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Ron originates from Ottawa, Ontario Canada and was introduced to the sports handicapping world by another fellow sports handicapper, Ryan Austin who hails from Oklahoma and owner of the Sportsbar.com. What exactly is the definition of Sports Handicapping? My interpretation of the term Sports handicapping is having the ability to analyze a situation or a sporting event and give a prediction on the outcome, using special tools and/or related information which will give you an edge on the outcome of the game. Here’s a Sports handicapping example: Sports Handicapping Football example: Let’s say the Las Vegas Bookmakers have made the Dallas Cowboys a -3.0 point home favorite vs. their division rivals the New York Giants. In order for sports bettors to win their wager, the Dallas cowboys must win the football game vs. the NYG by more than 3 points. In order for the New York Giants to win the wager, they must win the football game straight up or not lose by 3 points. To be a good sports handicapper, you must handicap this football game from every possible football angle necessary and predict the outcome. Knowledgeable sports handicappers will analyze the offense, defense and special teams of both football clubs. Furthermore, they will break down every imaginable statistics available at their resource such as spreadsheets, calculators or sports betting stats sites like ATS Database. In order to give an educated pick or analysis on a football game, it’s important to have the latest sports betting information, injury report and weather conditions of the game. Normally when the weather man predicts rain or strong winds for a football game, a sports handicapper will consider it to be a tough situation for both offenses to move the football via the air, and each offenses will have to adopt a running game or a short passing game to be able to move the first down markers. Plus, the offshore bookmakers and Las Vegas Sportsbooks will adjust their over/under totals numbers and it normally means they will bring their total down a few points. In fact, it’s very standard to see a line move from 39 to 37 or 36 when the weather is bad in such places like Soldier Field in Chicago or Lambaugh field where the Green Bay Packers play football. Other Sports Handicapping Related Topics: Sports Handicapping Forums: One of the most useful sports handicapping resources is having access to public sports betting posting forums, as you normally have thousands of sports gamblers world wide sharing sports betting information, sports picks, giving sports tips and sports betting stats for bettors to use. In fact, a sports handicapping forum is the ideal place to start a community where different sports fans are talking about such sports as; Football, Hockey, Baseball, Basketball, Horse Racing, Tennis, Boxing, UFC Fighting and/or Soccer. Each sports forum will have educated gamblers who’ve been wagering on sports for many years and they are normally known as “sharp gamblers” or “wise guys” who have earned the respect of other fellow sports handicappers or forum members. My favorite sports betting forum is the one right here at the Phoenix Sports Ticket. Sports Handicappers: Sports Handicappers are people who study the sports betting world and make wagers on the outcome of a sporting event. In fact, you have different types of Sports Handicappers; you have handicappers who specialize in many sports like football, baseball and hockey. Then you have some NFL Handicappers like Greg Dempson who specializes in just one sport like the NFL Football. Furthermore, one of the top horse racing handicappers in this industry is Dave Tuley who use to be one of the main sports handicappers for the Daily Racing form, but is now running solo with his new website a view from Vegas. Sports handicappers spend many hours analyzing games and each handicapper I know, uses a different methods on predicting the outcome of a game. Some handicappers rely heavily on betting trends, other use sports statistics or formulas to come up with their selections. It’s been asked many times by bettors world wide, is sports betting an art or science? You be the judge... Sports Handicapping Sites: Many gambling sites such as the Phoenix Sports Ticket resemble allot of regular sports website like; TSN, ESPN or Fox Sports. However, the main focus on a sports handicapping website is the “sports betting” element which focuses on such thing as the point spread or the sports betting stats. Most sports handicapping sites are supported by such sponsors like Sportsbooks and Casinos, as they are encouraged to link back to their site where gamblers can wager on sports at their Sportsbooks, Casino or Poker sites. Sports Handicapping Stats: If you don’t have the right sports betting information when you handicap your football games or basketball games, then you might as well just give away your money to the Sportsbooks! One of the best tools to have when doing your search and analysis of a game is having a reliable sports betting stats site to look up certain team stats, trends and systems. By having access to sites such as ATSDatabase.com, you will be given detailed sports betting reports on head to head matchups, game matchups, stats and trends and tools such as the search database, where gamblers can query their own sports trends. Some gamblers don’t put too much stock into stats or trends, as they believe its information from the past and they have no relevancy to the current situation. However, it’s hard to ignore stats that have a 80% to 100% winning percentage behind them from over 100+ occurrences. I say; whatever works for you, stick with it! Sports Handicapping Articles: When visiting sports betting sites, you will always noticed one of the most popular feature at a site is their Sports Handicapping articles, as it’s one of the greatest tools for novice bettors, looking to gain experience and wisdom. Sports Handicappers are often asked to write articles for major publications or newspapers to share their experience and wisdom about sports gambling and prevent new bettors on making fundamental mistakes such as laying too much money on a game like -220 on the New York Yankees as a heavy home favorite or by betting on 8-team parlays each day. Visit your favorite sports handicapping site and read as many sports handicapper’s articles as possible and then share the knowledge with other bettors. Sports Handicapping Contests: If you’re not betting on sports, then the next best thing is entering a sports handicapping contest like the Las Vegas Hilton football contest or the Phoenix Sports Ticket $25,000 NFL Football contest. Sports contests provides a different rush for sports gamblers, as it could be a season long contest or it could be a short and sweet contest where winners takes all in a one day event. One of the most popular sports betting contest is the “Last Man Standing” contest, where gamblers will enter into a pool with other bettors, make one pick a day and the last person standing wins. Sports Handicapping Terms: The sports betting industry has it’s own vocabulary and I recommend you visit our sports betting terms page to understand such terms as “beard, wise guys, dime line, against the spread and underdog”. Sports Handicapping Tools: Like any industry or job, if you don’t have the right tools, then it’s pretty tough to get any work done! Same thing in the sports betting industry, without valuable sports handicapping tools, you might as well just throw a dart at a board! One of my favorite handicapping tools is the ATS Calculator, as it’s very useful come football season, as it breaks down the offense and defense in separate categories and gives me a final outcome result which I then use against the spread set by the bookmakers. Another valuable tool is the posting forum, where thousands of sports bettors share different sports betting information which you can use towards your bets. Here’s other valuable tools you should consider when handicapping your games; stats site like ATS Database, Injury report, Line moves software, calculators, spread sheets, weather reports, newspaper sections, stats and trends and sports betting software.