Super Bowl 47

The big game is approaching, and I will be on the San Francisco 49ers.  Some analysts point to the Ravens' momentum, but I don't see that besides a few big wins in the playoffs.  Anything can happen in a small sample size, but I believe we'll see a reversion to the mean -- and see a blowout win for the 49ers.

San Francisco has been consistently good this season, and I believe we may see a blowout win like we used to see in the 80's and 90's.  Here are some books I have helped to write.

Sports Investing Books -- discounted

The sports books I have been involved with -- are currently being discounted at the publisher's E-Store.  Just use the code 7D3S3CF2 to receive 25% off of the sports investing books.


There are codes for the publisher's other titles on games & children's books.    

Sports Investing Books -- NFL Preseason has started!

With the NFL Pre-season underway, please check out these books that I have been involved with -- in terms of research, angles, and some writing.



This book focuses on approaches for the NFL.
















This book is more general but talks about "investing" in the sports marketplace in general.  Good, contrarian, "sports investing" approaches that will help you improve your handicapping results.

Sports Investing Books

I have been involved in several book projects to help sports bettors improve their results.  These are not get-rich methods -- but years of historical data and statistical research have shown that these approaches can yield a measurable edge.

These betting tips and strategies can be used as a stand-along approach -- or can be used to add an additional edge to your own handicapping. 



There are short, focused, books on college football -- and professional football -- as well as an overview on the approaches in a more general (but longer) book.  The books have been popular best-sellers on Amazon within their category of Sports>Gambling.




With the football season nearing, the books have been selling again.  Good luck! 

WSJ, SportsInsights & Value

I like how the Wall Street Journal has been picking up on applying contrarian methods to the sports betting world.  They just came out with this article using SportsInsights' research on March Madness:

Fabrizio examined the final betting lines of every Division I college basketball game played in March or April since 2004 and monitored the bets taken by six popular online bookmakers. He determined when one team is favored by at least 16 points and receives more than 60% of the bets, the underdog covers the spread 56.5% of the time. The results are strikingly similar to those of another study Fabrizio performed in December, which examined the benefits of the contrarian investing technique to betting on NFL games. 

Please click here for the link to the article.

These contrarian sports investing methods often result in "ugly plays" (large underdogs!) -- but the data shows that there is value in applying contrarian methods not only to stocks -- but also to sports betting.  The typical sports bettor feels "bad" (and stupid) when the the ugly play gets blown out (which happens regularly) -- but more often than not, the point spread is able to help the "ugly pick" squeak by with a win ATS (against the spread).

My article on Contrarian Sports Investing

Here is an excerpt from an article I helped put together with some analysts at SportsInsights.

Contrarian Methods

How can we capture the inherent returns of the sports market? One method is to use a contrarian approach and bet against the public to capture value. This is one reason why we collect and study "betting percentages" from several major online sports books. Studying this data allows us to feel the pulse of the market action - and carve out the performance of the "general public."

For the complete text of the article, please click here:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Getting-an-Edge-in-Sports-Betting:-Contrarian-Sports-Investing&id=5137666

My Book on NFL Betting Systems

Please check out my book on NFL Betting Systems. I take an analytical and academic view of the NFL sports betting marketplace and try to study ways of obtaining value in the NFL marketplace.

The book is called, "Sports Investing: NFL Betting System" -- and has been one of the best sellers in its category.

The entire link is here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1609700082?ie=UTF8&tag=sportsinves03-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1609700082

Welcome to Jim Cee Sports

Welcome to my blog: the Jim Cee Sports (Betting) Blog.

I will post information on topics related to sports betting and sports gambling -- with the idea of using:

• sports analytics,
• historical data,
• research, and
• objective observations

-- to remove emotion from this endeavor -- and turn it into the more businesslike approach of investing in the sports marketplace. Some folks have coined the phrase "sports investing."

Please visit some of my favorite sites such as:

• SportsInsights, and
• Covers