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Sports Betting Tips

Sports Betting Tips: Common Myths in NFL Betting

by richallen

Today I’d like to talk to you about some common held myths concerning NFL betting.  You know as well as I do that it’s not easy to make a living in this game.  Teams can look so different from week to week, you wonder if you’re watching the same squad on the field.  That’s why [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: The True Number

by richallen

People ask me all the time, what do you consider the ‘real’ number on a particular game?  Is it the opening line?  The closing line?  Well my answer to them is … neither. I worked at an offshore sportsbook for 8 years and sometimes that opener can be a ‘false’ opener.  What I mean by that [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: Betting on Credit Vs. Having Deposits

by richallen

There are many different ways to place a wager on a sports event. In recent years, online casinos have continued to grow. Anybody with an ID, a utility bill and a bank account can set up an online account and start placing bets in no time. Certain places around the world have legalized betting. Las [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: Sportsbook Rules

by richallen

Many people tend to overlook the specific rules of their sportsbook since almost all the rules are universal. However, there are some instances that arise that can make you pull your hair out if you don’t understand the regulations that have been put in. Basically I’m talking about two cases where you will be left [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: Future Bets

by richallen

“Future” bet or “futures” bet is a type of wager that some event or result will occur some time in the future, eg. Further in the future than a weekend or sports season.  Examples woud be: Will the Patriots win the Super Bowl? Will the Tim Tebow win the Heisman Trophy?  Will Tiger Woods win [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: Halftime Bets

by richallen

When it comes to sports betting tips, halftime bets are a different kind of monster than your regular straight bet. Halftime bets allow you to place a wager based only on what happens in the second half of the game. This can be an advantage to the average bettor if you’re able to take into [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: Middling a Game

by richallen

When speaking of sports betting tips, are you familiar with the term ‘middling’ a game?  If you’re not, you should be because it’s a great way to potentially make a huge profit without exposing yourself to very much risk at all.  I’ll use an example from the NBA to explain the concept.
New Olreans is playing [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: Hedging a Straight Wager

by richallen

This is where things get a little bit trickier and learning some sports betting tips becomes more important. To hedge a straight wager is not always an option. You’re probably thinking, how is hedging a straight bet ever a possibility? The answer is through half time betting, or by catching a good opening line [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: Hedging a Future Bet

by richallen

Although I still give my honest opinion on sports betting tips and advise against hedging, I certainly can understand why people tend to hedge their future bets. When you grind out and root along a bet for an extended period of time, sometimes an entire season, people want to guarantee a return on their investment, [...]

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Sports Betting Tips: Hedging Parlays

by richallen

There are all sorts of sports betting tips out there, this one is about hedging parlays. Let’s say you have bet a $10 4 team parlay at 10 to 1 odds. The first 3 have come in as winners, and the last one has yet to start. You are now risking $10 to win $100 [...]

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