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LAS VEGAS -- If the Baltimore Ravens are to become Super Bowl champions, theyll have to beat the odds again to do it. Bookmakers in this gambling city mostly have the San Francisco 49ers 4.5-point favourites over the Ravens in the Super Bowl, amid expectations this could be the heaviest bet title game ever. "Its a monster matchup, brother versus brother," William Hill oddsmaker Jimmy Vaccaro said. "I believe it will top last years Super Bowl handle and could go higher." Some sports books didnt even wait until the clock ran out in the Ravens win over the New England Patriots to set the line. At the LVH sports book, a line favouring the 49ers by 4.5 points was put up just before the 2-minute warning, and bettors didnt waste any time to get money down on the game. "Weve got money coming in as we speak, it looks like it will be good on both sides," said LVH book director Jay Kornegay. "These teams mirror each other, but the 49ers are a bit more sexy now than the Ravens." At William Hill, which operates 75 betting parlours in Nevada, oddsmakers opened the game with the 49ers a 5-point favourite, as did some other books. But it was quickly bet down to 4.5 points, a line that seemed to be holding in the early betting. "We had what I consider a large bet come in at 5 points and moved down from there," said Vaccaro, who said he believes the line will hold between 4 and 4 1/2 points until close to the day of the game. Baltimore already is the first underdog of more than a touchdown to win both the division and championship playoff rounds. The Ravens were 7.5-point underdogs to the Patriots before beating them 28-13 to win the AFC title game. "The Ravens are the hot team now but theyre not getting a lot of support from the public," Kornegay said. "These are very similar teams, both can run the ball well, play smash mouth football and have two quarterbacks playing very good football." Last years game between the New York Giants and the Patriots drew $93.9 million in wagers in Nevada, just under the record $94.5 million bet in 2006 when the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks 21-10. Those who follow the betting industry closely say hundreds of millions of dollars -- possibly even billions -- will be bet on the game by the time the offshore sports books and illegal bookmakers take in their share. Like the LVH, some books in Las Vegas opened the game at 4.5 points, while others put their number up at 5. Most of the major Las Vegas sports books were at 4.5 points, with a few listing the 49ers at 4 points Sunday night. The over/under, where bettors can wager on whether the two teams will combine for more or less points than the posted number, was at 49 points at most books. Point spreads fluctuate on games, especially the most heavily bet ones, according to how much oddsmakers take on each team. A big bet on one team can sometimes send a line moving a half point one way or another, though most movement normally takes place in the days just before the game. Nevada oddsmakers also post hundreds of proposition bets on the game, everything from who will win the coin flip to which quarterback will have more passing yards. Those bets arent expected to be posted fully until later in the week. Vaccaro said the proximity of the 49ers to Nevada should boost betting on the game. Casinos have lost once only once on the Super Bowl the last 10 years, in 2008 when bettors gambled $92 million and casinos lost $2.57 million as the Giants beat New England, 17-14. nfl jerseys china . For now Adrian Peterson and a relentless pass rush were enough for a 21-14 victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. jerseys from china . What has started to become increasingly clear is that with a relatively shallow crop of quality starters and a number of teams looking to fill holes, Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos will have his work cut out for him. http://www.comcheapjerseys.com/ . Inning-by-inning 1st: Barry Zito opened the game by getting leadoff hitter Austin Jackson to fly out before Omar Infante singled up the middle. cheap jerseys nfl . Damon Feldman, of Broomall, Pa., won his complaint Wednesday after Canseco failed to show for his district court appearance. Feldmans lawyer Bob Bush says the award was for a little more than US$7,600. cheap jerseys from china . -- Maybe the Los Angeles Kings were a slumbering giant all season all along, only needing the right coach and the proper amount of desperation to grow into their potential.The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has filed a motion asking a judge to dismiss Lance Armstrongs federal lawsuit that seeks to prevent the drug-fighting organization from pursuing doping charges against him. The motion, filed Thursday in Austin, Texas, cites the Ted Stevens Amateur Sports Act, which gives USADA jurisdiction over athletes who compete in Olympic sports. It also includes a 2005 affidavit from USADA CEO Travis Tygart stating that Armstrong took part in USADAs testing program and was under its jurisdiction -- the opposite claim Armstrong is making in the current case. The affidavit helped bolster Armstrongs claims in a lawsuit against SCA Promotions, which refused to pay bonus money to the Tour de France winner because of allegations he used performance-enhancing drugs. That affidavit also states that Armstrong passed 12 doping tests. Armstrong claims he has never tested positive. USADAs current case against him, which could cost him his seven Tour de France titles, is a "non-analytical" case -- based on evidence other than positive doping tests. Tygart released a statement Thursday night discussing the motion to dismiss and restating some of what he has said in response to Armstrongs claims that USADA is unfairly targeting him. "Were we not to bring this case, we would be complicit in covering up evidence of doping, and failing to do our job on behalf of those we are charged with protecting," Tygart said.dddddddddddd. Armstrongs representative, Mark Fabiani, did not immediately return emails from The Associated Press seeking comment. On July 9, Armstrong filed -- and a judge quickly threw out -- a lawsuit seeking to stop USADA from pursuing its case. Armstrongs attorneys called the USADA hearing procedure a "kangaroo court" and said the USADA filing was a "testament to USADAs brazenness and callous disregard for its own mission that it seeks to strip Mr. Armstrong of his lifes work." In dismissing the case, the judge criticized Armstrong for grandstanding and using it as a publicity stunt; Armstrongs attorneys responded by refiling a shorter version of the same lawsuit. Meantime, USADA has granted Armstrong an extension -- through Aug. 13 -- to decide whether he wants to take the charges to arbitration, the next step in the anti-doping adjudication process that Armstrong is trying to avoid with the lawsuit. The USADA motion to dismiss includes 30 entries detailing what it says are "unsupported factual statements" in the Armstrong lawsuit. ' ' '


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