Is The Sharp real money?

No. It is play money only: $1,000 to start, live market prices, picks settled from real results. Nothing is deposited and nothing is paid out.

Who are the four characters?

Lou, a retired Vegas oddsmaker; The Quant, a former hedge-fund quant; Film Room, a former linebacker turned TV analyst; and The Fade, a retired bookie who bets against the crowd. Each keeps its own conversation and all of them see your pick history.

Why a Chrome side panel?

So the board, your picks and the characters sit beside Novig while you browse, and the game on the page is matched automatically.

Is it on the Chrome Web Store?

It is being reviewed for the store. Until then it installs as an unpacked extension, which takes about a minute.

Where is my data kept?

On The Heartland Line's own server, under a random player code with no name or email attached. Keep the code and your bankroll follows you to any browser. See the privacy policy.

A The Heartland Line feature

The Sharp

$1,000 in play money, live market prices on every game, and four AI oddsmakers who remember every pick you make and grade you on it. The same characters who run our picks desk, and no real money anywhere. Play it right here.

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Meet the desk

Lou "The Sharp" Marchetti

Retired Vegas oddsmaker

“Sit down, kid. I've seen every line move since 1987.”

Dr. Priya "The Quant" Raman

Ex hedge-fund quant

“Every price is a probability. I only want the ones that are wrong.”

Marcus "Film Room" Dawkins

Former linebacker, TV analyst

“Pull up the tape. The matchup decides it.”

Vera "The Fade" Kowalski

Retired bookie

“Whatever the crowd loves this week, I'm against it.”

What you get

A board at live market prices. NFL, college football, MLB and NBA, in cents and in American odds, refreshed every minute.
An orderslip that behaves like Novig’s. Stake, to-win, and a price-moved check before anything is placed.
Four characters with separate threads. Ask any of them about a game and they get that game’s stats, injuries and form.
A record that follows you. Bankroll, profit, ROI, a profit chart, and a wallet with every pick’s result.
A Chrome side panel. The whole thing beside Novig while you browse, with the game on the page matched automatically.

Install the side panel

1
Get the side panel
Grab the zip below and unzip it. It is the same code that runs the game on this page, packaged for Chrome.
2
Open chrome://extensions
Turn on Developer mode (top right) and choose Load unpacked, then pick the unzipped the-sharp folder.
3
Open Novig
A The Sharp button appears bottom-right on supported sites. Click it and the panel slides open beside the site, with the game you are looking at pinned at the top.
4
Pull up a chair
Pick a name for a fresh $1,000, or paste your player code from the game on this page to share one bankroll across both.

Download the zip

Questions

Is The Sharp real money?: No. It is play money only: $1,000 to start, live market prices, picks settled from real results. Nothing is deposited and nothing is paid out.
Who are the four characters?: Lou, a retired Vegas oddsmaker; The Quant, a former hedge-fund quant; Film Room, a former linebacker turned TV analyst; and The Fade, a retired bookie who bets against the crowd. Each keeps its own conversation and all of them see your pick history.
Why a Chrome side panel?: So the board, your picks and the characters sit beside Novig while you browse, and the game on the page is matched automatically.
Is it on the Chrome Web Store?: It is being reviewed for the store. Until then it installs as an unpacked extension, which takes about a minute.
Where is my data kept?: On The Heartland Line's own server, under a random player code with no name or email attached. Keep the code and your bankroll follows you to any browser. See the privacy policy.

Play money only. The Sharp never takes a deposit. Privacy. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.