Sports Betting Tips

Don’t look now but we are right smack in the middle of pre-season NFL football. Most smart sports bettors avoid wagering on these games like the plague, but for a really savvy player there is value to be found. And it doesn’t require any more inside knowledge than you can find reading the major sports websites and watching Sportscenter. The most important thing is understanding the situation; that is, knowing which teams don’t care about winning the game. That’s the key.

The truth is, most teams do care about winning because it’s good for team morale. So you need to concentrate on finding the relatively few matchups where one team doesn’t care about winning. Ironically, it’s usually one of the better teams that fits this bill. They aren’t too worried about winning all their pre-season games because they already know they are a top NFL team. If their starters have been getting a lot of time in past games and they have been winning, you can look for that team to give their second string a good workout while no longer risking injuries to their starters.

This is especially true as you get to the latter part of the preseason - specifically, right now. Look to fade the juggernauts this week, especially ones that have been winning and have a solid winning lineup with no recent changes. Note that this specifically leaves out the Jets! While it’s never a great idea to bet against Brett Favre when he’s fired up about something, the Jets are out to make a statement in the preseason this year and should not be bet against (that doesn’t necessarily mean to bet on them either).

Another good preseason tip is to lean towards underdogs that are getting a half-point more than a key football number. That means the 3.5, 4.5, 7.5, and 10.5 dogs are generally good candidates to bet on. And it just so happens that the strong teams who no longer care about winning in the preseason will often be favorites by one of those numbers! Nice how this all comes together, huh?

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About this time of year the futures wagers in Major League Baseball start tightening up. It becomes more difficult to find value with six weeks left in the season. Hopefully you are riding some early and mid-season positions well into profitability. If not, this is just about your last chance to finagle a decent position on an MLB division contract. There are a few divisions still up for grabs. As usual, the best bets are fading the leaders and backing some longshots who are still mathematically in the hunt.

It’s been a weird season. The Yankees climbed out of the seller showing great promise only to completely fall apart in the last couple of weeks. If you are one of the many sports bettors who have not been sold on the Devil Rays and have been selling them all season, you are starting to worry right about now. With the Yankees hitting the wall and Manny gone from the Red Sox lineup, it isn’t so far-fetched any more that they could win the division. Interesting as this situation is, the sports bettor must look to other divisions to find value. In fact the whole American League has dried up as far as decent division-winner bets goes.

Looking to the National League, the best pennant race is in the East. The Mets are only two games in first but are selling in the low 60’s on Tradesports. That means selling this contract is a wager offering 2-1 odds that they blow it. Seeing as both the Marlins and Phili are within 5 games of them still, that might be a decent bet. Please note that simply betting on Phili to win gives you the same odds, but by selling the Mets you also have Florida working for you - which at 14-1 odds coming from 4.5 games back to take the division isn’t a bad bet either (assuming you can buy them around 7).

The other interesting development is in the NL West. While the Dodgers and the Cardinals are tied for first, the Tradesports contract price has Arizona at around 45 and L.A. at 55. Why? In a word: Manny. That guy has the Dodgers contracts all hyped up - and as you know, winning sports bettors sell the hype. Take the Diamondbacks to win the division and enjoy a small edge.

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