11/23/2008 - Stuttgart, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Stuttgart has sacked coach Armin Veh after a run of five games without a win left the club down in 11th place in the Bundesliga table.
Veh's final game in charge was a 4-1 thrashing at Wolfsburg at the weekend, with Markus Babbel handed the reins for the time being.
Club president, Erwin Staudt, confirmed: "Armin Veh and assistant coach Alfons Higl have been relieved of their duties with immediate effect.
"This was a difficult decision because we are grateful for what they have achieved over the last three years.
"Markus Babbel will take over as coach and Rainer Widmayer will be trainer. We hope that both can lead VfB back on to the road to success."
Staudt added that he hoped the change would bring about an upturn in form and focus the minds of the club's players on the job in hand.
"I have also spoken to the players and made it clear to them that they all have to play to their potential," he said. "We don't want the dismissal of Armin Veh to be an alibi for the players.
"I expect every single one of them to concentrate fully on their tasks. This should send a shudder through the team and I hope that we can now master the upcoming tasks."
(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)
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He said I was wrong for suggesting oddsmakers care about who wins or loses games.
"Oddsmakers only care about splitting the betting public 50/50 on both sides of the line and keeping the commission (a.k.a. juice)," he wrote.
He might have been right about not understanding "the science of oddsmaking". After all, I'm not an oddsmaker. That said, I stick to my assertion that oddsmakers (a.k.a. sportbooks) often do care about who wins games.
Granted, as a general rule, sportsbooks try to balance their action so that they're not exposed to big losses. However, there are times when this is difficult to pull off, regardless of how much a line has moved. There are also times when that general rule is ignored and a book pursues risk.
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Thus, Vegas sportsbooks try everything in their power to balance the action. They're satisfied simply collecting the juice. But these profits are small, especially compared to the take from other casino games, namely slot machines.
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With a growing aversion to risk, it should come as no surprise that Vegas bookmakers have been panicking this NFL season.
Despite huge pointspreads, a disproportionate percentage of bettors are still laying their money on favorites like the Eagles, Colts, Pats and Vikings rather than the dogs (a common trend for the largely recreational bettors that visit Vegas).
And much to the dismay of the books, those favorites are finding ways to cover the thick chalk. In fact, prior to Week 7, the four teams listed above are a combined 16-2-2 (88 percent) against the spread. (The tables turned dramatically in Week 7, but more on that later.)
The result has been an early-season beating for the books, and a bonanza for bettors.
While Vegas increasingly hates risk, it's no longer a major player in the sports betting world. Most of the betting action now takes place offshore where sportsbooks are not as obsessed about balance. In fact, some books encourage exposure to risk because the rewards can be so much bigger.
Consider MySportsbook.com. On its website, the book has odds pages which actually display the amount of action it's getting on games. In other words, you can see how much action the book is taking on both sides of a pointspread, moneyline or over/under.
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