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With league parity at an all-time high, upsets in the NFL are more common these days. Some of the greatest games in the history of the league involved a much-favorited team getting creamed by an underdog. When we talk about upsets in NFL betting, we’re not just talking about point totals. When an underdog beats the spread, it’s an upset, even
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When you start betting on football games it can quickly reach a point where it seems you’d be better off flipping a coin. I remember many years before taking sports betting serious I’d have done better flipping a coin. Once I started taking things more serious I started learning all the little things I needed to do to have the best chance
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As sports bettors gain experience they start seeing things that become truths they can use to help them place winning bets in the future. Some of these might seem pretty simple, but just knowing something like the first one below, better quarterbacks win, doesn’t mean you can instantly profit from the knowledge. You have to be able to
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Christopher Hitchens had this advice for young people in his book Letters to a Young Contrarian: “Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.” Sure, it’s poetic, but I think there’s a genuine nugget of wisdom in there for us sports bettors. I’ve been called a contrarian, and I
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Winning punters learn where to focus their energy. They find the best way to make money and pour all their attention into it. You’ll be able to concentrate on things that are more likely to make you money if you avoid the 6 sports bets punters should avoid listed below. When you bet a parlay you bet on two or more games and must win every game to
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Winning football bettors use a tremendous amount of research, data, and work to beat the sports books. They understand that in order to consistently beat the books they have to outwork and outsmart them. Anyone can accumulate mountains of data and statistics, but just having the information doesn’t make it valuable. The problem is determining
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One of the things that set professional sports bettors apart from others is the personalized systems they develop for handicapping and finding value. Most amateur bettors watch a few games or an hour of Sportscenter on the weekend and use that information to pick a winner. Professional sports handicappers combine dedicated game viewership
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Most sports bettors think about accumulating all of the statistics that they possibly can when getting ready for the next season. This is the best way to start. Team statistics aren’t as important as individual player stats because players move from team to team through trades and free agency. During the off season you should gather every statistic
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One of the biggest secrets of professional sports bettors is that college lines are weaker than professional sports lines. More college games happen each week than pro games. Less money is wagered on most college games than pro games. As a result, the books invest less time in getting the lines exactly right, but it doesn’t matter why college sports
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The reason most sports betting hobbyists never take the step to making it a business is because it’s hard to run a business. You have to track things and pay attention to what you’re doing. Instead of it being fun to pick a few games every week it’s suddenly work that requires effort and a dedication to making money on a consistent basis
