How Did People Research Bets Before 1996?

[Seaweed]

Before Internet???

Now we take for granted we can research everything up to minute with expert opinions

Did more people lose before??

[mjsuax13]

Before Internet???

Now we take for granted we can research everything up to minute with expert opinions

Did more people lose before??

I think they won more often because they bet what they knew a little bit about over everyone throwing darts at every sport.

[Buckandadime]

I think they won more often because they bet what they knew a little bit about over everyone throwing darts at every sport.

What he said

[KVB]

We did our own research, kept our own records, and figured out which part of the box score was relevant and how to manipulate it.

There may not have been an internet, but there were computers.

We stood on the shoulders of giants and then became those giants.

The internet made it both easier and harder.

The early days of internet gambling were a wild west of shot taking as the online books hadn't quite figured it all out yet and the players were light years ahead of them.

Especially when it came to things like correlated parlays and the way they would let us parlay games and use bonuses. Oh the mistakes the books would make would just make your mouth water.

That doesn't happen anymore though.

[KVB]

I could go on and on and on Mr. Weed.

Some things still haven't changed, sort of.

[KVB]

Mr. Weed, reading my writings and making use of them means you can stand on the shoulders of a giant.

[lakerboy]

I might be wrong but it seems like In today's sports no lead is safe.

[Seaweed]

Mr. Weed, reading my writings and making use of them means you can stand on the shoulders of a giant.

KVB, you are wise. I wish i could sit with you on a park bench and hear more

[Seaweed]

I might be wrong but it seems like In today's sports no lead is safe.

I agree

Especially in NBA

[mjsuax13]

We did our own research, kept our own records, and figured out which part of the box score was relevant and how to manipulate it.

There may not have been an internet, but there were computers.

We stood on the shoulders of giants and then became those giants.

The internet made it both easier and harder.

The early days of internet gambling were a wild west of shot taking as the online books hadn't quite figured it all out yet and the players were light years ahead of them.

Especially when it came to things like correlated parlays and the way they would let us parlay games and use bonuses. Oh the mistakes the books would make would just make your mouth water.

That doesn't happen anymore though.

Good stuff.

[KVB]

I might be wrong but it seems like In today's sports no lead is safe.

I agree

Especially in NBA

Ain't that the truth.

And the NBA has most certainly got more volatile, as has every sport. Records are more extreme, it's the nature of time.

A big part of that had to do with the preparation of and execution of LIVE betting.

Make no mistake.

[KVB]

You used to be able to parlay Bama -36 and Over 42 or something similar.

Not anymore.

[Mike Huntertz]

For most it's still, flip a coin!

[Buckandadime]

We did our own research, kept our own records, and figured out which part of the box score was relevant and how to manipulate it.

There may not have been an internet, but there were computers.

We stood on the shoulders of giants and then became those giants.

The internet made it both easier and harder.

The early days of internet gambling were a wild west of shot taking as the online books hadn't quite figured it all out yet and the players were light years ahead of them.

Especially when it came to things like correlated parlays and the way they would let us parlay games and use bonuses. Oh the mistakes the books would make would just make your mouth water.

That doesn't happen anymore though.

I did everything pen to paper back then..
Still do for the most part..

[BeatTheJerk]

I could go on and on and on Mr. Weed.

Some things still haven't changed, sort of.

I swear you should write a fuckin’ sports gambling novel. You are always filled with interesting knowledge/experiences & you know your markets/numbers to boot

[KVB]

I did everything pen to paper back then..
Still do for the most part..

Wire notebooks with black, blue, red, pink and green pens. The red, pink and green are a super fine tip so I could make all kinds of notes and marks. I developed my own language...lol.

Then I added the orange and green highlighters.

Converting those books into spreadsheets is something that is still going on today.

I feel I've been underachieving and have two spiral bounds sitting on my desk, just waiting for NCAAF and NFL, but now I'm behind on filling them.

[KVB]

To be honest, it took the CFL and WNBA and their limited number of teams that first got me converting those books to the computer.

[Buckandadime]

Wire notebooks with black, blue, red, pink and green pens. The red, pink and green are a super fine tip so I could make all kinds of notes and marks. I developed my own language...lol.

Then I added the orange and green highlighters.

Converting those books into spreadsheets is something that is still going on today.

I feel I've been underachieving and have two spiral bounds sitting on my desk, just waiting for NCAAF and NFL, but now I'm behind on filling them.

Yep..
I think we all develop our own language just to save time..
Got away from the highlighters just because when they would go dry I didn't have any back ups..
Like you I still have notebooks to go through and transfer what is circled or deemed important..
Most everything looks like a 5th graders doodles...
Not enough hours in the day..

[Foxx]

I had a closet full of racing programs from Philadelphia Park. Every live program for like 4 years. Must have had 1000+.

Huge fire hazard.

[jjgold]

Newsletters, magazines and what KVB did

THe old fashioned way to handicap

[Sam Odom]

[Easy-Rider 66]

the ole Gold sheet. remember buying at the news stand back in the day. some good info at times.

[The General]

Newspapers on a kitchen table.

[pologq]

all interesting posts. sounds kind of fun to do that research, more involved and you appreciate it more.

[KVB]

Newspapers on a kitchen table.

I used to cut out the lines and results from the back page of the sports section. I would even use colored pens on the newspaper, the ink would bleed on the paper. Using the notebooks was like a jump in technology.

Hence the insistence on the finest point pens avaliable.

Good times.

[hubie69]

We did our own research, kept our own records, and figured out which part of the box score was relevant and how to manipulate it.

There may not have been an internet, but there were computers.

We stood on the shoulders of giants and then became those giants.

The internet made it both easier and harder.

The early days of internet gambling were a wild west of shot taking as the online books hadn't quite figured it all out yet and the players were light years ahead of them.

Especially when it came to things like correlated parlays and the way they would let us parlay games and use bonuses. Oh the mistakes the books would make would just make your mouth water.

That doesn't happen anymore though.

This

[sweethook]

in the 70s everyone just bet there local teams with a local bookmaker he would get rich . i was sitting between atlanta and washinton . there was no carolina team

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Reading newspaper at bowling alley

[The General]

I had to keep weeks of sports pages so that I could go back and see past matchups. The scores were never in any sort of order but random and there was no CTRL F.

[johnnyvegas13]

in the 70s everyone just bet there local teams with a local bookmaker he would get rich . i was sitting between atlanta and washinton . there was no carolina team

It does seem from movies and stuff that betting the local teams was a bigger deal

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Anybody else used to keep these little memo books in your pocket, with all of your day’s action written in them so you could check your bets on the go?

I’m sure I still have a box of these stored somewhere in the house.

[KVB]

Yes, but locals always shaded the line on the local team. Shit, local would shade the line if they knew what you were looking.

I never asked, "hey, what's the line on the Steelers?" or he would add 1/2 point or more to Steelers. Always said "hey what's the line on the Browns/Steelers game."

You had to know how to talk to locals all over the place. Sometimes get them to add a half point to the Steelers then you bet it the other way.

That always pissed them off.

[compaqDikk]

you had to dupe mid major athletic director, SIDs and Athletic Trainers into giving injury info

[Buckandadime]

I used to cut out the lines and results from the back page of the sports section. I would even use colored pens on the newspaper, the ink would bleed on the paper. Using the notebooks was like a jump in technology.

Hence the insistence on the finest point pens avaliable.

Good times.

The Sporting News was my friend..

[jjgold]

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