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NBA First Basket Predictions for Tonight: Best First Basket Scorer Bets
What are the best NBA first basket predictions for tonight? Our experts made sure to check the stats and the latest odds, before sharing their top picks for first basket scorer today.
Here's a quick overview of our first basket betting picks, and you can find our reasoning in the next section.
PLAYERMATCHUPODDSBOOKMAKERAustin Reaves (LAL) First BasketOrlando Magic vs. LA Lakers+700Bovada...
Can You Beat the Geek for a Free Trip to an NFL Game?
We're excited to announce Beat the Geek: a free NFL handicap contest with prizes worth over $15,000! Challenge our artificial intelligence model (aka the Geek) with your NFL picks for a chance to win a trip to an NFL game for two, MacBook Pro, AirPods Pro, and more.
Each week of the 2024–25 NFL regular season, the Geek will submit picks against the spread (ATS), while you can submit your own A...
Best NBA Player Props Today: Our Best Bets for Tonight
Our experts deliver their best NBA player props daily in this article, after doing the hard work and digging through all the basketball bets available today. Their predictions are based on statistical analysis, expertise, and a close look at the latest trends in the league.
Here's an overview of the best NBA player prop bets tonight, November 21.
PROP BETMATCHUPODDSBOOKIETotal Points: Bra...
Best College Football Props Today: Expert NCAAF Predictions
We deliver our best college football player props daily in this article. Our team regularly scans the odds of the best college football sites to find prop bets based on individual player performance.
Every time we find good value, we add our NCAA football prop bets here, so our readers can take full advantage.
Here’s an overview of our best college football player props today, November 21. ...
Best NHL Player Prop Bets Today: Free Prop Bet Predictions
Picking the best NHL player props today can be time-consuming, but our hockey experts are here to help! They will share their prop bet predictions daily from October to the Stanley Cup Final in June, including NHL anytime goal scorer predictions, shots on goal bets, and more.
Here are our daily NHL player prop predictions for today, November 21:
PROP BETMATCHUPODDSBOOKIEAnytime Scorer: Dy...
Top 10 Richest NFL Team Owners by Net Worth in 2024
The NFL is a massive industry, so you’ve got to have some serious wealth to be a team owner. Many NFL team owners have driven their teams to success with the backing of their massive fortunes. We’re talking about billions of dollars,
Let’s count down the 10 richest NFL owners by net worth. Find out who is the richest NFL owner and how these billionaires earned or, in many cases, inherited...
Tips and Tricks on How to Roll Dice in Craps
Learning how to roll dice is essential in mastering the game of craps. There are rules that the shooter, or person rolling the dice, has to follow. Also, there are special techniques that you can learn to help you avoid crapping out.
If you are using a craps online casino, you do not need to be as concerned with the rules for shooters. Instead, you can roll with the click of a button, and a ra...
Who Will Be The Worst NFL Team in 2022-23?
As we inch toward the start of the 2022-23 NFL Regular Season, let's continue our look at some of the more exotic Props and a couple from respected bookmakers like BetOnline.
The Last Team to Record a Win Regular Season and Worst Regular Season Record markets are creative and allows NFL bettors a look at the NFL’s 32 teams and the now 17-game Regular Season schedules from a different and entert...
How Many NFL Games Will Go into OT or End in Tie This Season?
If you thought games in the dramatic 2021-22 NFL Regular Season were closer than they have ever been, you’d be spot on, with 18 of the first 79 games of the first Regular Season since the Pandemic being decided in the final 60 seconds of play or in Overtime (OT).
And after NFL Regular Season Week 6, there had already been 11 games that went to OT and after the first-ever 17-game slate, an incre...
When to Split in Blackjack
Blackjack is a classic casino game that can be played all around the world. Just about every casino floor that I have ever walked onto is full of blackjack tables, as the game is popular amongst both casual and serious gamblers.
What attracts players to in-person or online blackjack is both the simplicity of the game, as well as the ability to sway the odds in your favor with savvy play.
Yo...
What Is A Lay Bet in Craps and How to Bet It
The lay bet in craps can feel like a difficult bet to utilize for new players. It's one of the few bets with a vig, which can be confusing for beginners. But after you understand what you’re paying for and how to place the bet, the craps lay bet can be a useful alternative to other craps wagers like the place bet or buy bet.
Let's take a look at what the lay bet craps wager is, the odds for t...
10 Great Football Themed Slots Games to Kick off the NFL Season
We are now just a matter of days away from the start of the NFL season. And in the spirit of (American) Football in North America, there are only two seasons: Football Season and Not Football season. With that said, let’s get into the mood with a creative and Fun list.
This 10 Great Football Themed Slots Games to Kick off the NFL Season article will of...
Next Pope and Papal Name Odds and Predictions
When they say you can bet on just about anything online, they aren’t kidding. Nothing is off limits and that includes the Vatican. If you were looking for the next pope odds, this is possible at entertaining betting sites.
Betting entertainment odds can be fun and profitable if your finger is on the pulse.
Becoming an expert entertainment bettor can be as simple as following the enter...
Tips on How to Recover From a Big Gambling Loss
A gambling loss is something that everyone experiences, but no one wants to talk about. If you deny losing bets, then you are not a serious gambler looking to be a long-term winner. Anyone offering sports betting tips and picks online suggesting they don’t lose, run far away.
It’s just as important to learn how to lose, as it is to learn how to win as a gambler.
What do you mean by l...
2022 US Open Tennis Odds and Picks
The final Grand Slam of the 2022 season is quickly approaching at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. The US Open begins on August 29 with the final match scheduled to take place on September 11. TheSportsGeek has the latest US Open tennis odds from the best online sportsbooks.
Novak Djokovic is officially out of the US Open as a result of his vaccination status.
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Where Can You Gamble at 18?
Can you gamble at 18? If so, where can you gamble at 18? These questions are largely dependent on which jurisdiction you are located in. Rules will vary between countries, states, and territories throughout the world.
Gambling is often a rite of passage for young gamblers after they turn 18. But, legally, there are only certain jurisdictions that allow 18-year-olds to risk real money gambling....
