Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The Lakers and Magic meet in Game 4, the Yankees and Red Sox close out their set, and the PGA Tour arrives in Memphis.

Sports and betting headlines…

In sports wagering news, today is a mixed bag. In change you can believe in as long as you also believe in Santa Claus, the DOJ is continuing their war on gambling, freezing millions of dollars in online poker players’ winnings.

On the good side of the To Bet a Man Square Massacre, the European Union is calling for the United States to drop Prohibition II, the ban on online gambling. The betting news updates in real-time. 

Tipping off on the hardwood  . . .

The Magic will attempt to knot up the NBA Finals on Thursday night when they host the Lakers in the fourth game of the championship set. Orlando held on for a 108-104 win in Game 3 on Tuesday night to cut their series deficit to 2-1. Dwight Howard and Rashard Lewis each scored 21 points for the Magic in that win, while Rafer Alston added 20 points and both Hedo Turkoglu and Mickael Pietrus tossed in 18 points. Kobe Bryant had a game-high 31 points in the loss for Los Angeles, but went just 5-for-10 from the free-throw line. Pau Gasol picked up 23 points for the Lakers, who opened as 3-point road underdogs for Thursday night at Sports Betting Sportsbook. Now the Magic are -2 at BetUs with a total of 201 at BetED.

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GodsTips has both the side and total for the Lakers/Magic Game 4 and that includes a Wise Guy side. We have an all-time high of 11 baseball sides. This includes a late afternoon (3:30 EST or later) and two night Wise Guys highlighted by the Thursday Night Underdog Game of the Year.

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Wacky Wagers…

Sportsbooks have betting on just about any scenario and now BetUs Sportsbook is asking if Bing.com will surpass Yahoo as the second ranked search engine behind Google.

We expect prop bets on whether Sarah Palin, Bristol Palin, or Willow Palin will appear on the David Letterman Show before the year is out.

The Hollywood and entertainment betting odds asks which American Idol 8 star’s first album will debut the highest on Billboard: Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, or early favorite Danny Gokey?

Meeting up on the diamond . . .

The Yankees and Red Sox will finish up their three-game series at Fenway Park on Thursday night, with CC Sabathia (5-3, 3.56 ERA) facing Brad Penny (5-2, 5.85 ERA). Lefthander Sabathia had to settle for a no-decision vs. the Rays last time out, allowing five runs over eight innings. Righthander Penny was tagged for a loss by the Rangers in his last start, allowing five runs in 5 2-3 innings pitched.

The White Sox host Detroit again on Thursday, with Minnesota at Oakland, and Seattle at Baltimore. As well, It’ll be the Angels at Tampa Bay, Toronto at Texas, and Kansas City at Cleveland. The Royals have Zack Greinke (8-2, 1.55 ERA) slated to start that contest; the righthander is coming off his worst outing of the season, giving up seven runs (five earned) in five innings against the Blue Jays.

Over in the National League on Thursday it’ll be St. Louis at Florida, Pittsburgh at Atlanta, Colorado at Milwaukee, the Cubs at Houston, San Francisco at Arizona, Cincinnati at Washington, and Philadelphia at the Mets. Lefthander Jamie Moyer (4-5, 6.27 ERA) will take the hill for the Phillies; Moyer has allowed just three runs over his last 13 innings. Tim Redding (0-2, 6.97 ERA) pitches for New York.

Led by the prickly shark, Mark the Shark, the top handicapper west of the Mississippi, the power of 620 sports services behind every selection goes 3-1 yesterday. Mark hits 60-65 % of his Game/Total of the Month or higher plays.  He is without question the top Pac 10 and Mountain West tipster in America. He’s been offered nearly seven figures per year to join a famed Las Vegas sports handicapping marketing giant, but has spurned offers because they demanded marketing concessions that would negatively affect his modules.  

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Rounding out the Roundup . . .

Finally, Phil Mickelson returns to the PGA Tour this week, and he’s pegged as the 5/1 Vegas favorite to win the St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind in Memphis. Sergio Garcia follows Lefty at 10/1 odds on that list, with Henrik Stenson third at 12/1 odds. Justin Leonard won this event last season, and he’s in a group of golfers with a line of 15/1 on the Vegas list; sitting with Leonard are David Toms, Camilo Villegas, Retief Goosen, and Padraig Harrington. Tiger Woods sizzled in his win at the Memorial last week, but he’s decided to skip the St. Jude this week.