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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 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 to build your own HR betting st...
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...
WNBA Betting Picks: Predictions for Friday, August 1, 2025
Welcome to our daily WNBA picks for Friday, August 1, 2025! Each day, I analyze the WNBA schedule and odds, check the latest team news, and prepare my predictions and best bets.
Here are my best WNBA bets for today:
Daily WNBA Picks for August 1
WNBA BETTING PICKONLINE BOOKMAKERPhoenix Mercury (-165) vs. Atlanta DreamBovada
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Big Brother 27 Winner Odds and Predictions (Updated Weekly)
The Big Brother odds for the ultimate summer competition are available, and we have the best bets to consider making for Season 27! The opening prices reveal that this is expected to be a wide-open season.
We are following the action all season long in the Big Brother House and updating our picks every week until a winner is declared. Continue to find the latest odds and our Big Brother predic...
Top NFL Survivor Pools Online for 2025-2026: Free and for Real Money
Joining an online NFL survivor pool in 2025 is a guaranteed way to make the upcoming football season even more exciting and win big prizes! We’ve selected the best free and real money options online (including a $1 million pool!).
These contests go by many names, including:
Regardless of what you call it, the goal remains the same: survive each week by picking a winning team. Once you cho...
WWE SummerSlam 2025 Betting Odds and Predictions: John Cena to Stun Cody Rhodes?
There are WWE SummerSlam 2025 odds available for most matches on the card, so it’s time to explore them! The card at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey is shaping up to be a thriller, so let’s dive into the latest markets.
We have 2025 SummerSlam predictions for every match for the big PPV on Peacock and Netflix. Continue reading to check out the latest odds, analysis, and my SummerSlam best bets f...
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...
10 Greatest World Cup Games of All Time
With the 2022 FIFA World Cup starting soon, we will no doubt see some memories made in the 64 games to be played in this first-ever World Cup held on Arab soil.
Most of the greatest World Cup games of all-time involved teams from the UEFA (Europe) and the CONMEBOL (South America) confederations, although one did involve a CONCACAF (North America) team in México.
The best World Cup games also...
7 Facts About Progressive Slots That Will Shock You
Progressive slots are the casino’s version of the lottery, as they promise the chance at life-changing money for just a couple of bucks per spin. Players flock to progressive slots in droves, as everyone wants a shot at hitting it big and taking home millions of dollars. For as popular as progressive slots are, there is very little information available out there on how they actually work...
6 Tips to Prepare for Betting on the World Cup
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ will soon get underway with 64 matches on tap in Qatar from November 20 through December 18. France looks to defend its title in the quadrennial event. This will be the first time the FIFA World Cup is being held in an Arab country.
Let’s take a look at six World Cup betting tips before the 2022 FIFA World Cup gets underway next as we try to prepare you for this m...
4 Tips for Live Betting NBA Games
The combination of The Digital Age and the 102nd US Supreme Court overturning the antiquated Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) in 2018 has been the perfect storm for Live Betting or In-game Wagering to flourish over the last several years.
Live Betting can be somewhat intimidating for the novice when first starting out, and it isn’...
Most Popular Specials and Props in Soccer Betting
Betting on clubs to win and totals are an easy way to get into betting on soccer. Everyone knows about these types of soccer bets. TheSportsGeek also recommends betting on soccer prop bets.
There are so many different soccer prop bets that are available for wagering. That is advantageous for sports bettors. Oddsmakers cannot keep up with having sharp odds for all of these soccer props.
It ...
What Are Inside Bets in Roulette and How to Play Them
Everyone loves to play roulette! The spinning wheel is a fan favorite for players everywhere, as the game has a great combination of action and excitement that keeps players coming back again and again.
Most casual players may not even realize that not all roulette bets are the same, as there are inside bets and outside bets. Are you one of those players that doesn’t know the difference betwee...
