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NBA Betting Breakdown (April 28)
Don’t look now, but we have less than three weeks left of regular-season NBA basketball. Most teams have around 10 games left as the league is only playing a 72-game schedule this year. I mention that because we do have teams fighting for playoff spots, to avoid the new play-in games, and even for some […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
2021 NFL Draft — The Bets I Got Wrong
Closing line value is an amazing barometer of if you are holding a valuable ticket going into an event. When you beat the closing line, you have CLV, or closing line value — your implied probability to win your bet is greater than what the closing market dictates. While my closing line value for the […]
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Eliot Crist
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NBA Bets
Brad Evans' NBA bet of the day (April 28)
Always itching for action, Brad Evans scours the ‘books for a seducing wager whether NFL, NBA, MLB, Chinese ping pong, whatever. Come back daily to see where he’s blowing his bankroll. Fade or follow? That, of course, is entirely up to you.  NBA Prop Bet of the Day Lonzo Ball OVER 5.5 assists against Denver […]
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Brad Evans
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PGA Bets
2021 Valspar Championship betting card preview
The PGA Tour returns to Florida this week for the final Sunshine State stop on the schedule. The Valspar Championship was skipped due to the truncated 2020 Covid schedule, but 156 of the world's best golfers are back, teeing it up at the famed Copperhead Course at Innsbrook Golf Resort, just outside of Tampa. Past […]
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Ryan Noonan
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MLB Bets
MLB Best Bets for Wednesday (4/28)
Wednesday gives us a loaded 15-game MLB slate, starting at 1:10 p.m. ET in Cleveland and finishing up with the Colorado and San Francisco west coast nightcap. With so many games on the board, value is bound to be hidden somewhere so let’s see what hump day’s best bets are. Washington Nationals @ Toronto Blue […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Bets
Tipico Tips: Betting baseball moneylines
Baseball betting is slightly different than any other sport. If someone wants to know the line on a game in football or basketball, they are usually referring to the spread. In baseball, they most likely are referring to the moneyline. Every sport offers moneyline bets and most sports also offer spreads. Baseball is no exception. […]
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FTN Staff
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NBA Bets
NBA Betting Breakdown (April 27)
The FTN Betting Breakdown is a new article series we are featuring this year on FTNBets where we will have a daily breakdown of the day’s NBA betting slate. This breakdown will feature key injury news and updates and how players and teams are affected by said news to give you the opportunity to potentially […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA Bets
Tipico Tips: Valspar Championship preview
The PGA Tour returns to Florida for this week's Valspar Championship, which will take place at Innisbrook Resort on their copperhead course. This track has become notorious for being one of the toughest tests on the PGA Tour every season, with the course offering up more bogeys than birdies. Copperhead is not a course that […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Bets
Brad Evans' MLB bet of the day (April 27)
Always itching for action, Brad Evans scours the ‘books for a seducing wager whether NFL, NBA, MLB, Chinese ping pong, whatever. Come back daily to see where he’s blowing his bankroll. Fade or follow? That, of course, is entirely up to you.  MLB Prop Bet of the Day Cristian Javier 6.5 strikeouts versus Seattle (-113, […]
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Brad Evans
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MLB Bets
MLB Prop Tracker (April 27)
Welcome to the prop bet tracker. As MLB season gets into high gear, another way to get in on the action is to analyzes the day’s best prop bets – from strikeouts to home runs, first to five runs to total bases logged. Each day, we will try and identify a few picks that are […]
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Matt Kupferle
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NBA Bets
NBA Title Odds
The 2021 NBA playoffs are right around the corner. While the regular season has certainly been exciting, there is something different about the energy in the playoffs. While the Brooklyn Nets are currently the favorite to win the title, there are a handful of teams who legitimate contenders to win it all. Head over to FTN’s […]
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FTN Staff
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Horse Race Bets
Horse Betting 101
With the Kentucky Derby fast approaching, it is a good time to get into the basics of horse betting. We did a show this week with OptixEQ, one of the leading handicapping services in the horse racing industry. John and Emily of OptixEQ went through each horse in the race and gave you their thoughts […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Bets
Tipico Tips: Betting Tuesday’s MLB slate
We have a robust day of MLB games Tuesday. We have something very interesting for fans in New Jersey, no matter what part of the state you live in. All three of the “local” teams are favored, but which one is the best bet?  Philadelphia Phillies @ St. Louis Cardinals  The Phillies are the smallest […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
Chasing CLV – NFL Draft Value Bets
I have said it time and time again: When you see a bad line during draft season, you have to pounce like a tiger on its prey. Don’t wait to act. That’s how I currently have CLV on 57 NFL draft bets with just 11 lines moving against me. Tuesday morning, I discovered a stale […]
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Eliot Crist
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PGA Bets
Reading the green: 2021 Valspar Championship
Below are odds from my model for this week’s golf event, the Valspar Championship. You can use these to compare to a bookmaker’s odds straight up, or you could use them in your own model to make adjustments.  These odds are meant to be a tool for you to use how you best see fit. […]
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FTN Staff
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NBA Bets
Tipico One-Play Payday (April 26)
Welcome to a Monday edition of One-Play Payday. If you aren’t familiar with “One-Play Payday,” we provide you with one play, whether it be a spread, total or moneyline, that stands out as a rock-solid play on Tipico Sportsbook. Tipico Sportsbook lines We have a mega 11-game Monday slate to start the week, here are all […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
2021 NFL Draft – Day 2 bets to make now
No sportsbook offers more available Markets right now than William Hill with 83 players currently listed. Now, 83 players can’t go in the first round, so a lot of these players spill into Rounds 2-7. When numbers get that high, you have a lot of outs in either direction, but you also get a lot […]
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Eliot Crist
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NFL Bets
2021 NFL Draft long shot bets: Part 2
  The NFL Draft is this week and while the numbers moved on my first NFL Draft long-shot bets article there are still some valuable numbers out there to take advantage of. Yes the Jaycee Horn first defender prop is down from +1000 to +350 and the Titans are now just +550 to go defensive […]
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Eliot Crist
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NBA Bets
NBA Betting Breakdown (April 26)
We have a huge eleven-game slate in the NBA for Monday. This weekend did seem a little bit light on the number of games, so they are trying to make up for it today. As has been the case lately, we do have four games with spreads that have reached double digits. The other seven games […]
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FTN Staff
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NBA Bets
Brad Evans’ NBA bet of the day (April 26)
Always itching for action, Brad Evans scours the ‘books for a seducing wager whether NFL, NBA, MLB, Chinese ping pong, whatever. Come back daily to see where he’s blowing his bankroll. Fade or follow? That, of course, is entirely up to you.  Julius Randle OVER 25.5 points against Phoenix (-114, FanDuel) As NFL Draft maniacs […]
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Brad Evans
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NFL Bets
NFL Draft bets – Tier 2 quarterbacks
While the NFL draft world focuses on who the San Francisco 49ers will draft with the third overall pick in Mac Jones, Trey Lance or now the distant long shot Justin Fields, the opportunity to bet on quarterbacks doesn't end there, it simply begins. With five quarterbacks projected to go in the first round, it is […]
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Eliot Crist
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PGA Bets
2021 Valspar Championship betting preview
This week’s PGA Tour event is the Valspar Championship that will be taking place at Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead) in Palm Harbor, FL. This will be the tour's first trip back since 2019, having had to cancel the event in 2020. Not only is the Par-71, 7,340-yard course longer by 232 yards than the average Par-71 course, […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Bets
MLB Best Bets for Monday (4/26)
New week, new board. We’re almost a full month in and the third Monday of the MLB season brings us an 11-game slate, getting kicked off by a matinee matchup between Kansas City and Detroit. As always, I’ve scoured through stats of each matchup and will touch on a couple of the day’s best bets […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Bets
Brad Evans’ MLB bet of the day (April 25)
Always itching for action, Brad Evans scours the ‘books for a seducing wager whether NFL, NBA, MLB, Chinese ping pong, whatever. Come back daily to see where he’s blowing his bankroll. Fade or follow? That, of course, is entirely up to you.  MLB Prop Bet of the Day Joe Musgrove OVER 6.5 strikeouts at the […]
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Brad Evans
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MLB Bets
MLB Prop Tracker (April 24)
Welcome to the prop bet tracker. As MLB season gets into high gear, another way to get in on the action is to analyzes the day’s best prop bets – from strikeouts to home runs, first to five runs to total bases logged. Each day, we will try and identify a few picks that are […]
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Matt Kupferle
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MLB Bets
Brad Evans' MLB bet of the day (April 24)
Always itching for action, Brad Evans scours the ‘books for a seducing wager whether NFL, NBA, MLB, Chinese ping pong, whatever. Come back daily to see where he’s blowing his bankroll. Fade or follow? That, of course, is entirely up to you.  MLB Prop Bet of the Day Pablo López OVER 4.5 strikeouts vs. San […]
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Brad Evans
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NBA Bets
NBA Betting Breakdown (April 24)
We have a solid eight-game slate of NBA action on tap Saturday. The first two games are going to go off early, so make sure you guys stop by discord and we can chat about those. The other six games are the main slate starting at 7 p.m. ET, and that was where the bulk […]
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FTN Staff
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MMA Bets
UFC 261 betting breakdown
Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2. The UFC has an awesome show they’re putting on this weekend in front of a live crowd in Jacksonville, Fla. The card includes three title fights, headlined by a rematch between Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal for the welterweight strap. In the co-main […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Bets
MLB Prop Tracker (April 23)
Welcome to the prop bet tracker. As MLB season gets into high gear, another way to get in on the action is to analyzes the day’s best prop bets – from strikeouts to home runs, first to five runs to total bases logged. Each day, we will try and identify a few picks that are […]
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Matt Kupferle
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NFL Bets
NFL Draft Odds Movement
The 2021 NFL Draft market odds move faster than Usain Bolt, and it’s important to be able to adjust accordingly. One of the biggest things to understand is when you’ve missed the boat and it's time to go home. Don’t chase it. Unlike a game where a line might move from 6.5 to 5.5, players […]
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Eliot Crist
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NBA Bets
NBA Betting Breakdown (April 23)
It’s not the biggest slate of NBA games for a Friday — we only have seven games on tap. The ESPN televised games are good ones with potential playoff implications. We have previews of potential matchups between the Celtics/Nets and Nuggets/Warriors. These could actually be first-round playoff matchups depending on how things play out over […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
2021 NFL Draft Odds – Best Player Prop Bets
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Eliot Crist