Over the last couple of weeks, I have discussed how a pointspread is derived by a sportsbook and why the lines change. Now that we know the how and why of pointspreads, we can discuss how best to take advantage of different lines books offer. Like the last two columns, long-time readers will find the [...]

Last week I promised that this week’s column would be the most important one ever and as a bettor, I think it is. Money management theories abound but I have yet to see any proof that any of them really work. What I do know is there are a lot of bad money management strategies [...]

I had planned on giving a detailed breakdown of Week 1 NFL action this week and talking about key numbers next week, but a handful of phone calls yesterday changed my mind. We had a few newer players who were a little puzzled because their wager on the Patriots was +3 -120. In fact, one [...]

Rather than my normal column format, I thought I would give you a look at how Sunday went for the House this past weekend. I try and give a little snapshot of this every week, but this time I will pull the curtain wide open. The weekend got off to a good start as players [...]

How many times has the team you wagered on staked out a decent lead, only to let it slip away in the second half? Fans of the Bears (led 20-0 but lost 29-23) and Titans (led 21-7 but lost 31-28) and to a lesser extent the Vikings, Seahawks and Chiefs understood your pain this weekend. [...]

Last week I talked about betting on the First Half of football games. This week I want to finish off the set by talking about betting during Halftime and the opportunities that arise by betting on a sporting event where you have already seen half the game before you make your play. Some of you [...]

Let’s face facts. Watching sports on TV is entertainment for just about every person that is reading this column. Wagering is also a form of entertainment for the majority of bettors. Therefore it is logical to conclude that betting on sports events that are on TV is a double pleasure for most fans, and indeed [...]

Just about every sports bettor on the planet understands, and bets on, pointspreads, but only a fraction understand, and bet, moneylines. It is an even smaller percentage of bettors that can recognize when a moneyline is presenting value and play accordingly. In this week’s column I want to discuss how to compare the spread to [...]

In the last issue, we covered the math involved in betting moneylines. Many of the hundreds of emails received in response to this issue asked how moneylines compare to runlines. This led to an easy choice for the topic of this week’s column. Before getting into the details of runlines, there are a couple of [...]

As I mentioned last week, just about every sports bettor on the planet understands, and bets on, pointspreads. In that column, I covered moneylines and the value they occasionally presented. This week I want to discuss game totals, although I realize many more bettors already utilize them than do moneylines. Arguably, there is no simpler [...]