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Las Vegas Raiders at New Orleans Saints: our pick

We called the New Orleans Saints at 63%, locked Aug 31, 8:47 PM ET, 26 days before kickoff.

Final: Las Vegas Raiders 35–27 New Orleans Saints. Wrong.

Why this pick?

Our 63% is the betting market's own price for the New Orleans Saints: 2 sportsbooks' prices, averaged, with their margin taken out. It is not a secret model.

Since we locked it the market moved 1.3 points away from the New Orleans Saints, and the spread went from -4 to -3.5.

Our last 4 graded calls on the New Orleans Saints: 1 right.

At 63%, a pick like this still loses about 37 times in 100.

What we add is timing: we watch this game live and email members when the pick pulls well ahead, so they can check the cash-out at their own sportsbook.

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