It seems like eternity after a long season of baseball, but game 1 in the NFL begins tomorrow and week 2 of college football is in full swing this weekend. Week 1 was good to us with a 3-0 w… Read More

After a very long and tedious MLB season (they always are), finally college football is here with the NFL right around the corner. MLB was free until the first game of college football was p… Read More

Finally after a very long MLB season:), NCAA FB is just 3 weeks away. NFL Pre-Season has started, and I may have a few plays in the pre season. My transition over to Discord is complete, and… Read More

Pre market comments posted to my Discord Channel RickJInvest this morning: 7/8 A lot to go over this morning. It is 2:00 AM here in Vegas:) My sleeping schedule is reversed from what it was… Read More

Now that I have a discord channel , I have added a number of channels that deal with topics other than sports betting and investing. On of the most recent is the above topic. I wanted to pos… Read More

I view the MLB as a test of how far you have come around to being a solid gambler:)  There is nothing like 5 months of wagering on baseball every day to test how far long you have come… Read More

With the new data base in use, the jury is out on how effective it will turn out. One thing about the free service for MLB is you are tending to risk wagering with a new database as a backbo… Read More

Below are the Overnight Sides I sent out to subscribers : 953 PIT  J JONES -R 123 954  J STEELE -L 961 OAK  J ESTES -R 180 962  C JAVIER -R… Read More

A 2-3 day yesterday and we find ourselves right at the breakeven mark heading into the middle of May. Top to bottom swing has only been around 10 units. We are beating the closing line at a… Read More

We just got off a nice 7-0 run while hovering around break even the first 5 weeks of the season. Top to bottom swing so far has only been 10 units. A very small number considering we are wag… Read More

Overnight plays in MLB are in full swing right now.  So far we have been in the negative, but, that is not unusual for these plays. There are a lot of plays over the season , and histor… Read More

905  J PAXTON -L 906 ARI  T HENRY -L 124 913  J RYAN -R 914 CWS  G CROCHET -L 147 We hit a +163 on  the White Sox yesterday, but overnight the line move… Read More

Our Overnight play went 2-0 last night. That brings our season to date record to : 2024 Season March Overnight Sides 1-4 -2.88 line change 3-1-1 +.046 April Overnight Sides 20-19 +1.91 Line… Read More

As most of my subscribers know MLB season will be free for everyone, subscribers and guests alike. As I explained the reason was the transition from Slack to Discord, and I will be busy will… Read More

MLB begins what is a very long season with a lot of plays and also tends to have a lot of swings. I have concentrated on the overnight sides, which over the last 3 years have been very profi… Read More

I am in the process of making some major changes to the way I operate thing. I have been doing this for 20+ years virtually the same way. The only thing I changed was going from twitter to S… Read More

I have not posted for awhile, as I have concentrated on my Slack Channel for keeping subscribers informed of the daily plays and other things of interest in both the sporting world and stock… Read More

Last week my contest picks went 3-2, bringing my season to date record for contest picks to 15-18-2 For plays I went 1-0 last week in the NFL with NE +8.5 being an easy winner. Season to dat… Read More

The NFL Top 5 picks went 2-3 last week. The swing game was the Raider NE game were the Raider scored a safety with almost no time left to cover:(  Not a good end game to say the least f… Read More

Week 5 in the NFL went 0-5 in contest picks and 0-1 in plays. In addition my all picks contest went 4-10. Just a tough week in the NFL last week. That brings my season to date record in the… Read More

Last week we went 2-2-1 on my top 5 contest picks bringing my record to 10-8-2 Plays are 2-5-2 going 0-1-1 last week. Needless to say we are off a slow start in the NFL:)  Quite a bit d… Read More

We had a 4-0 day yesterday in College football. Even had a 15 pt favorite as a play:)  An easy cover with Texas moving out in the game in the 3rd quarter. In the NFL my top 5 picks are… Read More

As we are finishing with regular season MLB it appears that +17 units is in the cards. That means the 2nd season in a row of double digit gains on overnight sides. This is a welcome addition… Read More

And before you know Week 1 of the NFL is here:) Since the Westgate this morning does not have the top 5 up yet lets take a look at the Circa top 5 picks Browns +2.5 Pitt +2.5 Jacksonville -4… Read More

Entering September our overnight sides in MLB is +16.57 units for an ROI of 7.08% Overnight Sides:  116-118 +16.57  ROI 7.08% Also we have been the closing line in MLB 63% of the t… Read More

NCAA FB starts 8/26 while the NFL begins 9/10. I put out NFL leans for the NFL preseason. The first week we went 4-1 on our NFL leans. MLB is at the mid august mark. Last season we picked u… Read More

Its been 3 months now since the beginning of the MLB season. As most of you know who have been following me, MLB has been a long journey toward finding a methodology that consistently produc… Read More

Let me begin by saying MLB is not for everyone. It is a grind, similar to playing low limit hold em in the casinos.  The EV if you have your methods correct is around + 1 to +3 % over t… Read More

How to begin:)   I have had an online presence sharing my knowledge and plays for 20+ years now. And while many that do this are in hiding trying to avoid their previous subscriber… Read More

2022 Season Plays Wk 1      3-0 Wk 2      2-0 Wk 3      2-1 Wk 4      1-1-1 Wk 5 &nbs… Read More

We are having a spectacular season in the NFL. With plays sent to subscriber 22-5-1 or 81.48%.    The Top 5 contest picks are now 38-24-3 or 61.29% And the contest where I pick eve… Read More

Plays continue to roll along for a 2-0 week last week bringing my play record to subscribers to 21-5-1 or 80.76% The top 5 picks have fallen off the last two weeks with two 2-3 weeks now bri… Read More

NFL Rolls along with our NFL plays last week going 2-1 bring us to 18-5-1 or 78.26% The headline shows the contest picks:)  We had a 4-1 week last week. My top 5 contest picks this week… Read More

We had one play last week in the NFL and it won with the Bears bringing our record to 16-4-1 or 80%!!! In the top 5 picks we went 2-2-1 bring our record to 28-14-3 or 66.66%  Bringing m… Read More

NFL Could not be going better this season. Plays that I send out to subscribers are at 78.94% or 15-4-1. I have sent out 1 play today to subscribers. NFL Top 5 contest picks are 68.42% 26-12… Read More

Let me start out by pasting what I told my subscribers a little over a month ago: “I have not looked at the lines lately. I think Masters and Laxalt  are reasonable wag… Read More

NFL has been as solid as I can remember this season.  Plays are 14-3-1 or 82%!!! Top 5 contest picks are 23-10-2 or 69.69%!!! and in the contest where I pick every game against the spre… Read More

We continue our tear through the football season. Last week our NFL wagers went 3-0 and the Top 5 contest picks went 4-1 That brings the season to date in the NFL to: 2022 Season Plays Wk 1… Read More

Last week my top 5 picks went 1-2-2 bringing my contest record to 12-6-2.  Plays last week went 1-1-1 making the play record  8-2-1 A great NFL season to date. My top contest picks… Read More

We are having a picture book NFL season so far with plays going 7-1.  And contest picks 11-4. Even in the all spread contest where I pick every game vs the spread I am 28-20  or 58… Read More

We are off to a great start in the NFL. Plays are 5-0, Contest picks are 8-2 and my picks in the all spread contest are 20-12-0 picking every game against the spread, I cannot think of a be… Read More

NFL Wk 1 could not have gone any better.  3-0 on the plays I put out. 4-1 on my contest picks and 10-6 on the all spread contest picks. A solid first week!!! My top 5 contest picks this… Read More

Wk 1 of the NFL is here. And its back  to my weekly posts coving the NFL. In the Westgate SuperContest, the top 5 picks are: Min Bal Pit Phi Car Typically you want to be fading the top… Read More

We are on the first week of September and have had a successful MLB Season. The overnight sides are making new equity highs each day now, +21.56 Units with an ROI of 9.17%. We have beat the… Read More

Several key primaries coming up soon. The one race that seems strange to me is Murkowski in Alaska. Most votes goes to TShibaka 79/25 But the odds of Murkowski getting reelected is 71/29. I… Read More

Those that have been following along this MLB season know that MLB this season has been free for everyone. This was a result of my using a new database for my overnight  plays in MLB. T… Read More

It has been awhile since I posted anything regarding political odds here. Primarily the reason was the stopping of the count in the November elections with the fallout resulting from that.&n… Read More

May is behind us so we have two months now of MLB using the new MLB data base. And as expected, there are bright spots and not so bright spots:) First lets look at the Overnight Sides: In Ap… Read More

As you know by now all sports subscribers get access to my Slack channel that many of my real time stock and option trades are posted. This feature has been much more popular then I anticip… Read More

April is now behind us so its time to see how my new database is working out in MLB. April numbers are: MLB 2022 OvernightsSides: 28-22 +9.02 (Top to bottom swing has been -4.5 to +9.02) Tot… Read More

MLB has started the the response to my free service for MLB has been overwhelming. I am glad so many are taking advantage of it to see all the work and effort I put in every day to not only… Read More

Starting April 1st, RickJ’s Handicapping Picks is a free service. This will last until the 1st NCAA FB Game All you need to do is send me an email requesting that I add you to the ser… Read More

We finished the NFL season with a win in the Super bowl. Typically I do not have a wager but this year the dog looked reasonable to me at +4. So for the NFL: NFL 2021Sides: 24-20Totals:… Read More

I have not posted in awhile as most of my posting is done with my subscribers on Slack.  This morning, however, seems like a good time to give my Superbowl observations along with my up… Read More

A 3-2 week in the Circa and My Bookie contest bringing my record in the contests to: Circa: 40-35 My Bookie:  43-31-1 In the all spread contest where I pick every game vs the spread I w… Read More

A washout week for me in the contests:(  1-4 in Circa and My bookie which brings my record in the contests to: Circa: 37-33 or 52.8 %. My Bookie: 40-29-1 or 57.97% All spread contest: 5… Read More

Week 13 started off with an 0-3 day for contest picks, but I recovered winning the last 2. That brings my contest record to: Circa  39-31  or 55.71% My bookie  42-27-1 or 60.8… Read More

The NFL Contest went well last week going 3-2 in both contests, and 8-7 in the all spread contest. In the Circa contest I sit at 37-28 or 56.92% against the spread. In the My bookie contest… Read More

The NFL Contest picks are looking pretty good as I enter Week 12. In the Circa contest I sit at 33-24 which includes to Thursday picks , Det+3  and Jacksonville +7. That is a 57.89% win… Read More

A good weekend last week going 4-1 in the contests. In the My Bookie contest I sit at 28-16-1  or 63.63% In The Circa contest I sit at 25-20  or 55.45% In the All Spread contest wh… Read More

In The My bookie contest last week I went 2-2-1 bringing my record there to 24.5 Pts. I need to get up to 27.5 Pts to get into the top 100. In the circa last week I went 2 -3  with my t… Read More

In both the Circa Contest and MyBookie contest I went 2-3 last week. I was 1-3 heading into the Monday night game and salvaged the week for my contest picks. That puts me at 19-16 in the Cir… Read More

I finally faltered in the Circa Contest going 1-4 last week, bring my record to 17-13.  In these contests you can only afford 1 really bad week. Maybe 2 if you have a nice run. But stil… Read More

Markets are slightly lower all just below the -.30% mark vix.x is +2.65% @CL -.47% and TLT -.15% This is a neutral –… Read More

Week 5 in the NFL turned out hinging on Indy last Monday night. It was a cover so I went 3-2 in the Circa bringing my record there to  16-9 or a 64% pace. That is not a bad place to be… Read More

Pre Market comments sent out to subscribers this morning: 10/11 Indexes are lower this morning with DIA -.16% SPY -.37% QQQ -.69% and IWM -.14% 5:29 Although I am not quite certain about th… Read More

Week 4 in the NFL behind us and I sit at 13-7 in the Circa NFL Contest after two 4-1 weeks!  Well positioned as I enter Week 5. Of course, with the large field you have to keep up a tor… Read More

Football is moving along and we are already on Week 4 in the NFL! Last week in the Circa Contest I went 4-1 putting my record at 9-6. Also I had Jacksonville +7.5 on Thursday night so I have… Read More

Week 2 in the NFL I came back to earth:) I went 2-3 in the Circa contest thanks to Baltimore Sunday evening. Its always grim when you are 1-3 going into your last play. In addition my plays… Read More

Week 1 was a good week in the NFL for me. I went 3-1 in plays, 3-2 in the Circa contest and 9-8 in the contest where I pick every game against the spread. So off to a good start! I have sent… Read More

Week 1 of the NFL is here. I switched to the Circa contest this year after sitting out last season. Once I found out there was no vig, I picked the Circa. My NFL picks this week are: Houston… Read More

Its a slow time now, with only MLB going and in a few weeks College football starts and then the NFL. MLB is hovering around breakeven for the season, with Totals the standout , and d… Read More

Thinks are settling down a bit around here so I am going to start posting regularly again. It has been a hectic 5 months. MLB is now through the end of July and here are the season to date r… Read More

April results are now behind us in MLB and here is the monthly tally: Overnight Sides: with additional stats  (April) 20-22   + .13 (.003% ROI) Advantage to closing… Read More

I am again putting out my special for MLB. If you sign on the first week of the season and stay until the end of the season, I will refund 50% of your subscription fee if I do not have a win… Read More

Superbowl Sunday is finally here with KC matching up with TB. First, let’s start out with This season’s record for my plays in the NFL: Season to Date Sides:  17-8-2 or 68%… Read More

Markets are gapping up this morning with the exception of IWM which is hovering around Break-Even QQQ is leading the way to the upside up almost 1% Vix.x … Read More

On Wedn we had two Ncaa BB plays and both were easy winners. VMI +6 only lost by 2 and Mass +3 won the game outright. Today I have a full slate of NCAA BB, NHL and NBA games to handicap alon… Read More

All of our call and put sales are looking fine. FUBO has taken off to the upside at 39.02 this morning. This means we are most likely to collect the 710 call premium on Friday and will be ou… Read More

This is today’s morning comments sent out via slack to subscribers 30 min before the open. This is an example of what you get as a subscriber to http://rickjshandicappi… Read More

College football is over this season with a high scoring championship game Alabama 52 Ohio State 24. I put the game out at a pass at -9 as I could see no edge on the game. A lot of people lo… Read More

This is going to be a shorter post today as I have a number of things going on this morning. First, we had 3 short put sales last week. We collected the premium in all 3 but we had one of th… Read More

Last week I started out my post with my short put method I developed when all sports were down. I received so much email regarding this I am going to start out each week with the updated res… Read More

I am going to start out today’s post with something a bit different. As subscribers know during the time sports was down I developed a method of shorting puts on Thursday for Friday ex… Read More

This week we went 2-2 in College Football. 0-1 on Sides and 2-1 on Totals. This brings our Season to date in College football to : Sides: 19-23 Totals: 9-3 Combined season to date 28-26 We a… Read More

In College football, we went 1-3 on Saturday bringing my record in college football to: Sides 19-22 Totals 7-2 Combined Season to date: 26-24 In the NFL: Season to date: Sides 10-5 Totals 3… Read More

In College Football on Sat we went 2-1 on Sides and 0-1 on totals for a 2-2 day. That brings my record in College football season to date at Sides 18-19 Totals 7-2 Combined: 25-21  54.3… Read More

In college football this week we went 2-0 on Totals and 1-2 on Sides. For a 3-2 week in College Football. In the NFL we sit at 9-5 Season to date. In the All spread contest I am at 84-67 or… Read More

A 2-4 day in College Football yesterday brings my season to date record to 21-19 or 52.5% In the NFL I sit at 9-4. For Football this season I am at 30-23 or 56.6 % I am also in a contes… Read More

A 3-2 day in College Football on Saturday brings my season to date record to 15-14 on sides and 4-1 on totals. Combined is 19-15 or 55.8% In the NFL my plays sit at 8-3 Season to date So all… Read More

A 3-1 day in College football on Saturday brings the Season to date record to 13-10 on Sides and 2-0 for totals. That is Season to date 15-10 or 60% winners.In the NFL plays are sitting at 7… Read More

We are 10 days before the Presidential election and I thought it would be a great time to update the political odds along with my thoughts.First people need to recognize there is a very big… Read More

We are looking fine in Football this season. 12-9 for College Football and 7-2 for the NFL. So for the football season, we are 19-11 Season to Date.  That is 63.33% winners.In the all s… Read More

We have cooled off a bit since our fast start to football. Right now we sit at ”10-7 in NCAA FB PLAYS6-2 in NFL playsOverall 16-9 Season to Date for Football or 64% winners.I have sent… Read More

After an 0-3 day in NCAA FB our season to date record stands at 9-5. In the NFL we sit at 6-1 Season to date.My Westgate picks today are :Bears +3.5 (W)Jacksonville +6Phil +7San Fran -8.5Cha… Read More

Another Strong day in College Football Saturday. Two plays and both easy winners.  NC State +14 won the game outright 30-29 and Kansas State U63 was another easy in going under by 12 Pt… Read More

The first debate is in so now would be a good time to go over the political odds landscape.First let me update my wager fading the 30 House Dems that won in 2018 that trump carried in 2016… Read More

Another easy time of it in College Football this weekend going 3-1. We started off with a win on Middle Tenn St +5.5 on Friday 35-37. Then on Saturday, we had three plays: Florida St +12 Lo… Read More

On Saturday we had an easy time of it in college football.  Liberty +15 won the game 30-24 and Abilene Christian +8.5 +105 covered 13-17.  That brings us to 4-1 Season to Date in c… Read More

A new NFL season is here.  Hopefully, it will not be marred by politics and proceed in the usual course. I am going to go on the assumption that there will be a full season.Last year in… Read More