Every week, sports bettors get new opportunities. ESPN rolls up its weekly ESPN college football picks, complete with analysis of factors that are expected to affect the games being played. In addition, dozens of sports handicappers put out their own predictions on NFL and NBA games in the form of NFL weekly picks and NBA expert picks. While some sports enthusiasts take the picks as given and bet them that way, there are other ways to use the weekly NFL picks and other expert picks to inform your betting strategy and help you make more money on your bets.
Gather Research
Sooner or later, following only one expert is bound to get you into trouble. After all, even the best are only right about 52 percent of the time. A far better strategy is to read several handicappers, follow them and score each of them over a period of time. You'll find that some are much better at NFL weekly picks while others shine with NBA expert picks. Even better, you'll start getting a feel for the kind of information that goes into handicapping and start gathering an information base upon which you can form your own instincts and picks.
Study Strategy
Why do the experts choose what they choose? Most handicappers give you a rationale for how them make their NFL weekly picks or NBA expert picks. Read beyond the top line to find out why a particular expert recommends betting against the spread in the Patriots game this weekend or taking a prop bet in the upcoming Sixers contest. The more you read and study the strategy of those who regularly make winning NFL weekly picks, NBA expert picks and ESPN college football picks, the more you'll be able to recognize a good choice and a good bet when you see one.
Go Shopping
The next step is to look a little deeper into the handicappers picks for information to help you choose the best lines and the best bets. Consider a game where the ESPN college football picks favor Clemson over Wake Forest with a 14-point spread, with nearly 85 percent of the money on Clemson. At most shops, a money line bet on Clemson is a low-risk, low-profit bet, but if you shop around you can find a reasonable prop bet with higher returns - and enough information in the weekly college football picks to help you decide if the bet is worth the risk.
When it comes to profiting on your sports wagering, expert picks can provide you with a lot more than just the projected winners and losers. If you view winning NFL weekly picks, NBA expert picks and even the ESPN college football picks as one more source of information to inform your bet, you'll find that experts give your profits a nice boost. Just keep in mind that there's no such thing as too much information and remember that no matter how good someone is at picking winners, even the best are wrong about half the time. Use the expert picks to add to your own information rather than following them slavishly and you'll see your winning percentages tick up quickly.
Author Resource:
Chris Robertson is an author of Majon International, one of the world's MOST popular internet marketing companies on the web.
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