USING FAKE LINES TO CREATE WINNERS AT PREGAME.COM
by RICHARD NICHOLS
Pregame.com, led by R.J. Bell, has become one of the sleaziest sports handicapping services in the country. That is not an easy accomplishment; most handicapping services are parasites, promising risk-free riches to desperate degenerates.
RJ Bell of Pregame.com
Pregame.com is a little more subtle than that. They proudly post each handicapper’s plays, claiming transparency unseen before in Toutland. A quick glance at those listed plays, however, shows how Pregame creates winners out of losers thanks to creative lineshopping.
Take Pregame handicapper Fezzik. Fezzik is one of the more well-known touts in the country. His gift of gab and self-promotion make him a popular radio guest, a go-to person when it comes to NFL handicapping.
There is one problem, however. He doesn’t win. Tracked for years by credible third-parties, Fezzik has shown himself to be a long-term loser.
So desperate measures are needed to maintain the “winner” illusion. This is where Pregame’s creative lineshopping wields its results, using Bodog.com as its hammer.
Bodog.com is one of the most notorious sportsbooks in the world today. They aren’t interested in smart bettors. They want the so-called square action, and close or limit the accounts of anyone who has shown themselves to have some handicapping ability.
Bodog has two sets of lines. One line tends to follow the consensus lines of bigger, sharper shops. This is the line they give their sharper bettors. The second line is given to their square bettors. This line is heavily shaded to the public side. Bodog inflates the line on public sides, making its customers pay extra for the privilege of betting those teams.
Pregame.com uses these dual lines to pump up its losing handicappers’ record. When the consensus line on a game is +1.5, but Bodog is dealing +3 to its square customer base, Pregame.com takes advantage and uses the +3 for grading purposes.
On Sunday, this scheme got some heavy action from the Pregame crew. Fezzik liked the Miami Dolphins, and released the pick on Friday. The consensus line at the time was Miami +3 -125; bettors had been betting Miami all week and the line was gradually dropping. However, Bodog was dealing Miami +3.5 on one of its dual lines, making square bettors pay extra for the right to take Aaron Rogers and the Green Bay Packers.
Most touts, credible or not, would use the consensus +3 -125 line for recordkeeping purposes. Fezzik, however, chose to use Bodog’s square line. Despite knowing most of his customers couldn’t get +3.5 on Miami, Fezzik listed Miami +3.5 on his play list.
The extra half point came in handy. Green Bay scored a last second touchdown to pull out a 27-24 victory. Fezzik claimed victory, his only win of the day. Fezzik lost his other three plays yesterday, despite using Bodog’s inflated lines in two of the three plays.
Pregame specializes in inflating its handicapper’s records using Bodog lines. Teddy Covers was also able to steal a win using Bodog’s +3.5 line on Miami. As was Spartan. Other handicappers, waiting until the consensus line had moved down to Miami +1.5, were able get a push by using Bodog’s +3.
For R.J. Bell and Pregame.com, these lineshopping games are routine and a necessary evil. Losing touts need every edge they can get. And Pregame.com has a lot of losers on their handicapper list. Just four of Pregame.com’s 25 handicappers were in positive territory on Sunday. That number includes Teddy Covers who had a winning day only because he stole a winner using Bodog’s line on Miami.
A sucker is born every minute, a wise man once said. Pregame.com is banking on those suckers.
by RICHARD NICHOLS
Pregame.com, led by R.J. Bell, has become one of the sleaziest sports handicapping services in the country. That is not an easy accomplishment; most handicapping services are parasites, promising risk-free riches to desperate degenerates.
RJ Bell of Pregame.com
Pregame.com is a little more subtle than that. They proudly post each handicapper’s plays, claiming transparency unseen before in Toutland. A quick glance at those listed plays, however, shows how Pregame creates winners out of losers thanks to creative lineshopping.
Take Pregame handicapper Fezzik. Fezzik is one of the more well-known touts in the country. His gift of gab and self-promotion make him a popular radio guest, a go-to person when it comes to NFL handicapping.
There is one problem, however. He doesn’t win. Tracked for years by credible third-parties, Fezzik has shown himself to be a long-term loser.
So desperate measures are needed to maintain the “winner” illusion. This is where Pregame’s creative lineshopping wields its results, using Bodog.com as its hammer.
Bodog.com is one of the most notorious sportsbooks in the world today. They aren’t interested in smart bettors. They want the so-called square action, and close or limit the accounts of anyone who has shown themselves to have some handicapping ability.
Bodog has two sets of lines. One line tends to follow the consensus lines of bigger, sharper shops. This is the line they give their sharper bettors. The second line is given to their square bettors. This line is heavily shaded to the public side. Bodog inflates the line on public sides, making its customers pay extra for the privilege of betting those teams.
Pregame.com uses these dual lines to pump up its losing handicappers’ record. When the consensus line on a game is +1.5, but Bodog is dealing +3 to its square customer base, Pregame.com takes advantage and uses the +3 for grading purposes.
On Sunday, this scheme got some heavy action from the Pregame crew. Fezzik liked the Miami Dolphins, and released the pick on Friday. The consensus line at the time was Miami +3 -125; bettors had been betting Miami all week and the line was gradually dropping. However, Bodog was dealing Miami +3.5 on one of its dual lines, making square bettors pay extra for the right to take Aaron Rogers and the Green Bay Packers.
Most touts, credible or not, would use the consensus +3 -125 line for recordkeeping purposes. Fezzik, however, chose to use Bodog’s square line. Despite knowing most of his customers couldn’t get +3.5 on Miami, Fezzik listed Miami +3.5 on his play list.
The extra half point came in handy. Green Bay scored a last second touchdown to pull out a 27-24 victory. Fezzik claimed victory, his only win of the day. Fezzik lost his other three plays yesterday, despite using Bodog’s inflated lines in two of the three plays.
Pregame specializes in inflating its handicapper’s records using Bodog lines. Teddy Covers was also able to steal a win using Bodog’s +3.5 line on Miami. As was Spartan. Other handicappers, waiting until the consensus line had moved down to Miami +1.5, were able get a push by using Bodog’s +3.
For R.J. Bell and Pregame.com, these lineshopping games are routine and a necessary evil. Losing touts need every edge they can get. And Pregame.com has a lot of losers on their handicapper list. Just four of Pregame.com’s 25 handicappers were in positive territory on Sunday. That number includes Teddy Covers who had a winning day only because he stole a winner using Bodog’s line on Miami.
A sucker is born every minute, a wise man once said. Pregame.com is banking on those suckers.
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