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Guides

Plain-word explainers on the things this site does, each written from the pages themselves and each ending on the page that does the thing. Nothing here is advice and nothing here is a tip.

What is an NFL futures simulator, and how the DataPitch one worksHow a season played out thousands of times in software turns into a price on a division, a conference or the Super Bowl.Points at: Futures SimulatorNFL player props explained: how to read a prop price next to a model's numberYards, receptions, the line and the price, and what to look at first when a model's number sits beside a market one.Points at: Props PickerLive in-play football alerts: what to watch while the match is onWhy in-play is a different problem from pregame, and the situations a rule can watch for you while the match runs.Points at: In-Play AlertsHow DataPitch prices a football player market before kickoffWhat is on a fixture page, what the dials change, and why our side of a row is words and a percentage rather than odds.Points at: Pregame PicksNFL win totals explained: what a season simulation says about over and underWhy a count of simulated seasons over and under a line is the natural reading of a regular season win total.Points at: Futures SimulatorSim it yourself: locking a result and re-running the NFL seasonForce a result or a win total on a team page and read every price off only the simulated seasons where it happened.Points at: Futures Simulator