As many of you may have noticed, it’s been a bit quiet around here in Social Gambler towers. John has had a baby, The Doctor has a new job in DC, ICED has drunk himself into the ground, Greg and Trevor have just had their company – BETDAQ taken over by Ladbrokes and Roy The [...]
Live Super Bowl pregame show at BetdaqNFL.com As you may have guessed if you’ve followed this site for awhile, a couple of guys involved with The Social Gambler work for BETDAQ, the 2nd largest betting exchange in the world (I’m not one of them, though I fully support the integration of BETDAQ and The [...]
Continue reading …Super Bowl XLVII San Francisco 49ers vs. Baltimore Ravens (SF -4, 48) The Pick: UNDER 48 Well, after two weeks of talk the game is finally here. The Super Bowl is always a bittersweet occasion for me; it’s an event like no other but it kinda feels like Sunday afternoon when you were a kid, [...]
Continue reading …Back in the saddle this week, apologies to all for my absence last week. Family matters take precedence over posting picks on this site, and I’ll leave it at that. Also, my fellow contributors (as well as a couple of commenters) have been asking me about NBA/college basketball picks– I’ll post my bets when I [...]
Continue reading …The road to the Cheerleader Super Bowl 2013 XLVII can mean only one thing – Cheerleader Playoff’s. We’re bringing you our top 8 cheer leading squads for this weekends divisional matches. In at number 1 – This was a close call between the Patriots girls and cow girls of Texas. However, Houston Texans cheerleading squad won the [...]
Continue reading …The playoffs have arrived, with 4 wildcard games to keep us entertained this weekend. I’ll be having a play on two of the games, here they are: Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers (GB -7.5, 46) The Pick: Green Bay -7.5 This will be the third time in a month these teams have played, [...]
Continue reading …We’ve reached the final week of the NFL season, a week that’s generally considered difficult to handicap due to the fact that some teams are already on vacation while others are fighting for their playoff lives. It’s been a tough year– 21-21 on the picks– so we could use a good weekend as we head [...]
Continue reading …The playoffs are fast approaching, which means some teams have checked out and others are locked in. It’s our job to know the difference. We’ve had a bad last few weeks and the overall record now sits at 20-20, so we’re in need of a good week. I only settled on two games tomorrow, here [...]
Continue reading …We only have three weeks left in the regular season, but these last 3 weeks are generally the toughest to handicap because motivation varies greatly from team to team and player to player. By the way– I just saw where “scarbrojoe” posted in last week’s comment section that he had a lock for this week, [...]
Continue reading …The NFL hasn’t been kind to me over the last few weeks so our year-to-date record is now a coin flipper’s special, 17-17. No time to pout now though, the playoffs are coming and there’s money to be made. Hopefully we’ll start tomorrow with these 3 games: Atlanta Falcons @ Carolina Panthers (Atl -3.5, 48) [...]
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