Ancelotti hoping for more of the same

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05/07/2010 - London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chelsea is just one win away from claiming its third Premiership title in six years, and with a home contest against bottom-half side Wigan on Sunday, the Blues will be firm favorites to get the win.

Chelsea is coming off of a 2-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield last time out, and manager Carlo Ancelotti is hoping that his players will approach this Sunday's match in the same way they prepared for the Reds.

"I saw my players focused during the week and they knew very well how important the game was," Ancelotti said of the Liverpool game. "This weekend is the same, to be champions we have to play as we played against Liverpool.

"We have to maintain the same confidence in our play, the same determination because nothing is decided. We have to pay a lot of attention because there are not other games, if you miss this game you do not have the possibility of recovery.

"We are in a very good situation, we wanted to arrive at the end of the season with more points but we can decide our destiny in our home at Stamford Bridge so this is a good thing."

Wigan may have just secured safety, but they have vowed to make things difficult for Chelsea, and they will be hoping for a repeat of their 3-1 win over the Blues at the DW Stadium in September.

In addition to their win over Ancelotti's men, the Latics have beaten Arsenal and Liverpool as well, and defender Mario Melchiot feels that his team is in a good position to pull off another upset.

"You look at the teams we've beaten like Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool, and take all the stuff we've done. I think it's looking really good for us," said Melchiot, a former Chelsea defender.

"The Premier League has been very exciting this season. Everybody can beat each other and that's a situation that's developing all the time."

Manchester United enters the final day one point back of Chelsea, and they will be hoping that Wigan can take at least a draw away from Stamford Bridge, which would allow United to claim a fourth successive title with a win over Stoke City.

Arsenal can lock up third place with a win at home against Fulham, while Tottenham visits Burnley having already secured the fourth and final Champions League spot, allowing Spurs to make their first ever appearance in the competition.

Manchester City has to settle for a place in the Europa League after their 1-0 defeat to Tottenham in midweek, and the Citizens will finish up their season at West Ham, while sixth-placed Aston Villa hosts Blackburn.

Liverpool's disappointing campaign comes to an end at relegated Hull City, Bolton hosts Birmingham, Portsmouth visits Everton and Sunderland travels to Wolverhampton.

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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.

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Huskers' Lucky hospitalized for undisclosed reason

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska running back Marlon Lucky was hospitalized Monday for undisclosed reasons after Lincoln police responded to a call at his residence.

The Nebraska athletic department said in a release Monday that Lucky was admitted Sunday night.

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A nursing supervisor at the hospital said all questions about Lucky were being referred to the athletic department. The athletic department said there would be no further comment from the department or Lucky's family.

A Lincoln Police spokesman said officers responded to a call at Lucky's residence 11:30 p.m. Sunday. The spokesman said he didn't know Lucky's condition at the time he was taken to the hospital.

Lucky, from North Hollywood, Calif., started six games last season as a sophomore and was the team's second-leading rusher, with 728 yards and six touchdowns. He also caught 32 passes for 383 yards. He averaged 19.1 yards on eight kickoff returns.

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