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PGA Bets
Betting 101: Bankroll management and staking golf wagers
I wanted to write something to explain expectations of following along with golf wagering, and this could be helpful for your wagering in other sports as well. You could be great at picking winners in any sport, but if you’re terrible at managing your money, you will end up losing. Downturns are an inevitable part […]
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FTN Staff
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NBA Bets
NBA Betting Breakdown (Dec. 31)
Happy New Year’s Eve! I would just like to thank everyone for their support of FTNBets and I look forward to a successful 2021 NBA campaign. We are all grateful for your guys support on this journey, cheers.  In case you missed it, check out our Eastern Conference team previews and our Western Conference teams preview. The FTN […]
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FTN Staff
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CBB Bets
Big Noise CBB parlay of the day (Dec. 31)
Multiple times each week, FTN Bets’ resident college basketball junkie, Brad Evans, will attempt to posterize the ‘books with his favorite selections, whether sides, totals, teasers or parlays. As always, fade or follow Brad’s picks — fading is encouraged — that’s up to you.  2-leg alt-line parlay: Maryland +6/UCLA -3 (DraftKings) Odds: +113  Leg 1: […]
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Brad Evans
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NBA Bets
NBA Betting Breakdown (Dec. 30)
The NBA season is officially back. After a successful “restart” in Orlando, the NBA regular season starts just 71 days since it’s last season ended, the shortest offseason in pro sports history. While this season is just 72 games, don’t expect to see any less competition as the top of the Eastern Conference has improved […]
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FTN Staff
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CBB Bets
Big Noise CBB parlay of the day (Dec. 30)
Multiple times each week, FTN Bets’ resident college basketball junkie, Brad Evans, will attempt to posterize the ‘books with his favorite selections, whether sides, totals, teasers or parlays. As always, fade or follow Brad’s picks — fading is encouraged — that’s up to you.  Alt-line play: UVA/Notre Dame UNDER 132, Providence ML  Odds: +126 Leg […]
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Brad Evans
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NFL Bets
Snaps and targets report: Week 16
The fantasy football season has come to an end and hopefully you took home the title. For those of you crazy enough to play into Week 17 in season-long leagues or dabble in DFS, you can still find some key takeaways from Week 16’s action and apply it. New York Jets 23, Cleveland Browns 16 […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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CBB Bets
Big Noise CBB parlay of the day (Dec. 29)
Multiple times each week, FTN Bets’ resident college basketball junkie, Brad Evans, will attempt to posterize the ‘books with his favorite selections, whether sides, totals, teasers or parlays. As always, fade or follow Brad’s picks — fading is encouraged — that’s up to you.  The play — 2-leg alt-line parlay: Florida St. +6, Purdue +7 […]
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Brad Evans
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NFL Bets
NFL injury report: The situations to monitor for Week 17
Every Tuesday this season, we will review the most recent injury news through the lens of fantasy football. Injuries are an unfortunate part of football, but there’s always a “next man up” — and fantasy players need to know the situations to monitor to take early advantage of changing situations. A lot can change between […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NBA Bets
NBA Betting Breakdown (Dec. 28)
The NBA season is officially back. After a successful “restart” in Orlando, the NBA regular season starts just 71 days since it’s last season ended, the shortest offseason in pro sports history. While this season is just 72 games, don’t expect to see any less competition as the top of the Eastern Conference has improved […]
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FTN Staff
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PGA Bets
Analyzing variance in putting on the PGA Tour
This week, I would like to see if there is any predictability in putting when breaking it down by five-foot increments. Last week, I introduced a basic breakdown showing how ball striking and short game relates to a golfer’s skill. We saw that although ball-striking made up more of the composition, the short game still played […]
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FTN Staff
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CBB Bets
Big Noise CBB parlay of the day (Dec. 28)
Multiple times each week, FTN Bets’ resident college basketball junkie, Brad Evans, will attempt to posterize the ‘books with his favorite selections, whether sides, totals, teasers or parlays. As always, fade or follow Brad’s picks — fading is encouraged — that’s up to you.   The play — 2-leg alt-line parlay: Gonzaga -35, Wisconsin -5 (DraftKings)  […]
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Brad Evans
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NFL Bets
Mad Props, Week 16: Mandatory wager on Montgomery against the Jags?
Each week our -EV bettors do their damnedest to drain bank accounts with their NFL player prop picks. Fade or follow? That, as always, is entirely up to you. Speaking as transparency advocates, we’ll track our coolers’ progress, good or horribly bad, all season long. Below is a six-pack of picks all from our own […]
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Brad Evans
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NBA Bets
NBA Betting Breakdown (Dec. 23)
The NBA season is officially back. After a successful “restart” in Orlando, the NBA regular season starts just 71 days since it’s last season ended, the shortest offseason in pro sports history. While this season is just 72 games, don’t expect to see any less competition as the top of the Eastern Conference has improved […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
Week 16 NFL Offense and Defense Stats Cheat Sheet
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Ryan Noonan
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NFL Bets
Snaps and targets report: Week 15
Week 15 of the NFL and fantasy football season had a lot of really underwhelming performances, meaning the most loaded team in your league might have been sent home early this weekend. Hopefully you were able to advance to your fantasy championship this past week. Even this late in the season, things continue to change […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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NBA Bets
NBA Betting Breakdown (Dec. 22)
The NBA season is officially back. After a successful “restart” in Orlando, the NBA regular season starts just 71 days since the last season ended, the shortest offseason in pro sports history. While this season is just 72 games, don’t expect to see any less competition as the top of the Eastern Conference has improved […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
NFL injury report: The situations to monitor for Week 16
It's time again to review the most recent injury news through the lens of fantasy football. Injuries are an unfortunate part of football, but there’s always a “next man up” — and fantasy players need to know the situations to monitor to take early advantage of changing situations. A lot can change between now and kickoff, […]
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Tyler Loechner
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PGA Bets
Analyzing golf skill vs. long and short games
Every week, the most talked about statistics in golf are strokes gained, and in particular, ball striking. If you’re not familiar with strokes gained, the PGA Tour describes in depth how it is calculated here. On the surface, strokes gained stats are great at telling the story of how a golfer has come upon their […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
Battle In The Trenches: Week 15 OL vs. DL matchups
An offense line's ability to keep their quarterback upright and open holes for their running backs is imperative. Diagnosing offensive and defensive line matchups weekly can offer a massive edge in fantasy football and daily fantasy lineups. Diving further into the subcategories that help us capture ceiling weeks can be the difference between setting your […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Bets
Mad props, Week 15: Is Brandon Aiyuk bankable against Little D?
Each week our -EV bettors do their damnedest to drain bank accounts with their NFL player prop picks. Fade or follow? That, as always, is entirely up to you. Speaking as transparency advocates, we’ll track our coolers’ progress, good or horribly bad, all season long. Below is a six-pack of picks to whet your Week […]
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Brad Evans
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MMA Bets
UFC Vegas 17 betting preview
Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC Vegas 17: Geoff Neal vs. Stephen Thompson. I’ll have a full PPV style writeup for every fight on this card.  Much like it has been for the rest of the world, 2020 has been a wild year for the UFC. The promotion has had at least one show […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
Daily odds boosts: How to build bankroll this weekend (Dec. 18)
The quickest way to build your sports gambling bankroll is by taking advantage of the bonus offers, odds boosts and free bets the online books are offering. They are flush with private equity money and using it to fuel growth. If you know where to look, they are literally giving it away in some cases. […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
NFL look-ahead lines report for Week 16
You want to win money betting on NFL games. That's why you're here.  The challenge that most casual bettors run into is their late call to action, i.e., betting moments before a game kicks off. Sure, we want to bet on the game that we're watching, but at the end of the day, we want […]
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Ryan Noonan
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NFL Bets
5 must-know stats for betting Week 15
Every week during the NFL season, I’ll be diving into five must know stats for fantasy football to help pull back the curtain in various ways. Highlighting game scripts, matchups, defensive plans of attack, and much more, this article will help you set your lineups in daily fantasy and your season-long leagues. 1. The Tennessee […]
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Derek Brown
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MMA Bets
Best prop bets for UFC Vegas 17
We are back for another exciting weekend of violence for UFC Vegas 17 in Las Vegas. This was originally supposed to be a 15-fight card, but we had two fights fall and are down to a still health 13 fight card. We are hoping to end the MMA year on a positive note, and we […]
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Jon Kelly
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NBA Bets
NBA futures: Betting on Rookie of the Year
With the start of the NBA season fast approaching, now is a good time to start taking a look at the futures markets. Last week we discussed the best way to create an edge in the futures for NBA Champion. This week we are going to talk about gaining an edge in the Rookie of […]
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FTN Staff
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CFB Bets
The Big Ones: Previewing CFB’s Power 5 conference championships
Each week, I’ll be providing you with a college football betting breakdown for some of the week’s biggest games. The ones I’ll be focusing on will be meetings between ranked teams and matchups where an unranked team is getting 14 or fewer points (with a few exceptions) against somebody in the AP’s Top 25. While I […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
Snaps and targets report: Week 14
Week 14 of the NFL season is in the books and I have to say, there weren’t as many huge fantasy football takeaways as usual. Don’t get me wrong, there was still a lot to break down but with so many one-sided contests, there weren’t as many glaring outcomes for fantasy as usual. Let’s break […]
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Adam Pfeifer
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PGA Bets
Betting 101: Why you should convert American odds to win probability
This is a lesson that can be used across all sports for many different reasons, but I’m going to go over why I think it’s especially important when wagering on golf outrights. I’ve written a lot recently about finding edges and what to do with those edges once you find them. Your wagering amount should […]
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FTN Staff
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NFL Bets
NFL injury report: The situations to monitor for Week 15
Every Tuesday this season, we will review the most recent injury news through the lens of fantasy football. Injuries are an unfortunate part of football, but there’s always a “next man up” — and fantasy players need to know the situations to monitor to take early advantage of changing situations. A lot can change between […]
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Tyler Loechner
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NFL Bets
Battle In The Trenches: Week 14 OL vs. DL matchups
Diagnosing offensive and defensive line matchups weekly can offer a massive edge for fantasy football and daily fantasy lineups. An offense line's ability to keep their quarterback upright and open holes for their running backs is imperative. Diving further into the subcategories that help us capture ceiling weeks can be the difference between setting your […]
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Derek Brown
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NFL Bets
Mad Props, Week 14: The Derrick Henry Invitational welcomes the Jags
Each week our -EV bettors do their damnedest to drain bank accounts with their NFL player prop picks. Fade or follow? That, as always, is entirely up to you. Speaking as transparency advocates, we’ll track our coolers’ progress, good or horribly bad, all season long. Below is a six-pack of picks to whet your Week […]
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FTN Staff