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Supercars championship leader Jamie Whincup says his impressive history at Townsville counts for nothing this weekend.The Holden ace has claimed seven race wins on the streets of the north Queensland city in the 15 races the category has held at the event since 2009.But Whincup says history means nothing as he prepares for the two 200km races on the Reid Park circuit.Ive had a great run in the past but I had a shocker there last year, Whincup told AAP.I didnt piece it together at all.Whincup said he was undeserving of the championship lead after moving to top spot in the standings after last months event in Darwin.Its a belief hes standing by heading into Townsville.Weve got so much potential for Car 88, he said.Ive got some of the best engineers, Ive got the best mechanics and all the resources in the world at Red Bull Racing for us to do a good job. I just dont feel like were really maximising that for one reason or another.I just feel like we havent done a good job so we certainly dont deserve to be in the lead.Defending Supercars champion Mark Winterbottom claimed both races in Townsville last year on his way to a maiden title.Whincup says while championship talk is premature ahead of this years endurance races, this weekends event still represents a crucial juncture in what has been the most competitive Supercars title race in memory.No doubt the other guys will piece it together as well so if we dont piece it together then well get left behind, Whincup said.Its a bit of a turning point for us at the moment. Weve really got to step up, make the most of our year or be prepared for it to dwindle away.The Townsville 400 begins on Friday with two practice sessions before a 200km race each on Saturday and Sunday. Austin Maloata Jersey . 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For the first time since 2000, Nevadas legal sportsbooks are taking bets on the Olympics, and while the majority of the early action on the 2016 Rio Games has been light and patriotic there have been a handful of notable wagers.Most notably, William Hills Nevada sportsbook took an $8,100 bet on Team USA to win the gold medal in mens basketball at -900 odds -- a bet that would net $900 if theyre successful.The book has also taken a $9,000 bet on the U.S. womens soccer team winning the gold medal and a $3,000 bet on host Brazil not winning the gold medal in mens soccer, but the size of these bets is an outlier to this point, at least at most sportsbooks.I dont think weve taken a bet over $200 [on the Olympics], Jeff Stoneback, assistant manager of MGM Race and Sports, said.This is the first time since the 2000 Sydney Games that Nevadas regulated sportsbooks have been allowed to take action on the Olympics. Around the turn of the century, Sen. John McCain pushed legislation to stop betting on college athletics. Not wanting to give up the lucrative NCAAs basketball tournament and college football Nevada resisted, but did offer a compromise by stopping action on other amateur events, like the Olympics.In February 2015, Nevada Gaming Control approved an amendment to state gaming regulations allowing sportsbooks to offer wagering on sporting or athletic events sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee.William Hill U.S. director of trading Nick Bogdanovich, a 30-plus-year bookmaker in Las Vegas, helped create approximately 200 Olympic betting options this year, everything from synchronized swimming -- Russia is a -1,000 favorite -- to rugby (New Zealands men are a smaall favorite at 12-5).ddddddddddddIts more than I expected, Bogdanovich said of the betting interest on the Olympics at his shop, And I definitely think it will increase over the next couple weeks.The mens basketball has generated by far the most interest, despite Team USAs apparent dominance; they open Olympic play Saturday as 50-point favorites over China. The largest point spread on a college or NBA basketball game since 2005 was 43.5, according to sports analytics archive SportsInsights.com (North Carolina vs. North Carolina-Central, Nov. 11, 2009).Eighty-five percent of the money wagered on William Hills proposition of Will USA Mens Basketball win the gold medal? is on Yes, even with hefty 1-9 odds.Theres little reason to doubt Team USA, which won its five exhibition games leading up to the Olympics by an average margin of 43 points. The 1992 U.S. mens national team featuring Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and a bevy of other NBA hall of famers as part of the inaugural Dream Team won its eight games by an average margin of 43.7 points en route to the gold medal.I think when they played Angola, [Team USA] was like a 60- or 65[-point favorite], Bogdanovich recalled of the 1992 Dream Team. I know it was near 60.Other notable odds for the 2016 Rio Games:The over/under on the number of gold medals the U.S. will win is 43.5. 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