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Baseball gameplay
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Diagram of a baseball field (the term diamond may be used to refer to the square area defined by the four bases or to the entire playing field). The dimensions given are for professional and professional-style games; children often play on smaller fields. The complete Official Rules can be found www.mlb.com, the official web site [...]
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Golf
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews Golf (gowf in Scots) is a sport where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. It is defined in the Rules of Golf [...]
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Darts
Friday, February 27th, 2009
Darts in a dartboard Darts is a game, or rather a variety of related games, in which darts are thrown at a circular target (dart board) hung on a wall. Though various different boards and games have been used in the past, the term ‘darts’ usually now refers to a standardized game involving a specific [...]
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Spread betting
Saturday, February 21st, 2009
Spread betting is a form of gambling on the outcome of any event where the more accurate the gamble, the more is won and conversely the less accurate the more is lost. A bet is made against a ‘spread’ (or index), on whether the outcome will be above or below the spread. The amount won [...]
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Basketball
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. Basketball is a sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points on one other by throwing a ball through a hoop (the basket) under organized rules. Since its invention in 1891, it has developed to become a [...]
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Jai-Alai rules and play
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
The court (or fronton) for Jai Alai consists of 3 walls (front, back, and left), and the floor between them in play. If the ball touches the floor outside these walls, it is considered out of bounds. Similarly, there is also a border going about 3ft inside the front wall that is also out of [...]
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Parimutuel bet types
Sunday, January 18th, 2009
There may be several different types of bets, in which case each type of bet has its own pool. The basic bets involve predicting the order of finish for a single participant, as follows: In North America Win – A first place finisher wins the bet. Place – Either a first or a second place [...]