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10/06/2009 - Portsmouth, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Saudi businessman Ali Al-Faraj has completed his takeover of Portsmouth after acquiring a 90 percent stake in the club from former owner Sulaiman Al-Fahim.
Al-Fahim's chaotic five-week reign at Fratton Park was dogged by financial difficulties, which came to a head with the club's staff and players not being paid their September wages on time.
"The takeover will ensure Portsmouth's future is safe and will bring financial stability," read a club statement. "Contracts have been signed between the parties to enable funds to be released to pay the players and executive board on Tuesday.
"The club will undergo refinancing in order to grow and develop every part of the business.
"Mr Al-Faraj is very supportive of the club's plans for a new training ground and the development of Fratton Park."
Al-Fahim has retained a 10 percent stake in the club and will remain as non- executive chairman until at least the end of next season.
Al-Faraj will join the club's board of directors, along with associate Mark Jacob, while Peter Storrie will remain as chief executive.
"He (Al-Faraj) is absolutely delighted and looking forward to working with the team and the players," Jacob told Sky Sports News.
"He is a huge supporter of the English Premiership and he's delighted to get involved.
"I anticipate the players will get their salaries tomorrow."
Al-Faraj came close to buying the club in August and is believed to have already passed the Premier League's fit and proper persons test required for club ownership.
(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)
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Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
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