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Oddsmakers don’t like the Tampa Bay Rays’ chances in the upcoming season

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You might have thought the Tampa Bay Rays were better than last place in the American League East. You might have thought they were better than next-to-last in the AL. You might want to place a bet. The oddsmakers at Bovada currently have the Rays listed at 66-1, down from 33-1 six weeks ago. Bovada ranks the Chicago Cubs at 6-1, tied with the San Francisco Giants as favorites to win the baseball championship this coming year. The Boston Red…

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Science shows March Madness fans cannot resist an underdog

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If you got that warm-‘n-fuzzy feeling the weekend Lehigh beat Duke or the year N.C. State socked Phi Slama Jama or the time Butler almost did it, you are not alone. The science shows, again and again, that we can’t resist pulling for the teams called the Anteaters (that’s UC Irvine). Or for the UABs of the world to upend the UCLAs. For the time-tested crowd pleaser, the No. 12 seed, and for anyone else with the label ‘underdog’ when…

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Online sportsbooks set betting odds for next president

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If you don’tthink Barack Obama is still going to be president in 2013 and feel like putting down a few bets on the GOP frontrunners, you could make a lot of money on the online sportsbooks that have set odds for who will be the next president.  It’ll cost you $125 to make $100 on an Obama win, but you could make 7 to 1 on your money if Mitt Romney wins and 9 to 1 if Sarah Palin ushers in…

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Monday’s Mayoral Wrap-up

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The Kentucky Derby on Saturday was a disappointment to chalk gamblers everywhere, but a reminder to the rest of us that long shots do, in fact, win. The horse that won Derby was a 56-1 underdog. In fact, the owner had paid only $9,500 in a market that usually runs to six figures. In other words, Paul Congemi won the Kentucky Derby. Oh, and by the way, the morning line favorite finished 19 out of 20, which reinforces the point…

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