Hands down it's baseball for me. I usually record a small loss during the football season and always net a decent profit with hoops and pucks. Hoops has been slow for me thusfar, but I expect that to turnaround.
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hoops,pucks, and then baseball.Comment -
Well for me its football,football,and then football!!Comment -
football is probly one of the worst sports to try and make money off of in my opinion.
at least with hoops, pucks, and bases. it's a daily betting cycle, so the lines makers and media both can't get the correct info all the time like they do in football were the games are played once a week and, everything is disclosed on monday morning during the weekly coaches press conferences.Comment -
In terms of profit per bet average, it would probably be boxing. The problem is they don't have enough bouts to generate good, consistent $$$ for me.
Instead of guys fighting less than a handful of times per year, I'd like them to be more like baseball and have at least 162 bouts each.
But they won't do it. Bunch of pussies!
So my real answer would have to be: Major League Baseball.Comment -
Baseball and College Football are my most profitable sports and the two sports I find most predictable. I'm usually decent with the NFL, but I'm just below the break even point with it this season. I don't play the NBA and I don't start NCAA hoops till January so we'll see what happens then.Comment -
Boxing and Tennis.Comment -
Baseball is a sport where I can really make a ton of money. All other sports I just hope to break even a lose just abit. If loses start to mount in any sport besides baseball I just stop bettin and go golfin or traveling for a week or two. Is it baseball season yet? APPLEComment -
Baseball and Hockey because you can get the dogs at a good moneyline and even if you split you can come out ahead. Plus you get good value with Baseball on the dogs with some pretty good pitchers coming in at a good comeback.Comment -
baseball and it might be my only profitable sport. the only other ive bet on is basketball and im slightly in the red right now but we'll see how the season goes. when I was only betting for 1.00 at pinnacle i hit a streak where i won 17 bets in a row which included some non-researched golf wagers.
I just started sportsbetting in late july and had such a hot streak in baseball i figued it would be so easy. not the case anymore
now im lucky to get 2 or 3 in a rowLast edited by newb411breaker19; 11-21-05, 01:33 PM.Comment -
I just feel football and basketball can kill you in the long run if you cant get up above 50% success rate. Because the vig will kill you , even on reduced juice shops. Thats why you got to pick your spots on these sports. This year has been a killer for dog bettors so far in both football and basketball, and I hope to see it turn soon. Maybe Bowl season will be different story.Comment -
i am very hot on NBA basketball at the moment, last 10 days +1300 on my initial deposit
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college football, by far...Comment -
Baseball, because dogs win every day and you can catch those hot ones and ride 'em for a while.
Basketball is usually good to me, but if these favorites keep hitting, it's gonna bury me. Come on, already.
The NFL is murder for me. My favorite sport to watch, but I just can't find anything in the lines.Comment -
i've made probably only 7 bets in my lifetime on baseball
and i think 5 of those were in playoffs! i need 2 have a chat
with u guys and learn what you guys are talking about? you
guys brought up great points and i'm all ears??Comment -
Exactly my point. Even teams like Kansas City get on a roll and when they do, the cash piles up.Originally posted by Winston SmithComment -
The Milwaukee Brewers were a cash cow for me, as well as others here, this last season because of this.Originally posted by Winston SmithComment -
Then of course you have reverse run lines. These really cashed big for me until the all star break. I thought I heard somewhere that books actually lose money on these types of bets. Can anybody confirm that?Comment -
The last two weeks of the regular season in bases, the favorite runlines were cashing nice for me. Thats when I decided to start back on bases. I stop right after the Allstar break because the value isnt usually there anymore. The teams mostly in the playoff hunt were the teams that were cashing on the RL. Built my roll up pretty nicely for the start of football season.Comment -
If most books had their choice, they wouldn't even offer bases. But they have to offer bases to keep players around all year for football and basketball so they don't go elsewhere. Funny thing is, even though its by far the easiest sport to make money at, very few people bet baseball.Comment -
senator, I've heard that as well...I've just never had success...Comment -
i have 2 locals that will not take baseball. every year i ask them why don't they take baseball (sarcasticly) and every year they tell me you know why, it's a losing proposition.Comment -
Must be because of the common 10c lines...and Pinny 8c lol.Originally posted by Senator7Comment -
I hit 90% of my posted plays betting movie props several years ago, was the best run I ever had. Now they lines are pretty sharp and the limits are smaller, but I still occassionally (usually big movies) find something to play.
Otherwise I think I have the best feel for football (NFL more than college), although this year hasn't treated me well. And I gets lots of very good advice in hoops and baseball, but aside from betting it for years am no expert.Comment -
I guess that's about right. The books offer 10c lines to encourage people to place bets - if they're not betting on basbeall then generally they're not going to be betting at all. Most books revert back to 20c lines for NFL since they know that people will place bets whatever their juice is like.Originally posted by Senator7Originally posted by pags11Originally posted by BuddyBearOriginally posted by curiousComment -
if they start posting more college baseball lines, I think I could do pretty well...Comment
