Paul House, aka, The Betting Fanatic is a big sports fan from the Northeast who has been writing for several internet gambling companies including sites like Covers and wagering on sports for the past 25 years. He covers topics from the NFL to boxing and is an avid blogger and has a weekly column "The House Edge" at Cappersmall.com

• House Edge - LeBron needs history lesson

  Say good-bye to Allen Iverson.         Word is the Sixers are saying that Allen Iverson will not return to the team this season, and it’s hard to imagine any scenario in which Iverson would be with Philadelphia when training camp opens next October. The former MVP has been on personal leave, reportedly to care for his ill daughter, but The Answer must ha

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• House Edge - Betting on Tiger Woods?

  Not quite out of the Woods yet       Tiger finally talks. Or does he?       The world’s best-known athlete at long last tells the people who have lined his pockets what is going through his mind, and what he is now going through in rehab as he begins the process of repairing his marriage, his relationship with previously adoring fans an

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• House Edge - Betting on Oklahoma City on the Road

  Oklahoma City a cover machine on the road      What is the absolute best bet in the NBA this season?      Cleveland on the money line? Nope      Lakers on the money line at home?      Taking the over on Grizzlies games?      All money-makers, to be sure, but the best way to cash this

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• Early Super Bowl odds, and comments

  Early Super Bowl odds, and comments: (Odds courtesy of Las Vegas Hilton) Indianapolis 6/1 Overvalued – Too dependent on one player not getting hurt. San Diego 8/1 Overvalued – Groundhog Day every playoff season. Time to move on without Tomlinson. New England 10/1 Overvalued – Too many defensive issues. Belichick’s history after rough seasons is to bring in lo

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• House Edge - Chargers are itching to erase playoff past

  Chargers are itching to erase playoff past     If momentum is what you crave, the Chargers are your guys. Of the Elite 8 remaining in the playoffs, none of the Super Bowl wannabees has a bigger head of steam than San Diego does. The Chargers have not lost a game since Oct. 19, and they have the pelts and mounted heads of 11 consecutive opponents in their game room.   

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