March Madness is done for another year and the NBA playoffs are still a few days away, so baseball is the hot topic unless you live in places like Montreal, where hockey dominates the scene, or Milwaukee, where everyone is trying to figure out what has happened to the Bucks. At least Detroit has the … Read more
Last week we talked about which is more important, hitting or pitching, when picking winners in baseball. Based on the your email responses, it seems most of you prefer the pitching route. This week I want to discuss moneylines in baseball and how the mathematics involved should impact your wagering decision. Let’s start with a … Read more
In the last issue, we covered the math involved in betting moneylines. Many of the hundreds of emails received in response to this issue asked how moneylines compare to runlines. This led to an easy choice for the topic of this week’s column. Before getting into the details of runlines, there are a couple of … Read more
In the last column, we discussed runlines and moneylines for betting baseball, America’s pastime. Now lets talk a little about soccer, the pastime for the rest of the planet. If you have never lived in Europe or Latin America, it will be impossible for me to explain to you how incredibly popular soccer is in … Read more
I have wanted to write about golf betting for a while now and after watching the final round of the US Open yesterday, decided this is the time. First though, I would like to touch briefly on a couple of other topics. Two weeks ago, when I explained the basics of soccer betting, I expected … Read more
Another season of baseball’s cross-league mixer has come to an end and I thought it would be interesting to discuss the results from both a statistical and a financial point-of-view. First, a little background. For roughly a century, the American League and the National League played their regular season games oblivious of each other. The … Read more