Streaks & Trends: The Good and the Bad

Picking winners is not easy! The majority of professional handicappers have a variety of different systems in place to help them reach their final decision on a game. The more sports information that points towards a particular team in a game, the more confident a handicapper will feel about that pick. Using streaks and trends can be helpful to a professional capper provided that the sports information given is legitimate. Determining whether or not a certain streak or trend is valuable to a match-up... 

College Basketball Picks: The Best Chance to Win ATS

The NCAA basketball season in under way. College basketball gives the sports gaming community the best chance to be successful. I have found over the course of my 15 years as an expert handicapper, that betting on college hoops gives you the best opportunity to find winning picks. There are so many teams playing at different levels in NCAAB. Many people don’t realize that the more games that are on the board, the better chance you have of finding a line discrepancy or value for your bet. This is... 

Sports Handicapping 101: Don’t bet on Bad Teams

Don’t bet on bad teams! This may seem like an amazingly obvious statement in regards to making sports picks, but you’d be surprised how many people do it. Saying to not bet on bad teams doesn’t imply that you should never take underdogs in a match-up. I actually recommend taking underdogs because many favorites have inflated point spreads. This in-turn gives the people that have bet the underdog an advantage against the spread. What I mean is to not bet teams that have a knack for making mistakes... 

Futures Odds and Win Totals can help with Football Picks

Handicapping the NFL futures odds is an important part to being successful with your football picks. The oddsmakers is Vegas are extremely accurate with their win total predictions. There are many factors that determine how the books set teams wins total. Here’s a look at what variables are looked at, and how they should affect your game by game approach during the course of the season. Turnovers are a huge factor when figuring a teams wins and losses. Generally, a team with an unusually high number... 

MLB Predictions: How to Make a Profitable Baseball Pick

Making a baseball pick can be made easier with the use of a few simple factors to key in on. Many bettors make the mistake of putting too much emphasis on pitching. While the starting pitchers play a significant role in handicapping a ballgame, it is not the only thing that needs to be reviewed when making MLB predictions. Teams on a “Hot Streak”, regardless of their record, usually have good value when making baseball picks. During the course of a 162 game season, every team will have points... 

Handicapping the Final Four

There are many different variables used to handicap sports. If you are knowledgeable at college basketball handicapping, you understand that each sport requires a slight variation in order to be successful. College basketball predictions are no exception to that rule! College sports as a whole (NCAAF, NCAAB) are a much different animal to tackle than professional sports. The level of talent from team to team in pro sports is fairly even. This puts a much bigger emphasis on coaching and chemistry.... 

Money Management in Sports Betting

Money management is vital to anyone trying to make a profit wagering on sports. Too many gamblers focus their attention on winning percentages and that one lock of the week they can place most of their bankroll on. This is a recipe for disaster. At the start of the season you must set aside a starting bankroll. While bankroll size will differ from player to player, you should never exceed 5% of your bankroll on any single play. Smart players don’t fall into the many pitfalls that lie in wait for... 

Taking Dogs: Profitable Sports Picks

Every time you ask your buddy what sports picks he likes in this weekend’s games he will always give you a list filled with favorites. Las Vegas loves the fact that the majority of gamblers will only take favorites. This is the reason every time you go back to Vegas a new million dollar hotel is being erected. This strategy might work if you’re a beginner who doesn’t know the ins and outs of being a profitable gambler. But if you want to step up to the next level of sports betting you cannot... 

The Science of Money Management

Being successful in sports betting requires two essential ingredients. The first is having the largest margin between wins and losses. Although this may seem obvious, there is more complexity involved than you may think. The common betting public believes that winning percentage is the key statistic needed to be successful in sports betting. This is not entirely true! Winning percentage is very important but not necessarily the most accurate barometer in determining how profitable your season of... 

Put the Odds in Your Favor

Unless you are a professional handicapper with years of experience using a proven system, then being successful at sports betting is almost impossible. Winning ATS (against the spread) is less than a 50/50 proposition for the average gambler. To make sports betting a profitable venture and taking the “gambling” aspect out of the equation, you will be required to follow a few simple rules. First and foremost you will need to retain the services of a reputable and proven professional. One of the... 

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