Vegas Butcher’s Super Bowl Breakdown And Picks

The Vegas Butcher is the sports handicapping service that we recommend you check out if you’re looking for some help picking a few more winners. Following is not only the Vegas Butcher’s Super Bowl picks for this weekend, but also an example of the thought process that goes into each of his selections. (To find out more about the Vegas Butcher, check out our Vegas Butcher review)

Super Bowl Breakdown and Pick:

Giants versus the Patriots in Superbowl XLVI.  I truly believe that this is a matchup between the two teams that are playing the ‘best’ football right now.  So how to approach this game?  Well, the ‘hype’ right now is all about the Giants and how great they’re playing.  They’re healthy, they’re hungry, and they’ve just put together an impressive 5-game winning streak beating the likes of ATL, GB, and SF.  I don’t disagree.  I think Giants are playing terrific ‘football’ right now.  The interesting thing though is that the Patriots are playing just as well, if not…

Super Bowl Props: Bodog Favours Tom Brady To Win MVP

Less than a week remains before the New England Patriots set out to exact revenge on the New York
Giants in Super Bowl XLVI. After falling shockingly in the exact same matchup back in 2008, the Tom
Brady-led Pats have extra pressure to perform.

Though New England is being touted as the early -3 favorite on the NFL betting line, a victory in the
season finale is far from guaranteed – all despite their AFC East-leading 13-3 mark. In fact, one of
New England’s three losses came at the hands of these very Giants.

Even in that loss Brady threw for over 340 yards, but a pair of interceptions proved fatal. According
to Bodog this week, the over/under on Brady’s yardage for the Super Bowl is set at 320.5. Does the
34-year-old have enough in the tank to show up big when it matters most yet again?

The Super Bowl prop for Brady’s interceptions is set at 0.5, with the majority of bettors taking the over.

But…

Super Bowl XLVI Props Available At Bodog

Remember when the Super Bowl was known as the Super Bore? Well, not anymore.

Even if this year’s big game between the Giants and Patriots turns into a blowout, there’s plenty of other things to keep you on the edge of your seat throughout Super Bowl XLVI.

Here’s a list of prop bets available at Bodog that can make even the national anthem and halftime show exciting:

Odds to win MVP
Tom Brady                           13/10
Eli Manning                          9/4
Rob Gronkowski                  8/1
Victor Cruz                          12/1
Hakeem Nicks                    14/1
Wes Welker                        15/1
Aaron Hernandez               15/1
Ahmad Bradshaw               22/1
BenJarvus Green-Ellis       22/1
Jason Pierre-Paul              30/1
Deion Branch                     35/1
Brandon Jacobs                35/1
Mario Manningham           35/1
Danny Woodhead             50/1
Antrel Rolle                       75/1
Justin Tuck                       75/1
Jerod Mayo                      100/1
Kyle Arrington                  100/1
Devin McCourty               100/1
Osi Umenyiora                 100/1
Vince Wilfork                    100/1
Jake Ballard                     100/1
Chad Ochocinco              100/1
Lawrence Tynes               100/1
Stephen…

Super Bowl Betting: Sportsbooks Are Better Than Proline

I woke up this morning and saw a BBM from a buddy of mine who was asking for betting advice on the Super Bowl.

“Where’s he going to bet it?” my wife asked. “Proline?”

Nope. Not unless he wants to bet on at least one more game at the same time.

Proline requires you to bet on at least two possible outcomes on the same ticket (a minimum of three games in some provinces). In other words, that’s a parlay. And parlays — which require you to get all your bets correct to cash your ticket — might look like they offer fat payouts, but in reality they drastically reduce your chances of getting paid anything at all.

Online sportsbooks, on the other hand, allow you to bet on one game at a time. That’s perfect for anyone wanting to have a bet on the Super Bowl without relying on the Canadiens to beat the Jets earlier in the afternoon.

In addition to paying better odds and not requiring you to bet on more than…

FanDuel Player Wins Biggest Prize In Fantasy Sports History

Chris Prince, a postal worker from Canton, Michigan has won the biggest prize in daily fantasy sports history by placing first in the FanDuel Fantasy Football Championship.

Prince pocketed $75,000 from FanDuel by defeating 11 other finalists in a one-day fantasy football contest on Dec. 11 in Las Vegas.

The 34-year-old Prince, who has been playing daily fantasy sports on FanDuel for two years now, was the last to qualify for the Championship final and is still overwhelmed by the result.

“It feels truly amazing. I’m still in shock to be honest. I can’t even express how excited I was when I realized it was finally over. All the time and energy put into daily fantasy has now paid off tenfold,” Prince said. “It was the best ten bucks I ever spent!”

Unfortunately, Prince was unable to attend the Las Vegas live final of the Championship as his wife was about to give birth – and his daughter was born the very next day.

Coming in second place – and winning $25,000 –…

Fantasy Sports Site Offering Trip To Super Bowl Party In Vegas

One of the newest additions to the daily fantasy sports market is offering up an amazing contest that will appeal to any sports fan.

Profanity Sports is offering all its players a chance to win a trip to Las Vegas for Super Bowl Weekend, VIP style. The trip includes flights for winners and three friends, a two-bedroom penthouse suite for four days and three nights, $500 in spending cash, four passes to a VIP Super Bowl viewing party and private transportation to and from the Las Vegas airport. Full rules are listed in the site’s terms and conditions.

To win the contest, all players need to do is compete in and win as many cash games on the site as possible. The top 10 cash winners from now through Week 16 of the NFL season will compete in a Week 17 quick-play salary cap game, where the winner will claim the Grand Prize trip.

Profanity Sports offers college football and NFL weekly leagues for free and for cash buy-ins. Quick-play games are salary-cap based and…

NFL Betting Tips: Teasers Strategy

With the number of NFL games that are decided so close to the point spread each weekend, many bettors prefer to play teaser tickets instead.

Teasers, in case you don’t know, allow you to move a point spread or total in your direction (a standard NFL teaser means moving the line six points). In exchange for the extra points you receive on your bet, you’ll need to parlay at least two games on your teaser ticket and win them all to cash in.

For example, this weekend in the NFL sees the Bills as 3-point underdogs to the Giants and the Ravens as 7.5-point favourites over the Texans. If you liked the Bills and Ravens this week but were a bit nervous about the point spreads, you could move the Bills to +9 and the Ravens to -1.5 by playing a six-point teaser. You would need to win them both to cash your bet, generally getting back the same return on your wager that you would on one regular point-spread bet.

These two games are…

Super Bowl Free Pick

It’s the most bittersweet time of the year for NFL football fans.

On one hand, we’ve got a great Super Bowl matchup to look forward to. Next weekend’s clash between the Steelers and Packers has the lowest point spread (Green Bay is favoured by 2.5) in a Super Bowl since Super Bowl XVII in 1983, when the Redskins upset the Dolphins as two-point underdogs.

On the other hand, once the confetti rains down on the winning team next weekend, we won’t see any more NFL football until next fall. Those sacred Sundays on the couch could soon turn into afternoon trips to Bed, Bath and Beyond and other feminine domains.

So we might as well make the best of it by making a bit of money on the final game of the NFL season. And we like the Steelers to make that happen.

When the better team is catching points on a neutral field, we’ll take that any time. Tack on the fact that the better team has more big-game experience, and we like the…

NFL Playoffs Betting Previews And Picks

The NFL playoffs get underway this weekend with the wild card round, often the most exciting round of the postseason.

Here are a few things to know about this weekend’s games if you plan on betting on any of the action:

New Orleans Saints at Seattle Seahawks (+10.5, 44)

On paper, this appears to be one of the biggest mismatches in NFL playoff history. The Saints are defending Super Bowl champions while Seattle is the first-ever NFL team to win a division with a sub-.500 record. The spread, however, reflects this. I’ve never seen a home team as a double-digit underdog in the NFL playoffs.

The Saints haven’t exactly beaten up on weaker opposition this season. In fact, New Orleans is 1-8 against the spread (ATS) in its last nine games against teams with a losing record. The Saints are also 2-6 ATS in their last eight games when favoured by 10.5 points or more.

When the Seahawks lose, they lose big. All of their nine losses this year came by two touchdowns or more,…

Proline NFL Betting Tips: Compare Odds With Offshore Sportsbooks

Do you like the Falcons to cover the spread against the Seahawks this weekend? How about the Raiders to cover against the Broncos?

If you like either of these bets, it’s going to be a bit tougher for you to win them with Proline.

The Atlanta/Seattle and Denver/Oakland games are the two best examples this week of how Proline occasionally features different point spreads than offshore sportsbooks. Identifying these discrepancies can sometimes mean the difference between a winning and losing ticket.

If you bet on the Falcons or Raiders on Proline in Ontario, you’ll have to lay more than a touchdown. Not so with offshore sportsbooks, however, where the Falcons are 6-point favourites and the Raiders are favoured by 6.5 points.

Seven points is one of the biggest key numbers in NFL betting, since so many games are decided by a converted touchdown. Being on the right side of the key number (getting +7.5 points with underdogs and laying 6.5 points with favourites) will make a big difference in your winning percentage.

Here’s…