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Top MLB Prop Bets For The 2021 Season

Top MLB Prop Bets For The 2021 Season | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com From months to weeks to now days, the start of the 2021 Major League Baseball season has almost arrived, with predictions as easy to find and meaningless spring training highlights. Along with those predictions are prop bets being offered by bookmakers …

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Super Bowl Bet

This Common Super Bowl Bet May Put You At Risk Of Jail Time

This Common Super Bowl Bet May Put You At Risk Of Jail Time | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com Welcome to Super Bowl Week, where fans are overwhelmed with meaningless facts about backup punters and linemen, and your office bookie (you know, the one who ran the weekly NFL knockout pool) comes back one …

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Sports Fans

What Betting Tell Us About Sports Fans

What Betting Tell Us About Sports Fans | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com With the NBA regular season underway, where all the preseason betting money went was released by many of the online betting websites and apps. Yet, something jumped out to me when looking at the numbers. It’s a trend that I believe tells …

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NFL Week 16 Point Spread

Rafael’s NFL Week 16 Point Spread Picks (Season Record: 112-108-4)

[tps_header]Rafael’s NFL Week 16 Point Spread Picks | Current Record: 112-108-4[/tps_header] The three-day Christmas weekend brings with it Week 16 of the NFL schedule and games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday; and despite the number of teams still alive for a playoff berth dwindling, the number of exciting games remains high as postseason seedings and …

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NFL Week 15 Point Spread

Rafael’s NFL Week 15 Point Spread Picks (Season Record: 105-101-2)

[tps_header]Rafael’s NFL Week 15 Point Spread Picks | Current Record: 105-101-2[/tps_header] The last shopping weekend of the Christmas season brings along with it Week 15 in the NFL. The schedule not only provides a potential Super Bowl preview, but gives fans plenty of games with playoff implications as some teams looking to strengthen their hold on …

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NFL Week 14 Point Spread

Rafael’s NFL Week 14 Point Spread Picks (Season Record: 98-92-2)

[tps_header]Rafael’s NFL Week 14 Point Spread Picks | Current Record: 98-92-2[/tps_header] The fourth quarter of the NFL season has arrived with Week 14, and with the bye weeks over, there are only four games left for every team.  For some, those games are about building momentum for the postseason, while for others it will be …

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NFL Week 13 Point Spread

Rafael’s NFL Week 13 Point Spread Picks (Season Record: 89-86-2)

[tps_header]Rafael’s NFL Week 13 Point Spread Picks | Current Record: 89-86-2[/tps_header] Despite some recent bumps in the road, the NFL has reached Week 13 on their schedule, and as the world counts down the days to the end of 2020, teams across the league are looking forward to their appearance in the playoffs or their …

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Rafael’s NFL Week 12 Point Spread Picks (Season Record: 81-78-2)

[tps_header]Rafael’s NFL Week 12 Point Spread Picks | Current Record: 81-78-2[/tps_header] The end of America’s annual four-day football binge will be the twelfth Sunday of the 2020 NFL season, a day that will see some important divisional matchups and games features elite teach from each conference.  Here now are my Week 12 point spread picks …

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NFL Thanksgiving Games

Rafael’s NFL Thanksgiving Games Spread Picks

Rafael’s NFL Thanksgiving Games Spread Picks | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com The NFL will once again offer up a three-course meal of Thanksgiving Day football games on Thursday.  While the games will grow in importance throughout the day, there are at least two games that should feature at least one playoff team, and …

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NFL Week 11 Point Spread

Rafael’s NFL Week 11 Point Spread Picks (Season Record: 77-68-2)

[tps_header]Rafael’s NFL Week 11 Point Spread Picks | Current Record: 77-68-2[/tps_header] The weekend before Thanksgiving arrives with the Week 11 schedule that kicks off with a huge matchup in the west before continuing on Sunday in the Bayou, and ending with the defending champs looking to exact revenge for their lone loss of the season. All …

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NFL Week 10 Point Spread

Rafael’s NFL Week 10 Point Spread Picks (Season Record: 69-63-1)

[tps_header]Rafael’s NFL Week 10 Point Spread Picks | Current Record: 69-63-1[/tps_header] The middle of November brings with it the tenth week of the NFL season, and along with it comes a very interesting schedule.  Part of the reason is that there are more games in the late day time slot than on the early schedule, …

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Gambling Addict

Should This Gambling Addict Be Around Sports?

Should This Gambling Addict Be Around Sports? | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com WFAN radio in New York City is set to welcome back Craig Carton to its airwaves Monday afternoon after a three-year absence that included a federal prison sentence. Carton was addicted to playing blackjack and stole money from business partners to fuel …

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Election Day 2020

Sports Bookies Won Big On Election Day 2020

Bookies Won Big On Election Day 2020 | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com From the Gulf Coast to the Inner Harbor and both sides of our northern border, Election Day 2020 will be remembered as a win for bookmakers looking to accept legal bets. That’s because three states voted to legalize gambling on Tuesday, with …

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NFL Week 9 Point Spread

Rafael’s NFL Week 9 Point Spread Picks (Season Record: 64-54-1)

[tps_header]Rafael’s NFL Week 9 Point Spread Picks | Current Record: 64-54-1[/tps_header] Week 9 of the NFL season might be dubbed “Trap Week” as many good teams will look to avoid getting picked off by bad team ones and bettors will look to avoid the pitfalls of picking games between teams at the bottom of their …

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NFL Week 8 Point Spread

Rafael’s NFL Week 8 Point Spread Picks (Season Record: 59-45-1)

[tps_header]Rafael’s NFL Week 8 Point Spread Picks | Current Record: 59-45-1[/tps_header] The first week in November brings with it the eighth week of the NFL season, a week that contains pivotal divisional matchups, compelling games with conferences and one game with a historic betting line. With Arizona, Jacksonville, Houston and Washington on their bye week, …

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NFL Week 7 Point Spreads

Rafael’s NFL Week 7 Point Spreads Picks (Season Record: 52-38-1)

[tps_header]Rafael’s NFL Week 7 Point Spreads Picks | Current Record: 52-38-1[/tps_header] As the last weekend of October arrives so too have a lot of important games on the NFL schedule, with some teams needing wins to stop losing streaks while others look to build momentum and climb the standings.  One game might go to show …

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NFL Week 6 Point Spreads

Rafael’s NFL Week 6 Point Spreads Picks (Season Record: 47-29-1)

[tps_header]Rafael’s NFL Week 6 Point Spreads Picks | Current Record: 47-29-1[/tps_header] The third NFL weekend in October begins as many did in years past, on Sunday, not Thursday thanks to the Tennessee Titans throwing the entire league into chaos this month.  As the elite teams begin to fall or struggle to maintain their status as …

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NFL Week 5 Point Spread

Rafael’s NFL Week 5 Point Spread Picks (Season Record: 42-21-1)

[tps_header]Rafael’s NFL Week 5 Point Spread Picks | Current Record: 42-21-1[/tps_header] The NFL season begins its second quarter this week with six undefeated teams and four winless squads.  The schedule also will provide a conventional and unconventional matchup of division leaders as well as a full helping of teams looking to further lock up their …

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NFL Week 4 Point Spread

Rafael’s NFL Week 4 Point Spread Picks (Season Record 32-15-1)

[tps_header]Rafael’s NFL Week 4 Point Spread Picks | Current Record: 32-15-1[/tps_header] October beings with the Week 4 schedule in the NFL which includes several important matchups, and opportunities for teams to rebound from bad losses and build upon good wins.  And as the first quarter of the NFL season wraps up, it will also see …

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NFL Week 3 Point Spread

Rafael’s NFL Week 3 Point Spread Picks (Season Record 21-10-1)

[tps_header]Rafael’s NFL Week 3 Point Spread Picks | Current Record: 21-10-1[/tps_header] The first two weeks of the NFL season have provided some exciting moments, first of their kind performances, and proof that experience can help you win, but isn’t always needed to play well.  With some heavyweight teams on primetime this week, the country will …

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NFL Week 2 Point Spread

Rafael’s NFL Week 2 Point Spread Picks

Rafael’s NFL Week 2 Point Spread Picks | Current Record: 11-4-1 The second week of the NFL seasons sees those teams at home last week hit the road, while those who traveled to begin the season returning home.  With an almost even split of games between played between winless, undefeated, and a mix of both, …

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Why Are The Packers An Underdog In Week One?

Packers Vikings 2020 | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com While we don’t have real games being played yet, one thing we do have is betting lines for the National Football League, and there is no game anticipated more than that first game of the season. At first glance, however, certain betting lines has me …

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