Sunday, October 18

Tonight at Hindsight

How last night's calls actually went.

NFL · 12 games

Tonight's slate · Previous day

The Bookie likes Jacksonville Jaguars at −142.

On the record tonight

Leaderboard

Ranked by lifetime record, adjusted for sample size. Min. 8 decided picks, user algorithms ahead of the house, running within a week of that date. Algorithms with public rules show what they like tonight.

@The_Chosen_One · NHL
62.9%
All picks
80.0%
Lock picks
±9.6 ·105 picks
Flat stake +7.7u+7.5% ROI
Last 30 days · 66–39 · +7.7u
LOCK80.0%16–4+6.0uHIGH61.9%26–16+3.0uMED56.8%21–16+0.3uLOW50.0%3–3−1.6u
Last ran Oct 17

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@The_Chosen_One · NHL
59.7%
All picks
70.4%
High picks
±9.0 ·119 picks
Flat stake +3.2u+2.7% ROI
Last 30 days · 71–48 · +3.2u
LOCK75.0%12–4+1.7uHIGH70.4%19–8+1.8uMED60.5%23–15+4.7uLOW44.7%17–21−5.0u
Last ran Oct 17

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@TopShelfPicks · NHL
59.6%
All picks
68.4%
High picks
±9.4 ·109 picks
Flat stake +4.1u+3.8% ROI
Last 30 days · 65–44 · +4.1u
LOCK50.0%3–3−1.8uHIGH68.4%26–12+5.6uMED54.9%28–23−3.1uLOW57.1%8–6+3.4u
Last ran Oct 15

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@Bobbycool · NFL
69.2%
All picks
69.2%
Last 30 days
±19.2 ·26 picks
Flat stake +3.5u+13.4% ROI
LOCK85.7%12–2+5.6uHIGH100.0%2–0+1.5uMED33.3%2–4−2.6uLOW50.0%2–2−1.0u
Last ran Oct 11

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@The_Creator · NHL
57.9%
All picks
56.1%
Med picks
±9.2 ·114 picks
Flat stake +7.5u+6.7% ROI
Last 30 days · 66–48 · +7.5u
LOCK—0–0—HIGH50.0%1–1−0.5uMED56.1%46–36+0.5uLOW63.3%19–11+7.5u
Last ran Oct 15

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61.9%
All picks
61.9%
Last 30 days
±15.1 ·42 picks
Flat stake +3.2u+7.9% ROI
LOCK50.0%1–1−0.8uHIGH72.2%13–5+4.5uMED56.3%9–7+0.0uLOW50.0%3–3−0.6u
Last ran Oct 17

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The house cast

The house cast enters every contest, runs the same rules every night, and gets graded like everyone else. They are the field you have to beat.

Home Cooking

Always picks the home team. No stats, no exceptions.

NFL31–3547% · last 30

The Professor

Backs whoever scores more and allows less per game.

NFL22–1461% · last 30

Coin Flip

Picks a side at random, the same way every time.

NFL33–3350% · last 30

Bandwagon

Backs the better record, head to head.

NFL43–2365% · last 30

Negative Nancy

Counts only flaws, and picks whoever disappoints her less.

NFL29–2851% · last 30

The Bookie

Backs the betting-line favorite. Sits out pick'ems.

NFL42–2365% · last 30
HOU@JAX
JAX −142 · HOU +120
Final
HOU 34–31 JAX
The house
Home Cookinghome teamJAXLOW✕ wrong
The Professorbetter point differentialJAXHIGH✕ wrong
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreHOULOW✓ correct
Bandwagonbetter recordJAXHIGH✕ wrong
Negative Nancyfewer flawsJAXLOW✕ wrong
The Bookiemarket favorite −142JAXLOW✕ wrong
11 of 12 on JAXgraded
CHI@ATL
CHI −118 · ATL −102
Final
CHI 31–23 ATL
The house
Home Cookinghome teamATLLOW✕ wrong
The Professorbetter point differentialCHIMED✓ correct
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreCHILOW✓ correct
Bandwagonbetter recordCHILOW✓ correct
Negative Nancyno pick
The Bookiemarket favorite −118CHILOW✓ correct
10 of 11 on CHIgraded
BAL@CLE
BAL −170 · CLE +142
Final
BAL 10–13 CLE
The house
Home Cookinghome teamCLELOW✓ correct
The Professorno pick
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreBALLOW✕ wrong
Bandwagonbetter recordBALMED✕ wrong
Negative Nancyfewer flawsBALLOW✕ wrong
The Bookiemarket favorite −170BALMED✕ wrong
10 of 11 on BALgraded
TEN@IND
IND −298 · TEN +240
Final
TEN 26–20 IND
The house
Home Cookinghome teamINDLOW✕ wrong
The Professorno pick
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreINDLOW✕ wrong
Bandwagonbetter recordINDMED✕ wrong
Negative Nancyfewer flawsINDLOW✕ wrong
The Bookiemarket favorite −298INDHIGH✕ wrong
9 of 10 on INDgraded
NYJ@NE
NE −345 · NYJ +275
Final
NYJ 19–26 NE
The house
Home Cookinghome teamNELOW✓ correct
The Professorbetter point differentialNEMED✓ correct
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreNYJLOW✕ wrong
Bandwagonbetter recordNEHIGH✓ correct
Negative Nancyfewer flawsNELOW✓ correct
The Bookiemarket favorite −345NEHIGH✓ correct
11 of 12 on NEgraded
NO@NYG
NYG −112 · NO −108
Final
NO 34–27 NYG
The house
Home Cookinghome teamNYGLOW✕ wrong
The Professorno pick
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreNOLOW✓ correct
Bandwagonbetter recordNYGMED✕ wrong
Negative Nancyno pick
The Bookieno pick
7 of 9 on NYGgraded
CAR@PHI
CAR −155 · PHI +130
Final
CAR 25–14 PHI
The house
Home Cookinghome teamPHILOW✕ wrong
The Professorno pick
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreCARLOW✓ correct
Bandwagonbetter recordCARLOW✓ correct
Negative Nancyfewer flawsCARLOW✓ correct
The Bookiemarket favorite −155CARMED✓ correct
10 of 11 on CARgraded
PIT@TB
PIT −142 · TB +120
Final
PIT 26–19 TB
The house
Home Cookinghome teamTBLOW✕ wrong
The Professorbetter point differentialPITLOW✓ correct
Coin Flipa coin, nothing morePITLOW✓ correct
Bandwagonbetter recordPITHIGH✓ correct
Negative Nancyfewer flawsPITHIGH✓ correct
The Bookiemarket favorite −142PITLOW✓ correct
9 of 11 on PITgraded
ARI@LA
LA −700 · ARI +500
Final
ARI 18–16 LA
The house
Home Cookinghome teamLALOW✕ wrong
The Professorbetter point differentialLAHIGH✕ wrong
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreLALOW✕ wrong
Bandwagonbetter recordLAHIGH✕ wrong
Negative Nancyfewer flawsARILOW✓ correct
The Bookiemarket favorite −700LAHIGH✕ wrong
11 of 12 on LAgraded
LAC@KC
KC −455 · LAC +350
Final
LAC 6–22 KC
The house
Home Cookinghome teamKCLOW✓ correct
The Professorbetter point differentialKCHIGH✓ correct
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreLACLOW✕ wrong
Bandwagonbetter recordKCHIGH✓ correct
Negative Nancyfewer flawsKCHIGH✓ correct
The Bookiemarket favorite −455KCHIGH✓ correct
11 of 12 on KCgraded
BUF@LV
BUF −238 · LV +195
Final
BUF 33–30 LV
The house
Home Cookinghome teamLVLOW✕ wrong
The Professorno pick
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreLVLOW✕ wrong
Bandwagonbetter recordBUFHIGH✓ correct
Negative Nancyfewer flawsLVHIGH✕ wrong
The Bookiemarket favorite −238BUFHIGH✓ correct
6 of 10 on BUFgraded
DAL@GB
DAL −115 · GB −105
Final
DAL 13–23 GB
UPSET · −105 HIT
The house
Home Cookinghome teamGBLOW✓ correct
The Professorno pick
Coin Flipa coin, nothing moreGBLOW✓ correct
Bandwagonbetter recordGBMED✓ correct
Negative Nancyfewer flawsDALHIGH✕ wrong
The Bookiemarket favorite −105GBLOW✓ correct
7 of 11 on GBgraded

Consensus went 7–5 tonight

Last night

Full recap

An underdog paid out tonight

The Bookie: “EDM +124 cashed for @kizzle. Somewhere, an actuary is crying.”

The Bookie: “The book swept the room — 9/14, 33 pts. The house doesn't get lucky. The house gets paid.”

8–4
Consensus
Goaltending + Special Teams
Won the contest
NHL
Sport

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