Hands down, the league I do best in, year in and year out, is the NBA. It's not even close.
I've been a baseball fan for all of my over-quarter-of-a-century years, to the exclusion of all other sports. I never ever watched basketball, hockey, football, lacrosse or anything else...except baseball. I lived, breathed, ate and drank baseball throughout my childhood.
THen gambling started. And I learned that despite my obsession with the game, my poring over endless statistics etc., I could not make money betting it. My overall baseball losses are too staggering to even think about. But in the NBA, a league playing a game I didn't even know the rules to until a couple of years ago, I've always fared much better.
The greater success had to do with one thing: understanding home team advantage. Once I learned the strengths and weaknesses of particular teams, I would invariably look at lines on games and find them skewed -- visiting teams seemed to be treated very generously. When I first started betting, I went pretty heavy on visiting teams, and lost consistently. I then learned that it ain't just about the relative strengths and weaknesses of the competing teams: home court makes all the difference in the world. Since then, I've essentially used one theory when betting the NBA: always take the home team unless there is VERY compelling reason to take the visitors. This doesn't mean I take the home side 90 or 80 or even 70% of the time. All it means is that when I begin my analysis and research, I start with the assumption that I'm going to take the home team, and only if I find strong reason to take the visitor will I switch to the other side.
Seems to work for me.
I've been a baseball fan for all of my over-quarter-of-a-century years, to the exclusion of all other sports. I never ever watched basketball, hockey, football, lacrosse or anything else...except baseball. I lived, breathed, ate and drank baseball throughout my childhood.
THen gambling started. And I learned that despite my obsession with the game, my poring over endless statistics etc., I could not make money betting it. My overall baseball losses are too staggering to even think about. But in the NBA, a league playing a game I didn't even know the rules to until a couple of years ago, I've always fared much better.
The greater success had to do with one thing: understanding home team advantage. Once I learned the strengths and weaknesses of particular teams, I would invariably look at lines on games and find them skewed -- visiting teams seemed to be treated very generously. When I first started betting, I went pretty heavy on visiting teams, and lost consistently. I then learned that it ain't just about the relative strengths and weaknesses of the competing teams: home court makes all the difference in the world. Since then, I've essentially used one theory when betting the NBA: always take the home team unless there is VERY compelling reason to take the visitors. This doesn't mean I take the home side 90 or 80 or even 70% of the time. All it means is that when I begin my analysis and research, I start with the assumption that I'm going to take the home team, and only if I find strong reason to take the visitor will I switch to the other side.
Seems to work for me.
Bet home dogs
Bet against the public
Wager minnesota every game
Look hard at the home teams first
Study team logs.......scheduling
Bet against teams on the road back to back to back nites
Do not bet NBA
Look to bet the overnight lines & try to look @ halves over game wagers
Bet against the public
Wager minnesota every game
Look hard at the home teams first
Study team logs.......scheduling
Bet against teams on the road back to back to back nites
Do not bet NBA
Look to bet the overnight lines & try to look @ halves over game wagers
i can't figure this gang banger league out
its a joke now
back in 1990-95 it was a league
now since all the young hot dog college guys its a backyard pick up game
i have no clue on how the hell to bet the nba
the fricking last 60 seconds of the game is fixed
they chose to follow or they choose not
then they brick easy free throws
arggggggggh!!!
hate it, its the sport where you bet and do not watch...check your ticket like a lottery stub
my 2 cents
90210
its a joke now
back in 1990-95 it was a league
now since all the young hot dog college guys its a backyard pick up game
i have no clue on how the hell to bet the nba
the fricking last 60 seconds of the game is fixed
they chose to follow or they choose not
then they brick easy free throws
arggggggggh!!!
hate it, its the sport where you bet and do not watch...check your ticket like a lottery stub
my 2 cents
90210
