Written by Ion Saliu on November 06, 2001 — and later.
• Good results by SPORTS.XLS!
The interesting result is Jets over the Saints at New Orleans. It was considered an upset. Even the guy who picks for Fox Sports picked that game as the upset. The fact is, both teams are in the same situation as last year. They play better on the road than at home. Go figure!
Read a detailed analysis of the performance of SPORTS.XLS and how to take advantage of the sports betting spreadsheet:
10 correct / 3 wrong / 1 undecided!
Home1 Visitor2 1 2 Points1 Points2 Bet Result
Titans Jaguars 3 1 24.0 22.8 Titans by 1.2 28-24 Y
Steelers Ravens 5 1 23.6 11.9 Steels by 11.7 10-13 N
Dolphins Panthers 5 1 21.8 14.8 Dolphs by 7 23-6 Y
Giants Cowboys 4 1 25.8 15.1 Giants by 10.7 27-24 Y
Falcons Patriots 4 3 23.7 22.0 Falcs by 1.7 10-24 N
Packers Bucs 5 1 25.5 13.8 Packs by 11.7 21-20 Y
Bears Browns 4 1 21.6 18.5 Bears by 3.1 27-21 Y
Cardinals Eagles 1 4 12.2 23.9 Eagles by 11.7 7-21 Y
49ers Lions 5 1 24.8 17.2 49ers by 7.5 21-13 Y
Bills Colts 1 5 23.5 29.8 Colts by 6.3 14-30 Y
Chargers Chiefs 6 1 23.5 17.5 Charges by 8 20-25 N
Redskins Seahawks 3 3 19.5 19.5 Undecided 27-14 *
Saints Jets 1 4 18.8 19.6 Jets by 0.8 9-16 Y
Raiders Broncos 4 1 29.5 20.3 Raiders by 9.2 38-28 Y
• Analysis of the results of SPORTS.XLS, the sports betting spreadsheet.
I use in-house sports betting software. It is founded on the same principles as LotWon. Therefore, randomness plays a very important rule in generating combinations. The programs are applicable to parlays. The 5-team parlay software is clearly more successful than the statistical spreadsheet! The programs eliminate certain patterns from previous results and generate lottery-like combinations. The numbers are replaced with team names. The hit rate is better than 2 out of 3 weeks. I haven't encountered two or more consecutive losses. The playing field amounts from 6 to 16 parlays per week. The payout can be as high as 24 to 1 (25% house edge or vigourish). Thus, the worst winning case comes to +8.
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sports.dbc.com/cgi-bin/htx.exe/pastscores/files/pastscores.html - Scores & Odds Archive.
www.nss.net/SCORES/ - Sports Betting, Gambling, Handicapping, Live Lines.
www.vegasinsider.com - VegasInsider.com.
espn.go.com - ESPN.com- the #1 sports web site in the world.
cbs.sportsline.com - CBS.SportsLine.com – the website of CBS Sports.
NFL.com – the official site of the National Football League.
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