Have you every went to your free football pick-em contest site on Monday morning, anticipate your name in the # 1 position in the standings only to find you in 27,345 place? You picked 15 right out of 16 possible selections and you were so far down in the list that you felt hitting the delete button on the contest site. Yep that is normal for the more popular games such as ESPN and the most important sports publications that hundreds of thousands of participants each year. But don't panic, if you really look at the above situation, you're really in 2nd place and only 1 game is reflected in the first place. If the maximum picks available were 16, and you had 15, most of the leader might have is 16 allowing you the 2nd place.
There is little doubt that go against that many people will be the race closer to the opportunities of a lottery than a contest of skill. Some of these "free" games offer some very nice prizes, but the big cash prizes usually come from the contests that kind of cash deposits. Of course, now is your chance to win improved if the number of participants is drastically reduced, but then again these contests are usually those that draw from the very good sports handicappers, those who are serious players in the sport bets and disabilities. Personally I'd rather take my chances with fewer people and a little effort to research the schema and the winners.
There are two types of football Pick 'em contests, those that require you to only pick the winner of the game outright, then the type that are played "against the spread". Again, you can make a huge difference in the number of entries that you're up against and the chance of someone getting a "perfect" map on a specific Sunday its outermost. A very good football handicapper is hard pressed to win 60% of the games that he picks up against the spread. The spread is a number that is assigned to the weaker of the two teams to even the score in a manner of speaking for betting purposes. The books of the sport in Las Vegas would not exist if they allowed bettors to just to place bets on who will win the game. So they make a point to even want to spread out the bets on each team as much as possible.
To win an online contest of any kind is very difficult because of the number of people that you're playing against. But you can cut the risk by playing in the races that have a small fee and you can further cut through to play against the spread. Either way the aim is to get as many winners as possible and hope between you do your homework and a little (a lot of luck) you can get more winners than all others. Here are a few tips for choosing the winners in the no point contests:
You can decide which of the two teams is the better team by just looking at the point spread on one of the online books or sometimes in your local newspaper. USA Today posts also point spreads on all games. The team that the minus (-) before the number displayed is the favorite. Example: New England-7 over the New York Jets means that the oddsmakers believe the Patriots 7 points better than the New York Jets in this specific weeks game.
Once you determine who the Favorites, look for the all favorites with point spreads with 7 points or more and pack them automatically in your contest. These teams will only lose the game straight up about 20% of the time. You then want to search for those teams that play at home and get either 3 points or less, or his beneficiary. This should be automatic picks. Now the fun begins. every week there are 3 or 4 games that are not covered in these scenarios, and these are the games that usually make the difference between cashing in the money and stretch of the season as just having a whole lot of fun.
Finding those 3 or 4 teams to withdraw from the region will need to do some research. Reading news articles, injury reports, watching game situations, revision weather etc. .... of course, now we get into the hard core handicaps, and unless you are experienced and have the time, your best and have fun. There is a resource that can help such as sports betting services and consultants, but you certainly don't want to pay for services for an online contest unless you were getting close to the cashing in on a great victory, but then came you this far without them, why should now switch.
You would like to participate in the "Las Vegas Sports Handicappers workshop" that is free and with a panel of experts each week, you could get a big lead on some of the games for your contest, it's also a great resource for the serious sport bettor. The workshop is held every Wednesday at 9 pm Eastern 6 pm Pacific. It's a free conference room with live chat and audio. Registration details of more football items handicaps and receive a free best bet selection and newsletter each week go to: http://www.tonydiamond.com
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