Betting on sports must be older than recorded history. We realize that the Romans were fanatical about sports betting even though the loser probably wouldn’t or couldn’t show up for the next game.

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

Like the majority of 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 relevant internet site common sense could save me a great deal of dough and possibly even make me some money. For example blindly betting on a team that you support is just not the answer. You need to stand back be analytical and detached with no personal involvement.

If you are a true sports fan that maybe easier said than done so pick a sport that you do not follow and after that 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 as well as favourites play a lot more tournaments than they win. Tennis I do not know enough about and can not judge. Look if you feel confident with these sports don’t 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 set of rules that we thought can help improve our chances they can be.

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

At the same time do not pick the under dog. Sure they might get up and make you a good return though the chances are they will not and you shall have lost your money.

Look at middle ranking situations alright it may seem hard to separate them but by doing your investigation you shall find that you can. For example does one side travel better than the other? What will be the history between the 2 sides? This is not just the teams but coaches as well.

Are key players available? This really is vital and also can 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 they may be notoriously inaccurate. However in the event the majority pick the same result then the odds are that may be the correct one. Should they can not 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 control the amount that you bet we had a fund and 5% of it was the limit on any one bet.

All of this made us a small profit but certainly inadequate to boast about but we did enjoy ourselves.