🔍 Top Bets: Your Daily Feed of +EV Bets

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The Top Bets page is your control center for finding the highest-value bets across all sportsbooks in real time. Every bet surfaced here is based on OddsShopper’s advanced models — designed to help you beat the books with data, not guesses.

🧠 Why Top Bets Matters

+EV betting isn’t about picking the perfect winner — it’s about consistently placing bets where the odds are in your favor. Top Bets surfaces those opportunities for you.

This tool scans thousands of lines, in real time, to bring you:

  • ✅ Bets with positive expected value
  • ✅ Bets that are beating the market (true odds > book odds)
  • ✅ Bets you can actually place based on your portfolios and filters

You’re not manually hunting for value — it’s delivered to you.

⚙️ How Top Bets Works

Each bet card includes everything you need to make a smart, confident decision:

  • Line & Odds — The current line being offered by the sportsbook
  • True Odds — What our model says the fair line should be
  • EV % — The edge (expected value) you gain by placing the bet
  • OS Rating — Our proprietary confidence score based on long-term profitability
  • Bet Size — Auto-calculated based on your bankroll and edge ( flat or modified Kelly Sizing)
  • Status Tracker — Mark a bet as “Placed” to avoid duplication

🔁 How to Use It Daily

Top Bets updates continuously as odds move and new bets emerge. Here's how to get the most out of it:

  1. Check Early and Often
    1. Catch lines before they move. The best value often comes in the morning or right after injury/news breaks.
  2. Use Your Portfolios
    1. Bets shown are filtered by your saved portfolios. Want to see more? Broaden your filters in Portfolio Lab.
  3. Mark Your Bets as Placed
    1. Avoid duplicate bets and track your activity with one click.
  4. Combine with Tools Like Mass Entry or Parlay Builder
    1. Place 10–20 bets at once or stack bets into optimized +EV parlays.

🧪 Pro Tips to Maximize Your Edge

  • Refresh Top Bets a few times a day — new edges appear as lines move.
  • Bet quickly once you see a value — sharp books shift lines fast.
  • If you’re seeing fewer bets than expected, check your portfolio settings or supported books.

🛠 Common Questions

Q: Why aren’t I seeing many bets?

  • Check that your portfolios are broad enough (sports, books, bet types), and that your filters (e.g. OS Rating min, odds range) aren’t too restrictive.

Q: What does the EV % mean again?

  • It’s the long-term expected profit margin for that bet — anything above 0% is theoretically profitable over time.

Q: Should I just bet everything that shows up?

  • Not necessarily — use your portfolios to define the types of bets you trust and want to take. More volume helps smooth variance, but you can still be selective.

✅ You’re Ready to Use Top Bets

  • Pick your portfolio(s)
  • Open Top Bets and place your favorite straight bets
  • Use Mass Entry or Parlay Generator to scale
  • Track your placed bets and CLV over time

Top Bets makes +EV betting accessible, fast, and fun — it’s the beating heart of your PortfolioEV experience.

Want to dive deeper? Explore the Portfolio Lab →