betting systems

Betting Systems and Betting Tipsters reviewed

You have an internet connection and all the bits pieces that go with it. That, unfortunately includes Spam amongst your e-mails. If you’re like me, included in your e-mails will be vendors and their offshoots (affiliates) trying to sell you some marvellous system. ( Ever wondered why these guys don’t just use the sytems and swell their bankrolls? ). Offering you virtually INSTANT MONEY. You know what I mean. THE GREATEST SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. Or words to that effect. Start with pennies and by next week you’ll be betting in hundreds of pounds. Or it’s the WORLD’S BEST TIPSTER. who’ll make you RICH BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS IN NO TIME AT ALL. The one question I always ask myself, and you probably do too, is, if the system or tips are so wonderful, why are they being sold?  I’m certain you also know the answer to that one. Would you let anyone else into your system that was skinning the bookies? Of course not. These guys seem to be able to conjure these systems out of thin air. Sometimes the names change but the trade marks are all there to show where they originate from. One such outfit, known as the Rochdale Road gang, seem to have a new, Best Ever System, every two or three months. Have you noticed the number of new systems around in the last two weeks?

Many of the systems on the market are just cobbled together. You can do much better on your own. Hopefully I can give you some useful pointers for you to make your own betting niche.
Why not subscribe to the FREE REVIEW SITES that are liberally available via Google, or any other search engine. You’ll quickly realise which are genuine and which are just there to point you in the wrong direction. Spend an hour or so sorting them and you’ll be doing yourself a BIG favour. A SORT OF "LOOK BELFORE YOU LEAP" , in case you do decide to subscribe to an offer
If you decide to "come along for the ride" decide what type of football betting is for you. 12x, unders and overs, laying the draw or perhaps laying in general.
Whichever you decide upon, your first step is RESEARCH. Researching a particular thread will prove more profitable than diving in head first and betting willy-nilly.
Research takes time. And will give you headaches. So instead of doing a ten team accumulator and heading for the pub, break out the Paracetamol.
System builders and tipsters all  use the same basic building blocks. Namely STATISTICS. They may source the stats from different places but they will all be using stats that are freely available.
The difference between systems and tipsters is the manner in which the stats are used.
One manner is RATINGS. If you can find the elusive  way to evaluate the stats you intend to use, then you have a great start. Unfortunately finding these correlations is the HOLY GRAIL of a successful ratings plan.  Even if you do find them, there is one factor you just can’t include. The HUMAN BEING FACTOR. you know what I’m hinting at. The goalie has an off day. the striker misses a handful of sitters, the ref gives a penalty that never was.These things you can’t do anything about. So you must make the best use of all the "normal" stats.

How hard do you think it is to make a reasonable profit? What do you consider to be a reasonable profit?
I recently read of a well known tipping service which "SPECIALIZES"  in short price matches. (Backing the favourite, naturally).  They had FOURTEEN  wins from only EIGHTEEN selections.  The losers were 1.44, 1.33, 1.25 and 1.37.     Incidentally, 1.44 was the LARGEST PRICE of any selection, AMONGST THE WINNERS, too. After eighteen bets there was a level stakes LOSS  of  0.74 PTS. Now couldn’t you do better than that?
Over the next few weeks I hope to find the "bits and pieces" that when knitted together will not only make sense but lead to finding some of those elusive winners. At decent prices too. Not the "nailed on" 1.3′s etc.

DISCIPLINE is the first and most important. Without it you’ll never make a profit over any length of time.
You must be prepared to say "NO" when your heart tells you to back a selection because you made a few pounds on it a couple of weeks ago. There’s no place for sentiment when money is at stake. Especially when it’s your money.
The above is just one example of the pitfalls that await you if you don’t learn to say "No" to that little voice in your head. DO NOT deviate from your plan of attack. You might win a few bets that way but you’ll lose a much larger number than you win. And that means you’ll be putting your betting bank at stake.
 
SPECIALISE in your method of selection.
There is no way you can aquire the knowledge you need to make your betting pay if your method of selection is haphazard. Do you know how many racehorses there are in training? Do you fancy trying to collate form for them all? Thought not. So why back in a sprint race one minute and then a two miler the next?
 
There are many people who do make money from the gee-gees but they all specialise. The vast majority keep to sprint races. Two year old stakes races are another favourite, on the flat. Over the sticks Hurdle races are the likeliest source of winning bets.
 
Moving away from horses there are hundreds of football leagues you can study. What about baseball, snooker, tennis, American Football, Aussie Rules, basketball, golf, ad infinitum. There are thousands of betting opportunities for you. Pick one or maybe two and study study study.
You really must spend time reading any relevant pieces of information you can find. There’s plenty on the Web.
 
STAKING PLANS are a must if you intend to make a profit from your bets.
The most basic is  LEVEL STAKES. If your method of backing returns a profit when you’re backing with level stakes, YOU ARE IN BETTING NIRVANA. There are a myriad of staking methods you can use but you must find the one that best suits your method of selection. All have their good and bad points. Except the Martingale. This one is the fast road to the workhouse. It’s simply doubling up after a loser. A losing run of ten, not unheard of believe me, would have you staking 1024 on your next selection. Remember, you’ve already lost 1023 on your previous ten bets. That’s alot of money riding on your selection. Then, just imagine it wins, at ODDS ON. You just wont cover your previous losses. This is one to leave alone, at all costs. 
 
There are so many staking methods that I’ll keep the best for the next post. They really are that important.

I was around at the birth of betting shops.

How could anyone not immediately fall in love with the wonderful facilty-lacking places? And that marvellous fog like atmosphere. I loved it so much that I  taught myself to settle. I blagged myself a job as a relief settler/boardmarker. That was in July 1963. Thank God the owner didn’t know a bet from a bat. Fortunately I hit it off with the settler/manager and what I didn’t know he taught me. I WAS IN!!!

The years in between now and then, have taught me a lot.  Mainly, only bet when the chances of winning are greater than those of losing. Being able to do this takes a lot of hard work and studying.

Although I earned my living accepting bets, mainly on horses, I myself prefer football for my betting interests. Foinavon in ’67  taught me the error of my ways where horses were concerned.

The way to making money on any field of betting is strewn with traps of many kinds. The biggest cause of losses is indiscipline. No matter what your field of interest  you must be disciplined if you want to make money.

I have three basics in my betting phylosophy
1. Discipline.
2. Specialise.
3.Money Management.
Each is as important as the other.

Discipline speaks for itself. Never bet for the sake of having a bet. Always know why you’re betting on whatever will carry your money. "This one’s due to win", isn’t a good enough reason to back it.

Specialise in your selections. When you realise how many horses there are in training, or how many teams in the multitude of leagues available for you to bet on, the mind boggles. Not forgetting Greyhounds, both real and cartoon. Sorry that should be, real and computer generated. Then there’s the various numbers games to entice you.

Finally you need to keep a good grip on your betting wallet. Have a set amount to bet with and divide it between your selections in a way that makes good sense. There are many staking plans available to the punter. The only one I dismiss out of hand is the Martingale.

All these things will be discussed more fully as the weeks pass …

(Cyril is a betting expert with more than 50 years of experience – he will share  valuable advice, betting systems and a lot more here, so come back regularly to read more!)