Sports betting appeals to the smart bettor because it is not a game with a fixed house edge where the casinos are raking off fixed percentage. Sports betting requires more skill than luck similar to live poker. You won’t win every time but the skilled handicapper has a huge advantage over the recreational bettor. Before…
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Basic Probability and the Concept of Value It would be reasonable to assume that the way to win money from sports betting is to accurately predict what will happen in sports events. While this is technically true, you might be surprised to learn that simply getting your predictions right isn’t necessarily enough to consistently make…
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You don’t need to be a statistician to bet on esports, but it would certainly help. If you want to get into esports betting and you can’t do quick math, a calculator might be a great investment. Whether you’re calculating odds or simply wondering how much return you should expect on a bet, you will…
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Sports Insights defines a Steam Move as sudden, drastic and uniform line movement across the entire sports betting marketplace. Steam is the result of a sudden overload of money placed at multiple sportsbooks and, in most cases, occurs due to betting groups, betting syndicates and a few key players with the resources to “get down…
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Our Sports Gambling 101 series continues with a look at what causes betting odds to “steam.” How do bettors recognize this odds phenomenon and is chasing steam advisable? Roy LarkingMay 27, 2020 Steam: How Is It Best Explained? Betting strategies are as varied as the daily sports options offered by top rated sportsbooks. Amongst them,…
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Parlay bets are for suckers, and that is not just an opinion. While it is true that at CollegeFootballWinning.com our entire focus is college football betting analysis, it is also true that there are many ways to bet on college football, which is to say that sports betting has many options. One of those betting…
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I. Logic of Fundamental Formula of GamblingII. The Mathematical Solution: Divine LogarithmIII. Mathematics of the God Concept: Formula of Absurdity • Why God Fears Mathematics, While Einstein Hates Gambling… IV. Insider Information: It’s All in Our ReasonV. Mathematics of Ion Saliu’s Paradox or Problem of N TrialsVI. Software: Divine Tool to Further Empower ReasonVII. Links…
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Understanding odds is the key to figuring out which bets are worth taking Odds are displayed in a variety of different formats, but all are easy to understand You can use odds to calculate the implied probability of a certain outcome in a sporting event Understanding how to read odds is a crucial step to…
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Everybody bets the NFL. Yes, even your dentist. But I’m sure your dentist doesn’t win money at NFL betting and you might not either. Whether you’re a new bettor or a recreational bettor who wants to take this more seriously, there are many small things you can do to improve your return on investment (ROI).…
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