- OUR BETTORS
- STRATEGY
- FREE: NFL BETTING PREVIEW BOOK (2023)
- NFL Betting Strategy 101: How to bet TNF games
- NFL Team Beat Reporters to Follow on Twitter/X
- How to win at sports betting: A guide to sustained profitability
- How To Bet Golf Using Strokes Gained Data & Putting Stats
- Chris Dell's FIFA Soccer Betting Preview: Colombia vs. Germany
- Hunting The UFC: Mixed Martial Arts Betting Strategy 101
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- OUR BETTORS
- STRATEGY
- FREE: NFL BETTING PREVIEW BOOK (2023)
- NFL Betting Strategy 101: How to bet TNF games
- NFL Team Beat Reporters to Follow on Twitter/X
- How to win at sports betting: A guide to sustained profitability
- How To Bet Golf Using Strokes Gained Data & Putting Stats
- Chris Dell's FIFA Soccer Betting Preview: Colombia vs. Germany
- Hunting The UFC: Mixed Martial Arts Betting Strategy 101
- OUR BETTORS
- STRATEGY
- FREE: NFL BETTING PREVIEW BOOK (2023)
- NFL Betting Strategy 101: How to bet TNF games
- NFL Team Beat Reporters to Follow on Twitter/X
- How to win at sports betting: A guide to sustained profitability
- How To Bet Golf Using Strokes Gained Data & Putting Stats
- Chris Dell's FIFA Soccer Betting Preview: Colombia vs. Germany
- Hunting The UFC: Mixed Martial Arts Betting Strategy 101
- …
- OUR BETTORS
- STRATEGY
- FREE: NFL BETTING PREVIEW BOOK (2023)
- NFL Betting Strategy 101: How to bet TNF games
- NFL Team Beat Reporters to Follow on Twitter/X
- How to win at sports betting: A guide to sustained profitability
- How To Bet Golf Using Strokes Gained Data & Putting Stats
- Chris Dell's FIFA Soccer Betting Preview: Colombia vs. Germany
- Hunting The UFC: Mixed Martial Arts Betting Strategy 101
SLEEPY J
Sleepy J is the leader of the pack and our beloved Betting Predators podcast host. A professional handicapper at the best sports betting information site, pregame.com, Sleepy is also a frequent guest on Fox Sports Radio's "Straight Outta Vegas." Sleepy understands that professional sports betting takes discipline, and his experience in the U.S. military gives him an edge in putting that discipline to action. Sleepy's one sole promise to listeners is simple: you will always get an honest, well thought out handicap. He will always try to help you crush your sportsbook.
CHRIS DELL
Chris Dell is the digital and editorial brains behind the operation. He was a sports reporter and editor for 15+ years, covering the Nets, Mets, Yankees and Giants for The New York Times and the New York Daily News, and he holds an M.A. in Entrepreneurial Journalism from the City University of New York. Chris left the journalism world in 2013 to launch Go Baller Media, a mobile app-turned-media agency with the funding of Cleveland Cavaliers / Quicken Loans owner Dan Gilbert. Chris' specialty is fantasy football, where he grinds out weekly rankings, projections and NFL player props.
DAVE ESSLER
Dave Essler - also known as "Uncle Dave" and "Diamond Dave" - has been sharing his winning picks for over a decade and is a legend of sorts on pregame.com. Dave is a lifelong entrepreneur and an avid golfer in the little spare time he has. He is convinced that nobody works harder for his sports betting clients. Dave has struck fear in the sportsbooks over the years because of his uncanny handicapping approach. He is not only a true contrarian bettor, but he also can read when public bettors are correct before a game. This is a skill that Dave has mastered over his decades of sports betting.
THE HITMAN
Known simply as "The Hitman," Tommy is a professional bettor who specializes in the NFL, NBA, and derivative markets such as player props, for pregame.com. Not only does he provide long-term winning picks, but The Hitman also provides advice on the fundamentals of betting and professional betting secrets that are hard to find elsewhere. The Hitman has been banned and limited by dozens of sportsbooks, and he has also finished in the top percentile of major contests such as the “draft best ball championship” and the Westgate Super Contest.
DAN RIVERA
Dan Rivera is the backbone of statistical researching & analytical deep diving for the Betting Predators. Dan holds a Master's in Economics, and he utilizes his years of research and data analysis to help the team find sharp angles and contrarian stances on the betting market. An avid Summit League hoops fan and NFL Draft aficionado, Dan regularly publishes his findings and picks here on the website, and he is a frequent co-host and guest of the Betting Predators podcast. When he's not diving deep into a spreadsheet, you can find Dan doing two-a-days at the gym. Yes, we're serious.
MACKENZIE RIVERS
Born in Chicago, but raised for Las Vegas, Mackenzie Rivers is a graduate of Yale University with a B.A. in English & Creative Writing. Mackenzie is also a pregame.com/Fox Sports Radio producer and the special host of Fox Sports Radio's "Mackin' on the NBA" on Straight Outta Vegas with Bernie Fratto. Mackenzie's passion is in statistical analysis, especially when he believes there is a stat that many are misreading or missing entirely. His goal is to bypass the minutiae of commonly-cited sports statistics and expose the heart of what drives athletic success, to make his best bets.
JUSTIN "SMOOVE" EVERETT
Justin "Smoove" Everett was born and raised in Las Vegas and is a former college athlete with a degree in business management. Smoove has specialized in advanced analytics and statistics since his college days, and he uses that knowledge to his advantage when it comes to his sports handicapping and overall sports betting research. Smoove's focus is on the NBA and NFL, and you can often find him deep-diving into his picks on The Betting Predators podcast and the pregame.com forums. You can find Smoove grinding out his NFL Matchup Breakdowns Column every week on the Betting Predators website, where he writes up handicaps on every game with the PFF data and research you need to know for your card.
MIKE D'ANGELO
Mike D'Angelo is a former college athlete who played soccer at Concord University in Athens, West Virginia. Mike specializes in statistics and algebra, both of which he also teaches in high school in Richmond Hill, Canada. His lifelong love for sports eventually turned into an obsession of learning the gambling industry ins & outs, and he strives to always find the equilibrium between psychological evaluation and statistics when handicapping. Mike helps to provide in-depth statistical and analytical research behind the scenes for the Betting Predators, in order to help the team optimize gambling potential. You can also Mike's weekly player prop research and podcast recaps on the Betting Predators website.
The Betting Predators is a portfolio company of Go Baller LLC and Rock Ventures (Rock.com), founded by serial entrepreneur Dan Gilbert, and the umbrella entity for his investments and real estate, Quicken Loans, Majority Owner of the National Basketball Association's Cleveland Cavaliers, and Detroit Venture Partners.
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