Originally <a href='https://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/showthread.php?p=26990510'>posted</a> on 05/28/2017:
Harabolos Voulgaris is not the best NBA bettor. He did take advantage of a bookies mistake playing 2nd half totals for years in early 2000's but that was simply books making mistake. Now the lines are set perfectly...he made a killing back then. But the 90's and early 2000's before gambling bill was passed and internet wasn't that big, many pro bettors succeed if they knew what they were doing. Things are lot tougher now and only a very few win consistently and its a grind.
Voulgaris name is often used in articles and promoted as a success gambler story by books to give hope to dreamers who will continue to gamble and lose....just like they did with billy walters (who took advantage of stale lines in the old days)...these guys if they bet on sports, they would lose their asss. Most of these guys took advantage of some errors back in the days and invested in other things and made a killing. gambling industry like to tout their stories to get more people to gamble.