Hopefully Friday the 13th won't be unlucky for me but it might just be close to my last stand on betting. The obvious choice for the Bet of the Day is the Dallas Mavericks -11 over the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Wolves are 1 - 8 and have lost their last three games by an average of 25 points. The Mavs are 5 - 3 and are coming off of a loss so they should be fired up. The one thing that scares me a bit is that the Wolves burned me once, playing the Celtics close and only losing by 2. This definitely seems like it could be a trap game. However, Minny is without their leading scorer and main offensive threat Al Jefferson. Will this bring the team together or just make a weak team completely punchless? I'm betting big on the latter, putting $150 on the Mavs.

I'm also feeling good about my four team parlay on Friday: Raptors +3.5 over the Clippers, Blazers -1 over the Hornets (hoping that the end of the Byron Scott Era doesn't perk them up), Lakers +4 against the Nuggets, and the Rockets -4 over the Kings. I should probably have learned now to not bet against the Kevin Martinless Kings but third times a charm, right?

I'm also going to try my hand at some NHL betting, just 5 bucks to try to win $50. I'm going with Chicago -1.5 over Toronto, Islanders +1.5 over Carolina, and the Blue Jackets -1.5 over Anaheim.