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Giannis Next Team Odds – Will the Bucks’ Star Move On From Milwaukee?
Giannis next team odds could be the most popular betting market of the summer! The Milwaukee Bucks were eliminated in five games by the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The Bucks’ future looks bleak, and now their superstar, Giannis Antetokounmpo, might have to make a decision.
I’ll examine the Giannis next team odds and look at the favorites, a couple of contenders, and ...
Best NHL Player Prop Bets Today: Free Prop Bet Predictions
Picking the best NHL player props today can be time-consuming, but our hockey experts are here to help! They will share their prop bet predictions daily from October to the Stanley Cup Final in June, including NHL anytime goal scorer predictions, shots on goal bets, and more.
Here are our daily NHL player prop predictions for today, May 2:
You can find the reasoning for our recommended NH...
Best Home Run Bets Today – MLB HR Predictions
Who will hit a home run today in the MLB? Check our best HR bets today to find out! Our experts go through the odds of the best MLB betting sites on any given night to discover the most valuable HR prop bets available.
They pick the best bets to hit a home run based on factors such as stats, recent trends, ballpark analysis, and more. We explain our approach in detail below, in case you want t...
Best NRFI Bets Today – No Runs First Inning Picks UPDATED DAILY
Interested in the best NRFI bets today? You’ve come to the right place since our MLB experts share their no runs first inning picks daily! We go through the odds of the top MLB betting sites to find the highest value picks for this market and bring them to you.
The table below contains our top NRFI predictions, but we also explain our reasoning for each bet and our overall strategy later in th...
Next Pope Odds for Successor, and Conclave Ballot Predictions
The next Pope odds show that there are plenty of candidates who could replace Pope Francis. The last Pope passed away after serious health problems, which means Vatican City is looking to put a succession plan in place.
I’ll examine the next Pope odds and give you my pick for whom it’ll be, along with the number of conclave ballots it'll take to elect the next Pope.
Next Pope and Conclave B...
Free Kentucky Derby 2025 Betting Contests
Entering a Kentucky Derby contest is an excellent way to make the 151st edition of the “Run for the Roses” even more exciting! The top horse betting sites have released a variety of free Kentucky Derby contests with real cash prizes, and The Sports Geek has also gotten in on the action!
With little to lose and possibly thousands of dollars to win in cash rewards, this is a great opportunity fo...
How Does Bet Behind Work In Blackjack and Is It Worth Your Money?
Most people know how blackjack works in the casino, but do you know about the blackjack bet behind option? You might have played live blackjack at an online casino and seen the bet behind button. What is bet behind in blackjack and should you use it?
Blackjack is a very simple game. It is easy to learn and even the least experienced gamblers can pick it up and play. The objective of blackjack i...
5 Facts About Atlantic City Casinos That You Might Not Have Known
Atlantic City is regarded as America’s Playground, but is it still true today after the term was coined many years ago? In a decades-long battle against Las Vegas, the east coast casino capital might have lost the rights to America’s Playground since then.
TheSportsGeek is going over the top Atlantic City casino facts. These are five facts about Atlantic City casinos that you might not have ...
Biggest Online Slots Payouts of All-Time
The Digital Age has changed all of our lives drastically, so now instead of going to the casino to play, you can now have the casino come to you with sportsbooks and betting games suddenly found in the palm of your hand.
And that means that players can bet wearing slippers from the comfort of their own couches and have multiple online casinos as options to play Slots. You can suddenly become a ...
The Best Cartoon Themed Slots Games For Kids Over 21
We are all kids no matter how old we get and our desire to play games and be entertained by the things we are most familiar with never leaves us.
That is why slot developers in the gaming industry design cartoon slot games both for use at brick-and-mortar and the extremely popular online slot games which can be played in the comfort of your own home on PCs, smartphones and tablets. ...
Top 5 Greatest World Cup Finals of All-Time
As we head toward the conclusion of this 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the Final on Saturday, December 18 (FOX, 10 EST/9 CST/7 PST), let’s take a quick kick down Memory Lane and take a look at five of the Greatest World Cup Finals ever.
To date, there have been 21 FIFA World Cup Finals held with 12 UEFA winners and 9 CONMEBOL champions. No FIFA World...
The Lessons That Tony Soprano Taught Us About Gambling
For nine wonderful seasons, David Chase and HBO treated us with one of the greatest shows in TV history, The Sopranos. In that award-winning crime drama, we saw many scenes with lead character Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) involved in many forms of gambling.
New Jersey mobster Tony Soprano and his crew of Paulie “Walnuts” (Tony Sirico), ‘Big Pussy” (Vincent Pastore), cousin Christopher Moltis...
The Ins and Outs of Atlantic City Blackjack
We here at TheSportsGeek pride ourselves on bringing value to our readers. Whether that is with our expert sports betting picks, casino strategies, or finding new games to play that can be exploited for profit, everything that we do here is to make you money!
Last month, we took a look at a form of blackjack known as Vegas Downtown Blackjack. Vegas Downtown Blackjack is a loose term to describ...
Top 10 Gambling Memes
The Digital Age has provided us with fresh ways to work, communicate, bet, and entertain each other. Memes, in particular, have slowly become a part of our culture which seems to be morphing away from Mother Nature and the real world and into Cyberspace.
British etymologist Richard Dawkins first coined the phrase “meme” and Webster’s defines memes as “...
How To Set Up Your Own Poker Tournament At Home
Are you looking to host home poker tournaments? Home games can be a fun alternative to playing in a poker room in a casino or a card room. You have the power to set your own rules and players in the tournaments in your home.
Home poker tournaments are invite based, so you can control who is attending your house for the tournament. This is always an underrated aspect of home poker tournaments. E...
Examining Craps Odds and the House Edge
House edge is a measure of the probability of the house winning a bet. Let’s look closely at the craps betting odds for each bet, how to bet with the house edge in mind, and the odds on craps tables that can net you more money playing at online craps sites.
What is the House Edge in Craps?
The house edge in craps is the varying percentage that each bet has to take your money. You can change the...
