What does handicapping mean in sports betting?

What does handicapping mean in sports betting? We are 100 percent legal, like stockbrokers, only instead of touting stocks, we advise people on how to bet. Now, if a client wins by taking our advice, we get a percentage, or we ask for one, which they will gladly give us because they want to keep getting the advice. But if they lose, we get zip. So the object here, my dear, tall, athletic, religious friend, is to win. I can do that. That was Two for the Money — Al Pacino's Walter Abrams pitching the trade: like stockbrokers, only instead of touting stocks, they advise people on how to bet. That advice business runs on one thing — handicapping. Analyzing games to find betting value. In plain terms: handicapping is the homework — injuries, matchups, weather, numbers — done before the bet, to find prices the market got wrong. “I spent all week handicapping the card before I bet a dime.” Let's use this example. Walter's pitch cuts to the bone: the advice only pays if the picks win, and picks only win on work. Injuries, matchups, weather, numbers — the handicapper earns the edge before the kickoff. This whole site is a handicapping desk: model, weather, market. The work happens before the wager. Lines and prices can differ by sportsbook. Nothing here guarantees a result or tells you to bet. Lines move and books differ. Nothing here is a guarantee or a command to bet — it's how the number works.