Betting on Football 101 — and how it can help inform your fantasy moves

Yahoo Fantasy Forecast

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4.7 • 737 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Liz Loza is joined by Yahoo Sportsbook’s very own Minty Bets to talk about the relationship between betting and fantasy on the latest episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast!Liz and Minty get into their betting talk with some 101 info, specifically regarding some of the familiar terms, and how they reflect onto fantasy football. Terms like Moneyline, Spread, Over/Under, and Prop Bets.And betting isn’t just about making money. Liz and Minty detail how betting and Vegas predictions and lines can help us in fantasy, like the way O/Us give us an idea of which defenses to stream, and how Win/Loss totals can point us to breakout offenses.Remember to stay tuned to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, which will now have FIVE new episodes per week!Follow Liz: @LizLoza_FFFollow Minty: @MintyBetsCheck out the rest of the Yahoo Sports Podcast family at https://apple.co/2Abi8jk or at yahoosports.com/podcasts See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast. I'm Liz Loza. I'm back. I was on vacation last week. I missed you. Thank you for the DM saying you missed me too. And I am here to guide you through all things betting. We're going to do a sports betting episode of the forecast today with Yahoo's very own Minty
0:23.7	Betts.
0:24.3	She is our sports betting analyst here at Yahoo Sports from Yahoo Sports Book.
0:28.6	But before we get into that, all that, let's welcome Minty.
0:31.7	And hello, how are you?
0:33.8	Hi, Liz.
0:34.5	How are you doing?
0:35.6	I am great.
0:36.6	I have to tell you, Mindy, I am a huge fan. I've loved watching you on Twitter. Your takes are fire. But I don't know if the rest of our audience, especially our fantasy football forecast listening audience, knows about you in particular. So I'd love for you to take this time and tell everyone like who you are,
0:57.1	where you're based, which I think is important given what you do. And also how in the world
1:03.0	you came to a career. It's so nice to ask someone else this question because I get asked it all the time.
1:07.2	How in the world you came to the career that you have? Yeah. So, well, I'm
1:12.2	Minty, born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. So I grew up around casinos and sports betting because my
1:18.1	parents worked in casinos and my dad gambled on sports frequently. I didn't learn anything from him,
1:23.2	though. I taught everything myself when I turned 21. So betting on sports just seemed like a super intriguing
1:29.8	way of gambling to me compared to like blackjack and roulette poker. Football was my favorite
1:36.4	sports to watch and still is and my favorite sport to bet on by far. But I got more into sports
1:41.6	betting truly because I wanted to learn more about betting on different
1:45.4	sports, especially baseball.
1:47.7	I knew football super well and I knew how to bet on football, but baseball was just like a different
1:52.1	game for me.
1:52.9	I didn't really watch it, but it was like the longest season we had.
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