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Sports betting is the general activity of predicting sports results by making a wager on the outcome of a sporting event. Perhaps more so than other forms of gambling, the legality and general acceptance of sports betting varies from nation to nation. In the United States, for example, sports gambling is only legal in Nevada casinos, while in many European nations bookmaking (the profession of accepting sports wagers) is highly regulated but not criminalized. Proponents of legalized sports betting generally regard it as a hobby for sports fans that increases their interest in particular sporting events, thus benefiting the leagues, teams and players they bet on through higher attendances and television audiences. Opponents fear that, over and above the general ramifications of gambling, it threatens the integrity of amateur and professional sport, the history of which includes numerous attempts by sports gamblers to fix matches, although proponents counter that legitimate bookmakers will invariably fight corruption just as fiercely as governing bodies and law enforcement do. Most sports bettors are overall losers as the bookmakers odds are fairly efficient. However, there are professional sports bettors that make a good income betting sports. Contents 1 Types of bets 2 Bookmaking 3 Betting scandals 4 Sports betting forums 5 See also 6

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ARCADIA, Calif. -- In many ways, Tizfiz is turning out to be a steal. Claimed for $50,000 here in October, she won her graded stakes debut in the $150,000 San Gorgonio Handicap at Santa Anita on Sunday, setting a slow pace and leading throughout. The ...

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Tizfiz leads all the way in Grade 2 San Gorgonio at Santa Anita - ESPN.com

It's early and the races for newly turned 3-year-olds are mostly still far short of a mile and a quarter but -- what the heck -- spring is just around the corner and it's time to think Kentucky Derby. With Breeders' Cup Juvenile champ Midshipman ...

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UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup - United Press International

The balloting is over for the 2008 Thoroughbred Eclipse Awards. Winners will be announced on in Miami Beach on Jan. 26. Oddly, I felt no particular enthusiasm for voting this time. The best explanation I have is that bad news overshadowed most of the ...

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The votes are in - Troy Record

A documentary about the 1978 rivalry between Affirmed and Alydar produced by WAVE3-TV in Louisville, Ky., has been selected for the 2008 Eclipse Award for local television programming, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced on Monday ...

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Louisville TV station wins Eclipse for Affirmed-Alydar feature - ESPN.com

Thoroughbred racing's all-time winning jockey Russell Baze and three of his colleagues will fly up from Northern California to take on four of the top riders at Portland Meadows on Jan. 7 in the first Golden Gate versus Portland Meadows Jockey ...

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NTRA Thoroughbred Facts & Figures - ESPN.com

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YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES - Louisville Courier-Journal

An imprint of the past will be a part of Aiken's Thoroughbred racing industry's future. The Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum has undertaken a project that will archive the history of the Aiken Training Track, its surrounding barns ...

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Hall of Fame is working on an interactive archive project - Aiken Standard

The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing is given to the winner these three horse races in a single year: The Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. Only 11 horses in 125 years have won this honor. Show more » The Triple Crown ...

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Triple Crown - Newsday

New York, NY (Sports Network) - Photographer Matt Goins and writer Vinnie Perrone have been honored with 2008 Media Eclipse Awards. The Eclipse Awards are distributed by The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the ...

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Goins and Perrone win 2008 Media Eclipse Awards - Seattle Post Intelligencer

The courier-journal.com has won the 2008 Media Eclipse Award in the Audio and Multi-Media Internet category for its three-part series on injuries to race horses, which appeared Aug. 16-18, 2008, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily ...

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