How to check a capper

A win-loss record can leave out the picks that lost.

A deleted post can do the same thing.

Were the picks posted before the game?

You need a timestamp you can see.

A post with no time, or a post after the game, is not a record you can check.

Did the prices beat the closing line?

The closing line is the last price before the game starts.

Vig is the bookmaker's cut, built into that price.

CLV is the gap between the posted price and the fair closing price, in points.

Paste the picks into Grade your bets. It checks each price against the close. Nothing is saved.

New to the number? Read what closing line value is.

Is the record long enough?

A short record can look sharp by chance.

Run it through Is this record luck?

That test says how often a bettor with no edge posts the same record.

What the sample size means is on luck or skill.

People we already grade

Pixel Forge Plays grades some cappers and model builders in public.

They are on The Board.

That page is only the people we grade. It is not a verdict on anyone else.

Want your own picks graded the same way? Get graded.