My NFL Season Betting Review
By Steve Rieder @AvoidtheVig Documented Plays It is readily accepted that NFL sides and totals are the most difficult market to beat. ...
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- Mar 29, 2022
- 3 min
NFL Week 16 LOOKAHEAD LINES
By Steve Rieder @AvoidtheVig LOOKAHEAD LINES: COLUMN OVERVIEW Every week several domestic and off-shore books post lookahead lines for...
- Mar 29, 2022
- 3 min
NFL Week 18 Power Ratings
By Steve Rieder @AvoidtheVig "The difference between sharps and squares is that sharps bet numbers and squares bet teams." Most...
- Sep 5, 2021
- 4 min
Week 1 Power Ratings
By Steve Rieder @AvoidtheVig The difference between sharps and squares is that sharps bet numbers and squares bet teams. Most successful...
- Aug 28, 2021
- 2 min
NFL Packages
If you haven't done so already, check out Betting Predators NFL Packages. The best in NFL player prop and DFS content, the Betting...
- Aug 18, 2021
- 2 min
NFL Opponent Win Total Strength of Schedule
By Steve Rieder @AvoidtheVig The NFL offseason is often filled with prognosticators, pundits, and talking-heads discussing a team's...
- Aug 10, 2021
- 5 min
How to Bet the NFL Preseason
By Steve Rieder @AvoidtheVig Want to bet NFL Preseason Football? You most certainly can, unless, of course, you want to bet more than a...
- May 3, 2021
- 1 min
The Betting Predators
Avoid the Vig's, Steve Rieder has teamed up with The Betting Predators to offer the best player props, betting strategy, and DFS content.
- Nov 11, 2020
- 1 min
2020 NBA Mock Draft Database
All the most popular 2020 NBA Mocks in one place. Get the web's best NBA Mock Draft 1st Round all with just one click.
- Jul 6, 2020
- 6 min
NFL Coach of the Year: Best Bets
Dan Rivera breaks down the best NFL Coach of the Year Best Bets.
- Jul 1, 2020
- 7 min
College Football Games of the Year: Best Bets
Dan Rivera analyzes the best bets among the College Football Games of the Year.
- Jun 22, 2020
- 5 min
Win Totals vs. Playoff Format
Dan Rivera identifies how to make money on NFL Futures by analyzing team win totals in the new playoff format vs. the old.
- Jun 11, 2020
- 11 min
NFL Futures: Best Bets
Dan Rivera identifies where there is value in the NFL Futures market and gives his best bets.
- May 20, 2020
- 4 min
2020 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year: Best Bets
Dan Rivera explores the history of the Defensive Rookie of the Year Award to determine DROY best bets.
- May 19, 2020
- 3 min
2020 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year: Best Bets
Dan Rivera explores the history of the Offensive Rookie of the Year award to determine OROY best bets.
- May 16, 2020
- 1 min
NFL Strength of Schedule - Season Win Totals
NFL Strength of Schedules are much more accurate when analyzing the odds for this year's Season Win Totals.
- May 13, 2020
- 5 min
Betting the NFL Preseason - Part 1
Avoid the Vig analyzes which NFL teams prioritize the preseason, which do not, and how to use this to attack the betting markets.
- Mar 28, 2020
- 1 min
NFL Draft Free Picks
Avoid the Vig's Free Picks for the 2020 NFL Draft.
- Mar 28, 2020
- 2 min
Composite 2020 NFL Mock Draft
We create the Avoid the Vig Composite NFL Mock Draft to identify mispricing in the marketplace.
- Mar 9, 2020
- 1 min
XFL: Week 6 Power Ratings
To no one's surprise, the Houston Roughnecks lead our XFL Power Ratings. But the rest of the list may raise some eyebrows.
- Mar 9, 2020
- 1 min
XFL: Week 6 Betting Primer
Our XFL Week 6 Betting Primer gives you all the information you need to know to make money this XFL weekend.
- Mar 9, 2020
- 1 min
XFL: Week 6 Stats and Trends
At Avoid the Vig, we are your one stop shop for insight, data, and against the spread information you need to make money betting the XFL.
- Mar 2, 2020
- 1 min
XFL: Week 5 Power Ratings
To no one's surprise, the Houston Roughnecks lead our XFL Power Ratings. But the rest of the list may raise some eyebrows.
- Mar 2, 2020
- 1 min
XFL: Week 5 Betting Primer
Our XFL Week 5 Betting Primer gives you all the information you need to know to make money this XFL weekend.
- Mar 2, 2020
- 1 min
XFL: Week 5 Stats and Trends
At Avoid the Vig, we are your one stop shop for insight, data, and against the spread information you need to make money betting the XFL.
- Feb 25, 2020
- 1 min
XFL: Week 4 Power Ratings
To no one's surprise, the Houston Roughnecks lead our XFL Power Ratings. But the rest of the list may raise some eyebrows.
- Feb 23, 2020
- 1 min
XFL: Week 4 Betting Primer
Our XFL Week 4 Betting Primer gives you all the information you need to know to make money this XFL weekend.
- Feb 23, 2020
- 1 min
XFL: Week 4 Stats and Trends
At Avoid the Vig, we are your one stop shop for insight, data, and against the spread information you need to make money betting the XFL.
- Feb 17, 2020
- 1 min
XFL: Week 3 Betting Primer
Our XFL Week 3 Betting Primer gives you all the information you need to know to make money this XFL weekend.
- Feb 16, 2020
- 1 min
XFL: Week 3 Stats and Trends
At Avoid the Vig, we are your one stop shop for insight, data, and against the spread information you need to make money betting the XFL.
- Feb 10, 2020
- 1 min
XFL: Week 2 Betting Primer
Our XFL Week 2 Betting Primer gives you all the information you need to know to make money this XFL weekend.
- Feb 10, 2020
- 1 min
XFL: Team Futures
We track the odds to win the XFL Championship throughout the season and determine how much perceptions have changed.
- Feb 9, 2020
- 2 min
XFL: Week 2 ATS Stats and Trends
At Avoid the Vig, we are your one stop shop for insight, data, and against the spread information you need to make money betting the XFL.
- Jan 25, 2020
- 4 min
How to Bet the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the most heavily bet game of the year, but there are many bad bets. We identify the best way to make money during the SB!
- Jan 22, 2020
- 1 min
Super Bowl Picks
We continue our profitable year as we maintain a remarkable 58% win percentage, up 28.49 units.
- Jan 4, 2020
- 2 min
Gambling Twitter - New Year's Resolution
It is time for #GamblingTwitter to look into the mirror, be honest with itself, and make a New Year's Resolution.
- Jan 4, 2020
- 2 min
How to Bet the NFL Playoffs
What is the difference between the NFL Regular Season and Postseason? We identify how to handicap the NFL Playoffs and make money.
- Jan 3, 2020
- 1 min
Picks - NFL Playoffs
We continue our profitable year as we maintain a remarkable 57% win percentage, up 24.17 units.
- Jan 3, 2020
- 1 min
ATS Trends and Records - Year in Review
How did each NFL team fare against the spread and totals? We explore in our ATS Trends and Records - Year in Review article.
- Dec 30, 2019
- 1 min
Jameis Winston - NFL's Best QB?
We sift through all the analytics to determine if Jameis Winston is actually the best quarterback in the NFL. The answer may surprise you.
- Dec 26, 2019
- 7 min
PointsBet - The Best and Worst Thing That Happened to the Sportsbook
How PointsBet's breakthrough was an innovation to the sportsbetting community and a deception to its customers.
- Dec 24, 2019
- 1 min
NFL Power Ratings - Week 17
Updated: 12/26/19 To calculate the spread, take the difference between the home team and add in the home-field advantage.
- Dec 24, 2019
- 1 min
Picks - NFL Week 17
Check back for NFL Week 17 Picks! We went 7-4-1 last week to improve our profitable performance. For the year, we are 50-39-2 (57%) and...
- Dec 24, 2019
- 2 min
NFL Turnover Differential - NFL Week 17
Teams that do not turn the ball over are far more likely to win straight up. In fact, the team that wins the turnover battle wins the...
- Dec 24, 2019
- 1 min
ATS Trends and Records - NFL Week 17
SEASON LONG TRENDS NFL TEAM ATS and O/U RECORDS AGAINST THE SPREAD MARGIN NFL TEAM O/U Margin
- Dec 17, 2019
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Picks - NFL Week 16
2 Units: Marshall +17.5 (DraftKings -110) LOSS 2 Units: DEN -6.5 (DraftKings -114) WON 2 Units: OAK +7.5 (FanDuel -110) WON 2 Units:...
- Dec 17, 2019
- 1 min
NFL Turnover Differential - NFL Week 16
Teams that do not turn the ball over are far more likely to win straight up. In fact, the team that wins the turnover battle wins the...
- Dec 17, 2019
- 1 min
ATS Trends and Records - NFL Week 16
SEASON LONG TRENDS NFL TEAM ATS and O/U RECORDS AGAINST THE SPREAD MARGIN NFL TEAM O/U Margin
- Dec 11, 2019
- 1 min
NFL Power Ratings
Updated: 12/22/19 To calculate the spread, take the difference between the home team and add in the home-field advantage.
- Dec 10, 2019
- 3 min
Picks - NFL Week 15
57% on the year - Check back for our Week 15 Picks GAME: MIN -2.5 @ LAC (O/U45.5) The Chargers have been unlucky and currently are very...
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