A winner with the Spurs on Friday moved Stephen Nover's NBA hot streak to 31-18 on his last 49 NBA premium/free plays for 63 percent! Join Stephen in that rarified winning air with his Saturday NBA Big Ticket and score another huge winner this one before dinner.
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Today’s Free Picks
| Sport | Game Selection | Game Time |
|---|---|---|
| MLB | (917) Minnesota Twins at (918) Tampa Bay Rays | 4:10pm EDT - Apr 25/2026 |
The PLAY: Tampa Bay Rays -135 Bailey Ober (RHP), Shane McClanahan (LHP) Must Start
The Twins are reverting back to who they are - 1-7 in their last eight games. They have no bullpen and Byron Buxton and Luke Keaschall aren't hitting.
Shane McClanahan is healthy again and getting better while Bailey Ober can never be trusted.
Tampa Bay has scored six runs in each of its last three games.
Fair price to lay with the better team that also has a tricky home field advantage.
Consultant Bio
Stephen Nover is unique among professional handicappers. A multiple award-winning sportswriter for numerous newspapers, including the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nover has one the best combinations of gambling and media sources in the world.
The author of two sports gambling books, "Las Vegas Sports Beat" and "Sports Gaming Beat", along with a book on fantasy football titled, "Winning Fantasy Football", Nover is a former professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas having taught a football handicapping class there. He also was the co-host of the Sunday night sports betting radio show "The Stardust Line" during the 1990's.
Parlaying nearly 50 years worth of professional gambling experience with tremendous knowledge of the players through elite deep-roster Rotisserie leagues and building on copious gaming and media sources - having worked for newspapers in the Midwest, South and West and also for legendary Hall of Fame oddsmaker Roxy Roxborough - Nover is a true Las Vegas wise guy. He helped learn his craft from such masters as Roxborough, Dave Malinsky, Lem Banker and Russ Culver.
Part of what makes Nover so special is the pride he takes in writing his deep-dive analysis, which always is unique, well-researched and sometimes entails out-of-the-box thinking.