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Milan, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Inter Milan signed right back Marco Faraoni to a contract extension Thursday through the 2015-16 season. Faraoni, 20, debuted for Inter last August in the Italian Super Cup and played his first Serie A game in November. He has also played in the Champions League group stage, and scored his first goal against Parma last weekend.
Faraoni has played on numerous Italian youth teams, most recently the Under-21 side.
Feyenoord will return to action on January 22 at Venlo after entering the winter break in fifth place in the league table.
Tests have shown that the injury is not serious, but the club still expects the 24-year-old to miss league games with Real Betis and Malaga as well as the first leg of the team's Copa del Rey showdown with Real Madrid on Wednesday.
The news was worse for defender Andreu Fontas, who is due to miss the next six months because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
Liverpool, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Everton announced Friday that it has signed midfielder Darron Gibson from Manchester United for an undisclosed fee. Gibson, 24, put pen to paper on a four-and-a-half year deal to become Everton's second signing of the January transfer window. The Toffees have also secured the services of American international Landon Donovan on a two-month loan.
A product of the youth system at Manchester United, Gibson broke into the first team in the 2005-06 season and went on to score 10 goals in his 60 appearances for the Red Devils.
The 44-year-old's contract was set to expire at the end of the season, but with Milan tied atop the league with Juventus on 37 points through 17 games, the club was eager to extend his stay.
Frisco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - FC Dallas defender George John has joined English League Championship side West Ham on a two-month loan deal, the club announced on Friday. As part of the agreement, West Ham will have the option to make the move permanent at the end of the two-month loan.
John was an ever-present in the lineup for Dallas last season, logging 31 starts and scoring three goals with one assist.
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In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.
It is called the "pointspread."
Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.
But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.
A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.
In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.
The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere for online football betting .
Don't believe it? Just take a look at what happens around the Super Bowl.
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