The Sports Geek Blog
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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...
How to Arbitrage Bet and Not Get Caught
Some sports bettors mistakenly assume that the only way to beat bookmakers is through skilled handicapping. However, gamblers can win at sports betting sites through other ways too, including arbitrage betting.
In fact, arbitrage (a.k.a. arbing) gambling is one of the most common ways to earn profits. Anybody can make money through this method, regardless of their handicapping skills, by putt...
The 3 Best Times to Place Sports Bets
When is the best time to place sports bets at online betting sites? The best time to bet has been a long-standing debate between sports bettors. Should you take advantage of opening lines or wait until the last minute on closing lines?
Opening and closing lines are likely one of many questions you might have regarding the best time to place a sports bet. However, if you can ascertain whether b...
5 Reasons Why Bookmakers Always Win in Sports Betting
You’ve probably heard the expression that the house always wins. This saying is true to an extent, because the house holds an edge over players in most types of gambling (e.g. casino, lottery).
Sports betting differs from the average form of gambling. Bookmakers don't maintain a house edge, but they do have some notable advantages over their customers. Sportsbooks use these angles to beat the m...
4 Most Common Football Bets and How to Win Them
Each September, millions of sports bettors can barely contain their excitement as America’s most frequently bet sport returns in all its glory. Saturday and Sunday mornings are now occupied by looking at the day’s odds, and countless financial choices are made on the couch.
The only people more excited about football’s return than gamblers are the sportsbooks. After all, modest profits are made...
Will Miss USA Win the 2019 Miss Universe Pageant?
The Miss Universe Pageant is almost here. The 2019 edition of the famed pageant is scheduled to go down in Atlanta on Sunday, December 8th. Last year’s champion, Catriona Gray of the Philippines, will cede her crown to a new winner.
Gray entered last year’s pageant as a +6600 underdog, so there is surely plenty of betting value to be had if you think you can accurately peg this year’s winner. Ent...
How to Bet on Basketball in Vegas
If you want to gamble on sports in Las Vegas, and if basketball is the sport you love most, this is the post for you. It’s a complete guide to how to bet basketball in Vegas.
And here are some Las Vegas sports betting basics:
Some aspects of betting on basketball in Vegas are the same as betting on any other sport. You need to be familiar with some aspects of Las Vegas sportsbooks to place a...
How Do You Play Football Squares?
I’ve seen football squares played in multiple ways, especially during the Super Bowl. I used to play with my buddies from work on a regular basis. I also hung out in a neighborhood bar that always hosted Super Bowl squares. These are the rules for the football squares games I’ve always played in:
Football Squares Rules and Options
We always used a piece of poster-board to create the squares. The...
11 Sports Betting Strategies for Beginners
When you look for sports betting information online, you find a bunch of articles about the basics, like how to read lines and where to bet. You also find a few pages about advance betting techniques and systems. But few pages are available that help you advance from the beginning to the point where you can use advanced techniques.
This page is designed to fill this gap. You’re going to learn 1...
7 In-Game Wagers You Can Make on MLB and How to Turn a Profit Using Them
Major League Baseball betting traditionally involves standard wagers like the moneyline, run line, and totals (a.k.a. over/under). And many baseball bettors still enjoy making these options.
But another type of betting that's become popular with MLB fans is in-game wagering. Also called live betting, this style of gambling allows you to place wagers in the middle of a contest.
Baseball is perfec...
How Difficult Is It to Truly Get a Hole in One
When you stand on the tee deck of a par-3 golf hole and look at the flag that stands more than a hundred yards away, a hole-in-one can feel like an impossible feat.
But while needing just one shot to complete a hole is extremely unlikely, golf aces also might not be quite as uncommon as you may think.
In this article, we’ll look at the probability of both amateur and professional golfers get...
