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MLB Spring Training 2025 Betting Picks: Best MLB Bets Today
The Sports Geek is here to help you this spring with our best MLB Spring Training predictions! The Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues provide plenty of chances for bettors to cash in, so let’s dig in.
Below, you can find daily MLB Spring Training odds, analysis, and our exclusive picks every day!
MATCHUPSPRING TRAINING BETSONLINE BOOKMAKERChicago Cubs vs. Texas RangersChicago Cubs (+100)BetOnl...
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, March 2:
You can find the reasoning for our recommended ...
College Basketball Player Props - Best NCAAB Player Prop Bets Today
You can find plenty of college basketball player props every single day the season is active. Picking the best NCAAB prop bets is challenging, but our team of basketball experts is always on the hunt for profitable opportunities.
We share our top predictions here, as long as the season's active. Here are our best NCAA college basketball player props today.
PROP BETMATCHUPODDSBOOKIETotal A...
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.
PLAYERMATCHUPODDSBOOKMAKEREvan Mobley (CLE) First BasketCleveland Cavaliers vs. Boston Celtics+...
2025 Academy Awards Odds: Who’s Winning an Oscar?
The updated 2025 Oscars betting odds reveal some big changes in the Academy Awards betting markets! The big ceremony is on March 2, 2025, and the action is heating up at online bookies. The nominations were released on January 23, and there has been some movement in the Oscar betting lines.
There was some early value on the board, and there is still some chalk left at the Academy Awards. But ...
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, February 28.
PROP BETMATCHUPODDSBOOKIETotal Points: Aus...
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...
How to Play Deuces Wild Video Poker
Casino games aren’t generally a good bet, but there are exceptions. There are games with a good strategy where the odds can shift in your direction. Video poker, specifically, Deuces Wild Video Poker, is one of the best bets in the casino.
Strategically selecting the best video poker games is a good plan for savvy gamblers playing at online casinos.
Deuces Wild Video Poker falls int...
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...
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...
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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Spanish 21 Basic Strategies To Win At Online Casinos
While Spanish 21 isn’t as popular in brick-and-mortar casinos as it once was, the game still has a large and devoted following online! And when you realize that the game only disappeared from casino floors because players were simply winning too much money, you will want to find a Spanish 21 game and get in on the action! Despite the game looking a lot like a traditional blackjack game, Sp...
What Does it Mean to Crap Out in Craps?
New bettors use crapping out as a blanket term for losing in craps, but that’s not really what it means. It especially means losing on the opening roll or before the point roll is made. Let’s go over how you crap out, the meaning of crapping out and the numbers you’ll see on the dice.
What Does it Mean to Crap Out in Craps?
We’re going to define crapping out in gambling terms, and give you a l...
How Gambling Changed My Life for the Positive
Not everyone is a fan of gambling. In fact, there's still a pretty pervasive stigma clouding the pastime, especially in certain parts of the world.
Fortunately, the times are a-changing in the United States. The Supreme Court's decision to strike down the federal ban on sports betting in 2018 cleared the way for states to decide on an individual basis whether to legalize it.
Now, we're s...
