Marco said:
My advice would be like that of El Iguana's....
You can get better information on the forums for free.
Consider the fact that it is awful difficult to finish in sports gambling in the high 50 percent range, which would be enough to cover the break even barrier....giving someone money to pick for you will eat up the remaining percentage profit between break even and the high 50% mark, should you be fortunate enough to finish that highly.
Your statement would seem to be validated by BOTH the late Mort Olshen of "The Gold Sheet" and the late Huey Mahl(First Twenty)...
Mort Olshen maintained that out of 100 football games played that 50% of the outcomes would be determined due to factors outside the realm of handicapping(squibbed punts, etc)....the player at that point would have 25 wins ALONG WITH 25 losses......Olshen then stated that to hit 57% overall...one would have to be 67% proficient over the remaining 50 games....
Marco who continues.... said:
If thier picks are so good then what are they calling you for....obviously they would be making enough money to pay all thier "insiders" and still have gobs of money left over to pad thier own pillow with.
Again, I'd tend to agree...Huey Mahl pointed out that if the scamdicappers were truly 70% proficient in picking winners then their optimal percentage-of-bankroll bet against a -110 line would be around 37% of bankroll....
I forget the other math formula he used...but he went on to point out that if the 70% scamdicapper could find someone to take the booking action that after something under 1500 bet games the scamdicapper would have enough to provide each man, woman, and child on earth with over 1 million dollars...
The bottom line according to Mahl is that claims of 70% overall efficiency told by the scamdicappers are outright lies..
Marco who continues.... said:
People who know where the gold is buried don't tell you where it's buried, they go out there themselves and dig it up and keep it for themselves.
I watch some of the shows these guys put out, sometimes they give a key bit of advice that makes sense that might sway me towards a certain side....one needs to do some homework and come to thier own conclusions using all the methods at thier disposal....the internet is full of advice and resources, and is a very good start.
All these guys did was replace the item being sold...it went from a vacuum to a pick on a sporting event.