How To Bet Sports - Intro To Handicapping

The long wait for the return of sports got a little less painful on Monday. But not in the way you would expect. Unfortunately, Major League Baseball...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Be sure to join Patrick Meagher and myself from 1-2 p.m. ET. We'll be debuting a new weekday show, The Everything Guide to Sports Betting . Our...

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,...

In Friday's newsletter, we discussed the advantages of shaded lines . Another benefit to going contrarian is being able to take advantage of inflated...