Originally Posted by
The G-Man Wins
Hello all. Ok, here goes. Ive just joined the site. My avatar is who I am. I am the original G-Man since 1993. (Im known as G-Man elsewhere, but someone here is using that title now. Dont confuse me HERE with that person.) Ive spent many years at other sites and still post on a very few. Been professionally betting and marketing since 1994. I havent marketed for many years. I do play various football games per week in general. Football is what I know - its what I win with and its what I marketed nationally for several years.
This whole forum is about reading other guys ideas and plays. Posters above made the remark that there are no professionals here. That may be true. The comment also was made, that no professional would give their secrets out for everyone to use. That may be true as well, if there was a professional on board here.
There are many touts for the public to patronize for their picks and information. The problem is - that there are so many losing touts, that they make you take a beating before you realize it, if you buy their picks.
I dont know of ONE tout out there, that actually caps games based on a scientific process that mirrors the way Vegas sets the line on games. Not Phil Steele, Marc Lawrence, not Gold Sheet or a hundred others. They all use combination's of things, like Power Ratings, Trends and line movements among other things.
Some of the touts actually have winning weeks or seasons. But none of them have them every year unless they dissect a group of plays they use that have won one year, while that same group of plays may have lost in other years. They sell the games to generate sales volume, but usually dont have successful results on all their releases. (5 stars -4 stars -3 stars etc.)
You can look at a Gold Sheet publication and may find that their highest rated bets may have a winning season but they may have losing season on all the other combined plays. So how does a gambler win? Most guys dont bet one day per week or on 3 games in a week. The majority play many games.
To learn how to cap games in any sport you must know how the spread was made on a game. You must know what criteria was used to set that line. You must also realize that Vegas is hitting at a 60 percent rate or higher. At that rate - based on all the games they get action on, they are typically making well over 400% profit or more each year on the amount of bets made. And most importantly - you must realize that the point spread on football is made from betting history and privileged historical data, along with a contrast of current abilities of teams involved.
If you approach betting without any formula that has worked over time, then you are just guessing at best, each week. The touts are as well. They have runs because of trends and other things. Some are good enough to provide winning season. But very few win with their releases overall. They just have a few rated plays that win in a certain category in different seasons. More importantly, the same service may have a winning season in Pro games while losing badly on College games. If youre buying their picks for both college and pro, you likely are not going to win. What I do, isnt for sale. If I post plays here this season, I'll just be sharing some of the games I play. I may add dialog as we go here during the season about capping on football. I dont spend much time with other opinions on plays other guys post. Capping is totally scientific in my opinion, so most logic guys use for betting on a team dont apply to my process.
Good luck this season.