Rob Breaux and I started a podcast! There are a million Texas Tech podcasts you can listen to, so why should you listen to ours? Well, we’re going to try to do something unique. We’ll cover many of the burning topics you want to hear about but will also have an emphasis on gambling odds, […]
Using Analytics to Inform Gambling Picks (Week 13)
Last Week’s Results Simply stated, it was another poor showing this week. As you’ll see below, we are in on a lot of action this week which means one of two things: 1) We have a good week and get closer to even money on the year or 2) We dig ourselves into a really […]
Using Analytics to Inform Gambling Picks (Week 11)
Last Week’s Results I missed Week 10, and for that I apologize. Life just got busy. So this will be catching up from Week 9 and looking ahead to Week 11. Week 9 Results: -3.45 units (-$345 if betting with $100 units) YTD: -88.08 units (-$8,808) Biggest Movers in Vegas Week 9: 5-2, YTD: 47-31-2 […]
Using Analytics to Inform Gambling Picks (Week 9)
Last Week’s Results Here’s some advice: if you do gamble, and you ever find yourself ahead, stop. Heading into Week 8, we were up 222.93 units for the season. After a disastrous weekend, we are now down 84.63 units overall. We lost 307.56 units in the blink of an eye. It was a very bad, […]
Using Analytics to Inform Gambling Picks (Week 8)
Last Week’s Results I’ll spare you the lengthy commentary and just say that even though we wagered on a lot of action (407 units between matchups straight up and two-game parlays) the final result was as close to a break even as you can get. We walked away with $20 more than we started despite […]
Using Analytics to Inform Gambling Picks (Week 7)
Last Week’s Results Boom! Week 6 was our best week yet, and puts us back in the green on the year. On the 22 units we wagered straight up, we collected 37.4 units for a 15.4 unit profit, a healthy 70 percent rate of return. But it gets better! Pairing the 20 matchups identified as […]
Using Analytics to Inform Gambling Picks (Week 6)
Catching Up Sorry I didn’t post the picks last week. Between the Andre Emmett news and traveling for work I couldn’t find the time. I did have enough time to find the picks and record the results, so I’ll update everyone on the last couple weeks and identify the picks for this week. Week 4 […]
Using Analytics to Inform Gambling Picks (Week 4)
Last Week’s Results We’re back in the green for a weekend, and were pretty dang close to having a remarkable weekend. We wagered 19 units on 16 matchups, and came away with a profit of 5.04 units there. And we wagered 120 more units by pairing all 16 matchups in two-game parlays, which resulted in […]
Using Analytics to Inform Gambling Picks (Week 3)
Last Week’s Results Simply stated, FPI and Adam McClintock did not do us any favors in identifying good matchups last weekend. We identified 20 games and wagered 21 units on individual games and only collected 12.2 of those units. And to make matters worse, we wagered 190 units in two-game parlays. On those bets, we […]
Using Analytics to Inform Gambling Picks (Week 2)
Last Week’s Results The analytics identified A LOT of picks last weekend, and long story short: it got us into some trouble. We made 23 unit bets on 19 individual games betting money lines only (I’m still trying to figure out a system for betting against the spread). After leaving 23 units at the window, […]