How To Bet Sports - Intro To Handicapping

Our goal at VSiN isn’t just to tell you what to bet, but to help you learn how to bet based on the different perspectives and different strategies...

Beginners and experienced bettors have all had to start somewhere in the sports betting space. While some are more advanced than others, there are a lot...

We recently unveiled a new feature with the VSiN Help Desk for Super Bowl LVI. We’ve gotten a good number of questions so far and will be posting...

Throughout my time at VSiN, I’ve gotten a lot of good reader questions about a variety of betting topics. That remains true with our VSiN Help...

Sharp bettors, known as "sharps" or "wiseguys" for short, are the experts of the sports betting industry. They are the professional...

One of the most common misconceptions in sports betting is that if a bet wins, it was a good bet. On the other hand, if a bet loses, the most obvious...

Public bettors have several innate tendencies. Chief among them: Gravitating toward favorites, home teams and overs. After all, it's human nature...

Power Ratings are numerical values assigned to each team in each sport, with the best teams at the top and worst teams at the bottom. It is a way to rank...

Sports bettors thirsty for action got some much needed good news on Thursday when the PGA Tour announced it would return to play on June 8 with the Charles...

In previous newsletters we've discussed the benefits of being a contrarian bettor. Betting against the public (and not with the public) is a smart...

At the height of the Cold War in the 1980s, President Reagan popularized the phrase "trust but verify" when discussing nuclear disarmament negotiations...

Over the last few days we've discussed why contrarian betting is a smart long-term strategy, which sports and bet types to target and how to identify...

Now that we've discussed the best sports and bet types to focus on to maximize contrarian value , the next step is to dig deeper and learn how...

Now that we've outlined the contrarian philosophy in high-level terms and explained why betting against the public is a smart long-term strategy,...

We have discussed the advantages of shaded lines . Another benefit to going contrarian is being able to take advantage of inflated lines.  ...

This is part of VSiN's Sports Betting 101 series: Read Part 1 of Contrarian Betting . One of the main reasons contrarian betting is a smart...

To make sports betting a successful and sustainable endeavor, you need to pick a strategy and stick with it. If you just chase what's hot, bet against...

What a week it's been for sports bettors.  On Monday expectations were sky high for conference tournaments and the beginning of March Madness....

Believe it or not, we are less than two months away from the most exciting sports betting event of the year-- March Madness.  With college football...

With college basketball conference action set to begin for several leagues and already underway for others, let’s review some handicapping fundamentals. ...