Tolliver cruises to American Century Championship title

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07/18/2010 - Tahoe, NV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Billy Joe Tolliver, the former NFL quarterback, collected 26 points on Sunday to easily cruise to a record-setting victory at the American Century Championship.

Tolliver finished with 84 points, which is a tournament record in the modified Stableford scoring system. He won by 19 points, which is the largest margin of victory in tournament history.

The victory was his third in this championship and third in three different decades. Tolliver won the title in 1996 and 2005.

In the scoring format, double-eagle gets 10 points, an ace gets eight, an eagle is worth six, a birdie is three and a par gets one. Bogey is worth nothing, but a double-bogey or worse costs you two points.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo (25), former MLB pitcher John Smoltz (24), actor Jack Wagner (18) and Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway (20) shared second place with 65 points.

Former quarterback Mark Rypien amassed 23 points on Sunday and finished sixth with 60 points, followed by former hockey great Jeremy Roenick (19), who had 59.

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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 .

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