A data model that prices every game, posts a pick only when the price looks wrong, and grades every pick in public.
Scoring for and against, adjusted for who each team played, so beating good teams counts more than beating weak ones. This season matters most; last season fades out as games are played.
Home field, rest and travel, the starting quarterback (or goalie), injuries, and how the betting line has moved.
From those, the model projects a score and a chance for each side to win, cover the spread, or go over or under the total.
Every price implies a chance: -150 means the books think a team wins about 60% of the time. When the model's chance is clearly higher than the price says, there is value. When it isn't, there is no pick, even if the model likes a team.
Picks must clear rules tested on past seasons: a minimum edge and win chance, sensible price limits and a daily cap, so we post fewer, better picks instead of every game. The rules are checked on games the model never trained on before they go live.
Picks lock at the price we posted. After the game they are graded win, loss or push on the Results page and the monthly report card. Nothing is hidden after a loss.
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Every pick is graded after the game at the price we posted when we posted it, not a better price found later. Wins, losses and pushes are all shown on the Results page, and nothing is deleted after a loss.
A pick is about value, not just who wins. If the model thinks a +150 underdog wins 45% of the time, that bet pays more than its risk over many games even though the team loses more often than it wins. Those cards say "Value pick".
Moneyline: pick the team that wins the game. Spread: a team must win by more than the line (or lose by less, for the underdog). Total: whether both teams together score over or under a number.
How strong the edge looks: the gap between the model's chance for the pick and the chance the price implies, plus data quality. A-grade picks have the biggest edge. A grade is not a guarantee.
Most picks come straight from the model. Sometimes the BellFlow team overrides it with its own read (injury news, weather, a lineup change). Those are labeled so you always know which is which, and they count in the record the same way.
The closing line is the final price right before the game. If our posted price was better than the close, the market moved toward our side after we posted. Doing that often is one of the best signs a model is finding real value.
No pick is a sure thing. A 65% pick still loses about 1 in 3 times. That is why we show the full record over hundreds of picks instead of single games.
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