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Props screen user guide: filtering the board down to bets worth checking

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The props board is where you go when you don't already have a bet in mind. It carries every market WagerLens tracks for a sport. On a full slate, that's far more than anyone can read in one pass.

So the board is a filtering exercise. This guide keeps it quick.

Where it lives: /dashboard/[sport]/props. Examples: MLB props or NFL props. Reach it from Props in the sidebar or View all props on the dashboard.

Access: the full props board requires Premium.

Quick filters first

The props board filter toolbar showing quick filter chips, market and stat filters, game and book selectors, prop type and side toggles, and sort controls
The props board filter toolbar showing quick filter chips, market and stat filters, game and book selectors, prop type and side toggles, and sort controls

A row of one-click chips sits above everything else. These do most of the work:

Chip What it does
My Defaults Applies your saved filter preferences
+EV Only Keeps only props with a positive expected-value read
Player Props Player markets only
Team Props Team markets only
Best Hit Rates Sorts toward the strongest recent hit rates
NRFI / YRFI MLB only: no-run and yes-run first inning

Start with a chip. Refine with the detailed filters only if you need to.

The detailed filters

Filter What it controls
Markets Specific markets: hits, passing yards, spread, total, and so on
Stats Filter by player season statistics
Games Limit to one or more games on the slate
Book(s) Only show props offered by the books you actually have
Prop type All props, player props, or team props
Side All sides, overs only, or unders only
More Additional filters including odds range
Sort by EV %, and other orderings, with an ascending/descending toggle
Per page How many cards to load at once

There's a Reset control when you've filtered yourself into an empty board, which happens to everyone.

Note the Book(s) filter in particular. A great price at a book you don't have an account with isn't a price you can take. Filtering to your books early stops you falling in love with numbers you can't bet.

Reading a prop card

A prop card showing the team and logo, the market, the matchup and start time, an EV read, hit-rate chips for the last 1, 3, 5 and 10 games, season stats, and prices from three sportsbooks
A prop card showing the team and logo, the market, the matchup and start time, an EV read, hit-rate chips for the last 1, 3, 5 and 10 games, season stats, and prices from three sportsbooks

Element What it means
Subject The player or team, with logo
Market The market and line, such as Over 1.5 Hits or Moneyline
Matchup and time Which game and when it starts
EV read Expected value at the tracked price, positive or negative
Hit-rate chips L1, L3, L5, L10 (recent results with counts and percentages)
Season stats Context relevant to the market, like W-L and runs per game
All-book prices Books currently offering it, best price first, linking out
Check this prop Opens the full Bet Check evidence view
Actions Additional actions including Track Bet

Hover states and tooltips give the exact counts behind each hit-rate chip, like "Hit 3 of last 5 games" rather than just "60%".

Reading hit rates without fooling yourself

The chips are the most eye-catching thing on the card and the easiest to misuse.

Counts beat percentages. "L3 100%" is 3 for 3. That's three games, not a pattern. "L10 80%" is 8 of 10, which is at least a sample you can reason about.

A 100% L3 with a bad L10 is a hot streak, not an edge. Streaks regress. If the shorter window looks great and the longer one doesn't, you're usually looking at noise.

Recent form isn't the same as a matchup. Hit rates don't know who's pitching tonight or which corner is covering.

Hit rate ignores price. A prop hitting 70% at −250 is a losing bet. Break-even at −250 is 71.4%. Always read the hit rate against what you're paying, which is what the EV read is for.

Prices, and why they're on every card

Every card lists the books offering that market with their prices. Take the best number you can actually bet.

Prices are captured snapshots and can move, especially near game time. Click through to confirm before you fire. The sportsbook prices and line shopping guide covers why a few cents matters more than most bettors think.

A workflow that gets you to a decision

  1. Pick a chip. +EV Only or Player Props, depending on what you're hunting.
  2. Filter to your books. Stop looking at prices you can't take.
  3. Narrow to markets you understand. Betting a market you can't reason about is how the board wins.
  4. Set an odds range under More so you're not scrolling past heavy chalk or lottery tickets.
  5. Sort by EV.
  6. Take the top few and Check them. Read the actual evidence before you decide.
  7. Track what you bet, at the price you got.

Six filters and three Checks beats scrolling two hundred cards.

When the board is empty

  • In season, filters too tight — hit Reset.
  • Books haven't posted — player props often arrive later than game markets.
  • Out of season — see the sports and markets coverage guide.
  • No fresh prices — the board won't show stale numbers as if they were current.

The empty state usually names the reason. Read it first.

Where to go next


Last reviewed: September 5, 2026 · Owner: Brian McAbee

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