Originally posted on 08/20/2013:

You claim that you are new, so I will give some free advice. What separates Scamdicappers from real handicappers is how they list their record and return.

What you are selling is your Skills, your education, your commitment, your information. You are not selling your picks, per se. Sure a winning record is important, but if you are trying to be a legitimate Tout, you must understand this distinction.

In reality, Units and Records are worthless. You can be 50 - 0 claiming a 100% win record, but what if all your picks are on Nadal at -10000 in the first round?. Or if you say you are up 20 units, well that doesnt tell anyone anything either because you could have lost 20 straight at one unit each than threw a hail mary and won a 40 unit pick. So you could be up 20 units, but its only because you got lucky one one pick with a record of 1 - 20.

This is why a code of handicapping ethics was devised to separate the geniuses from the con artists.

All plays must be to risk one unit to win whatever, regardless what you bet in real life and all side spreads need to be listed at -110, even if you can get reduced juice somewhere at -108. (An exception to this is if -108 available to all at all the books which does happen in certain situations.)

so if you list a play at -200, than what your record will show is that you risked one unit to win 0.50. Not, risk 2 units to win 1, even if thats how you bet it personally.

Also, never list 1 - 5 star picks, or bets of the year, because that to is a marketing scam. Real handicappers make a bet when there is value, and determining value is a extremely hard nut to break, so again, you list the bet at risk 1 to win x and leave out all the fluff and hype.

Let your ROI% do the talking , and if risking one unit to win x units makes a profit, than that alone will do all the advertising you need for you...

It all about staying honest in a sea of scammers.

Legitimate Handicappers follow this universal code of ethics.