Sportsbooks did not like overtime Let’s be honest – Sunday night’s Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Franciso 49ers was boring until the fourth quarter. It was just 10-3 at halftime and 13-10 after three quarters and though it was obviously two premier defenses showing out, it felt more like… Read more »
On Sunday, the National Football League will determine the two teams that will take part in the “Big Game,” the 2024 Super Bowl. It’s been a long season for the four teams that will battle it out for the respective National and American Football Conferences, but this is the goal that they set out back… Read more »
After taking the week off last week, it was time to get back on the horse. One of the things that occurs during a long NFL season is that you begin to get a bit burned out. You’re not making the right decisions (as witnessed by the 2-4 record for Week 11 and Week 12)… Read more »
When it comes to pretty much anything in life, the more information that you have, the better decisions you will make. This is especially true when it comes to sports betting and, in particular, the National Football League. One of those informational factors is injuries. Especially when dealing with concussions, which can take some time… Read more »
When it comes to sports betting, part of the trick is knowing when to break away from the pack – or the favorites – and pick up on the underdogs – otherwise known as the contrarian bet. Picking out these times to take the contrarian play is key to being able to maximize a play.… Read more »
It is one of the keys to any athletic endeavor…momentum. When you get on a roll, you do your best to stay on that roll. In the National Football League, that can be seen in teams who get off to a great start and try to carry that momentum deeper into the season. Such momentum… Read more »
After the debacle last week that was the National Football League Week Three schedule, there’s one thing that all bettors must be reminded of. All these professional leagues, whether it is the NFL, the NBA, the Premier League, or even the Canadian Football League, would love it if their teams all finished with the same… Read more »
We may be only two weeks into the 2023 National Football League season, but there are a couple of things that are already evident. If you can pick out these “sure things” early in the season, then you can use that to ride some betting action when it comes to future games. Who is riding… Read more »
In the world of sports betting, sometimes your greatest friend can be something that both bettors and books hate – the push. This is something we saw in the NFL Week Two picks, where the line set by the book – say -3 or -7 as to the spread or the rare case when the… Read more »
Hard-fought battle The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday in Week 2 NFL action. It was to be expected, after all, the Niners were 7.5-point favorites. And fancy that, the oddsmakers had it dead on, as San Francisco won the game 30-23. All makes sense in this crazy world of ours.… Read more »
In sports betting, one of the biggest mistakes that can be made is that of overreaction. Especially early in a season, what you see isn’t necessarily the type of team that you’re going to get for the entire season. Thus, you must make sure that you don’t have a “knee-jerk” reaction to things that you… Read more »
If you caught our first-ever National Football League predictions for Week One last Sunday, you learned a fact really quick about sports betting – breaking even isn’t nice to do. To be able to make a profit out of sports betting, you MUST be able to win, preferably around a 60/40 clip, if not better.… Read more »
We are on the doorstep of the official start of the National Football League season. Technically, it’s already started with the stunning win by the Detroit Lions on Thursday night over the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, but that leads directly to something you must figure out when wagering on pro football. A… Read more »
I kind of feel bad for the Kansas City Chiefs. They won their first Super Bowl in 50 years and nobody is talking about them. The only thing from the Super Bowl anyone seems to want to discuss is the halftime show and OH THE OUTRAGE of two grown women choosing how they want to… Read more »
Despite making a living in the gambling industry for nearly a decade and a half, I am not much of a gambler. I covered the World Series of Poker in person for a couple years and rarely actually played poker. I played some video poker on occasion when I took a break and would go… Read more »
