Guides

Plain-English guides for people who run an NFL pool with their friends, and for anyone who wants to understand their own betting habits. Every pick is a habit. These guides are about seeing yours.

• How to run an NFL pool with your friends Formats, deadlines, blind picks and settling arguments, for the person who ends up running the group.
• Breakeven win rate calculator Enter odds, see the win rate they ask for, and compare it with your own record.
• Closing line value, explained The number you took against the number the market settled on, and what it says.
• Chasing losses: how to spot it in your own picks Do your stakes change after a loss? How to check, honestly, from your own history.