Handicapping the National League pennant race means answering one key question: Do you want to try to fade the Dodgers? The SuperBook has Los Angeles the prohibitive +225 favorite in its NL pennant odds, but recent years have shown that the Dodgers are far from invincible. After all, the NL includes the defending World Series champion […]
Roxy Roxborough’s life changed on Christmas Day 1983. That’s the day Scotty Schettler, who at the time ran the Stardust sportsbook on the Las Vegas Strip, asked Roxborough to meet him at McDonald’s to discuss joining the property’s oddsmaking team. “I don’t even know if you got the check,” Roxborough joked to Schelttler on Sunday […]
The final college basketball game of the season means one last chance to make some money (and/or erase some NCAA Tournament betting mistakes), and college basketball championship game props offer myriad ways to have action Monday night. Midwest No. 1 seed Kansas is a 4-point favorite over East No. 8 North Carolina in the national […]
Some of the biggest names in the sports betting industry converged on downtown Las Vegas over the weekend for Bet Bash 2 at Circa and The D Las Vegas. The brainchild of the professional bettor known simply as Spanky, Bet Bash 2 offered bettors and industry figures an opportunity to network and trade ideas during […]
Life’s too short to bet Unders, so let’s look at some Overs in NCAA Final Four player props markets. We’ve already broken down some team-related props for Saturday’s games in New Orleans. Kansas (-4.5) meets Villanova in the first game, then Duke (-4) takes on archrival North Carolina in the nightcap. Now let’s lock in […]
Sports betting is not roulette. Recent results actually can help predict future events. Which leads us right into our Friday NBA props. Boston Celtics point guard Marcus Smart keeps dishing out assists, and in the process, hitting Overs for bettors. There will be a time to back off Smart’s assists prop when the number gets too […]
Here’s the fun with betting NCAA Final Four props: You can cash tickets from the opening tipoff until the final buzzer. Bettors have plenty of ways to wager on Saturday’s games in New Orleans, where Kansas (-4.5) faces Villanova in the opening contest and Duke (-4) squares off against rival North Carolina in the nightcap. […]
NCAA Final Four trends reveal a few interesting nuggets ahead of Saturday’s games in New Orleans. First, Midwest No. 1 seed Kansas is a 4.5-point favorite over South No. 2 Villanova in the opening contest, while the nightcap has West No. 2 seed Duke as a 4-point favorite over ACC rival and East No. 8 […]
When it comes to betting props, it’s all about finding mistakes in the oddsmakers’ numbers and taking advantage of the value that arises from those mistakes. That’s how you end up recommending two of the NBA’s top 10 scorers to fall short of their point totals — which is precisely what we are doing with […]
Thanks to a magical season put together by a Phoenix Suns team that’s winning more than 81 percent of its games, there’s no regular-season drama at the top of the Western Conference standings. The Eastern Conference? Totally different story, as four teams are within one game of the top spot. Thanks to some fortuitous scheduling, […]
We went 3-for-4 with Saturday’s NCAA Tournament Elite Eight props for the West and South regions, missing perfection only because Duke’s Paolo Banchero drained one 3-pointer when we needed at least two. Perfection remains the goal Sunday, as we roll out four more NCAA Tournament Elite Eight props for the East and Midwest regions, whose […]
The No. 1 seeds are gone, but NCAA Tournament Elite Eight props for the South and West regions involve four top programs. First in the South Region final, No. 5 seed Houston — which knocked off No. 1 Arizona on Thursday — is a 2-point favorite over a second-seeded Villanova squad that eliminated No. 11 Michigan. Then […]