Japanese Video Games

I recently received from my nephew japanese video games which was an odd gift as I don't play video games. I was bit intrigued as I open his gift which was a large box with a black device called a PS3(This happens to be the name of the japanese game console by the way).

Along with the larger package came 2 smaller packages which are the japanese video games. The first one was a game with a bunch of cartoon looking character but the 2nd box caught my attention as it looked like some kind of japanese video game that is a hores racing simulator.

Now, I handicap sports and I do a bit of horse betting which is why the game caught my attention. As a race bettor, I'm not very good and will never make a living off of it but this game was actually quite enjoyable as it actually let you bet on a horse and even had sttistics for the horse and everything else.

The game itself is called, Winning Post 2010 and I marvel at how far the japanese vidoe game industry has advance as this old foggy was impressed when they first came out with pac man.

Football Handicapping Competition

I was browsing thru this football handicapper monitoring site that I am on today to check out the competition when I noticed a new handicapper on the site.

His name is kevin Steel and he runs this site, pigskingenius

Looking at his stats, he seems to be very good. He seems to be able to claim his football handicapping stats for the last 4 years but has only been monitored for 1 year.

If anyone knows who this person is, I would like to get soome feedback about this guy.

In other news, football season is fast approaching and I think that this year will be interesting with the new recruits as we have some outstanding draft picks this year.

Asian Handicap Betting - Coming to America

With the world Cup less then 9 months away, I thought Asian Handicap Betting would be a good topic. I actually wrote an article about Asian Handicap betting for this Sports Handicapping Website in order to give people time to prepare for the World Cup 2010 Betting.

Here is a quick recap of the article I wrote:

the basic rules of Asian Handicap got rid of the draw by putting a handicap of x.5 as well as adding more advanced features like Quarterball/Split Line Handicap and many other features. A full explanation of Asian Handicap can be found on this website, http://www.handicappertracker.com.

Asian Handicap is now growing in popularity in Europe and has begun to make its way into the heart of U.S. bettors due to the increased popularity in football or Soccer in America and the more attractive odds it offers. More and more U.S. gamblers are asking their bookies to adopt Asian handicap and sports betting websites like www.betphoenix.com have now become in a sense Asian bookies.

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Finally, NFL Betting Season is almost here

Finally, NFL betting season is right around the corner. 9 days to be exact.

I personnaly bet on the pre seasong NFL games however, I never give out handicapping picks for them because, well, hey are very hard to figure out.

One of the reasons is that no one is going to go all out on these games since they are just a warm up for what is to come.

Second, these games don't count towards a team's ranking meaning why would a team want to risk injuring their players for a warm-up game.

And these are the main reasons that my stats are useless right now.

So keep reading because I will have some great NFL sports handicapping picks for you next month.

Baseball Betting Tips

Today after watching my daily doze of baseball I realize that I want to share a new wisdom, that I discover and that I see that has great Value for us the true sports fans,,,,


Traditionally, finding value through pitching matchups and home underdogs has been the key to winning with Major League Baseball. So called wiseguys have consistently beaten the books for more money in baseball than any other sport

Without the standard point spread that accompanies basketball and / or football, the devoted baseball handicapper often times much simply pick the games victor. In general, this allows for fewer bad beats or backdoor covers.

Most sites offer two options when playing a given team to win. Those options are the money line and the run line (-1.5 runs). In my mind this always made it difficult to bet a favorite. I either had to lay a big number betting the favorite to simply win or risk a one run victory to get any value.

I want to bring your attention, however, to a third option that has been offered in some books which I will let you know soon!!! . So we can all enjoy the benefits that this brings for us the Players.


But back to the third option and betting favorites.

This third option I'm referring to is very simple. If you play at X Site, then its been staring you in the face every time you make a wager. When you want to play a favorite, you simply buy half a run back from the 1.5 run spread. In essence, this approach allows you to merge the two lines and find a nice value-laden number in between the two.

Let's say the Yankees are -175 to win outright and paying +125 to cover 1.5 runs at home against the Orioles. You love the pitching match up and recent trends and just cant? envision New York losing this one. Just as you’re ready to lay that juice and play it safe, that +125 run line is calling your name.

Alas, I found a way to get the best of both worlds. Instead of going for the "underdog" run line, we buy a half a run at X Site and get the Yankees -1 at -118. If the Bronx Bombers do win on 1, then we simply push with our wager. If the Yankees lose and the play of the day fall flat, then we didn’t have to lay 1.75 to 1 only to see our starting pitcher get roughed up in the first three innings.

Admittedly, this is nothing revolutionary. But when laying the juice with favorites (which in my opinion is an inevitable part of betting baseball) I think this option offers a nice middle ground and may save you some of those nasty headaches when your home favorite wins by 1 lonely run.

So stay tuned for more Wisdom ahead !!!