Thursday morning, Dan Brousseau posted 8 NHL picks on X.

He wrote his moneylines in a format we had suggested. Our grader couldn't read them. Five picks were held.

Dan got a Discord alert right away telling him so. Soon after, he posted the same picks again in plain words.

We fixed the grader that morning, before any of the games started.

That left one question: the same picks were posted twice, so which post counts?

The first one. That is now house rule 21. Later copies show as not counted. Nothing is deleted.

Dan's first post beat the closing line on 6 of 8 picks.

The mistake was ours. The alert caught it in minutes, and it never touched a grade.

Dan's record · Every rule change

Also new this week

Tonight in the lab. One page with every pick our rules took tonight. Posted before the game, graded by morning, free. I built it because I couldn't find tonight's picks without digging through Discord. See tonight's picks

Lab merch. We opened a small shop: tees, hoodies, a cap, a mug, kids and baby sizes, and sticker sheets. Good quality, and priced low on purpose. My favorite is the CLV > W/L sticker. Visit the shop

Casey