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No coincidences
Unless you plan on betting literally every play in every sport -- the only way you could prove that beating the closing number is a long-term winner, and even then, it barely provides a significant advantage -- we're all cherry picking based on the plays we're making. As such, you should never assume that BTCL will or even can equate to any sort of profit in your own small, select portfolio. Combined with not being privy to any information that is also instantly available to everyone in the free world at the click of a button, and you get a stale, antiquated belief.