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Founded in 1957, GoldSheet is the country's longest-running sports betting newsletter. In May 2019, WagerTalk Media announced its intent to acquire GoldSheet in a deal to bring the iconic publication into the digital age.

Bettors and oddsmakers have used GoldSheet’s betting analysis for nearly seven decades. In 2022, the Chicago Sun Times did a piece on our history in the sports betting industry, and we were featured in Billy Walters’ critically-acclaimed book, Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk: “Mike was not a big sports gambler himself, but he knew a ripe market when he saw one. He dug for information at his local library and bookstores. He searched NCAA football guides, which listed scores and statistics, as well as local and national newspapers and handicapping resources like the GoldSheet.”

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Two different products that work great together. Here's how they break down.

The GoldSheet Newsletter

The GoldSheet started in 1957 as a printed newsletter covering the full weekly card in football and basketball, and that same publication now lives online and in PDF. The Football GoldSheet drops every Tuesday during football season. The Basketball GoldSheet drops daily by 12pm ET / 9am PT. We take pride in being one of the first publications to market every week, so you get information as early as possible to work into your own handicapping.

Publishing that early comes with one tradeoff. We don't always have the latest injury and weather reports when the newsletter goes out. So think of it as your research foundation, the numbers and angles you build your own bets around.

The Picks

Our paid picks are the top rated best bets that go out to clients. They started as LTS, the Late (Phone) Service, the number you called for the team's sharpest plays after the newsletter had already gone to print. Same idea today, just delivered digitally. You can buy them daily, by the season, or as long term all access.

These selections are made later in the week using a collaborative approach, once injuries, weather, and the other intangibles have settled. The GoldSheet team is seven handicappers, each focused on a specific area in specific sports. They meet every day to trade their favorite wagers, betting notes, and injury news, and the consensus top selections are what get released to clients.

Bottom line

The newsletter gives you early information to handicap on your own. The picks give you the team's sharpest consensus plays once the picture is clear. A lot of clients run both.

The Football GoldSheet

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The Football GoldSheet newsletter is released every Tuesday
  • We offer write-ups, stat comparisons and GoldSheet’s power rating point spreads for every NFL and FBS-level college football matchup on the board.
  • Formerly known as GoldSheet Extra, our new Tech Angle section explores some historical trends related to each game.
  • We break down the box scores of the previous week’s games to help you find anomalies in important statistical categories.
  • The Football GoldSheet contains a running week-by-week log with each team’s record against the spread, over/unders, and home-road splits to help you analyze their performance in a variety of situations.
  • Formerly known as Confidential Kickoff, our Stat Service page offers a head-to-head look at each upcoming game with notes on turnover differential, yardage stats and much more.
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The Basketball GoldSheet

  • The Basketball GoldSheet newsletter will feature daily NBA and NCAAB game previews released by 12pm ET / 9am PT during the week and 10am ET / 7am PT on the weekends to accommodate for the earlier start times.
  • The Basketball Record provides a game log for every team with scores and point spread results.
  • The Basketball Spreadsheet provides situational records for each team based on their home/road splits and how they are performing as a favorite or as an underdog in certain situations.
  • Each daily issue features roughly six Key Releases across the NBA and college basketball, depending on the size of the slate for that day.
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Game Time
NFL
(457) Tampa Bay Buccaneers at (458) Cincinnati Bengals: Spread
1:00pm EDT - Sep 13/2026

THE PLAY: Tampa Bay Buccaneers +3.5 (-105)

They’re getting a bit antsy in Cincinnati, where the Bengals haven’t made the playoffs since 2022 and a return to the Super Bowl for Joe Burrow, which once seemed inevitable after he reached the finale vs. the Rams in his second year in the league, is now starting to draw comparisons to Dan Marino, who never got back to the Super Bowl after also making it in his second year with the Dolphins. Of course, Burrow staying in one piece for an entire season would be a nice start after he’s missed large chunks in three of his six campaigns in the league, with last year’s eight games the fewest in his career. Indeed, Joe’s presence means almost everything to the Bengals, who were 1-8 without him a year ago, and why lingering questions along the OL, which has allowed Burrow to get sacked 213 times in his career (the fourth most in the league since 2020) and has the worst pass-block rate in the league across that span, remain an obvious red flag. For the moment, Burrow is upright, however, and Zac Taylor is looking forward to a rebuilt defensive line wreaking havoc with foes on the Bengals’ schedule now that wrecking machine DT Dexter Lawrence II has arrived from the Giants along with other disruptors on the defensive front. Yet keep in mind that Cincinnati has been a notorious slow starter in recent years, failing to cover in its last four openers. Injuries also figured in the Bucs' demise a year ago and failure to defend the NFC South crown they had won the previous four seasons, and Todd Bowles is crossing his fingers that some of the walking wounded from the summer like wideouts Emeka Egbuka and Jalen McMillan (the presence of both more important now that Mike Evans has moved to the 49ers) will be ready to go for the opener. The clever Baker Mayfield also looks a proper elixir to Cincinnati’s supposedly juiced-up pass rush, and Bowles’ own new adds in the defensive front seven could expose the main Bengals question mark--protecting Burrow. Moreover, any points from the oddsmakers are always worth considering with the low-variance Bucs, after their last six games a season ago were all decided by four points or fewer. Play Tampa Bay Bucs

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Game Time
CFB
(359) Rice at (360) Notre Dame: Spread
3:30pm EDT - Sep 12/2026

THE PLAY: Rice +44.5 (-106)

Wisconsin +20.5 against Notre Dame was one of our favorite plays from last week, and if you would have showed us the box score for that game, we would probably be waiting for you in the cashier's line. Notre Dame only out-gained the Badgers by 66 yards and four first downs, but the Irish played mistake-free football and the Badgers did not. Wisconsin's two turnovers proved too much to overcome, and the Irish showed that teams will have to play a near-perfect game to beat Notre Dame in 2026. That's probably not something the Owls have up their sleeve, but similar to Wisconsin, Rice does possess the blueprint that could help the Owls stay within this lofty number. In the season-opening win over FCS-level Houston Christian, Rice threw a total of ten passes. The Owls ran for 465 yards while going 11-of-17 on third down. The strength of the Irish defense is in the secondary (DJ McKinney returned an interception for a touchdown last week against Wisconsin), but the Owls have very little interest in putting the ball in the air. Wisconsin had the formula to compete with Notre Dame (it was a 13-10 game at halftime), but the Badgers made the back-breaking mistakes in the second half. If Rice can play A LITTLE bit cleaner, the Owls can keep this clock running like a service academy contest.
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Game Time
CFB
(313) Rutgers at (314) Boston College: Total
7:30pm EDT - Sep 11/2026

THE PLAY: Total Under 54.5 (-110)

Emotions and intensity will be high in Chestnut Hill on Friday night as Boston College welcomes Rutgers for the annual Red Bandana Game, which happens to fall on the 25th anniversary of September 11. Neither the Scarlet Knights nor Eagles got off to a desirable start this season. Rutgers was soundly beaten 37-21 as a 30-point home favorite and had to pay UMass a reported $1.55 million in the process. Boston College lost 34-15 at Cincinnati against a Bearcats team that was replacing a lot of production lost from last season. We're struggling to justify a total in the mid-50s with two quarterbacks that left a lot to be desired in their Week 1 performances. Boston College should have a pretty good idea how to defend Rutgers' starter Dylan Lonergan after he played for the Eagles last season. Lonergan finished with three interceptions last week against UMass and Rutgers generated 1.2 yards per rushing attempt against a Minutemen team that hadn't won a game in nearly two years. Things didn't go much better for first-year Boston College QB Mason McKenzie in his debut against Cincinnati. The D-II transfer finished 18-of-35 for 224 yards with one touchdown, four sacks and an interception against a Bearcats defense that figures to be a middle-of-the-road outfit this season. We’re willing to give the Rutgers’ defense a SMALL pass for last week’s performance against UMass, simply because the Knights didn’t know what to expect from a Minutemen offense that was essentially a mystery heading into the season. With an emotional atmosphere expected, both defenses should be flying to the ball. After the performance of both quarterbacks in Week 1, we expect both coaching staffs to keep things relatively simple in the passing game as to limit the number of mistakes that each signal caller can make in this contest.

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Sport
Pick
Result
Sep 10
MLB
Seattle Mariners -130 Logan Gilbert (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Win
Sep 09
NFL
Seattle Seahawks -3.0 (-118)
(Analysis)
Push
Sep 09
MLB
(971) Houston Astros at (972) Philadelphia Phillies: Total Total Under 8.0 (100) Hunter Brown (RHP), Cristopher Sanchez (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Loss
Sep 08
MLB
Detroit Tigers -135 Action
(Analysis)
Loss
Sep 07
CFB
(231) SMU at (232) Florida State: Total Total Over 52.5 (-115)
(Analysis)
Loss
Sep 06
CFB
1H Louisville +4.5 (-115)
(Analysis)
Win
Sep 06
MLB
Baltimore Orioles +1.5 (-140) Action
(Analysis)
Loss
Sep 05
CFB
Alabama -27.5 (-118)
(Analysis)
Win
Sep 05
CFB
South Florida -13.5 (-109)
(Analysis)
Loss
Sep 04
MLB
Cleveland Guardians -135 Foster Griffin (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Win
Sep 04
CFB
Michigan State -10.0 (-109)
(Analysis)
Push
Sep 03
MLB
(967) Miami Marlins at (968) Kansas City Royals: Total Total Under 9.0 (-105) Sandy Alcantara (RHP), Michael Wacha (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Loss
Sep 02
MLB
San Diego Padres -145 Action
(Analysis)
Loss
Sep 01
MLB
Tampa Bay Rays -124 Sean Manaea (LHP), Freddy Peralta (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Win
Aug 31
MLB
Houston Astros -125 Action
(Analysis)
Win
Aug 30
MLB
(967) Baltimore Orioles at (968) Athletics: Total Total Over 10.0 (-118) Action
(Analysis)
Win
Aug 29
CFB
(305) North Carolina at (306) TCU: Total Total Under 47.5 (-105)
(Analysis)
Win
Aug 29
CFB
Florida State -30.5 (-115)
(Analysis)
Loss
Aug 29
MLB
Texas Rangers +1.5 (-155) Cal Quantrill (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Loss
Aug 28
MLB
Cleveland Guardians -135 Tanner Bibee (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)
Loss
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Founded in 1957, GoldSheet is the country's longest-running sports betting newsletter. The GoldSheet newsletter prides itself on providing in-depth analysis as early as possible to assist handicappers. When the dust settles on injury news, weather reports and line moves, the GoldSheet team offers its highly-respected LTS plays. Separate from the newsletter but never contrasting selections in the newsletter, these LTS selections have consistently kept GoldSheet atop WagerTalk's leaderboard since our debut in 2021. Simply put: These plays are the best of the best, and they are a big reason why GoldSheet has been a trusted source in the sports betting industry for seven decades.

  • 2021 College Football Season: +85.5% Profit behind a 45-21-3 Record (No. 1 at WagerTalk)
  • 2021-22 NFL Season: +10.3% Profit behind a 33-28-1 Record
  • 2021-22 College Basketball Season: +33.1% Profit behind a 53.6% Win Rate
  • 2021-22 NBA Season: +52% Profit behind a 54.7% Win Rate
  • 2022-23 NFL Season: +55.9% Profit behind a 49-28-3 Record (No. 1 at WagerTalk)

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