Sports Betting Odds Set for Final Four

The first sports betting odds have been released for college basketball's Final Four. March Madness indeed. The sports books will be having a field day trying to predict this historic conclusion to the NCAA tournament as, for the first time since seeding began in 1979, all four #1 seeds have made it to the Final Four. This level of competitiveness will most definitely make picking the winners a challenge.

The four remaining teams are UCLA, Kansas, North Carolina, and Memphis and all four teams are considered by experts to have a legitimate chance to win. This will no doubt encourage online sports betting which surges anyway this time of year. March Madness is the most popular betting event of the year with several billion dollars being gambled through the Las Vegas sports books, an online casino, and offline pools or offshore sports books.

It is estimated that online and offline gamblers wagered about seven billion dollars in 2007 with billions more lost in workplace productivity. Those looking to wager this year should pay attention to these early sports betting odds: Memphis is favored by one point over UCLA and North Carolina by three over Kansas. UCLA is trying to win their first championship since 1995 after falling just short the last two years.