How To Bet Sports - Intro To Handicapping
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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...
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Sharp bettors, known as "sharps" or "wiseguys" for short, are the experts of the sports betting industry. They are the professional...
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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...
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Public bettors have several innate tendencies. Chief among them: Gravitating toward favorites, home teams and overs. After all, it's human nature...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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At the height of the Cold War in the 1980s, President Reagan popularized the phrase "trust but verify" when discussing nuclear disarmament negotiations...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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In Friday's newsletter, we discussed the advantages of shaded lines . Another benefit to going contrarian is being able to take advantage of inflated...