Betting on sports has to be older than recorded history.

We realize that the Romans were fanatical about sports betting although the loser probably wouldn’t or could not show up for the next game.

World wide the total amount of cash bet on sports has to be absolutely phenomenal some one some ware must be making a whole lot of money all I know is it certainly was not me.

Like most people betting on sports was all about fun for me I never thought of making serious money from it.

Although I did begin to realise that just a little thought and common sense could save me a great deal of dough and perhaps even make me some cash. For instance blindly betting on a team that you support just isn’t the answer. You need to stand back be analytical and detached with no personal involvement.

In case you are a true sports fan that maybe easier said than done so pick a sport that you don’t follow and then you just don’t care who wins or looses. I find team sports to be the very best as games like golf just has too many variables and even favourites play a lot more tournaments than they win. Tennis I do not know enough about and cannot judge. Look if you feel comfortable with these sports do not let me talk you out of it.

Alright so you’ve got picked your sport or sports then what.

Well a friend and I sat down some time ago and put together a list or group of rules that we thought may help improve our chances they are.

Do not pick the most obvious favourite as the returns for a win are too small and the risk of a loss to great.

At the exact same time don’t pick the under dog. Sure they might get up and make you the best return although the chances are they won’t and also you will have lost your hard earned money.

Look at middle ranking situations alright it may seem hard to separate them but by doing your investigation you will find that you could. As an example does one side travel better than the other? What will be the history between the two sides? This isn’t just the teams but coaches also.

Are key players available? This really is vital as well as can throw off rules 12&3 straight away.

what is it worth are this Sports Writers and Journalists saying and read more than one of their predictions as on there own they may be notoriously inaccurate. However if the majority pick the same result then the odds are which will be the correct one. Should they cannot make up their mind move on to another game as this one may very well be too close.

Limit the number of bets you make if you bet on every one you will inevitable lose.

Finally control the amount that you bet we had a fund and 5% of it was the limit on anyone bet.

All of this made us a small profit but certainly not enough to boast about but we did enjoy ourselves.