Gamblor attempts to extend its hot streak to 3 weeks in a row, and we look at the 5 greatest regular-season collapses in NFL history.
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To celebrate Son of Gamblor’s incredible debut picking winners against the spread (6-0-2) we’ll look at the top rookie debuts in professional sports history.
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Gamblor and his squalling spawn, Son of Gamblor, return to Popdose for another season of statistically derived NFL picks against the spread.
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There’s an ancient roulette scheme that’s probably about two hours older than the game itself. It’s a strategy known as the “martingale system” and was apparently popular in 18th century…
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Gamblor was correct in both of the games last week, going 2-0, but unfortunately it wasn’t confident enough in either pick to wager any money, so it’s take for the…
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Gamblor had a quiet week last week, going 2-2 for a small loss of $31. The computer, like many bettors, anticipated that Arizona would put up a much bigger fight…
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Gamblor finally scored a big victory against Green Bay last week and had an incredible week overall, going 3-1 with a truly amazing weighted win percentage of 97.0%. Sadly, its…
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Gamblor finished its season in style, making the second-largest number of weighted picks in its entire 14-year (theoretical) history and finishing with a weighted win percentage of 57.5% and a…
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The spread for the Buffalo game is -8.5. Yeah. A 5-10 team is an 8.5 point favorite over a 14-1 one. So of course Gamblor thinks this spread is about…
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The computer had a nice week last week, going 9-6-1 against the spread. Well, it was almost nice. If I hadn’t dropped $340 on Pittsburgh, I’d have been up $40. …
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Fucking hell. I need to keep reminding myself that in the long run this program has actually still made money for me. But another weekend like the last one and…
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UPDATE: Hooray! Gamblor got off to a great start this week, nailing its second-largest bet as Cleveland dropped Pittsburgh last night. The 10.5 points that Atlanta is getting against the…
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UPDATE: The line in the Arizona game finally got posted – the Vikings are favorites by 3 points. Whisenhunt says that who’s starting at quarterback will be a game-time decision,…
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UPDATE: Both Gamblor and I are off to a good start this week, as my own picks are 2-1 and Gamblor hit the bigger of its two bets (on Denver). …
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Along with all your picks for Week 11’s NFL action, Zack Dennis counts down the worst coaching mistakes in football history. Hey, is that Marty Morninwheg?
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UPDATE 2: The half-point movement in the Monday night game has convinced Gamblor to put down a small ($5.12) hedge bet on the Cleveland Browns. UPDATE: The biggest news is…
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On the cusp of Week 10 in the 2009 NFL season, Zack Dennis pauses to reflect on the performance of his game-calling supercomputer, Gamblor.
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You’re in the wrong place – the picks for Week 9 of 2010 will be posted HERE on Thursday morning. You really should go read them because Gamblor is absolutely…
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UPDATE: The Giants line continues to see wild movement – it has shifted all the way to +1 and now the Eagles are considered underdogs. Gamblor now likes the Giants…
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Fantasy football has been described as “Dungeons & Dragons for jocks,” so in the spirit of Halloween, Shi Ne (a.k.a. the Sports Report Girl) has joined us for a countdown of five monsters from the D&D manual — and their real-life NFL counterparts.
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Zack Dennis has punched the buttons and shifted the levers on his trusty supercomputer Gamblor, and is here to tell us who will win and lose in the NFL this week.
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– WELCOME! If you’re here looking for the picks from Week 6 in 2009, you’ve come to the right place. But you’re probably not. So instead, go see my 2010…
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Zack Dennis is here with all your picks for Week 5 NFL action — purely for entertainment purposes, of course.
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Zack Dennis relives us the sportsbooks’ top five bad beats of the 2008 season — and, of course, gives us the picks for all of this week’s NFL games.
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We’re headed into Week 3 of the 2009 NFL season, and Zack Dennis (and his trusty computer, Gamblor) are here to help you beat Vegas with your picks.
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Well, Week One of the 2009 NFL season is on the books. How did Zack Dennis’ computer model handle the picks — and what does it say about this week?
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Are you ready for some football? Lord knows Zack Dennis is — and with Week One’s kickoff just around the corner, he’s also ready to make his inaugural picks.
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Last week I explained a bit about how my prediction model came into being, and how it works. The “flip” component of it, which identifies questionable spreads and presumes a…
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Two years ago, after being introduced to the computer program MATLAB at work, I conceived the brilliant plan of writing a computer program to pick the winners of football games…