2009 March Madness

2009 March Madness Betting Odds

Louisville Cardinals Odds to Win 2009 NCAA Championship Final

Hey Louisville Cardinals fans, your team had odds of close to 4/1 of winning the 2009 NCAA Championship Final as of March 17, the day after selections were made.  An initial line first appeared on

Submitted by Don Shapiro on, Mar/16/2009

Early Bird Gets The Worm Where March Madness Is Concerned

The vast numbers of people - a captive audience carried over from the Selection Show some would say - provided ample opportunity for online bookmakers to capitalize Sunday night.  Instead, most of

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mar/16/2009

2009 NCAA Tournament Predictions

Now that we know which teams are playing, Gambling911.com has its early 2009 NCAA Tournament predictions.  These are not actual picks, however, as we will need a good 24 hours to mull over all the

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mar/15/2009

2009 March Madness Kicks Off With a Bang

The 2009 March Madness betting season officially got underway just after the Selection Sunday show with preliminary traffic numbers suggesting records may once again be broken.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mar/15/2009

2009 NCAA Basketball Tournament Odds (Opening)

Gambling911.com is proud to present the 2009 NCAA Basketball Tournament opening odds, released immediately following the Selection Sunday program.  This marks the official start of the March Madne

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mar/15/2009

2009 NCAA Brackets Announced – Selection Sunday Results

Carrie Stroup here and I will be with you through this Selection Sunday program.  The 2009 NCAA brackets were being announced this evening immediately following the Ohio State vs.

Submitted by Carrie Stroup on, Mar/15/2009

2009 NCAA March Madness Bubble Watch

Heading into the Selection Sunday show to determine which teams are playing in the 2009 NCAA March Madness, there were many bubble teams with a strong (and some not-so-strong) cases for participati

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mar/15/2009

NCAA Brackets and the Office Pool: Pay Close Attention to Money Lines

Do not hand your NCAA brackets into your office pool the first day.  Instead wait until the final day (Wednesday) as a means of gathering any information possible to give you that special edge.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mar/15/2009

2009 Cinderella Teams – The Best Chance for an Upset

Gambling911.com has examined a few of the likely 2009 Cinderella teams that should make this year's NCAA Tournament.   These are teams that nobody expects to actually win the championship, yet a

Submitted by Don Shapiro on, Mar/15/2009

NCAA Bracket 2009: How To Make Your Bracket a Winner

When it comes to the NCAA Bracket 2009 development, there are always some key strategies that should be employed.

Among them:  Remember the oddsmakers know best (in most cases). 

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mar/15/2009

March Madness 2009: Picks Bracket Considerations

Heading into March, the folks at BetUS.com offered odds on each of the teams likely to win the NCAA Championship this year.  These ear

Submitted by Don Shapiro on, Mar/15/2009

2009 NCAA Brackets: Which Teams Will Be Top Seeds?

When it comes to determining the 2009 NCAA brackets possibilities, one typically starts at the top, where we already have some idea of which teams will be named top seeds.

Submitted by Tyrone Black on, Mar/15/2009

Odds to Win the 2009 NCAA Championship

While none of the online sportsbooks had odds to win the 2009 NCAA Championship posted just prior to or during the Selection Sunday show, these same oddsmakers had already lined up the teams they a

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mar/15/2009

Florida State vs. Duke Betting Odds

One of the last and most crucial games of the regular 2008/2009 NCAA basketball season will determine positioning in the upcoming tournament.   Florida State vs.

Submitted by Guest on, Mar/15/2009

NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Odds (2009)

The NCAA Men's basketball tournament odds for 2009 will be available immediately following the Selection Sunday show at Bookmaker.com

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, Mar/14/2009

2009 NCAA March Madness Basketball Contest

Throughout the week, Gambling911.com will be highlighting some of the many 2009 NCAA March Madness basketball contests being offered by online gambling websites.

Most of the prizes range from $500,000 to a whopping $1,000,000, with the later number typically indicative of contests that require correct selections throughout the tournament.  The prize is usually not paid out since nobody tends to win.  In fact, we don't think anyone has ever had a 100 percent accurate bracket.

Submitted by Don Shapiro on, Mar/14/2009

Free College Basketball Pick for March 14, 2009

The Gambling911.com free college basketball pick for March 14, 2009 comes to us from Tony George.

Submitted by Tony George on, Mar/14/2009

2009 March Madness Will Test Vegas Economy, Online Websites

While online sports betting seems to be up over last year, the Las Vegas economy has been hard hit.  Vegas like many event-oriented cities is counting on the 2009 March Madness to help give a much

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mar/14/2009

March Madness 2009 Printable Bracket

Immediately following the Selection Sunday March Madness positioning, everybody and their grandmothers will be searching high and low for the most important Men's NCAA Tournament tool, the March Ma

Submitted by Don Shapiro on, Mar/14/2009

March Madness $12 Million Perfect Bracket

$12 Million Perfect Bracket - Sweet Sixteen Bracket - Half-Price Lines - Beat the House - Cash Back:  These are just a few of the special March Madness promos being offered by

Submitted by Carrie Stroup on, Mar/14/2009

Big East, Pac-10 Tournaments Head Into Semifinals

NCAA Basketball conference tournaments are moving into the semifinals Friday and betED.com has full-game and first-half lines available for all the matchups.

Submitted by Guest on, Mar/13/2009

Friday The 13th: Don’t Believe The Hype

Today is Friday The 13th, in case you forgot to mark it down on your calendar.  It's also a day leading into one of the most bet on events of the year, the Men's NCAA Basketball Tournam

Submitted by Jordan Bach on, Mar/13/2009

2009 March Madness Office Pools For Fools

Unless you happen to be the secretary who knows nothing about college basketball, don't expect to win your 2009 March Madness office pool.  You know the drill, Janet chooses her brackets based on

Submitted by Don Shapiro on, Mar/12/2009

March Madness 2009 Betting Preview

Sports Interaction betting analyst Frank Doyle tries to make sense of another wild college basketball regular season with his March Madness 2009 betting preview and makes a pick for who'll cut down

Submitted by Frank Doyle on, Mar/11/2009

March Madness Contests Will Prove Major Draw During Recession

One of the biggest betting periods of the year is about to get underway with the start of 2009 March Madness.  For many of the online gambling sites, the lure will be March Madness contests, many

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mar/10/2009

2009 NCAA College Championships Betting Odds

The Conference Championships take place all this week, with an exciting lead-up to ‘Selection Sunday' for March Madness.

Submitted by Carrie Stroup on, Mar/10/2009

NCAA 2009 Bubble Watch

Gambling911.com has your 2009 NCAA basketball bubble watch courtesy of our friend Tony George.   He breaks it all down for us.

ACC (7)

Submitted by Tony George on, Mar/09/2009

NCAAB: Bubble bursting for Notre Dame?

 

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have a must win game Monday night when they host the Villanova Wildcats.

Submitted by Payton on, Feb/28/2009

Hokies Horrible at Home

 

The Virginia Tech Hokies have been costing their backers lots of cash at home and now the Duke Blue Devils are coming to town.

The Hokies are just 2-7 against the spread at home and they haven't covered there since they beat Boston College, 79-71 on January 17th as 3 ½-point favorites.

Things aren't going to get much easier on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 pm ET. That's when the #7 Duke Blue Devils show up in a game nationally televised on ABC.

Submitted by Payton on, Feb/27/2009

Breaking News

60 Minutes Dives Into MGM, Caesars Ransom Attack of Last Year

A surprisingly young cohort of hackers paralyzed some of Las Vegas’ biggest hotels and casinos last fall, demanding an exorbitant ransom. The FBI and cybersecurity researchers call them “Scattered Spider." Bill Whitaker reported on the story for 60 Minutes Sunday.