacle Pulse - Time To Go Bowling For Bucks
The Inside Wagering Line From Pinnacle Sports Book By Simon Noble - 12/21/2005
On behalf of Pinnacle Sports, I'd like to wish everyone Happy Holidays! With all the festivities it might seem like a natural time for a break, but taking the holidays off completely might mean missing some great football betting opportunities. While college football can be profitable, betting on NCAA Bowl Games can be even more lucrative, but there are a few extra factors to consider at this time of the year.
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The Inside Line From Pinnacle Sports by Simon Noble - 12/07/2005
The talk of this NFL season has been how the Indianapolis Colts have dominated their opponents on their way to an astounding 12-0 start. Only the 1972 Dolphins have finished with an unblemished regular season record and no team has gone undefeated since the schedule was expanded to 16 regular season games. With this in mind, one has to wonder what the chances are that Indianapolis will win out its last 4 games.
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PinnacleSports.com Lists USC Tailback As Clear Heisman Favorite
by Pinnacle Sports - 11/22/2005
WILLEMSTAD, CURACAO (November 22, 2005)-For one week Texas quarterback Vince Young overtook USC's Reggie Bush as the Heisman Trophy favorite at leading online sportsbook PinnacleSports.com. Young's reign as the favorite to win college football's most prestigious award was short-lived, as Reggie Bush exploded for over 500 all-purpose yards on Saturday to regain his status as Heisman frontrunner at PinnacleSports.com.
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Pinnacle Pulse -- the Inside Line from Pinnacle Sports
by Simon Noble - 11/16/2005
At Pinnacle Sports, we have the largest variety of betting options offering new and exciting ways for bettors to profit on their favorite teams. This week, I'd like to take a closer look at a special market that is unique to Pinnacle Sports - "Team Performance" wagers in football.
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by Simon Noble - 11/09/2005
If you're a fan of a certain team, you're probably more familiar with the team's nuances than the team itself. How can you turn your specialized knowledge about a team into winning wagers? The answer is easier than you think. Instead of just betting the game spread or total, you should focus on halftime and quarter lines in addition to your game wagers.
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Pinnacle Pulse
by Simon Noble - 11/02/2005
With the reigning Super Bowl Champion Patriots hosting the undefeated Indianapolis Colts on Monday Night Football, I thought it might be interesting in this week's column to highlight a smarter way to bet on these high profile games at Pinnacle Sports.
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by Simon Noble of Pinnacle Sports - 10/19/2005
In previous columns we have looked at some techniques that sharper players use such as shopping for the best price when they bet. There are also many ways to recognize a "square" player by the actions they take that simply aren't profitable in the long-run. By knowing what these common mistakes are and why, it will hopefully help you avoid them with your own betting.
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by Simon Noble of Pinnacle Sports - 10/12/2005
A common thread that I see on many gaming forums concerns the subject of teasers. One of the generally held misconceptions is that they are sucker bets to be avoided at all costs. I've been actively involved in bookmaking for over fifteen years and it's true that I've seen players make hundreds of thousands of dollars in teaser plays when they don't know what they're buying. Part of the problem is the industry's fault - there are no consumer reports for teasers - so with that in mind, I thought I'd share my experience of teasers.
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by Simon Noble of Pinnacle Sports - 10/06/2005
In our last few articles, we have talked quite a bit about "sharp" money. A sharp or professional player is one we expect will win in the long-term. How can we tell if any given player will be a consistent winner going forward? The most accurate way we have found is to compare the line a player received when they made their bet in relation to our closing line.
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