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Pickswise is the home of free sports picks and betting tips. Our experts give you their best bets every day on all major US sports. In order to have long term success in building up your bank roll your wagers must be well researched and made on an informed basis. Our experts give you the very best free picks so you don’t have to spend hours researching into the statistics and data. Finding a solid bet is very similar to developing a game plan for the individual sport – and this takes time. This is why Pickswise offers you daily free sports picks developed by our team of betting experts.

What Makes A Great Free Sports Pick?
The short answer to ‘what makes a great free sports pick’ for many people is…one that wins!

In order to find winning expert plays we utilize a strategy of going ‘beyond the spread.’ This involves taking into account more than just trends and the injury report. For instance, is too much of the public betting on one side? Is there strange line movement, no line movement when there should be or is the wrong team favored? What are some other factors to consider such as the last game of a long MLB or NBA road trip or arriving in town late and playing an early game? There are so many variables that can push a game one way or the other which is why in-depth handicapping of every game is so important.

Another thing to know is that the best betting tips have years and years of experience behind them. Learning how to read lines and to look beyond the spread is a skill and it’s one that’s usually developed from years of winning – and losing. The goal of our free betting tips is to use our knowledge that we’ve learned from decades in sports wagering, and pass it on to you to help build your bankroll with our free picks. A fast track way to sports betting success so to speak.

Why Utilize Pickswise Expert Free Picks?
In order to have legitimate wins over an extended period of time you need to put in research. One of the best reasons to use our free betting tips is simply to save yourself some time. Our experts analyze trends, injuries, weather, and countless other metrics for hours daily to give you the best sport predictions for that day.

Another reason that free sports picks are so valuable is because they are indeed, free. You’ll see countless Internet ‘touts’ selling you a month of picks and then offering you an extra free month if their plays fail to make a profit. If you’re tired of losing money and paying for picks then bookmark Pickswise.com and enjoy our daily free picks.

What Free Expert Picks Do You Offer At Pickswise?

We cover all major US sports at Pickwise, our expert picks include:
--NFL Picks – weekly free picks against the spread and over under totals for all regular season and playoff games. We finish the season off with our Super Bowl expert picks and best bets.
--NBA Picks – daily free picks against the spread and over under totals for all regular season and playoff games. The season ends with our NBA Championship picks for the seven game series.
--MLB Picks – daily money line and totals picks for all 2,430 regular season games. Our MLB picks continue through the playoffs and conclude with expert World Series picks for the seven game series.
--NHL Picks – daily money line and over under totals picks from our experts which include playoff predictions. We finish the season off with our expert Stanley Cup picks and best bets.
--College Football Picks – weekly free picks against the spread and over under totals for all regular season and bowl games including the National Championship game.
--College Basketball Picks – daily free picks against the spread and over under totals for all regular season, conference tournament and March Madness games.

How Do I Know What The Pickswise Best Bets For Today Are?
Our best bets of the day are transparent and 100% free in order to help you learn more about how to devise winning wagers of your own. All of our free picks have a star rating which represents our confidence level, the more stars the more confidence we have in the free pick with three stars being the highest. Check out today’s expert picks now!

Pickswise Curates the “Top 10 Super Bowl Betting Moments & Controversies” List Sports betting content site highlights big game moments to anthem controversies with an expert look at the upcoming betting market for Super Bowl LVI.

Pickswise, the fastest growing independent sports betting content provider in North America, today announced the creation of the “Pickswise Top 10 Super Bowl Betting Moments and Controversies” ahead of Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles. The list takes a deep dive into some of the most notable betting events of the past 20 years, exploring everything from spectacular plays that drastically swung the balance of the game to wholly unique Super Bowl situations, including Gatorade confusion and national anthem controversies.

The Top 10 Super Bowl betting moments and controversies

10. Patrick Mahomes’ victory kneel down chaos (Super Bowl LIV)

9. Philly Special - Foles & Eagles trick Pats (Super Bowl LII)

8. Controversial Gatorade bath (Super Bowl XLVI)

7. Malcolm Butler goal line interception - Patriots vs Seahawks (Super Bowl XLIX)

6. Devin Hester opening kickoff touchdown return (Super Bowl XLI)

5. Christina Aguilera and Gladys Knight National Anthem controversies (Super Bowl XLV) & (Super Bowl LIII)

4. Steelers come back to beat Cardinals (Super Bowl XLIII)

3. Kurt Warner leads the longshot Rams (Super Bowl XXXIV)

2. Underdog Giants ruin Patriots perfection (Super Bowl XLII)

1. Patriots 28-3 comeback, win in OT vs Falcons (Super Bowl LI)

“The Super Bowl is the pinnacle of sports betting since almost every aspect of the event can be bet on, from the coin toss to the final score. All these moments are then amplified as an estimated 24 million Americans will bet nearly $5 billion on the game,” said Jared Smith, lead betting analyst at Pickswise. “It was important for us to develop an inclusive list showcasing how fortunes have swung on everything from the Patriots historic comeback in Super Bowl LI to Gladys Knight causing a stir by hitting some extra notes in Super Bowl LIII. Anything and everything can happen during the Super Bowl, which makes it so compelling and exciting.”

In addition to the list of memorable betting moments, Smith and Pickswise host Lauren Jbara have provided key analysis to this year’s most popular Super Bowl betting markets, found on Pickswise’s Super Bowl Hub.

“Our Super Bowl Hub serves as a one-stop destination for all those looking to make a more informed decision come Super Bowl Sunday,” said Jbara. “With breakdowns on everything from sides and totals to key props and betting trends, we have been able to put all a bettor needs ahead of the big game in one place.”

Pickswise is owned by Spotlight Sports Group, a world-leading technology, content and media company specializing in sports betting and fantasy sports.

ABOUT PICKSWISE
Pickswise is a digital platform that provides free wagering research, insights and analysis from experts in every major sport. Based in New York and part of Spotlight Sports Group, Pickswise is one of the fastest-growing publishers of sports betting content in the U.S. For more information, visit Pickswise.com.

ABOUT SPOTLIGHT SPORTS GROUP
Spotlight Sports Group (owned by Exponent Private Equity) is a leading technology, content and media business specializing in sports betting. Evolved from the Racing Post Group, Spotlight Sports Group engages millions of people directly through Racing Post, Pickswise, Free Super Tips, Fantasy Alarm and myracing. The company also has decades of experience in powering growth and conversion for the world’s biggest sportsbooks and media companies, delivering best-in-class technology and expert scalable content experiences in more than 70 languages.

Supercomputer For Sports Wagering Unveiled By Pickswise
Pickswise has created a supercomputer that will use super analytics when coming up with odds for NFL games this season.
DraftKings has already signed on to use this new technology for their sports betting platforms.
NEW YORK – Sports betting just got a little more technical as Pickswise, a company affiliated with Spotlight Sports Group has rolled out a supercomputer specifically tailored for sports wagers.

The unveiling of the latest innovation for gambling on sporting events happened just in time for the beginning of NFL season, which is when sportsbooks are known to do the most business.

Three of the most common bets for football, the moneyline, points spread, and totals will be the focal points for the computer and its generated odds.

Super Computer Equates To Super Bets
The supercomputer never stops equating different variables that factor into the odds it lays out for each event. As soon as there has been any change to an individual player’s status, the team itself, or even the weather on game day, it will take each one of these things into account to come up with the best odds and predictions on how a game will turn out.

It has been programmed to use the Monte Carlo Method for its analysis, which is a familiar approach in the sports wagering industry.

What is the Monte Carlo Method? It’s a very detailed method where a number of specifics are considered for any one matchup. This results in multiple outcomes for a game.

After that, it is then up to the person, or in this case, the supercomputer to choose the result that appears to be the most probable out of them all.

The supercomputer is set up to allow for over 10,000 simulations for a single game in order to figure out which is the likeliest ending based on pure data and statistics. Their numbers will continue to change with the flow of new information on any given event.

This new technology is the only one of its kind and it promises the best odds for gambling on the NFL because of the hundreds of algorithms used to reach its final numbers.

This advancement in the sports betting community is meant to help further the engagement by sports bettors and have newcomers begin placing wagers when they are able to see they have a better chance of winning with the supercomputer’s figures.

“We consider a value bet as one which identifies a discrepancy between our projections and the prevailing betting markets,” said Harry von Behr, the Spotlight Sports Group Managing Director. “The ability to consistently identify anomalies between our consolidated projections and the projected sportsbook odds can provide customers with an increased chance of being a successful gambler and having long term success – a very attractive proposition for any avid sports bettor.”

What’s Next?
Online sportsbooks like DraftKings have already signed a contract with Pickswise to use the betting lines and odds created by the new supercomputer for their wagers on the 2020 NFL schedule.

Other sports betting operators are expected to jump on board with Pickswise as their product makes all others pale in comparison. Going into Week 2 of the NFL season the supercomputer will offer live in-game player statistics on the Pickswise website for members to view at their leisure for betting on the moneyline, totals, and point spreads of each game.

“We will be adding an exciting in-game screen in week two which has live in-game probabilities for spread, total and moneyline, in-game player statistics, and play-by-play data so users can follow what’s happening in the game live on the Pickswise website,” said von Behr.

DraftKings will be the first sportsbook to use the supercomputer, giving sports bettors using the most popular sports wagering platform in the nation the first look to see if the computer’s odds are deserving of the “super” in its name.

New study by Pickswise shows basketball bettors use numbers more than people betting other sports
More motivated by winning money, basketball bettors conduct more research, bet more frequently and place larger average bets, according to Pickswise ‘Annual Survey of U.S. Sports Bettors’

Basketball bettors are wired differently than those who wager on other sports, according to data from a recent survey commissioned by Pickswise, a leading U.S. digital and mobile platform for free betting analysis and advice. While it is still a recreational pursuit for them, they are highly engaged and take a more serious approach, as they are more interested in winning as a primary motivation and more comprehensive in their preparation and execution in order to realize that.

Among basketball bettors, inclusive of those who bet on college and professional games, 73% say winning is a major reason they bet, and 43% say winning money is their most important reason, compared to 67% and 36%, respectively to those who don’t bet on basketball. Additionally, 77% bet weekly, compared to 56% of non-basketball bettors, and 35% average more than $100 per bet vs. 28% of those who don’t bet on basketball.

These behavioral differences were identified as part of a comprehensive survey of U.S. sports bettors. The Inaugural Pickswise Annual Sports Bettor Survey, which was conducted by Beacon Research this summer, included 1,500 self-identified U.S. sports bettors residing in states with legal sports betting.

“As legal sports betting continues to expand across the U.S., it’s becoming increasingly clear that betting profiles vary by sport,” VP of Content for Spotlight Sports Group( which owns Pickswise) Dan Pozner said. “Fans are highly engaged across a number of sports, but those with interest in basketball stand alone with a uniquely diligent approach.”

Football remains the most popular sport to bet on with 73% of survey respondents saying they bet on the sport. Basketball was second with 62%.

Some specific differences in basketball bettors compared to other bettors include:

Basketball bettors spend more time and effort preparing:

--33% spend more than 2 hours per week on research and analysis, compared to 26% of non-basketball bettors

--More are interested in betting insights and analysis (83% vs 76%)

--More are likely to research bets (83% vs 77%)

--61% view video insights and analysis vs 48%

Basketball bettors play more angles:

--They are twice as likely to say getting the best odds is important when choosing a sportsbook (20% vs 11%)

--They are more likely to have several betting accounts—40% have three or more U.S.-based accounts, compared to 26% of those who don’t bet on basketball

--They are different demographically:

--More likely to be male (78% vs 69%)

--More likely to be under age 45 (81% vs 73%)

--Slightly more likely to be single (37% vs 33%)

--More likely to be Black (17% vs 10%)

ABOUT PICKSWISE

Pickswise is a digital and mobile platform that provides free wagering research, insights and analysis from experts in every major sport. Based in New York and part of Spotlight Sports Group, Pickswise is one of the fastest-growing publishers of sports betting content in the U.S. For more information, visit Pickswise.com or download the Pickswise app from the App Store in the U.S. and Canada, or on Google Play in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Pickswise takes seriously its commitment to Safer Gambling and encourages people to stay within their limits and stay in control. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling, and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800 GAMBLER.