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<p>The Terriers and Tommies are set to face off at 5:00 ET on ESPN+. The Tommies will host the game at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena in Milwaukee, WI. The odds for this non-conference game currently have St. Thomas (MN) as the -1.5 favorite, with the over/under line sitting at 141.5 points.</p><h3>WOFFORD TERRIERS VS ST. THOMAS (MN) TOMMIES BETTING PICK</h3><p>The Pick: Wofford Terriers +1.5</p><p>This game will be played at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena at 5:00 ET on Friday, November 22nd.</p><h3>WHY BET THE WOFFORD TERRIERS:</h3><ul><li>We have this one finishing with a projected score of 82-67 in favor of the Terriers.</li><li>Not only will Wofford pick up the win, but look for them to cover at +1.5.</li><li>The over/under is currently sitting at 141.5 points, and we like the over with a projected 149 points.</li></ul><h3>Can Wofford Pull Off A Win at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena?</h3><h3>Wofford Terriers Recent Game/Games</h3> 

<p>Wofford's season took a tough turn with an 86-35 loss to Duke on Saturday, November 16th. The Terriers were +29 point underdogs going into the game and failed to cover the spread. The total points for the game were 121, falling short of the 148.5 O/U line.</p> 

<p>Wofford trailed 51-14 at halftime and managed 21 points in the 2nd half while allowing 35. The Terriers will need to regroup after this lopsided defeat.</p><p>Wofford's offense struggled mightily in their last game, scoring just 35 points while shooting 24.6% from the field. Their effective field goal percentage was 28.1%, and they hit only 5 of 33 three-point attempts, shooting 15.2% from beyond the arc.</p> <p>They managed 12 offensive rebounds and 9 assists, with Tyrese Proctor and Isaiah Evans each hitting 4 of 7 threes. Caleb Foster was 3 of 4 from deep, finishing with 13 points on 66.7% shooting overall.</p><p>Wofford's defense struggled, giving up 86 points on 48% shooting from the field. They allowed 30 made field goals on 62 attempts.</p> <p>From three-point range, Wofford allowed 16 threes on 38 attempts, a 42% shooting rate. They also sent the opposing team to the free-throw line 11 times, where they converted 10 free throws.</p><h3>Do the Tommies Have What it Takes to Win as Home Favorites?</h3><p>St. Thomas (MN) fell to Arizona State 81-66 on Sunday, November 17th, in an away game. The Tommies entered the game as +13.5 point underdogs and didn’t cover the spread.</p> <p>St. Thomas trailed 39-29 at halftime and were outscored 42-37 in the 2nd half. The total points for the game were 147, just over the 145.5-point O/U line.</p><p>St. Thomas managed just 66 points in their latest game, shooting 39.4% from the field and 29.7% from beyond the arc, hitting 11 of 37 attempts. Their effective field goal percentage was 48.5%, with their two-point shooting at 51.7%.</p> <p>Joson Sanon connected on 3 of 5 threes, finishing with 18 points and 9 rebounds. Basheer Jihad led the team with 20 points, while Jayden Quaintance contributed 13 points and 14 rebounds, along with 4 assists.</p><p>St. Thomas (MN) struggled defensively, giving up 81 points on 50% shooting from the field. They allowed their opponent to hit 56% of their two-point attempts, going 18/32 from inside the arc.</p> <p>From three-point range, St. Thomas (MN) allowed 9/22 shooting, or 40%. They also sent their opponent to the free-throw line 26 times, where they converted 18 attempts (69%). The Tommies gave up 11 offensive rebounds.</p>

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Who’s gonna win the Super Bowl?

It’s a question we are all asked, gambler or not, by our spouse, parents, siblings, even the barista at Starbucks. And that question starts a fun discussion a lot of the time. Everyone’s got an opinion.

As a gambler, you also have the ability to back that opinion with cash. And that’s where the futures market comes into play.
The fun of those discussions, of who will win each sport’s ultimate prize, is part of what makes the futures markets so much fun to bet into as well. So much of the time, betting spreads or totals is less about who you think will win and less about fun conversation, and it becomes more about line value, line movement, and the spot for each team. One of my favorite parts about discussing the futures markets is it taps into the same fun part of brain that we use to talk sports with our friends.

When it comes to futures, a couple things to start, that I think are of paramount importance:

--Whatever future you are interested in betting, you will most likely find a better price online than you will at a brick-and-mortar casino with a sportsbook. I would avoid the brick-and-mortar in almost all situations, unless you’ve run the comparison and it benefits you to bet live. Casino sportsbooks build in more of a rake when they set their prices, which removes a lot of the value to you, the bettor.

--When we are talking about activity involving futures, it really boils down to two categories: You are either <strong>holding</strong> futures or you are <strong>trading</strong> futures.

<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Holding</strong></span>

This is the one that’s more about who you think will win. Basically, you are running an analysis of, for example, a team’s chances of winning the NBA title. You come to the conclusion, based on your analysis, that the team’s likelihood of winning the title is greater than the price that is offered. Let’s take the Warriors for example. You determine that there’s a 65 percent chance they win the title this season. Based on that number, the Warriors price should be about -185. You find a price that is -150 in an offshore book, and decide to bet it. Maybe the Warriors win, maybe they don’t, but your analysis has yielded what you think is a +EV bet. The action is over, and now you wait for the result to be determined.

<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Trading</strong></span>

This is much more high-volume, and much less about anything involving who will actually win the title. In this situation, you don’t need the team to achieve the desired result to profit, you just need the market to change it’s opinion of this team strongly enough that you can lock in profit.

In that example above, you buy the Warriors at -150 because you have determined that they have a particularly easy stretch of their schedule coming up, and their primary opposition, Houston, has a particularly difficult one. 15 games from now, you think it’s likely the Warriors will be -250, at which point you will either add another team who has gained value, or visit a book like 5Dimes or others who offer field bets vs. those teams. You would take Field vs Warriors +210 in this situation, you’d be holding -150 and +210 on each side, and you would guarantee profit. The transaction is concluded. It does not matter whether Golden State wins anything the rest of the season.

An example, from personal experience. Bovada had Virginia listed at 33/1 to win the NCAA Basketball title early in the season. As a rule, I am looking to fade Virginia in pretty much every significant tournament situation each year, but again, this isn’t about who I think will win. Virginia’s metrics, talent, and coaching led me to believe this price was likely to drop, and that Virginia had a reasonable shot at a 1 or 2 seed. If I was correct, a series of hedges would be made available to me around tournament time to allow me to lock in profit, and conclude the transaction. For example, I could bet the field vs Virginia to win their region, and then depending on that price, and your risk tolerance, you would only bet Virginia in the Final Four and the Championship Game, and you’d reach the end of this problem. Here is an example in list form of what I am talking about:

Initial investment: $100 at 33/1 (profit: $3,300)
Field vs #1 seed Virginia to win region: $400/$200 at -200 price
Team X vs Virginia in Final Four (highly unlikely to be a dog of more than 2-3 pts vs. any team, and more likely a favorite, let’s call them +100 in these situations): $700/$700 at +100
Team X vs Virginia in National Championship Game: $1,450/$1,450 at +100

Here would be your profit at each step of the process:
Another team wins Virginia’s region: +$100
Virginia wins their region, then loses in the Final Four: +$200
Virginia advances to the title game but loses: +$250
Virginia wins the title: +$750

Now, a few things. This is a really easy example to digest, which is the point. The price could change each step of the way, due to injuries or other factors, which would cause you to re-assess your strategy. I also back-loaded the payout of Virginia winning the title compared to the other steps in the process, which you don’t have to do. Maybe you hate Virginia’s chances of winning, and want more of your money up front. Maybe Virginia’s price to win their region never gets as low as you need it to create a framework for this type of profit (In that case, you could sweat Virginia in their first 2 games, and bet the same thing the 2nd weekend when the prices adjust).

Again, this is more about the plan than the amounts. You fill in the amounts you’re comfortable with. As a rule, I am trying to at least double my original investment in any future I am trading (so in this case, I would want to make at least 100 dollars).

Hopefully this helps provide a useful guide of how you can approach futures from a couple different perspectives.

The Gambler’s Toolbox: Designing an Approach to Futures

Major League Baseball (MLB) might not be the most popular sport in the world to wager on, but it still presents a really good betting option. MLB betting comes in many different forms, and this is a season that presents plenty of betting opportunities as well.

Major League Baseball was founded all the way back in 1876, but the league has obviously gone through some major changes since that time. Most of the major rules are still in place, but the way that the game is played is now much different.

There are currently 30 teams in MLB, and every team plays 162 games during the regular season. MLB games typically start at the end of March, or early April, and the World Series wraps up during the first week of November.

MLB teams are split up into leagues and divisions, but there is now more crossover games than ever before. The American League and National League now operate under the same basic rules, and that keeps things similar regardless of what league you are looking at.

Knowing the best MLB betting sites &amp; sportsbooks is also important if you plan to bet on MLB, and this article will explore that as well. By the time you are done reading this article, you should be ready to bet on baseball.
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The Kansas City Chiefs had some drama last week when their MVP quarterback went down. Patrick Mahomes was taken off the field with a concussion, and so this week he had to go through a number of protocols in order to be declared eligible.

But he is playing, and KC fans heaved a sigh of relief when they heard that. Now he brings his team into the AFC title game with a chance to get back to the Super Bowl.

Standing in their way are the Buffalo Bills, who have been a very hot team, winning eleven of their last 12 games, and coming off a surprisingly good performance from a defensive standpoint in beating Baltimore 17-3.

This game begins at 6:40 PM ET at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs, of course, were the #1 AFC seed, so they got home field advantage.

<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>BUFFALO BILLS at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, 6:40 PM ET (CBS)</strong></span>

<strong>AFC Championship Odds: Chiefs -3 (-118), Total 54.5</strong>

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Will Mahomes be fine? Andy Reid says so, but something that deserves consideration is the toe injury that he has now. We have seen on occasions where Mahomes has been ailing with a toe, foot or ankle injury that it does restrict him in subtle ways.

Of course, if the Chiefs need to rely a little on the running game, they DID have 245 yards in a previous meeting between these two, which resulted in a 26-17 Kansas City victory. Mahomes was hurried only ONCE in that game. But the Bills did a good job against the KC receivers, particularly Tyreek Hill, who had only eight air yards on three catches (and 12 after the catch).

And speaking of wide receivers, Josh Allen had only 122 yards, 102 of them to his wideouts. Kansas City has given up the second fewest yards to wide receivers in the league, and the Bills may be a bit handicapped in that they don't have a tight end who scares anybody.

Buffalo has allowed 4.6 yards per carry and Kansas City 4.5. So they aren't exactly airtight. Maybe the best shot for the Bills is for Allen to utilize himself in the run game, especially when they blitz up the middle. If he gets in the open field, the Chiefs are going to be vulnerable.

One talking point for the Bills is that KC has been horrible in stopping teams once they get into the red zone. In fact, they are the worst in the NFL, allowing opponents to score TD's on 76.6% of their possessions.

Yes, we know that makes a case for points to be scored. But we look at other factors, some of which we have detailed above. And there is more - the Chiefs have made things more difficult for themselves than seems necessary. Looking at their last eight wins, none of them were by more than six points. And four of them were by three points or less.

Yes, that helps the Bills' argument. But the larger point is that the Chiefs have scored fewer points in the second half of the season, or thereabouts.

They scored more than 30 points in seven of their first ten games. But they scored less than 30 in five of their last seven. At the same time, Buffalo have allowed 17.1 ppg in their last eight games, after surrendering 26.5 ppg in their first ten.

And remember that lower scoring games are the trend in Arrowhead. Since Reid became the head coach of the Chiefs, they've played 59.4% of their decisions under the total.

We're sure we'll use Buffalo in some way, but primarily were on the UNDER.

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