Sunday, December 20, 2009

Sports Betting and the 97% Miracle

When I first started sports betting years ago, I used to see the advertisements for foolproof betting systems just about everywhere. One clams 97%, so the next claims 98%.

I just wrote off those systems as the sports betting equivalent of a get rich quick scheme. They surely are marketed that way. The sales pages scarcely mention sports, but are loaded with stories about how much you will make.

As I learned more about betting, and winning, I decided to look into the systems a little closer. What I found was that all of the programs had two things in common.

First, they all use progressive betting. Most are three game series based, as well as being based on three progressions. You pick three games, bet on each one in the series until you win. If you lose three in a row, you lose the bet and start over.

Second, they are all situation based. They do not consider which teams are playing, only the situation in which the games take place. That in itself is a lesson worth learning.

According to my non genius mathematics, if you have a system that wins half off the games it picks (same as a coin toss), and you bet a five game progression, you have a 94% chance of winning one of those bets.

With one of the miracle systems, you have a 97% chance on a three bet progression. Any system that can pick two out of three winners will do the same thing.

With the 97%ers, the miracle is in the progressive betting of a good system. There’s no reason you can’t just build your own.

Here is your blueprint for building a winning sports betting system.

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