#Picking Winners

Picking winners of a golf tournament is hard. Doing it consistently is downright impossible. However, finding value is something all bettors must practice in order to give themselves the best chance to make hay when the day finally comes that they select a champion. Below, we will cover the best bets for the Sony Open in Hawaii based on current…

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Sports betting is here, and in Ohio it seems like sportsbook options are about to pop up everywhere as soon as the calendar flips to the new year. Lawmakers approved legislation late last year allowing residents to place sports bets online, at casinos, racinos, and at stand-alone betting kiosks in bars, restaurants and…

Looking for Tulane Green Wave vs. USC Trojans free picks? College football betting sees the Green Wave taking on the Trojans on Monday, January 2nd, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. Cappers Picks provides complimentary handicapping picks all NCAA football season long so stay tuned for more FREE college football game predictions like this Green…

Picking winners of a golf tournament is hard. Doing it consistently is downright impossible. However, finding value is something all bettors must practice in order to give themselves the best chance to make hay when the day finally comes that they select a champion. Below, we will cover the best bets for the Cadence Bank Houston Open based on…

The Stanley Cup Playoffs is an NHL postseason elimination tournament of four rounds. Each matchup is a best-of-seven series that determines the champion of the league and the team that wins the Stanley Cup. A total of eight teams from each conference will qualify based on their regular-season finish in their respective divisions. The final round is…

The onslaught of 43 college football bowl games begins Friday with two you won't want to miss - the Hometown Lenders Bahamas Bowl and the Duluth Trading Cure Bowl. We're pretty confident neither of them will ever be confused with the Granddaddy played every year at Pasadena. Seven Pac-12 teams are participating this postseason - three each in games…

Live professional boxing comes from the Bournemouth Centre in Dorset, England, this weekend with a stacked card promoted by Boxxer. The action will be shown live to a global audience thanks to Sky Sports, with armchair fans joining the thousands in attendance. All viewers will be treated to a spectacular evening as the boxing scene aims to go out…

Nomatter how many years we do this, the end of the college football seasondoesn't get any easier. It comes quickly, and you can never quite brace for it. Although we still have much work to do before we hit the dreaded offseason,conference championship weekend is upon us. Whenit comes to Locks of the Week, our weekly CFB picks against the spread,…

There may not be as much fanfare for the 2021 Belmont Stakes with no Triple Crown up for grabs, but there will be a crowd, which will be a welcomed sight for race officials. Last year's event was held behind closed doors, but roughly 11000 spectators will be inside Belmont Park for the 6:49 p.m. ET post time on Saturday evening. The Belmont Stakes…

I went a remarkable 12-3 last year in my NHL Stanley Cup playoff predictions. The team that tripped me up? Montreal. Simply didn't believe in them for two rounds. I chose Toronto's and Winnipeg's goal-scoring ability over Carey Price. Finally picked them in the third round, and got it right. Then of course it was easy to pick Tampa in the final.…

The horses for the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby, which was moved to Saturday from May 2 and will have no spectators present because of the coronavirus pandemic, are listed in order of post position, with comments by Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert of The New York Times. The morning-line odds were set by Mike Battaglia of Churchill Downs. Tiz…

After last year's Preakness Stakes was postponed to October due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2021 Preakness Stakes will return to its rightful spot on the third Saturday in May. Another change from last year will be the presence of spectators at Pimlico Race Course, with 10000 fans being admitted. That's still a far cry from the 51838 who…

Saturday marks the 147th edition of the Run for the Roses, and there is plenty of history that could be made in the 2021 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Louisville-born trainer Brad Cox will send out Essential Quality and Mandaloun in his first Derby appearance, as he seeks to become the first local trainer to win horse racing's biggest prize.…

By Andy Serling FOX Sports Horse Racing Analyst Every year, people shift their attention to Louisville on the first Saturday in May for the Kentucky Derby. Whether you are a horse racing expert or betting for fun, there is plenty of action to go around in the first leg of the Triple Crown. In my role as a public handicapper, I make thousands of…

The 2022 NFL season has been a chaotic one, as it seems like any team can win any given week. For this reason, betting the outcome of games has an increased level of risk, leading to more action on NFL player props. Place Week 8 NFL player props for this weekend by signing up with the Caesars Sportsbook Promo Code ROTOFULL. When you sign up with…

Speed figures are arguably the most prevalent metric used primarily by handicappers to determine which horse they think has the best chance of winning a race today. Throughout their origin, speed figures have demonstrated remarkable consistency in their capacity to quantify a horse's running speed. It may appear to be a straightforward concept, but…

Friday at Churchill Downs is dedicated to the fillies, and the marquee race on the card is the 2021 Kentucky Oaks. Thirteen fillies will leave the starting gate after a 14th, Ava's Grace, scratched from the race. The Kentucky Oaks 2021 features an evenly-matched field with the top three favorites tightly grouped. The Todd Pletcher-trained Malathaat…

The history of football can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians, who played a game called Kemari. Kemari is a primitive form of football that was played by kicking a leather ball through an opening in a net. The game was popular among the upper class in Egypt, and it is believed that the game may have been introduced to the country by the…

When jockeys are in the starting gate, you often hear the starter tell them "Let's get tied on," which means they should be ready for the gate to spring open. For people who bet on horse races, the Breeders' Cup represents the greatest opportunity to "get tied on" in the entire year. Where else will you have two days of 14 world championship races,…

When jockeys are in the starting gate, you often hear the starter tell them "Let's get tied on," which means they should be ready for the gate to spring open. For people who bet on horse races, the Breeders' Cup represents the greatest opportunity to "get tied on" in the entire year. Where else will you have two days of 14 world championship races,…

Betting on a horse race has the power to transform it into a thrilling event. It can also turn into a very profitable pursuit if you develop a flair for picking winners. First, you need to know how to read horse racing odds. This guide will explain the difference between pari-mutuel payouts and fixed odds. We will teach you how to read horse bet…

When jockeys are in the starting gate, you often hear the starter tell them "Let's get tied on," which means they should be ready for the gate to spring open. For people who bet on horse races, the Breeders' Cup represents the greatest opportunity to "get tied on" in the entire year. Where else will you have two days of 14 world championship races,…

It was a very cool, very breezy Saturday at Churchill Downs for the Breeders' Cup in November 2006. When I arrived at my outdoor, clubhouse-bend temporary bleacher seat, for which I had forked over a thin brick of cold hard cash, I was not pleased. No way, no how was I going freeze my ass off for several hours of racing - from left, freakin'…

When jockeys are in the starting gate, you often hear the starter tell them "Let's get tied on," which means they should be ready for the gate to spring open. For people who bet on horse races, the Breeders' Cup represents the greatest opportunity to "get tied on" in the entire year. Where else will you have two days of 14 world championship races,…

When jockeys are in the starting gate, you often hear the starter tell them "Let's get tied on," which means they should be ready for the gate to spring open. For people who bet on horse races, the Breeders' Cup represents the greatest opportunity to "get tied on" in the entire year. Where else will you have two days of 14 world championship races,…

Preparing for the Breeders' Cup world championships can be an exciting but also intimidating, almost overwhelming process for horseplayers. There are 14 races, most of them with full fields, with horses coming from all over the world to compete on a racetrack that many of the competitors have never raced over previously. On top of that, there is a…

Picking winners of a golf tournament is hard. Doing it consistently is downright impossible. However, finding value is something all bettors must practice in order to give themselves the best chance to make hay when the day finally comes that they select a champion. Below, we will cover the best bets for the THE CJ CUP in South Carolina based on…

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The Grand Geek had come down the hall from the spacious Almost Perfect Picks Department to my modest office to give me the accounting of the weekend's Southeastern Conference games. He observed, "I thought the boys had taken Saturday off," he said. "Great on Thursday and Sunday, but on Saturday I thought the teams let them down." The Nerds were…

At some point, picking winners won't be this easy. Let's address that before we begin. At the moment, however, having not had a single losing week this college football season, we're ready to ride this wave for as long as we possibly can. At the onset, last week looked like it might be an issue. After starting 0-2, doubt started to creep in. Then,…

Picking winners of a golf tournament is hard. Doing it consistently is downright impossible. But finding value is something all bettors must practice in order to give themselves the best chance to make hay when the day comes that they ping a champion. Below, we will cover the best bets for the Sanderson Farms Championship based on current form,…

A spot in the Breeders' Cup Classic will be on the line when nine horses leave the starting gate in the 2021 Stephen Foster Stakes on Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The winner of Saturday's $600000 race will earn a place in the $6 million Classic on Nov. 6 at Del Mar. For Saturday, the Brendan Walsh-trained Maxfield is listed as the…

Though it's a 250-level event, there are plenty of high-profile players in competition on Day 4 of the WTA Seoul Open. As always, we here look to make predictions on who will reach the quarterfinals picking winners in matches including Emma Raducanu, Magda Linette, and Jelena Ostapenko. Head-to-head: First meeting Lulu Sun hasn't yet broken out of…

Picking winners of a golf tournament is hard. Doing it consistently is downright impossible. But finding value is something all bettors must practice in order to give themselves the best chance to make hay when the day comes that they ping a champion. Below, we will cover the best bets for the TOUR Championship based on current form, course fit,…

The Juan Arriagada-trained Estilo Talentoso will try to win back-to-back races for the first time in her career when she leaves the starting gate in the 2021 Princess Rooney Stakes on Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. This 4-year-old daughter of MacLean's Music won the Bed o' Roses Stakes in her last start, her fourth career…

The 2022 Tour Championship is over and while I was excited to watch Scotty Scheffler and Rory McIlroy battle Sunday afternoon, it is somewhat of a bittersweet moment. It is so for a number of reasons, the biggest being it represents the official end of the 2022 PGA season. It is also disappointing that arguably the game's most recent rising…

If you are looking to make MLB betting picks, then you will have plenty of interesting options to look at on August 9. Instead of simply focusing on picking winners of each game, look at player prop betting options that can have some better odds for a better payout. Here are two of the best MLB prop player for August 9 betting options to look…