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Old 09-16-2007, 11:03 AM
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Default Re: *** Official August -- October Chatter Thread ***

Who can point me in the direction of some good sports betting reading material? I'm a long time poker player, but I feel like I'm a pretty big novice in terms of sports betting. I saw in a couple threads people talking about "wongs" - is that related to that author Stanford Wong or is it something totally different?

I'm a big NFL nut, and usually I look at a schedule and just run down the schedule predicting outcomes, then take my picks and compare them to the actual lines and see what looks good to me. Is this reasonable or pointless?

Are two team teasers good bets or sucker bets? This week I liked Atlanta to cover and NO to win on the road, but I opted for some breathing room with a two team teaser with ATL +16.5 and NO +2 (bet pays 1:1). NO -4 was a lot scarier to me than NO -2.5, etc. No idea if this is just an idiot move or standard fare.

Anyways, I'm rambling a bit - but if some folks could point me to some good reading material/discussions it would be much appreciated. Thanks!