NFL Data Angles: Thinking Like an Expert Sports BettorWhat kinds of NFL data angles are the most important to take stock of when handicapping an NFL game?
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Sports Betting: When Should You Place Your NFL Bets?It’s Sunday morning in the middle of football season, and you are face to face with a casino sportsbook – numbers are changing, stone-faced bettors are waiting behind you, and you have absolutely no idea how to spend your last $200 after a long night of unforgiving roulette on the casino floor. The very fact […]
The Belmont Stakes Betting Guide, Odds & Picks (2021)In our recovering world, some normality appears to have been restored with our beloved Belmont Stakes no longer occurring as the first leg of the Triple Crown. Phew. However, some elephants, not horses, showed up this year in the form of drug-positive blood tests — so, bye-bye Bob. I think we are all ready to […]
The Preakness Stakes Betting Guide, Odds & Picks (2021)The Kentucky Derby has come and gone, and it’s now time to set our sights on The Preakness. I’ll be utilizing reliable factors to weigh my selections, Pace versus Running Styles, Jockeys & Trainers (including their Connections), and of course, Pedigree. Post Position, Horses/Odds, & [Trainers/Jockeys] Ram 30/1 D. Wayne Lukas/Ricardo Santana, Jr. Keepmeinmind 15/1 […]
The Kentucky Derby Betting Guide, Odds & Picks (2021)In what seems like an eternity since last year’s mid-pandemic Triple Crown run, we are back at it again, but this time in proper formality without the asterisks of unfamiliar event adjustments. We haven’t seen a Triple Crown winner since Justify pulled it off in 2018, with Larry Collmus’s send-off in the stretch, “he’s just […]
The Breeders’ Cup Betting Guide, Odds & Picks (2020)All is not lost from a ‘victorless’ Triple Crown year — enter the Breeders’ Cup 2020. Dust off your notebooks, rummage for your calculators and keep those pencils sharp. If you aren’t familiar with this two-day event, imagine if the three legs of the Triple Crown were in a single weekend. It is a gathering […]
Top Bets to Make Before the Start of the 2020 NFL SeasonFinding genuine value without in-season data can be difficult, so the best approach is to work with what we have historically to find a balance. It’s not just a matter of knowing what result is likely, but how likely said result and how big or small the variable range is. I have set up these […]
The Kentucky Derby Betting Guide, Odds & Picks (2020)The best way to attack a winning ticket for the Kentucky Derby is to break it into slices. First, let’s have a look at the horses at the top of the betting boards and morning lines; you know them as the favorites. What are the top five factors we can count on from them? From […]
The Belmont Stakes Betting Guide, Odds & Picks (2020)Whether you’re new to sports betting or a betting pro, our Sports Betting Strategy and Advice page is for you. You can get started with our 101 section — including Common Sports Betting Terms — or head to more advanced strategy — like 10 Tips to Become a Sharper Sports Bettor — to learn more. The 152nd running of the Belmont […]
NFL Futures: Analyzing Where Tom Brady Will Play Next YearAs you may have seen around the web, there is no shortage of articles about Tom Brady and where he may be headed. Some experts have discussed specific teams based on intangible needs or some have been known to curve data points to match their intuitions — whichever way you look at it, imperfect viewpoints […]