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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
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NBA Bets
Brad Evans' NBA bet of the day (April 23)
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 Grayson Allen OVER 2.5 made threes at […]
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Brad Evans
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MLB Bets
MLB Prop Tracker (April 22)
Welcome to the prop bet tracker! As MLB season kicks off into full swing, another way to get in on the action is to analyzes the days 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 […]
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Matt Kupferle
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Other Bets
West Virginia Sports Betting
West Virginia may not have any of its own professional sports teams, but the state is home to elite college sports and houses some underrated sports fans. Online sports betting is legal in West Virginia, and there are many online sportsbook options for placing bets in West Virginia.  Though West Virginia doesn’t have any pro […]
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Tyler Loechner
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MLB Bets
Brad Evans’ MLB bet of the day (April 22)
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 Walker Buehler UNDER 7.5 strikeouts vs. San […]
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Brad Evans
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MMA Bets
Best prop bets for UFC 261
We are back for another exciting weekend of combat sports for UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Fla. Not only do we have fans back in the arena, but we have three title fights on the main card headlined by Kamaru Usman versus Jorge Masvidal and a few fun matchups scattered throughout the prelims as well. There […]
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Jon Kelly
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NBA Bets
NBA Betting Breakdown (April 21)
We have a massive slate of games for Wednesday with 12 matchups. It is a surprisingly competitive slate too, with only three games hovering around double-digit spreads. Eight of Wednesday’s 12 games are projected to be within three points of each other, so we should end up with quite a few close competitive games. Injury […]
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FTN Staff
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NBA Bets
Brad Evans' NBA bet of the day (April 21)
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 Stephen Curry OVER 6.5 threes made at […]
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Brad Evans
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MLB Bets
MLB Best Bets for Wednesday (4/21)
Wednesday’s gift to us is yet another fully loaded slate of MLB games. A couple of afternoon matchups (San Francisco/Philadelphia, Baltimore/Miami) to fill the mid-day lull will kick off the day. We’ll dive into the matchups and stats below to see where the value is hidden in Wednesday’s board. Arizona Diamondbacks @ Cincinnati Reds Arizona […]
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FTN Staff
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Other Bets
What do betting lines actually mean?
If you want to be a profitable sports bettor, stop making bad bets. This might seem like a simple statement, but too many bettors never learned this lesson. The most important skill for a sports bettor to learn is how to calculate his probability of winning a bet. If you do not know how to […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA Bets
2021 Zurich Classic betting card preview
The Tour heads to Louisiana this week for the Zurich Classic. This is back-to-back Pete Dye courses, the third in the past six weeks, so there's some continuity around profiling the style of golfer that's likely to find success this week. The major curveball to the week is that this is a team event. Breaking […]
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Ryan Noonan
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NBA Bets
NBA Betting Breakdown (April 20)
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: Betting the 2021 Zurich Classic
This week’s PGA tour event, The Zurich Classic, is a unique tournament for the tour, as its only team event on the FedEx Cup calendar. You read that correctly: This week, the field is made up of 80 two-man teams. The best 35 teams and ties will make the cut and play the weekend after […]
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FTN Staff
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MLB Bets
MLB Prop Tracker (April 20)
Welcome to the prop bet tracker. As MLB season gets into full swing, 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