#sports-betting

#sports-betting

As a general rule each week, public bettors tend to back favorites -- both on the spread and in moneyline parlays -- and the sportsbooks, in turn, cheer for the underdogs to cover or even win outright. When large spreads come around, it can be divisive to bettors, forcing them to choose between a blowout victory or a more competitive game, no matter how large the skill gap between the teams.

Here's what we have: First, analytics writer Seth Walder breaks down three stat trends that could be pivotal this weekend. Then fantasy football writer Eric Moody runs through five players who are rostered in under 50% of ESPN fantasy football leagues as of Saturday and could be started in a jam. That's followed by NFL analyst Matt Bowen predicting three potentially big surprises and sports betting analyst Pamela Maldonado giving her favorite bet for Week 6.

That's where comparisons of sportsbooks come in. There are a lot of platforms vying for bettors' attention, so knowing how to compare odds, promos, and consistency is the best way to get the most money back. You may confidently find your way through the cluttered betting market and choose the platforms that provide you the best edge by using tools like Optimobet sportsbook rankings.

Former Mexico youth international and Macarthur FC captain Ulises Davila, who was named the A-League Men player of the year in 2021, has admitted his role in a lucrative card-fixing scam. Davila, 34, was accused of being the ringleader of the betting scam which saw him and two Macarthur teammates deliberately earn yellow cards to satisfy a betting outcome. The charges related to six football games across the 2023-24 A-League Men season.

The way I look at it, there's no real clear cut, short favorite. This year, it's more wide open at the top, and then you have a whole second tier of teams that are in that 20-to-40 range. There's another 10 teams there. Could the Stanley Cup winner come from there? Absolutely. But the top tier has eight teams that we believe will contend for the title.

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On Sept. 1, Detroit owned a 10.5-game lead over the Guardians and was listed at -20,000 to win their division at ESPN BET, meaning a bettor would have to risk $20,000 on Detroit to win just $100. A spokesperson for ESPN BET said the sportsbook did take "a few bets" on the Tigers at that price but declined to provide specifics. The Guardians were 80-1 to win the division entering September.

Are edge rushers Will Anderson Jr. and Danielle Hunter in for a huge day against the Titans? In short: Oh yes. The Texans rank third in pass rush win rate this season (49%), while the Titans are below average in pass block win rate (57%). Star rushers Anderson and Hunter both rank in the top 10 in pass rush win rate at edge and each have multiple sacks on the season, despite the fact that Houston is winless.

The United States will be favored going into the 45th Ryder Cup, with sportsbooks giving the Americans a slight edge over the talented European team by virtue of the notoriously rowdy Ryder Cup gallery. USA holds -150 odds to Europe's +150, with the tie showing +1200 on the three-way Tournament Winner line, according to ESPN BET lines. The United States maintains those same odds in the two-way To Lift The Trophy market,

Amazon recently introduced "Prime Vision," an augmented reality broadcast for UEFA Champions League matches in the UK that overlays live metrics such as player speed, jump height, goal probability and tactical maps directly onto the live feed. For you as a viewer, this changes expectations about what a sports broadcast should deliver. At the same time, bookmakers are deploying algorithms that process live data on player injuries, momentum shifts and weather conditions to recalculate odds in real time.

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Value is value, no matter where -- or how -- you find it. And that's what we'll aim to do each week in this space -- find value. Ben Solak and Seth Walder bring different perspectives into how they approach sports betting. Solak leans on his expertise in player evaluation and the X's and O's to find edges. Walder relies on statistical models to pick out plus-expected value bets.

Former San Jose State player Steven Vasquez was one of three men's Division I college basketball players who had their eligibility permanently revoked on Wednesday by the NCAA after an investigation determined they bet on their own games and shared thousands of dollars in payouts. The NCAA Committee on Infractions released findings from an enforcement investigation that uncovered violations by Vasquez, and former Fresno State players Mykell Robinson and Jalen Weaver.

A Fresno State men's basketball player manipulated his performance for gambling purposes and conspired with two players to place bets on his statistics, according to findings from an NCAA investigation released Wednesday. The NCAA ruled that Fresno State forward Mykell Robinson, San Jose State guard Steven Vasquez and Fresno State guard Jalen Weaver are permanently ineligible due to gambling violations and are no longer enrolled at their schools.

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Perkins and Furones use the Hard Rock Bet app for odds. Be sure to check the Sun Sentinel game predictions for Sunday's outlook. They don't place dollar amounts on their bets (neither wants to go broke) but you're welcome to wager as much as you can afford. Furones ended last year 11-6 on "Best Bets" while Perk was 9-8. On the "Longshot," Furones ended 5-12 while Perk was a regrettable 2-15.

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Each week, I'll break down the biggest storylines shaping the Heisman race, the shifting playoff picture and where I see betting value before the market adjusts. Futures are tricky because they are equal parts projection and timing, where reading the momentum is as important as reading the numbers. Sometimes the best move is holding chalk. Sometimes it's finding the overlooked value buried under an overreaction. Either way, the goal is the same: to stay one step ahead of the market before it catches up.

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Now that is changing. On Thursday, you'll be able to stream ESPN and its related channels for $30 a month without paying for anything else. What took so long? It's pretty simple, says Jimmy Pitaro, who has been running ESPN since 2018: ESPN and its owner, Disney, wanted to keep its pay TV business intact as long as it could.