I made a mistake yesterday. I posted on the blog that I was 3 for 3 on my new years picks last Thursday, but I was actually 4 for 4 (San Antonio, San Diego, Tennessee, and Chicago). Congrats to Alan from Portland for hitting a 3 team parlay, a 2 team parlay, and 3 straight bets. An extra $1,500 gets the new year off to a good start. Another shout out goes to Byron from Huntsville for cashing in on a $300 3 team parlay and a $200 2 team parlay. He's $2,300 closer to getting that jet ski he's always wanted. Ladies and gentlemen, family, friends, fans, and followers school is in session. It's time to show you how to make some money. Picking the winners is one thing, but showing you how to apply the knowledge is quite another. I'll start by introducing my 3 new prodigies.
Sally is a conservative house wife from Amarillo, TX. She stole $100 from her husband while he was sleeping and hopes to use the power of the sportsbook to earn a little spending money to get her nails and hair done.
Baxter is a marketing manager from Redmond, WA. He's trying to save enough money for a vacation to Belize in November. I'll show him how to turn $500 into $2,500 with a little patience and execution.
Freddy is a bartender from Las Vegas, NV. He sees all the high rollers around him and aspires to be one of them. He wants to fly by the seat of his pants and ride the sportsbook roller coaster. Get rich quick or die trying is his motto. He'll start with $2,000. His goal is $15,000 by the end of June.
The motivation and goals of my 3 prodigies is different so the betting philosophy will be different. There is a sliding scale of risk involved. You'll see all 3 of them do well over the course of this experiment. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to express them and contact me whenever you wish. Here are the locks for the day.
Miami -9 1/2 over Milwaukee. Ride the hot hand. Miami has won 18 out of the last 19 games and demolishes sub .500 teams (Milwaukee is 13-18). The spread is probably a point higher than I might like, but I'm riding the South Beach wave.
San Antonio -5 1/2 over New York. New York is without Danilo Gallinari and the Spurs won't let the Knicks run up and down the court like they want. San Antonio shows off in their only trip to the Garden.
OKC -2 over Memphis. Memphis is confident after their big win over LA on Sunday. That will work against them tonight.
Portland +4 1/2 over Dallas. The Mavs have no scoring since Dirk Nowitzki has been hurt and Caron Butler is out of the picture as well. Take the points.
We'll start Sally out with 3 straight bets ($10 a piece) and a 2 team parlay for $10. Baxter will wager $120 on 3 straight bets ($40 a piece) $80 on 2 team parlays ($40 a piece) and $50 on a 3 team parlay. Fast Freddy is going to hit the ground running with 2 straight bets ($200 a piece) 2 2 team parlays ($200 a piece) and 2 3 team parlays ($200 a piece)
Straight bets pay 1 to 1, 2 team parlays pay 2 1/2 to 1, and 3 team parlays pay 6 to 1. We'll tally up the results for you on Friday. Enjoy!
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