OKdub Forms Partnership with SportsPicksForever

OKdub is proud to announce a long term partnership with the great team at SportsPicksForever. SportsPicksForever is a Professional Sports Handicapper firm, and right now, we will promote our app on their site, and we will promote SportsPicksForever on our site. But wait til phase 2 comes around, that's when this partnership will really take off!

Here's some background on SportsPicksForever:

Joe Cravino is a professional gambler for 20 years and owner of SportsPicksForever.com. Over the past 15 years, Joe has been able to make his primary income from sports wagering. Joe’s business model for SportsPicksForever is simple:

SportsPicksForever offers its customers access for life to the same picks Joe wagers on to make his living for one low investment. One payment of $299 gets customers picks forever.

SportsPicksForever’s guarantee to its customers is simple: Make one investment of $299 and get all of Joe’s plays. SportsPicksForever will never ask for one more dime for the same plays Joe wagers on. Guaranteed.

Over the lifetime of a sports bettor, Joe’s business model allows customers to receive picks for literally pennies each day  To break it down, customers will have paid 82 cents a day the first year, 41 cents a day the second, ONLY 27 cents a day after three year, and 5 years from the day a customer signs up, they would have only paid 16 Cents per Day. 

Here are what Joe’s customers get ...

- Expert Picks (7-10) a week
- Baseball, Football, Basketball and some Hockey
- Unique money management system
- Joe’s +120 betting system that will allow customers to gain an advantage in ALL       wagers over the house
- Daily email notifications when picks are posted
- LIFETIME membership and picks

Visit Joe’s site at www.sportspicksforever.com or click here to read what some of Joe’s hundreds of clients are saying about his service.

Vince Mullins of Fantasy College Blitz Snaps out of Slump, Takes Week 8

Hi Fans,

Have we awoken the sleeping giant? After toiling for much of the year in last place, Vince Mullins of Fantasy College Blitz went 7-1 and took week 8 of the My Sports Picks College Football Expert Challenge. He is now 23-24-1 on the year and tied with Todd Devries of the College Football Geek. The Wiz from My Sports Picks went 6-2 to open a commanding 3 game lead in the overall record over The Guru from My Sports Picks, who limped across the finish line with a 6-2 mark.

Check out all the gory score  details here.

Check out Fantasy College Blitz and College Football Geek every day for the best information on Da Internets for Fantasy College Football. And be sure to download My Sports Picks - Football 09, the best Sports Bet Tracking iPhone app in the App Store today.

Oh My! The Guru Takes Week 7 with a 10-2-1 Mark!!

Hi Fans,

The Guru from My Sports Picks shocked the betting world by going 10-2-1 and vaulting to the top of the leaderboard in wins with a 46-40-1 record. Going on his "There are a lot of awful NFL teams theory", The Guru knew that a team like the Tampa Bay Bucs couldn't hang with the Pats, that the horrible Raiders would be no match for the Jets, or that the terrible Redskins would be helpless against an angry Eagles team.

Harris Bornstein of http://www.footballbet.net/ and the iBetFootball app finished with a 6-6-1 mark, and saw his Best Bet streak end with a Carolina loss. Jeff Edelstein of The Trentonian also finished with a 6-6-1 mark, and saw his Best Bet entry Minnesota fall in a thriller to the Steelers. The Wiz from My Sports Picks finished with a 5-7-1 mark.

You Don't Have to Be a Collinsworth to figure out that The NFL is Full of Awful Teams!

 Hi Fans,

Week 7 of the NFL is over, and what a week of blowouts it was! 6 of the 13 games were decided by 20 points or greater, and 11 of the 13 games were decided by 10 points or more! You don't have to be a Collinsworth to figure out the following: There are a lot of really bad teams out there. Parity, where are you? Well, let's take a look shall we?

According to my expert analysis, here's my breakdown:

Great teams = 5 (Broncos, Colts, Vikings, Giants, Saints)
Good teams = 7 (Eagles, Packers, Falcons, Cards, Bengals, Steelers, Pats)
Average teams = 8 (Cowboys, Bears, 49ers, Jets, Ravens, Chargers, Jags, Texans)
Bad teams = 2 (Seahawks, Dolphins)
Awful teams = 10 (Redskins, Lions, Bucs, Rams, Panthers, Bills, Browns, Titans, Raiders, Chiefs)

So if we looked at a curve, you could say that we have perfect parity: 12 teams that are above average, 8 teams that are average, 12 teams that are below average. But when you break down the teams in slightly finer detail, you see how badly the awful teams disrupt the parity curve. And I personally don't think that awful accurately describes these awful teams. If it weren't for head to head competition and a couple of fluke games, we're talking 2-14 or worse for these teams.

What does this mean for the rest of the season? The way I see it, as long as one of those awful teams is playing a team that is average or better, expect a spread of 9 points or greater and expect a blowout. Bottom line, these teams just can't compete.

On the flip side, beware of the good and average teams. Are their records inflated because they have destroyed an awful team? On average, I'd be very leary when any of these good or average teams play a great team. Bet accordingly. 

My expert picks will reflect this philosophy the rest of the year. Happy Picking!

We just got a rating of "Better" from AppReview

Hi Fans,

More Great News! AppReview has given awarded us the prestigious rating of "Better". According to the AppReview team, they have reviewed nearly 37,000 apps, and only a very small percentage receive the 'Best' or 'Better' Rating.

Read the review here.

Review: “My Sports Picks” App Proves a Winning Pick

Hi Fans,

Here's another great review of My Sports Picks. This review, written by Michael Essany of The iPhone App Review, garnered a score of 8 out of 10! Here's a great Money Quote:

Combining both real football action with pretend betting, My Sports Picks is ideal for fans with ample expertise and a willingness to put make-believe money where their mouths are...the look, feel, and functionality of this app is a touchdown for football fans everywhere                                                     

                                                                                                                                                                    



Read the full article here.

Head on over to iTunes today to download My Sports Picks - Football 09!

A Five Star Review of My Sports Picks from iPhoneAppRatings.org

Hi Fans,


Check out this review of My Sports Picks - Football 09 from iPhoneAppRatings.org. 5 Stars out of 5. The author is Jim Covert.  Here's a money quote:

My Sports Picks is an excellent app for football fans who are looking for a way to keep track of their picks.…Err, let me try that again. It’s an excellent app for sports fans looking to keep track of their picks.…Hmm, still not quite it… My Sports Picks is an excellent app for sports fans.…There, much better.  

I love how Jim is actually using the app to brag to his buddies that he is the ultimate football expert. Check out this quote:

What it can amount to in real life, however, is bragging rights with your buddies.  What good is betting if you aren’t betting against anyone, right?  Well this app has several features that let you prove to your friends that you are the supreme sports-pick-guy. 

 

The Guru, The Geek, and The Vince Are the College Football Expert Picks Week 7 Winner

This is a breaking news update:

The Guru did not win week 7. I repeat The Guru did not win week 7. There was actually a 3 way tie for first between The Guru, Todd Devries of The College Football Geek, and Vince Mullins of Fantasy College Blitz. Each finished with a 4-4 record, while The Wiz had a horrible showing at 1-7.

The Guru would like to issue a formal retraction for this egregious error, and let Todd and Vince bask in the glory with their dominant 4-4 week. Congrats.

Check out the breakdown of all the factual picks here.

Be sure to download the My Sports Picks - Football 09 app if you haven't yet. You don't have to be a sports bettor to love our app. Check out the quote from our stellar review at iPhoneAppRatings.org , who summed our app very nicely: "My Sports Picks is an excellent app for sports fans."

Harris Bornstein Wins Week 6, is 2-0 with his Best Bets

Hi Fans,

Week 6 is in the books and Harris Bornstein wins yet again. The Footballbet.net and iBetFootball creator went 8-6 for the week, and more importantly has upped his record to 2-0 in his "Best Bets" picks. This feature is one of the huge selling points of his iBetFootball app for the iPhone. I encourage you to check it out here.

Jeff Edelstein of The Trentonian had a rough week with his picks, as he slumped to 4-10 and is suddenly a pedestrian 37-37 on the year. But on the flip side, he had a great webisode over at The Trentonian web site. Howard Wizwer, (aka The Wiz) went 8-6 and Ari Kolker (aka The Guru) of My Sports Picks went 6-8.

Be sure to download the My Sports Picks - Football 09 app if you haven't yet. You don't have to be a sports bettor to love our app. Check out the quote from our stellar review at iPhoneAppRatings.org , who summed our app very nicely: "My Sports Picks is an excellent app for sports fans."

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Fans,

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The Importance of the Handicapper

Fans,

Did you ever wonder how the oddsmakers seem to be so accurate week after week, game after game? It's no wonder that oddsmakers use data to establish how much better one team is over another team. Data comes from so many factors; team stats, weather, coaching, historical matchups, injuries (some known to all and some known to just a select few), home field...all of this is processed through proprietary formulas to produce an estimated advantage.

But the Vegas oddsmakers aren't always accurate. While the average Joe is merely guessing who is better, there are Experts out there with their own proprietary formulas who consistently Beat the Oddsmakers.

These Experts are Handicappers, and you will see in the not so distant future that they are critical to the success of My Sports Picks. We are awesome at helping our customers their Track their picks. Soon we'll be awesome at helping our customers Make their picks.

Stay Tuned.

Version 1.3 of My Sports Picks - Football 09 is on the App Store

Hi Fans,

Great news, Apple has approved our changes that we made to My Sports Picks - Football 09. Our latest version has the following changes:

1. We flipped the Home and Away team so that Away team shows up on the top, and the Home Team is on the bottom. This fix is on the My Picks and the Scoreboard screens.


2. We made the odds and the line more precise on the Picker wheels in the New Picks screen. Now bettors will be able to more accurately determine payout from each bet.


3. We changed the Name "Visit OKdub Website" to "Expert/Handicapper Picks" on the "More" screen

As always, we welcome your suggestions as to how we can make our app better. Please send an email with your suggestions to support@okdub.com

Harris Bornstein goes 9-5 and is the NFL Expert Week 5 Winner

Harris Bornstein, creator of the iBetFootball app and Footballbet.net website, bests the competition with a 9-5 mark. As a bonus, Harris won his "Best Bet" by picking Denver. Very impressive. He sits atop the leaderboard with a .750 win percentage

Jeff Edelstein had another winning week, going 8-6. He is 33-27 overall. Read Jeff's pontifications and watch his weekly webisodes at The Trentonian, one of New Jersey's most read publications.

The Wiz and The Guru both finished 7-7 (again) and continue to hover at the .500 mark for the season.

The best part of our Expert picks is that you can view these picks directly from the app. Simply click on the "More" Button and then click on the "Expert/Handicapper Picks" button, and you'll get to view our Expert Picks, as you can see here.

Of course the My Sports Picks - Football 09 app is the app to beat when it comes to NFL and NCAA Football Betting. If you don't have it yet and you own an iPhone or iPod Touch, buy it for .99 here

The Wiz wins again, proving that he is the College Expert to beat!

The Wiz just keeps on winning! He takes week 6 in impressive fashion with a 6-2 mark, and is 21-10-1 on the season. The Guru from My Sports Picks finished 5-3 and is two games behind overall.

Finishing at 4-4 was Todd Devries of College Football Geek. Have you checked out the College Football Geek site? It's absolutely one of the best College Football Fantasy sites out there. If you're a college football fan like I am, definitely check out the Player Rankings, Message Boards and Injury Reports .

Finishing at 3-5 was Vince Mullins of Fantasy College Blitz, which along with "The Geek" is one of the premier College Fantasy Football sites out there today. Check it out!

The best part of our Expert picks is that you can view these picks directly from the app. Simply click on the "More" Button and then click on the "Expert/Handicapper Picks" button, and you'll get to view our Expert Picks, as you can see here.

Of course the My Sports Picks - Football 09 app is the app to beat when it comes to NFL and NCAA Football Betting. If you don't have it yet and you own an iPhone or iPod Touch, buy it for .99 here

Check out the My Sports Picks Overview Video

Fans, we have just completed our overview video. If you've ever had questions about how to use our app, this short video should help out quite a bit. Check it out...

Baseball Playoffs are Here! Create a Special Playoff Profile in My Sports Picks - Baseball 09

Hi Fans!

Who doesn't love baseball playoffs? Why else would we sit through a 162 game season? Today's games start in just a couple hours, and I gotta say that My Sports Picks - Baseball 09 is going to spice up the games even more.

If you have My Sports Picks - Baseball 09, and you want to separate your regular season profit total and record from your playoff profit total and record, you can easily do that. The Wiz (Howard Wizwer, co-founder of OKdub) has created this great video that will step you through the process. Here you go, and enjoy the playoffs!

The Guru Takes Week 5 of College Football

With a 5-2-1 record, The Guru (Ari Kolker) takes week 5 in NCAA Football. The Wiz (Howard Wizwer) finished 4-3-1, while Todd Devries of College Football Geek finished 3-4-1 and Vince Mullins of Fantasy College Blitz finished 4-3-1.

The Wiz leads the overall standings with a 15-8-1 record with The Guru right behind at 14-9-1.

Check out the detailed scores on the OKdub website here:

And don't forget, My Sports Picks - Football 09 is available on the iTunes App Store for just .99.

Edelstein Wins Another Week with an 8-6 mark

Fans, week 4 of the NFL is in the history books. After watching the first four weeks, it is abundantly clear that there are a core group of teams that really suck! Tampa, St. Louis, Detroit, Tennessee(!), Oakland, Kansas City, Washington, Cleveland are all awful, and there are another group of teams that are in line to join this awful group.

That being said, the Expert Pickers now have to contend with these awful teams. Jeff Edelstein, columnist for The Trentonian, won week 4 with an 8-6 mark. Newcomer Harris Bornstein from Footballbet.net and the iBetFootball app, finished 7-7 along with The Guru from My Sports Picks. The Wiz from My Sports Picks finished with a 6-8 mark.

Check out all the details here at the My Sports Picks website

As always, you can buy My Sports Picks - Football 09 for just .99 on iTunes!

Did You Know? Adjusting the Line and Odds Manually Is a Breeze!

We've gotten several emails asking whether it's possible to adjust the line and the odds in My Sports Picks - Football 09. The answer is: absolutely! Here's how:

First pick the game you want to bet on. Let's take this week's Miami vs. Buffalo game. We get our line feed from Pinnacle Sports, and the current line is Miami +1. However, Bodog has the line at Miami +1.5. Since I think Chad Henne has the makeup of a champion and will keep his team very close, I want that extra half point. So here are the steps to adjust the line from Miami +1 to Miami +1.5.

1. Pick Miami, then choose the Line bet where Miami is +1.You are now at the screen where you would enter your bet amount. You'll see that there is an orange arrow next to the Line +1 (-110).
You will then get to a screen with a wheel that let's you choose to adjust both the line and the odds.After you adjust either or both of these, then go back to the previous screen and place your pick. It's that simple.

Happy Betting!

Week 5 NCAA Picks and Learn How to email from the App!

Hi Fans,

I thought I'd let you in on a great piece of functionality inside My Sports Picks - Football 09. But before I do that, we've posted our Week 5 NCAA Football Expert Picks. Need a reminder on how to get to these picks from directly inside our app? First, click on the "More" button. Then click on "Visit OKdub Website". You will then see the following Page:

It will be much easier in our next release, where you will see a link that says "Experts".

Now on to some cool functionality: Emailing Your Picks. This feature has received a lot of positive feedback from our fans, but for those who haven't seen it yet, check it out. After you make your picks, check out the bottom of your My Picks screen. You will see an "Email Picks" button. Here's a screenshot:Hit the button, and without leaving the app, you can launch your iPhone mail screen. Stick an email address, press send and you can email your picks and come right back to the My Picks screen without ever leaving the app! This is what it looks like:
Try it out and let us know how you like it. Feel free to email your picks to us at support@okdub.com.

Happy Betting!

My Sports Picks Joins Forces with Sports Money Managers!

Hi Fans,

Another great get for My Sports Picks! We have come to agreement with Sports Money Managers, one of the premiere Sports Handicappers in the US. What this means to you is that you will be hearing quite a bit about this great team and the tremendous records they boast handicapping NFL and college games.

Let's meet the handicappers:

• Southeast Crew has hit on 82% of their Platinum Plays in the past year.
• Coach K is a proven winner and our Premier NFL, NCAAF and Basketball handicapper.
• Freddy Wills is known throughout the industry as a reliable source of consistent winning plays.

Look for more exciting news around this partnership in the weeks to come!

Harris Bornstein Joins The Panel of NFL Experts

Hi Fans,

Harris Bornstein, creator of the awesome iBetFootball app, has joined our panel of esteemed NFL Experts. What? You haven't bought the iBetFootball App? What are you waiting for? It's week 4 of the NFL season, and teams are beginning to show their true colors. In the immortal words of Coach Denny Green "[name an NFL team] are who we thought they were!" That's perfect for iBetFootball, because it functions on past stats and proprietary calculations to determine if the current betting line is worth betting on or not. In other words, you actually have a chance against the book if you use Harris's system.

Here's some more great info on iBetFootball, and Harris's web application found on his website www.footballbet.net

Pro Football Forecast Betting Handicapping Software Engine and iBetFootball Systems

INTRODUCTION
This is the seventh year that the Engine has been available to the public on the internet and the first year for the iBetFootball app each year the sales and satisfaction grow. I wanted to give you a bit of background regarding the Engine as well as speak a little about football betting in general. The Pro Football Forecast Betting Handicapping Software Engine started out as an idea and developed into a system about 16 years ago, before everything became so computerized. The core of the system has been remained similar to its origin, but has been refined and improved over the years by analyzing different factors and computing their affect on the outcome of games. About 11 years ago I coded the Pro Football Forecast Betting Handicapping Software Engine into a BASIC program for my own use. It remained in this state until about 8 years ago when I again transformed the program into an excel spreadsheet which enabled much greater flexibility in analysis of factors, which in turn enabled a greater winning percentage to emerge. This type of regression analysis over the past 7 years or so has fine-tuned the Pro Football Forecast Betting Handicapping Software Engine into the product that it is today.

THE SYSTEM
The first step used by the System in analyzing each game is to use key offensive and defensive statistics (which are easily available in the newspaper or on the internet) to calculate a Predicted Score for each game. The exact calculation method and weighted factors that produces this predicted score is the basis of the Pro Football Forecast Betting Handicapping Software Engine and so I am not able to discuss exactly how it is calculated, however I can give you a brief description. The Pro Football Forecast Betting Handicapping Software Engine quantifies the offensive efficiency of each team as well as their defensive efficiency, and how these key statistics relate to each other and the results are translated into points.
In addition, other important statistical factors come into play when evaluating football games. This system can examine blowout scores to see if they are a result of simply a better team, or in fact were lucky bounces that occurred via turnovers. In fact, in 75% of NFL games from recent history the team that covered the spread was the team that had a better turnover differential. Another important trend factor analyzed is a rolling strength team power rating where trends of wins or losses can be a helpful predictor of future games. There is also a home field advantage factor that is added to the statistical mix as well. All these factors are combined to compute the Predicted Score which is then compared with the betting line point spread to see if any discrepancies can be discerned and to see if the point spread is accurate, or if it has been swayed by misguided public opinion or money hungry oddsmakers.

WINNING PERCENTAGE
Using the Pro Football Forecast Betting Handicapping Software Engine and iBetFootball has allowed me to achieve a winning percentage against the point spread of over 60% overall in the past 7 seasons. For instance, in 2004, the System went 72.9% best bet winners straight-up and 61.3% on best bets against the spread. In 2005 the System went 76.2% winners straight up for best bets. In 2006 it was another profitable year for the system going 58.3% versus the spread and 79.4% in straight up best bets. 2007 results were 64.7% best bets versus the spread and 80.8% best bets straight up. 2008 results were 67.2% best bets versus the spread and 78.4% best bets straight up! See the year to date results on our website, we are proud of our results!

SPREADHEET PROGRAM
The statistical factors for each team are downloaded into the Premium system by the user each week. The stat file is available each Wednesday night by 11 PM from our website. This download takes approximately one minute and then all you have left to do is select the teams that are playing the games that day (which should take 1 minute) and ALL THE PREDICTED SCORES AND RESULTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY CALCULATED! Nothing could be easier! Of course, automated scoring keeps track of weekly wins and over/under results as well as year to date results. There is also a betting ledger to keep track of your monetary success and charts and graphs showing team statistical data comparisons.

iBETFOOTBALL APP
iBetFootball PRO is a simple to use Professional Football Handicapping iPhone/iPod Touch application that downloads weekly statistics from our website and computes predicted scores for upcoming pro football games! Enjoy a 60% or GREATER win percentage on best bets versus the spread using this system which is also great for Parlay bets and Under/Over bets too!

This app is NOT a game or a simulation, it is a tool to help you pick winners, beat the point spread and win big money! This application is a direct translation of the successful pro football handicapping system that has been available for the last seven years at www.footballbet.net and uses the exact same winning formulas. It analyzes the most statistically relevant team factors and uses them to compute a predicted final score for each team. The statistics for each game takes about one minute to enter into the application. After both team's data has been entered and saved, the predicted final score result of the game and a betting analysis appears on the Results screen. Comparing the predicted final score to the point spread will show you the games that have the greatest variance, and therefore the greatest chance of being a winning wager! Using this application, we can predict what is most likely to occur and determine if the expected point difference is different than the published point spread, thus highlighting money making betting opportunities.

SUMMARY
There are many different statistics in football but only a few of them are the critical ones that determine the outcome of games! The Pro Football Forecast Betting Handicap Software Engine analyzes the most important statistical factors that affect a game's outcome and zeroes in on the games that show the greatest differential between the point spread and your predicted outcome. These are the games to bet on! We have been providing this service on the internet for over 7 years and have had many satisifed clients who have returned each year to renew our Premium Service. Please consider the Professional Football Handicapping Engine, I know you will find it one of the best investments that you have ever made.