Betting on sports has to be older than recorded history. We know that the Romans were fanatical about sports betting even though the loser probably wouldn’t or could not show up for the next game.

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

Similar to 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 whole lot of dough and possibly even make me some cash. By way of example blindly betting on a team that you support is not the answer. You need to stand back be analytical and detached with no personal involvement.

In the event you are a true sports fan that maybe easier said than done so pick a sport that you don’t follow and after that you just don’t care who wins or looses. I find team sports to be the most effective as games like golf just has too many variables as well as favourites play a whole lot more tournaments than they win. Tennis I do not know enough about and cannot judge. Look if you feel confident 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 may be.

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

At the same time do not pick the under dog. Sure they can get up and make you a great return but the chances are they won’t and you shall have lost your hard earned money.

Look-at middle ranking situations alright it may seem challenging to separate them but by doing your investigation you will find you could. By way of example does one side travel better than the other? What is the history between the two sides? This is not just the teams but coaches also.

Are key players available? This is vital and may throw off rules 12&3 straight away.

What are this Sports Writers and Journalists saying and read more than one of their predictions as on there own also they can be notoriously inaccurate. However if the majority pick the same result then the odds are that can be the correct one. Should they can’t make up their mind move on to another game as this one might be too close.

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

Finally manage 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 insufficient to boast about but we did enjoy ourselves.