All-Sports Expert Betting Tips to Help Win Cash this Week

by Dave Schwab - 10/21/2015

Anyone who bets on sports on a regular basis is always looking for an edge or an advantage when it comes to wagering on the games. The following five insider tips could go a long way towards providing one for this week's games. This will be a new regular feature at Doc's Sports, so be sure to keep a lookout for this article next week and beyond.

Betting on a Shark

The new NHL season is just a few games into its new season, and San Jose goalie Martin Jones is already turning heads with his play between the pipes. While he did get shelled on Monday night in the Sharks 4-0 loss to the New York Rangers, his early body of work suggests that he could bounce back with a strong showing in his next outing, which should be this Thursday night at home against the rival Los Angeles Kings.

Before Monday's meltdown, Jones had a goals-against average of 0.49 and a .982 save percentage in his first four starts.

The Perfect Storm for an "Under" Bet

The NFL regular season enters Week 7, and while most bettors are probably riding the coattails of teams such as Green Bay, Denver and Cincinnati, which are a combined 14-2-2 against the spread this season on 5Dimes' closing NFL betting lines, the Minnesota Vikings are 4-1 ATS, and they have been lining bettor's pockets with the "Under" play on the total line.

The total has stayed under in four of the Vikings first five games, with the other contest ending as a push. While the oddsmakers are bound to adjust somewhat in the coming weeks, right now Minnesota has the perfect combination for producing low-scoring games no matter which team it plays.

The Vikings' defense that is ranked second in the NFL in points allowed (16.6) is complementing an offense that is 29^th in the league in scoring with 19.2 points a game. This Sunday they face a 1-5 Detroit Lions' team that is ranked 26^th in the NFL in scoring with 20 points a game.

Home (not so) Sweet Home

The Tennessee Titans have just one winning season since 2009, and they came into this season fresh off a 2-14 record in head coach Ken Whisenhunt's first season with the team. The Titans opened this season with a win against Tampa Bay on the road before losing their next four games. This slide includes three straight losses at home to Indianapolis, Buffalo and Miami. Tennessee did manage to cover against the Colts, but it lost both SU and ATS to the Bills and the Dolphins.

The Titans will wrap up a rare four-game homestand this Sunday at Nissan Stadium against Atlanta as four-point underdogs. Going back over Tennessee's last 17 home games, it is just 2-14-1 ATS. The Titans have lost their last 11 home game SU when closing as underdogs, and in the month of October alone they are 1-9 SU with a 1-8-1 record ATS in their last 10 games when closing as an underdog at home.

Betting Against the Buckeyes

The defending 2014 College Football Champion Ohio State Buckeyes started this season as the No. 1 team in the nation in both major polls, and through the first seven weeks of action they remain the top team in the country at a perfect 7-0. While they continue to win on the field, the Buckeyes have been a nightmare to bet on this season with a costly 2-5 record ATS.

This Saturday night, Ohio State will be on the road against 3-3 Rutgers as a heavy 21-point favorite on 5Dimes' current betting line. This will be the fourth time this season that the Buckeyes have been favored by 20 points or more, and each time they have failed to cover.

Ohio State is just 2-5 ATS in its last seven road games, and this could be a good spot to go against the Buckeyes again given Rutgers 11-5 record ATS in its last 16 games as underdogs.

5Dimes' Futures Pick of the Week

The start of a new NBA season is right around the corner, and while most of the talk has centered on Cleveland's LeBron James and Golden State's Stephen Curry when it comes to MVP futures, I have my eye on New Orleans' Anthony Davis as my top bet when it comes to winning this year's award.

Davis is hardly a longshot as a +600 second-favorite to win MVP following James' betting odds at +250, but I believe he has the best value on the board. The 6-foot-10 power forward will be entering his fourth season in the NBA, and he has taken a big step forward in each of his past three years.

As a rookie he averaged 13.5 points per game before bumping that up to 20.8 points in his second season and 24.4 PPG last year. His average rebounds per game has climbed from 8.2 his first year to 10.2 last season, and he shot 53.5 percent from the field up from 51.6 percent as a rookie.

All the stats aside, Davis appears to be primed to take that next step to the upper echelon of the NBA. The Pelicans continue to improve overall, and he should be able to garner all the attention he needs to sway the voters in his direction with an even better performance this season.

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