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Sports Handicappers - The hideous truth

By: Rich Allen

Did you recognize that most sports handicappers don't win their customers money over time? The numbers are pretty simple. 50% of the bets on average are right, and 50% are wrong. In order to break even, you want to win 52.7% of your bets. Over time, nearly all handicappers don't cover that mark. There are a few ways to part the good from the bad however:
- Does your handicapper claim inside information? I would doubt any handicapper claiming to have an insider's edge. In this competitive world, no one has any inside data worth knowing. Even if you knew a trainer with inside info (yeah right, any trainer would get fired if an association with a professional gambler was ever to come out) would that foresee whether team A would allow a garbage touchdown allowing team B to cover? Just check your favorite sports reporter's betting record over time, I'd almost promise they aren't ready to quit their reporting job to become a gambler and no one has more info than a beat reporter.
- Does you handicapper yell and shout? This is never a good sign when it comes to actual gambling records. What are they trying to mask by drawing attention to all of their yelling and screaming?
- Does you handicapper follow a statistical system. This is a good sign. The only way to exploit incorrect point spreads is to be entirely logical and ignore any personal advice. Numbers are numbers and they never lie. Mathmatical based handicappers have established over time that they can maintain a statistical benefit, and they do this by staying away from any opinions, biases or who their preferred team is. Over time, you would be wise to put your reliance in someone who analyzes home and away teams records in certain point spread situations. If you were to learn that in College football, that the home underdog only covers 41% of the time when getting 5 points, wouldn't that be more important information than whether your handicapper thinks a star QB will destroy his opponent's cover 2 formation and cover an 11 point spread?
While several handicappers are charlatans, you can make decent money with a statistically based sports handicapper. Throw biases out the window and let the numbers make your bets… You will be richer for it.

Rich Allen

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Rich Allen is owner of the Sports Betting Professor website www.sportsbettingprofessor.com. 2 years ago he hired an actual PhD Statistician to develop a quantitative system to win consistently betting on American Football, NBA Basketball, College Football and Major League Baseball. His results have been stellar. The Average Guy, Can Learn The Secrets Of His Sports Betting System And Propel To Unthinkable Winnings For Life!"

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