2% max recommended unless otherwise noted. 1% max recommended for soccer.
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All your sports information for those investing Vegas-style in the outcomes of sports games. Predicting games against the line in all sports, especially football, American and English style.
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April 12, 2023
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NBA Play in games
Chicago Bullls (40-42) 10th in the East Versus Toronto Raptors (41-41) 9th in the East.
Chicago is a 6 point Dog. Vegas has the total of 213. Chicago’s Lonzo Ball is out for the season for his knee. Toronto’s Otto Porter is out for the season, foot.
Oklahoma City Thunder (40-42) 10th in the West versus New Orleans Pelicans (42-40) 9th in the West. OKC is a 5.5 point dog. Vegas has the total at 226.5. The Thunder’s Kenrich Wiliams out for the season, wrist. Pokusevski is out, knee. Pelican’s Larry Nance is Game time Decision, Zion is out,hamstring; Jose Alverado is out, leg; EJ Lindell is out, knee.
Not official recommended picks.
Mike’s NBA free pick of the day: Bulls will cover the spread.
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*Note: the pick is for the team listed first, in all caps. For MLB the pick is for that team to win the game on the money line. For the game total pick, the pick is for both teams combined score to finish UNDER that total for the game. For the college football picks, the pick if listed by a PLUS sign is for that team to NOT lost by more than that margin; e.g., at +13.5, the pick is for that team to either win or not lose by 14 or more. The % listed in front of each pick is the recommended MAXIMUM percentage of your bankroll -- the amount you have set aside for the year to use for trading/betting on prediction markets/sportsbooks to placer on that particular pick. The listed line is the targeted line that is available in the markets; the "ok to" is if you cannot find that line, it is ok to take the pick up to that point; e.g., if it says "ok to -130" that means it's ok to take as long as it's not higher than -130 (e.g., -135) or if it says "ok to +13" that means it's ok at any spread +13 or ...
