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Behind The Bets

By Chad Millman

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Newsflash: Understanding risk is what separates everyday squares from the big-money wiseguys who live off their gambling wits. Now, here's a piece of candy: Since 2000 the New England Patriots are 50-16-3 vs. the spread when they've won at least 50% of their games and the over/under line is 42 or less. It's true. The tip comes from a math genius with a data-mining program that can apparently find gold. Again: 50-16-3! What's this mean? Well when the Pats face against Oakland on Dec. 14 in a ...

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