Welcome to The Fake Sharp newsletter- a newsletter about sports betting, DFS, and Best Ball where we don’t pretend to be something we’re not.

Here is what we’re serving up today:

• Kyrie Irving’s Comments About Sports Betting

• Lessons from Veteran Bettor Captain Jack

• Plays + Fades

Kyrie Irving’s Thoughts About Sports Betting

Our Take: He’s not wrong. With sports betting getting legalized across the country there has never been a better opportunity to promote and encourage new participants to get some action down. This in turn does tend to decrease team allegiance in the name of making money. Experienced bettors have all placed an emotional hedge at one time or another to soften the blow of their favorite team losing while pocketing some cash by betting on the other team.

Lessons From Captain Jack

Key Takeaways:

• Getting started by playing craps with Don Shula, Joe Theismann and Mercury Morris.

• Building a bankroll. Captain Jack outlines how he built a six figure bankroll by taking advantage of new player bonuses. “The best thing you can buy with your winnings is a bigger bankroll.”

• Providing tools and sports betting education. "Too many people want the easy answer.”

• Sports betting as the gateway drug to online casinos. “You can make 100 bets in one minute on online casinos.”

• Ways for the gambling industry to get better. 

  • Allowing players the ability to turn off certain games (ie video poker)

  • Allowing players to take a timeout from casinos and have that carry over to other casinos

  • Put in place a system to flag certain players from over betting

• The difference between American and European bettors. 

  • Americans tend to be aspirational bettors. They think they can get better at betting and become the best at it.

  • Europeans tend to be more recreational bettors where they will place a bet and enjoy the game.

• Using Unabated to find an edge. How their teaser tool helped their users win over 6 millions dollars.

The Best Place to Find Sports Betting Jobs

BettingRoles.com is the industry’s largest job board and includes some of the best companies like Underdog Fantasy, Fanduel, and Draftkings.

They have plenty of tools to help you get your search started. Some cool features include:

• New Job Alerts

• Apply Directly

• Easy-to-access list of favorite jobs

Play of the day (1-0)

Sacramento -2

Fade of the day (0-1)

Golden State -2.5

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