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...

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

  NFL contest strategies for the 2023 season Football betting contests are all the rage these days, including big ones like the DraftKings...

  How to Bet on March Madness March Madness is one of the most exciting events in sports, and it's also a prime opportunity for...

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,...