Sports Betting Strategy: Parlays: Two’s Company Depending on who you talk to, parlays are either the best thing or the worst thing about betting on sports. Most bettors love them; you put between two and 12 bets on the same card, and if they all come true, you win a lot more money. But there […]
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Top Three Most-Overvalued MLB Teams Down the Stretch
Top Three Most-Overvalued MLB Teams Down the Stretch It’s been over four months since the start of the 2016 MLB regular season. Each team has played about 110 games, more than enough to sort out the good from the bad. But some of these better teams aren’t quite living up to their high expectations. […]
MLB Betting: Top Three Profitable Pitchers on Bad Teams
Top Three Profitable Pitchers on Bad Teams : MLB Betting Technically, baseball is a team sport. Major League Baseball has 30 teams, each with a 25-man roster (and a 40-man roster). Communication between players is important. Camaraderie helps, too. But for the most part, MLB players are specialized workers, each doing his own thing […]
Thunder Still Best Value on Championship Futures Market : #NBAplayoffs
Thunder Still Best Value on Championship Futures Market The Golden State Warriors are probably going to win the Western Conference. They evened their best-of-seven series with the Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday night, winning Game 2 in a cakewalk, 118-91 as 9-point home favorites. But if you’re looking for value on the NBA championship futures […]
2016 #Preakness – The Shooters Are Coming for Nyqvist
2016 Preakness – The Shooters Are Coming for Nyqvist He may be undefeated in eight career races, but Nyquist doesn’t seem to have gained the full confidence of the betting market after taking down the 2016 Kentucky Derby in impressive fashion. At press time, Nyquist is available at 5/8 to win the 2016 Preakness […]
Nyquist Favored on Kentucky Derby Futures Market : #KentuckyDerby 2016
Nyquist Favored on Kentucky Derby Futures Market The most important event in thoroughbred racing is on our doorstep. The 2016 Kentucky Derby takes place Saturday, May 7 (6:34 PM ET, NBC) at the Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky. This is the 142nd edition of the Run for the Roses, and now that all […]
LA Clippers on Fire Since Griffin’s Return : #NBA #Clippers
Clippers on Fire Since Griffin’s Return Blake Griffin ended up missing 47 games for the Los Angeles Clippers during the regular season. In that time, the Clippers went 31-16 SU and 27-20 ATS. Were they actually better off without their star power forward? Some very sharp analysts thought so. They pointed at how Los […]
Houston Astros Disappoint Early in 2016 : #MLB #Astros
Houston Astros Disappoint Early in 2016 After a decade of turmoil and frustration, the Houston Astros finally got the monkey off their back and made the playoffs last year. Then they had the Kansas City Royals on the ropes in the American League Division Series, but Houston let them off the hook in Game […]
Top Three NBA Playoff Value Teams
Top Three NBA Playoff Value Teams The Golden State Warriors have just made history. Wednesday’s 125-104 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies (+17 away) left the Warriors at 73-9 SU and 45-35-2 ATS at the end of the regular season, breaking the old record of 72 wins set by the 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls. Golden State […]
Are the Baltimore Orioles for Real? #MLB
Are the Baltimore Orioles for Real? One week ago, the Baltimore Orioles were +4000 outsiders to win the 2016 World Series. They’re +3300 at press time. Does this make the Orioles the biggest bargain in baseball history? They’ve started the 2016 campaign with six straight victories, picking up a quick 6.89 betting units against […]