High levels of activity in and around VSiN: Week 1 of college football starts tonight. A big announcement for the company. Gill Alexander has an intriguing guest on today’s A Numbers Game. And eight $100,000 entries for Circa Grandissimo in one day.
VSiN debuts on FanDuel Sports Network
It’s an exciting day for us here at VSiN.
VSiN By The Books, hosted by Dave Ross and Jensen Lewis, will run on the FanDuel Sports Network, starting today.
FanDuel Sports Network, owned and operated by Main Street Sports Group, is the country’s leading provider of local sports with television rights for many pro teams.
VSiN’s morning show (7-10 a.m. ET) will appear on nine FanDuel Sports Network regions: Detroit, Florida, Midwest, North, Ohio, South, Southwest, West and Wisconsin.
If you are in those neighborhoods, I hope you will tune in and spread the word to your friends.
One more programming note . . .
Matthew Bowyer pleaded guilty last year to running an illegal sports betting operation that recruited hundreds of clients, including Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. Tomorrow, he will be sentenced. Today, he’s on A Numbers Game (10 a.m.-1 p.m. ET) with Gill Alexander.
Thursday Night Football
Week 1 of the college football season starts with a bang tonight and continues through the Labor Day weekend, concluding Monday with Michael Lombardi’s (and Bill Belichick’s) North Carolina debut.
VSiN.com managing editor Adam Burke previews two of tonight’s games:
>Boise State (-5.5) vs. South Florida (5:30 p.m. ET, ESPN).
>Nebraska (-6.5) vs. Cincinnati at Arrowhead (9 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Adam also posted his Best Bets for the weekend, including on tonight’s Jacksonville-UCF game.
Steve Makinen has Best Bets on two of tonight’s games.
>>Everything we post on Week 1 will be collected here.
Download Your NFL Betting Guide
The UPDATED VSiN NFL Betting Guide is out and ready for download here for VSiN Pro subscribers. The 42-page PDF includes new Best Bets now that training camps have concluded. Plus:
- Adam Burke’s 32 Team Preview Updates and Players To Watch
- Steve Makinen’s Week 1 Betting Systems
- Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers from Tom Brolley of Fantasy Points
- Football Contest Strategies and a 2025 Survivor Blueprint
Not a VSiN Pro subscriber? Find a package that works for you.
Ain’t it Grandissimo
The Circa sportsbook was definitely buzzing on Wednesday.
At around 4:30 p.m., there were 23 entries in the Circa Grandissimo. By the end of the night, there were 31 in the inaugural high-stakes survivor contest.
I met social media influencer Bryce Hall as he was plonking down $200,000 in hundred-dollar bricks for two entries. Then he came on VSiN with Scott Seidenberg. >>Watch clip.
(Just so you know: I have a high standard for calling someone a social media influencer. Bryce has 23.4 million TikTok followers and a million on X. So he’s OK by me.)
I also ran into Brandon Wittmeyer as the Las Vegas professional poker player spent $200K on two entries. Brandon reminded me that VSiN founder Brian Musburger and I talked to him about investing in VSiN back in 2018. He took a pass. But he was nice about it.
Need $100,000? Winners Circle Proxy can’t help you with that, but they can serve as your proxy for the Circa contests.
Speaking of poker players: The first episodes of the new Fade Us Sports podcast with poker stars Phil Hellmuth, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, Brandon Cantu and David Woodley are out as the guys break down win totals for the AFC and NFC. >>Listen now.
Quick Hits
MLB: Greg Peterson has Best Bets for today’s MLB menu. Steve Makinen, Adam Burke and Josh Appelbaum will post their daily contributions later this morning.
U.S. Open: VSiN tennis analyst Zach Cohen will post his Best Bets in the evening before the next day’s matches. You can find them on our tennis page. Zach will post additional picks on our tennis picks page if he spots a play or two during the day. Gill Alexander will send me any picks he has for the page late at night. He has five for today.
Ryder Cup: VSiN golf analyst Wes Reynolds has a play for your consideration now that the U.S. team has been named.
Horse Racing: Man, we have a lot of horse racing for you. “Mr. Ed” Sehon and 1/ST Bet’s Jeremy Plonk have picks for today’s Saratoga card on our horse racing page. You will also find Mr. Ed’s picks for the opening of the Kentucky Downs meet, which will happen about 20 yards from Dave Ross‘ anchor desk. Plus Adam Burke previews the Pacific Classic and the Nashville Derby.
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