The NHL playoffs started just a few days ago — and today, the NBA playoffs get underway.  The same goes for the NBA –as what we wrote about for the NHL playoffs: contrarian approaches work even better during the heavily-watched playoff seasons of major sports.  There is growing interest as the playoffs begin — which…

The NBA marketplace has been consistently profitable over the years — and this year has been no exception.  Although contrarian methods have cooled down since a hot start to this season, both NBA Square Plays & Best Bets remain in the black this season.  Let’s take a look at some of the games that the…

With the lull before baseball and the NCAA Final Four, our team of analysts decided to focus on the NBA today.  The NBA has been a solid performer this year, with NBA Square Plays connecting at 56% for the season.  Today’s NBA marketplace shows many lopsided-bet games and many large point spreads.  Here are some…

Before we take a look at today’s sports marketplace, we wanted to highlight SportsInsights’ book, “Sports Investing” hitting #1 in its Sports>Gambling category on Amazon. In today’s NBA marketplace, there are several games with lopsided betting action: Currently, the heaviest-bet game of the day is the New Orleans-New York Knicks game, which has the slightly-favored…

There are just two NBA games this evening, but these are huge games — with a lot of focus on big match-ups and huge storylines… Tonight’s NBA lineup pits the red-hot Miami Heat against a very strong Chicago Bull team.  In addition, a Melo-less Nuggets team gets to test its mettle against the Celtics —…

Today’s basketball marketplace features some big-name teams as heavy favorites.  The public likes all of these teams — to the tune of 65% to 75%.  Our analysts have circled these games, but may not release the games as plays (such as Square Plays and Best Bets) — depending on line movement, the actual betting percentages,…