Everybody bets the NFL. Yes, even your dentist. But I’m sure your dentist doesn’t win money betting the NFL and you might not either. Whether you&
Over the past few years, the emergence of daily fantasy sports has led to a renaissance for conventional sports betting. The anti-gambling stigma that existed for decades is fading in
In just about any game — professional sports or otherwise — there’s going to be an expected winner and an expected loser. Teams and players rarely have the
In any sporting event — aside from those that are deemed perfectly even matchups — one team enters as the expected winner, or the favorite. If a first-place team plays
As you make your way into the sports betting world, chances are you’ll be faced with some terminology that makes not a lick of sense at first. Some
So you’ve bet the Lions at +6 in Green Bay, and Detroit is down 30-20. Matthew Stafford gets the ball back with two minutes left to play. Obviously,
The probabilities of two outcomes in sports betting never add up to 100%. That’s because sportsbooks take their cut — called the juice or vig. But to truly
So you’ve made a bold sports bet. And it’s looking pretty good. You might win a whole bunch of money … Unless, of course, it loses.
Chalk in sports betting refers to the betting favorite, more often a heavy favorite. It can linguistically take many forms: “It was a chalky NFL Sunday” “You
So you’ve bet on the Chiefs as 10-point favorites over the Chargers, and as Patrick Mahomes takes one final kneel-down, the clock hits triple zeroes with a final
Decimal odds are the most popular type of odds around the world, and have two main advantages over American odds — they convert to probabilities much easier, and they’
While we’d all rather our bets win than lose, sometimes the outcome of a bet doesn’t tell the whole story. Instead, sharp bettors tend to determine
This is an open letter to a specific friend of mine. A sports-betting intervention, if you will. In all honesty, I’m writing this out of a little frustration
The dog days of summer are upon us. Fall is right around the corner, and you know what that means: the return of college football. Unlike baseball, where the majority
How Does a Parlay Work in Sports Betting? A parlay in sports betting is when a bettor makes multiple wagers (at least two) and ties them together into the same