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Our hearts were broken twice from Monday’s best bets when Detroit tied it at 5-5 in the ninth inning thanks to a Robbie Grossman pinch-hit, 2-run homer. The home run blew our chances of the under at 10.5 runs and gave us false hope to cash the Detroit moneyline before they meekly fell to Minnesota […]

Since 2015, the Big 12 conference has been dominated by the Oklahoma Sooners. Head coach Lincoln Riley inherited a strong program from legend Bob Stoops in 2016 and immediately began producing Heisman Trophy winning passers and a perennial College Football Playoff contender. The rest of the Big 12 has been fighting to earn the No. […]

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are well underway, and we’ve already witnessed some early drama with Olympic men’s basketball odds that have impacted the outright markets.  The USA Basketball Men’s National team remains the betting favorite at -250 (71.4% implied probability) at BetMGM to win the gold medal for the fourth Summer Olympics in a row. […]

The summer games roll on Tuesday with a lot of pool play and time trials. Swimming and cycling take place Tuesday and those cover the main time trial sports. The United States women’s soccer team has their match and so do the men’s and women’s beach volleyball teams in the opening round. It has been […]

The Big Ten conference has been dominated by one team over the last seven seasons and the gap has widened over the last four years. The Ohio State Buckeyes were thought to be in trouble when Urban Meyer handed the keys to the program to Ryan Day, but instead, Day has turned them into even […]

In this article, I’ll use the Strikeout Model to sift through the pitching options on DraftKings tonight. We’ll discuss the threshold probabilities and how they combine with projected ownership to allow us to consistently make +EV decisions at the starting pitcher position. It’s a relatively small slate, which I actually prefer, as it narrows the […]

A short, nine-game MLB slate will ease us into another new week of MLB betting Monday. While many teams are off, there’s never an off day for MLB bettors, and we’re still scouring the board to find the best value available to keep our bankroll growing. As always, I’ll take a deeper dive into the […]

The 2021 NBA Draft is set to take place July 29 at Barclays Center, and sportsbooks have wasted no time opening up markets for betting props to wager on. With the Detroit Pistons already hinting of taking Cade Cunningham with the first overall pick, let’s get creative and dive into a wealth of props at […]

The Summer Games are now in full swing. The first few medals have been handed out and the pool play has started for many of the major sports that bettors are used to betting on a daily basis. The big shock so far is the U.S. men’s basketball team losing its first and only game […]

After a 2020 season that was the weirdest on record, things should hopefully get back to a more normal look for the 2021 college football season. That means our betting ears are perked up. All week, our Ian Wharton will preview each of the Power-5 conferences from a betting perspective, looking at his favorite odds […]

The ACC has been regarded as one of the most predictable Power 5 conferences in the country since the College Football Playoff began in 2014. The Atlantic Division has been dominated by Clemson, and the Coastal Division has seen a rotation of contenders come and go. The only constant in the conference has been the […]

This week the PGA Tour takes a pause as some of the best golfers in the world travel to Japan to compete in the 2021 Summer Olympics. You will notice that not all the top-ranked golfers are here, for various reasons. Bryson DeChambeauand Jon Rahm will miss due to COVID-19, while other big-name stars decided […]

It’s been five years since golf made its return to the Summer Games in Rio, and this week some of the world’s best will fight for the gold medal in Japan.  Due to how the field is selected, a lot of the world’s best are not making the trip, and some due to other various […]

In this article, I’ll use the Strikeout Model to sift through the pitching options on DraftKings for Sunday. We’ll discuss the threshold probabilities and how they combine with projected ownership to allow us to consistently make +EV decisions at the starting pitcher position. Pitchers to play Yu Darvish, San Diego Padres Though it feels like Miami […]

In this article, I’ll use the Strikeout Model to sift through the pitching options on DraftKings tonight. We’ll discuss the threshold probabilities and how they combine with projected ownership to allow us to consistently make +EV decisions at the starting pitcher position. Pitchers to Play Joe Musgrove Joe Musgrove tops the slate in projected DK […]

Welcome to my betting breakdown for UFC Vegas 32: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw. The UFC will continue their string of Fight Night events on ESPN at the Apex facility in Las Vegas this weekend with an extremely fun and exciting card.  In the main event, we have Cory Sandhagen, who has quickly climbed into title contention […]

A Friday edition of MLB Best Bets on a loaded 15-game slate, could there be anything better? I’ll take a dive into today’s games and highlight the most attractive angles on the betting board. With the work week coming to an end, let’s look to be profitable and kick off the weekend in the green. […]

We’ve reached the offseason for the NHL and despite winning back-to-back Stanley Cups, the Tampa Bay Lightning are not the betting favorites to win it all in 2022. Instead, the Colorado Avalanche are tabbed as the top dog by oddsmakers. According to the latest Stanley Cup odds, the Avalanche sit at +600 to reach their potential […]

The NFL season starts in under 50 days. With football this close, the topic of today’s Futures Friday is going to be NFL league leaders. As with any futures market, the more likely an outcome is to occur, the lower the payout for betting on it to occur is going to be. The inverse of […]

I’m something of a rookie optimist: Each year, I just look at these young guys entering the NFL, and I can’t help but imagine them tearing up the league. But I come by my optimism honestly: In fantasy, high-performing rookies are often league winners who emerge seemingly out of nowhere to outperform their average draft […]

The MLB All-Star game and the NBA season are now in our rear-view mirrors. Baseball is the main game in town for another month or so until the NFL season starts. For those just joining the baseball betting pool from NBA, we have just as many opportunities to take advantage of soft prop numbers in […]

The Summer Olympics come along once every four years. The best athletes from around the globe come together in one place to see who the best in the world is at various sporting events. People from every country on every continent will tune in to root for their fellow countrymen trying to achieve greatness and […]

We are back stateside for this week’s PGA Tour event, the 3M Open, which is taking place in Minnesota at TPC Twin Cities. This is the third time this event will be played, with the winners of the first two being Matthew Wolff and Michael Thompson.  Both events were low-scoring, however, they differ slightly in how […]

Injuries in the offseason are part of the NFL cycle every year as athletes train year-round to be in the best possible shape for the upcoming campaign. Well, the hype for one running back with the Los Angeles Rams in Cam Akers was extinguished quickly after the news broke of him being lost for the […]

Welcome to a playoff 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. We have a crucial Game 6 of the NBA Finals between the Milwaukee Bucks and the […]

This week’s PGA Tour betting preview brings us back to America for the 3M Open, which is played at TPC Twin Cities, just outside Minneapolis, MN.  This tournament was a new addition to the PGA Tour schedule back in 2019, with Matthew Wolff winning followed by Michael Thompson getting the job done in 2020.  TPC […]

The NBA Finals return tonight with our first elimination game of the series. The Milwaukee Bucks broke the Phoenix Suns’ serve and became the first team to win a road game in this series. They get the chance to travel home to Milwaukee and potentially close out the series in front of their fans.  This […]

Today is an interesting day for the local Tipico Sportsbook betting market in and around the New Jersey area. Interesting is probably not the right word actually. I am not really sure what the right word is, to be honest. This is probably because I am a lifelong Yankees fan who is being left speechless […]

The All-Star break is in our rearview mirror and the second half of the MLB season is finally underway. The first Monday after the layoff gives us a 13-game MLB betting slate, with Minnesota and Chicago squaring up for a doubleheader at Guaranteed Rate Field. We’re up almost 50 units through just one half of […]

Middling is one of my favorite things to do. It’s also descriptive of who I am as a person, so win-win.  Literally. To “middle” a bet is to take a position on both sides of a line — but at two different numbers, often at two different sportsbooks simultaneously — in an attempt to win […]

In this article, I’ll use the Strikeout Model to sift through the pitching options on DraftKings for Monday. We’ll discuss the threshold probabilities and how they combine with projected ownership to allow us to consistently make +EV decisions at the starting pitcher position. Pitchers to play As you can see on the model, there’s little separation […]

Let’s take a look at the opening odds, early betting pick and breakdown of Saturday’s UFC Vegas 32 main event. UFC Vegas 32 takes place July 24 at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas in front of a (small) live crowd for the first time at the apex since the UFC began putting on […]