Betting on sports must be older than recorded history. We know 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 must be absolutely phenomenal some one some ware must be making a great deal of cash 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 a little thought and common sense could save me a lot of dough and maybe 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’re 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 best as games like golf just has too many variables as well as favourites play a great deal more tournaments than they win. Tennis I don’t know enough about and can’t judge. Look if you feel at ease 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 can help improve our chances they’re.

Don’t pick the most obvious favourite as the returns for a win are too small and also 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 an excellent return however the chances are they won’t and you shall have lost your hard earned money.

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

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 they may be notoriously inaccurate. However if the majority pick the same result then the odds are which will be the correct one. Whenever 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 manage the amount that you bet we had a fund and trusted online gambling agent 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.