But if you show you can beat them at that particular niche your account gets marked and you won't be able to bet what you want. When you're a loser they'll take $1000, $10,000 or $100,000 if they can manage the risk and know they'll win long term. You're highly unlikely to be more informed about the chances of teams in major leagues than a bunch of professionals who spend all day assessing things, get insight from other 'smarties' and have computer programs specifically designed to assess many factors.Įven if you somehow managed to find a smaller area you can make money in you'll then run into the problem that most of the bookies offering odds will simply tell you to go away by closing your account or reducing your bet size. And very few of the honest ones actually tally up their bets to get an accurate picture of how they're doing, either because they can't be bothered or deep down they know it won't be a pretty picture.īetting on football is especially hard unless you have some knowledge in a very small area. The ones trying to sell you programs/tips are usually liars, the ones wanting your praise for their ego tend just tend to mix all three things listed above. That's because when it comes to talking about betting most people are blatant liars, delusional or conveniently forgetful.