2019 Daytona 500 Race Preview & Free Betting Picks

NASCAR's Cup Series kicks off its new season on Sunday with the biggest event of the year on the 36-race schedule. The annual running of the Daytona 500 from Daytona International Speedway is NASCAR's most sought after racing title next to winning the yearly racing championship. This Sunday's Great American Race features a 40-driver field in a slated 2:30 p.m. start on FOX.

As part of my weekly coverage of NASCAR for the sports betting website Sports Betting Stats, I have broken down Sunday's Daytona 500 field to come up with a trio of drivers that offer the best value in their odds at BetAnySports' online sportsbook to win as a top favorite, contender and longshot. This is one of the widest-open races all season long with any number of cars having a chance to win. Taking home the Daytona 500 title requires a fast car, tremendous patience and a whole lot of luck. Please click through the link below for my complete race preview and free betting picks.


LINK: NASCAR CUP SERIES BETTING - DAYTONA 500 PREDICTIONS

Capitals at Blue Jackets Free NHL Betting Pick

The Washington Capitals come off Monday's home game against the LA Kings as heavy -200 favorites to play an important road game against the Metro Division rival Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night. Separated by just two points in the standings with Washington holding the slim lead, the defending champs will try and gain a bit more space in the race to second place in the division.

Using this game as my weekly underdog pick of the week for Ask the Bookie, the link below to that site contains my complete preview and free betting pick for Tuesday night's slated 7 p.m. start in Columbus.

LINK: Dogs Ready to Bite the Books- Washington at Columbus

Super Bowl LIII 'Best of the Best' Prop Bet Picks

Covering the Super Bowl for top sports betting sites such as Sports Betting Stats and Scores & Stats gave me plenty of opportunity to sift through an almost endless amount of prop bet options. Turning to BetAnySports online sportsbook, I came up with a series of 'best bet' prop bet picks for Sunday night's action. Starting with some basic scoring props and moving to a list of player props for New England's Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski and the Los Angeles Rams' Jared Goff and Todd Gurley, the following three links below lead to all my free prop bet picks for Super Bowl LIII.

LINK: Super Bowl LIII Scoring Prop Bet Options


LINK: Super Bowl LIII Quarterback Prop Bet Picks


LINK: Super Bowl LIII Top Player Prop Picks

WannaMakeABet Super Bowl LIII Prop Bet Picks

Having recently joined the writing team at the popular sports betting website www.wannamakeabet.com covering props bet picks and futures odds, my first task was to come up with a pair of valued plays for Super Bowl LIII. That may sound like finding a needle in a haystack when you start adding up how many different ways you can bet on this game. However, after digging into the posted prop bet odds at BetAnySports, I found a few that offered the type of value I was looking for.

"One of my associates is a famous sports handicapper in Las Vegas. His simple words of advice when it comes to betting any game prop is to "Bet on what your expect to happen." Armed with this common sense assessment, I have added the link below to my top prop picks for Super Bowl LIII.

Link: Super Bowl LIII Top Prop Picks

Ask the Bookie Free Underdog Pick of the Week

Betting against the best teams in the NBA always comes with a certain level of risk. Sometimes the conditions are just right to justify a play in this direction, especially when the underdog is getting points at home in a divisional rivalry.

The link below to the popular sports betting website Ask the Bookie details my rational for betting on Detroit plus the 6.5 points at BetAnySports in Tuesday's home game against the Central Division rival Milwaukee Bucks.

LINK: Dogs Ready to Bite the Books

2019 Pegasus World Cup Free Trifecta Bet

Horse racing's richest race on American soil takes place this Saturday in Florida at Gulfstream Park. With a total prize purse of $9 million, the Pegasus World Cup Invitational features 12 of the top racing thoroughbreds in the world headlined by Accelerate as a 9/5 favorite on the morning line odds.

As part of my weekly coverage of horse racing for the highly popular sports betting website Scores & Stats, I have broken down the field for Saturday's main event at Gulfstream to come up with a free trifecta bet. Given the overall depth of talent in this 12-horse field, the race should remain up for grabs over the entire 1 1/8-mile run on the dirt. Please click through the link below to Scores & Stats to find out which three entries I have finishing in the money.


LINK: 2019 Pegasus World Cup Free Trifecta Pick

Betting on a Possible Duke Letdown Against Pitt

I was a wild week for the ACC's Duke Blue Devils leading up to this Tuesday night's road game against the Pittsburgh Panthers. Last Monday, Duke was on the wrong end of a 95-91 overtime loss to Syracuse as a 17-point home favorite. Adding injury to insult, point guard Tre Jones was lost for the foreseeable future with a separated shoulder.

As 3.5-point home favorites against the then-No. 4 undefeated Virginia Cavaliers, the Blue Devils grinded-out a 72-70 win on Saturday. They have now failed to cover in their last three games. Going on the road this Tuesday, Duke will have to avoid any kind of letdown coming off such a big win. Last week's roller-coaster ride cost Duke its top spot in the Coaches Poll with a drop to No. 2.

Pitt is 12-6 SU this season coming off a road loss to Syracuse on Saturday with a profitable 13-5 record ATS. The Panthers have been able to cover BetAnySports' closing line in 10 of 13 home games this season. In the search for high-value underdogs as part of my sports betting coverage for Ask the Bookie, the link below is my complete betting preview for Tuesday night's ACC clash.

LINK: Dogs Ready to Bite the Books: Duke at Pitt