Bet Bash will draw sports bettors of all kinds to Circa this week and then we careen toward Week 0 in college football. I’m trying to savor the last low-key weekend here in Las Vegas until February, but we have a lot going on here at VSiN.
The inaugural VSiN Pro Football Futures Draft will happen on Wednesday, starting at 4 p.m. ET.
I can barely find a time to get half the staff scheduled for a meeting, but somehow we will have 10 VSiN hosts on the clock to draft their best season-long NFL props.
There will be 10 rounds, so the result for you will be a list of 100 prop bets that at least one person on Team VSiN likes.
It should be fun. Let the angle-shooting begin.
Today’s Best Bets
OK, let’s see what our experts have to say about this weekend’s sports betting menu.
MLB: Greg Peterson has picks for today’s menu. Steve Makinen and Josh Appelbaum will file their daily contributions later this morning.
NFL: Check out Steve’s betting systems for Week 1 of the preseason. There are two games today. >>Betting Splits.
Horse Racing: “Mr. Ed” Sehon has picks for today’s Saratoga card. Horse racing coverage is sponsored by 1/ST BET. Get your $200 sign-up bonus.
WNBA: Check later this morning for Makinen’s estimated scores based on his power ratings.
Tennis: VSiN Pro subscribers should go to the tennis picks page for six plays from Gill Alexander. Congrats to Zach Cohen and his wife Logan on the birth of their daughter, Chase. This is my way of saying congrats — and explaining why you might not see much of Zach for a while.
NASCAR: Steve has run his final simulation for today’s race at Watkins Glen and shares his analysis:
Top 5s, top 10s and matchups are going to be more popular bets today with Shane Van Gisbergen set up as such a huge favorite (-115!?). Here are my predictions:
Top 5: SVG, Blaney, Byron, Briscoe, Gibbs
Top underdogs to consider: McDowell, Gibbs, Bowman, Busch, Allmendinger
Favorites to struggle: Elliott, Cindric, Wallace, Hamlin
Adam Burke previews the race.
Sunday viewing & reading
Circa Survivor: The Quest for $14.2 Million: Watch the first five episodes on our YouTube page. Episodes 6-10 will be released on Tuesday.
VSiN College Football Betting Guide: 186 pages. 136 team previews. Plenty of predictions and picks. >>Download here.
