Josh Appelbaum

Josh Appelbaum is a Sports Betting Analyst at VSiN and has been working in the betting industry since 2011. He has been with VSiN since 2019, contributing data-driven articles to VSiN.com, hosting the Morning Bets and Market Insights Podcasts and appearing on VSiN and DraftKings programs such as Follow the Money, The Lombardi Line, Sharp Money and The Sweat. He is a contrarian bettor and also the author of The Everything Guide to Sports Betting.

Biography:  https://www.vsin.com/author/josh-appelbaum/

44%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This author has a poor reputation for journalistic standards and is not considered a reliable news source.

Bias

80%

Examples:

  • The author presents a false premise that smart money is leaning for both games when in fact they are presenting their own opinions on where to bet.
  • The author uses emotional manipulation to present Clemson as a better bet than Alabama.

Conflicts of Interest

0%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

100%

Examples:

  • Illinois vs Connecticut (-8.5, 155) - The article contradicts itself by stating that smart money is not leaning towards Illinois but then states that Ken Pom has Connecticut winning by six points which provides actionable value on Illinois.
  • The author presents an example where they state 'Every time this line rises to Connecticut -9 we’ve seen sharp Illinois ‛9 buyback, dropping the line back down to Connecticut -8.5.” This implies that smart money is leaning towards Illinois but again contradicts themselves by stating that Ken Pom has Connecticut winning by six points (82-76) which provides actionable value on Illinois.

Deceptions

40%

Examples:

  • The article presents a false premise that smart money is leaning for both games when in fact they are presenting their own opinions on where to bet.
  • The author uses emotional manipulation to present Clemson as a better bet than Alabama.

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