[Mikail]

Absolutely hilarious website.
Start a Sports Handicapping Scam
by DEMETRI on SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

http://demetri.ca/makemoneyonline/20...ping-scam.html

Online gambling is a huge industry with companies like Bodog and Betfred
raking in so much money that the president of Bodog, Calvin Ayre, avoids setting foot in the USA for fear of being brought up on racketeering charges.

Who has the money or resources to start up an online casino? Or even the energy and time to get the backing for one that could compete with the big boys? Why bother when you can do what many did back in the gold rush. The real money back then was selling the shovels not in finding the gold.

History has a way of repeating itself. Casinos, much lick the Klondike of old, have the odds stacked against the gambler that there is virtually no chance that they’ll strike gold. Many gamblers buy “winning” sports picks from various “experts” in a vain attempt to strike it big.

So with that in mind does it really matter if the picks the gamblers get are real, or is the rush and excitement of knowing they’re about to get a leg up on the casino enough to make buying your sports picks.

The traditional way the “experts” run their scam is to send out a bunch of fliers with a free “winning pick” and a number for gamblers (AKA the mark) to call in if they want to pay for a winning pick. The handicappers (or shysters as one legit handicapper I know refers to them) make promises of you making incredible amounts of money on their picks and of course they have a free pick on the flier that will have, if you’re in the correct are code, won.

What you can’t see is that the fliers are different in each area code. For the first run of fliers 1/2 of area codes get one team as the winner and the other area code gets the other team as the winner. Replicate this out to 10 or 20 cities and you’ll end up with one that has a large number of people that saw your steak of “winning” predictions.

The internet and IP to city databases allow you can determine the location of a visitor to your website. You can use this to replicate giving from the same city the same picks just like with the traditional flier method. Assuming you’ve figured out how to get traffic to your website then you can make lots of cash.

Requirements

The most important requirement is that you have no morals at all. You’ll be ripping people off. Running a sports handicapping scam like this is probably illegal but there are so many of them it makes you wonder why no one stops these criminals.

Ironically there are a few legit ones, but their problem is that they can only promise a return of 10% of month over a long term of playing their picks. It just isn’t exciting like knowing you’ll be doubling or tripling your money in a day.

Then you’ll need an IP to city database, some programming skills and a website. Fortunately all of these can be purchased online. There’s a lot of qualified designers and web programmers contracting through eLance that building website should not be a problem even if you lack the requisite skills.

Other than that some links to online Sports Books, AKA Casinos, will come in handy. You can recommend “reputable” sports books where your customers can place their bets. The great part is that you can get an affiliate code and make a commission from people that sign-up and bet on top of the fees for your sports picks.
The Payout

Assuming you can get traffic to your website then you could be making hundreds of dollars a day.

At the very least you’ve probably learned not to throw your money away with the shysters.

[Mikail]

I bet there are plenty of sbr posters who do this on the down low.

[doublej95]

Hmm, times are tough. Might have to look into this.

[Mikail]

Hmm, times are tough. Might have to look into this.

lol why not? Everyone else is doing it.

[Mikail]

"The most important requirement is that you have no morals at all. You’ll be ripping people off. Running a sports handicapping scam like this is probably illegal but there are so many of them it makes you wonder why no one stops these criminals."

[Dirty Sanchez]

"The most important requirement is that you have no morals at all. You’ll be ripping people off. Running a sports handicapping scam like this is probably illegal but there are so many of them it makes you wonder why no one stops these criminals."

I was thinking the samething........"this is probably illegal"...really? Ya think?

[Mikail]

Cracks me up how guys will say how they think touts are lowlife scum but they secretly run a bubble gum tout service. Hypocrites.

[OmgUrMom]

I was thinking the samething........"this is probably illegal"...really? Ya think?

It's probably not that illegal actually, perhaps just false advertisement, but if you put a warning in small letters somewhere that probably wouldn't even apply.....

I have no idea really of course, but I don't see how giving out football picks in return for monetary compensation would be illegal, other than possibly for the aformentioned reason

[vyomguy]

fuk touts

[Mikail]

It's probably not that illegal actually, perhaps just false advertisement, but if you put a warning in small letters somewhere that probably wouldn't even apply.....

I have no idea really of course, but I don't see how giving out football picks in return for monetary compensation would be illegal, other than possibly for the aformentioned reason

yeah it's actually perfectly legal. If someone is gullible enough to buy another's opinion on a game more power to them.

[Casperwaits]

I have been working hard as of late to be a real capper. Those scam guys are a dime a dozen. The more I read and study, the more I learn that the honest ones are the minority. Yeah, if anyone is telling you they are going to triple your bankroll in a matter of weeks, they are a scam. Ask any true pro gamblers and they will tell you how hard it is to grind out a small winning % over time. I just hope that my business model works over time.

[Swinging Johnson]

Mikail, you're late to the party. This has been going on for 30 years.

[Mikail]

Mikail, you're late to the party. This has been going on for 30 years.

Story of my life.

[Mikail]

I have been working hard as of late to be a real capper. Those scam guys are a dime a dozen. The more I read and study, the more I learn that the honest ones are the minority. Yeah, if anyone is telling you they are going to triple your bankroll in a matter of weeks, they are a scam. Ask any true pro gamblers and they will tell you how hard it is to grind out a small winning % over time. I just hope that my business model works over time.

I believe you sir. There are some legit services I'm sure.

[Mikail]

I've been doing some research and I am shocked at how shady this 'industry' (if you call it that) is.

[Mikail]

OK here's my beef with these touts. Most of these scammers are no better than 50% cappers. To me that means you can't fade them or follow them. Also like many posters here at sbr they are quick to point out their wins but let their losses fade away. Most touts are nothing more than "snake oil salesmen" It wouldn't irritate me so much if they actually was giving out quality picks day in and day out. Hey, I get it. Everyone is on the losing side now and then but how can one charge money for picks that anyone with common sense can pick if they do a little capping? Fuk some of these scammers are actually in the red quite a bit but for some reason they sprinkle some sugar on dogsh*t and call it dessert. Now in their defense they aren't holding a gun and forcing one to buy their picks so in essence they are just hanging it out there and if someone bites...... but isn't that what scam artists do? If someone provides a service and doesn't give the results they suggest aren't they ripping off their clients? I say yes. My message is to those who buy 'services' is why don't you just cap the games yourself? If you can't do that then why not just tail one of the persons here that knows what they are doing. I understand most of sbr sucks and that fading the consensus at sbr is gold but there is a few select individuals that post plays here who actually can pick winners just as good and in most cases better than these touts. So quit throwing money away on these tout plays that aren't even giving out anything better than you can find with just a little effort.

[Swinging Johnson]

Mikail, you're like the guest speaker at an aeronautics convention telling the audience how to build a paper airplane.