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

World wide the total amount of money bet on sports must be absolutely phenomenal some one some ware must be making a great deal 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 start to realise that a little thought and common sense could save me a whole lot of dough as well as maybe even make me some cash. As an 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.

In the event that 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 do not care who wins or looses. I find team sports to be the best as games like golf just has too many variables as well as favourites play a lot more tournaments than they win. Tennis I don’t know enough about and can’t judge. Look if you feel comfortable 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 may help improve our chances they may be.

Don’t 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 don’t pick the under dog. Sure they may get up and make you a good return though the chances are they won’t and you will have lost your hard earned money.

Look at middle ranking situations alright it may seem tough 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 will be the history between the 2 sides? This isn’t just the teams but coaches also.

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

What are this Sports Writers and Journalists saying and Read Homepage more than one of their predictions as on there own also they can be notoriously inaccurate. However if the majority pick the exact 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 could possibly 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.