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Many sports bettors believe that arbitrage is a holy grail of sports betting where you have both reduced risk and guaranteed profit. However, arbitrage is not all that it seems. In fact, many bettors are sacrificing profit in a misguided attempt to reduce variance. In this article, we’ll explore the different types of arbitrage betting… Continue reading Arbitrage Betting: Risk Free Riches Or A Mirage?

While Unabated prides itself in helping bettors make more intelligent wagers we have noticed a disturbing trend. It’s very possible for Unabated to steer you in the wrong direction if you misuse our tools. We want Unabated to be your authentic source for sports betting information, but we also don’t want to see you put… Continue reading When Using Unabated’s Tools – Avoid These 5 Common Mistakes

Last week we established the allure of NFL handicapping contests for both the sportsbook as well as the bettor. NFL elimination contests take that to a whole other level with their simplicity. Pick one game each week. If your teams wins, you move on. If your team loses, you are eliminated. Oh, and you can’t… Continue reading NFL Elimination Contest Strategy – Surviving Isn’t Just Outlasting

Recreational sportsbooks love to lure customers with the promise of full refunds on losing wagers. In fact, so-called “Risk-Free Bet” promotions are now the sign-up bonus of fancy among most books, replacing the once-popular (and more +EV) free-bet offers. The problem is the term “Risk-Free” is actually a bit of a misnomer, as bettors who… Continue reading Risk-Free Bets Can Actually Be Quite Risky, And Quite Profitable

When it comes to bang for your buck, few wagers in a sportsbook give you the value that an NFL Handicapping contest can give you. Both public bettors as well as sharp bettors love handicapping contests. Sportsbooks love them as well. It’s a rare win/win/win for all involved. Taking a few minutes to educate yourself… Continue reading NFL Handicapping Contest Strategy – Achieving Season Long Success

My favorite work for the past 15 years has been doing NFL preseason work.  Accurate season start projections for every team are crucial. I also get to run my full season NFL simulator and play against the market. This year I used the new awesomely public Unabated NFL Simulator. I am happy to share my… Continue reading Using The Unabated NFL Simulator To Find Bets

NFL Teaser bets have been a known sharp play for the last 20 years. However, as markets tend towards efficiency they have become increasingly harder to beat. In this article, we’ll recap why NFL teasers are beatable, how you can beat NFL teaser bets, some teaser pitfalls to avoid, and also some new ways to… Continue reading How To Build Profitable NFL Teaser Bets

How much are you worth? No, not your net worth. How much are you worth to a sportsbook that wants to BUY your loyalty? Are you worth $50? $100? $500? More? Hopefully you have a high valuation for yourself, because most sportsbooks in states new to regulated sports betting have put a price on what… Continue reading How Much Are You Worth? Sportsbooks Want To Know

The fantasy and the reality of being a professional gambler are two divergent things. Anyone who has ever gambled and won any small amount of money has immediately had the vision of being able to do it as a source of income. Some especially fool-hearted folks, such as myself, have even gone so far as… Continue reading How To Be A Professional Gambler – Mentality

Price discovery is a big part of any efficient market. The price is hammered into place by both buyers and sellers transacting with each other. This is true in sports betting as well. However, in sports betting, like in many other forms of commodity or futures trading, the operators exist on a spectrum of sharpness.… Continue reading Who Sets The Betting Line? The Market Makers

The promise of easy money is what lures many to sports betting. What easier way to make money than to buy sports picks from Vegas Dave or Fezzik or any of the other services promising to pave your way down Easy Street? For new bettors, paying for handicapping advice seems like a quick shortcut. However,… Continue reading Is There Ever a Good Reason To Buy Sports Picks?

For many bettors, tracking your Closing Line Value is an important component of gauging your edge in a market. To calculate your closing line value you take the implied probability of the closing line and subtract the implied probability of the line you bet and then divide that sum by your implied probability.   This… Continue reading Learn about the CLV Calculator

This is the Compare Lines Calculator at Unabated and what this allows you to do is find the better price between two lines that might be otherwise tough to compare. You can use this calculator for NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL. It works for both spreads and totals and you can input either American, Decimal,… Continue reading Learn about the Compare Lines Calculator

This is the Unabated Derivatives Calculator focusing on Alternate Spreads & Totals. What this tool allows you to do is enter a starting point and produce the corresponding price for an alternate line. This calculator can accept input in American Odds, Decimal Odds or Fractional. It works with both sides and totals in the NFL,… Continue reading Learn about the Derivatives Calculator

This is the hold calculator where you can see how much theoretically a sportsbook may hold on any given wager. This is useful to you because it gives you an idea of how much the deck is stacked against you in a given market.  Let’s walk through a couple examples.  What is the theoretical hold%… Continue reading Learn about the Hold Calculator