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The Easiest Sports To Go Pro for in 2025
Dreaming of becoming a professional athlete? While talent and hard work are essential, your odds of going pro depend just as much on the sport you choose and where you live.
At The Sports Geek, we’ve done the research to uncover which sports and states give you the best shot at going pro—and which paths are nearly impossible. Let’s break it down.
Not all sports are created equal whe...
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...
NBA Strength of Schedule: How Much Does Travel Distance Matter?
Most people ignore travel distance and rest days when talking about NBA strength of schedule, focusing only on how good the opposition is. While this is definitely the most important factor, gruesome travels and lack of rest shouldn’t be ignored.
I’m going to dig into the numbers for the 2024-25 season of how far teams are traveling, the number of rest days, and how it correlates to strength o...
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, December 20:
PROP BETMATCHUPODDSBOOKIEAnytime Goalscorer...
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.
PLAYERMATCHUPODDSBOOKMAKERDonovan Mitchell (CLE) First BasketMilwaukee Bucks vs. Cleveland Cava...
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, December 20.
PROP BETMATCHUPODDSBOOKIETotal Rebounds: E...
Who Will Be the Worst Team in the NHL in 2022-23?
We’re just days from the start of the 2022-23 NHL Regular Season which opens Friday with two games at the O2 Arena in the Czech Republic between the Predators and Sharks (NHL Network, 2 pm EDT/1 pm CDT/11 am PDT).
While you can bet on who’ll have the best Record and the most Points in the NHL Regular Season and the Presidents’ Trophy, you can also bet on who will end up with the worst Record in...
The 10 Best Gambling Video Games
Video games and gambling have been intertwined for longer than you may believe. Arcades were one of the hottest places to be on a Friday night in the late 1970 and 80s. Multi-player video games between patrons encouraged socializing, and in some cases, gambling.
While arcades didn’t promote gambling video games, betting with friends or strangers at the arcade was quietly taking off across t...
Vietnamese Gambling Games Worth Checking Out
Vietnamese gambling games are a fun way to expand your portfolio of gambling games to play. There are a few gambling games in Vietnamese that are popular in the culture but aren’t widespread throughout the world. Having said that, TheSportsGeek has been experimenting with Vietnamese gambling games that everyone should check out.
Casino gambling is largely illegal in Vietnam for Vietnamese c...
Benefits of Using a Gambling Win/Loss Spreadsheet
Some people take their gambling more seriously than others. For many, gambling is a way to pass some time and take your mind off the stresses of everyday life. For others, gambling is everyday life.
Everyone has different motivations. Many hit the poker tables or slot machines looking to make a few bucks on the side over the course of a quick weekend jaunt to Las Vegas. Other more serious gambl...
The Benefits of Using E-Wallets for Gambling at Online Casinos
With the rise of cryptocurrency, more gamblers are getting comfortable with creating online wallets called e-wallets to manage their money at online casinos. Using an e-wallet can be a struggle for people unfamiliar with cryptocurrency or online banking apps like Venmo, but their convenience outweighs the learning curve for most online gamblers.
What is an E-Wallet?
If the term is what's confus...
Survivor Season 43 Odds and Predictions
The CBS reality competition staple Survivor returns on this Wednesday, September 21 with the premiere episode of Survivor 43 (8pm EDT/8 pm PDT) as 18 Castaways from three tribes compete for the $1 million prize over the 26-day season.
As it has been the last 11 years, Survivor was filmed in Fiji, this 43rd season in the Mamanuca Islands with Jeff Probst host but there are all new players this...
Tips for Counting Cards in Blackjack
We have all seen the movies and TV shows where a savvy player takes the casino for millions of dollars by counting cards at blackjack. And while counting cards can be an effective way of tilting the odds in your favor, I will tell you right now that it is not nearly as glamorous as it may seem on the surface.
Not only do you need to have a huge bankroll to withstand the massive swings that are...
UFC Fight Night 210 Odds, Predictions and Best Fights to Bet on
The UFC Fight Night 210 betting odds are live, and we have predictions for all thirteen fights, including a few top picks that outshine the rest of the card. UFC Fight Night 210 odds are from Bovada, but you’ll find more sportsbooks in your area at the bottom of the page.
UFC Sandhagen vs Song Best Fights To Bet On
Here are our top four bets across the entire card. These bets are meant to be pa...
Top 10 Greatest Songs About Gambling
There have been scores of great songs written about or referencing gambling through the ages, covering genres like the Blues, Country, Rock N’ Roll, and even Synth-Pop, but my research shows Mozart wrote no Classical sonatas about 3-team, 6-point NFL parlays.
Gambling Songs like Frank Sinatra’s “Luck Be a Lady” (1950), Ray Charles’ “Losing Hand,” (1957),...
Is Roulette Rigged at Online Casinos?
Roulette has been a staple in brick-and-mortar casinos for a very long time, as the game has attracted gamblers from all over the world for generations. The wheel of destiny has a great combination of luck, skill, and excitement that keeps the players coming back again and again. If they ever make a Mount Rushmore for casino games, you can be sure that roulette would be on it!
That...
