Many bettors simply do not have enough of a bankroll to tie their funds up for months at a time betting futures, but those bets can be very profitable. In addition to the potential for a big pay day, there really is no more rewarding win than cashing in a winner on your favorite team that was placed months ago.
Read More . . .I told you so. In my last Frontlines I said, and I quote, “I am a horrible bettor and my suggestions rarely pan out, but on the surface it is pretty easy to see which team I would choose to bet on for the first half this weekend.”
Read More . . .Books offer first half wagering for the simple purpose of increasing handle. The more you bet, the more (hopefully) the book earns. Bettors should be wagering on first halves to give them another chance to win. There is not much of a secret in how first half lines are derived; it is generally just the pointspread for the game cut in half with a half-point to full-point adjustment against the favorite.
Read More . . .Who’s the best team in the NFL right now? Who’s the worst team? Chances are you know the answers to those questions. You probably also know which teams score the most points, and who has the best defense, but do you know which teams go over their posted total the most? Or go under the most?
Read More . . .Who really likes math? When it comes to betting on football, most North American bettors favor pointspreads over moneylines simply because they get pointspreads. There’s no math involved. Once you face your fear of math, however, you’ll find that betting on moneylines is easier than you think.
Read More . . .As you’re looking through this week’s schedule and you’re trying to decide on which teams to bet on, it’s always a good idea to look at the home dogs first.
Read More . . .Line moves are made at sportsbooks for much the same reason that share prices change in the stock market: to balance supply and demand. Brokers look to put a buyer and a seller together and collect a fee for the transaction. Sometimes they need to adjust the selling price in shares to get more buyers or more sellers.
Read More . . .Michigan vs. Ohio State. Alabama vs. Auburn. The best rivalries are often the ones that pit neighbor against neighbor, brother against brother. With no pre-season schedule and a built-in rivalry system, college football is about as good as it gets!
Read More . . .For bettors, handicappers and bookmakers, there are a number of key differences between NFL’s regular season and pre-season action. But you know what? It’s football. It’s the NFL and it’s back!
Read More . . .A baseball game ending in a tie is one of the nightmares facing every bookmaker. It can’t happen you say? Bud Selig says it can, and since he is the commissioner of Major League Baseball, his opinion is apparently the only one that counts in this matter!
Read More . . .In the grand scheme of things, NASCAR is still just a small part of our business, but over the last couple of years I have seen betting on NASCAR grow at a pace faster than betting on major sports like the NBA or the NFL. In the summer, when there is no football or basketball, sports like NASCAR, tennis, and golf become an important source of business to books, so there is no better time to cover the subject.
Read More . . .When I think of March Madness, I think of some of the most exciting sports moments of the entire year: monstrous dunks, roaring crowds, pressure-packed last second free throws and of course miraculous, half-court buzzer beaters. In short March Madness means excitement, and since betting adds excitement to any sport, it just doesn’t get any better than betting on the “Big Dance”. That is why I want to offer a few suggestions about betting on college hoops at this time of year.
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