Betting on sports has to be older than recorded history. We know that the Romans were fanatical about sports betting although the loser probably would not or couldn't show up for the next game.

World wide the amount of cash bet on sports has to be absolutely phenomenal some one some ware must be making a whole lot of cash all I know is it certainly was not me.

Similar to most people betting on sports was all about fun for me I never thought of making serious money from it.

Although I did start to realise that just a little thought and common sense could save me a great deal of dough and perhaps even make me some cash. As an example blindly betting on a team that you support is just not the answer. It's important to stand back be analytical and detached with no personal involvement.

If you are a true sports fan that maybe easier said than done so pick a sport that you do not follow and after that you just do not care who wins or looses. I find team sports to be the most effective as games like golf just has too many variables and also favourites play a whole lot more tournaments than they said win. Tennis I don't know enough about and can't judge. Look if you feel at ease with these sports don't let me talk you out of it.

Alright so you have picked your sport or sports then what.

Well a friend and I sat down some time ago and put together a list or set of rules that we thought may help improve our chances they're.

Don't pick the most obvious favourite as the returns for a win are too small and the risk of a loss to great.

At the exact same time do not pick the under dog. Sure they may get up and make you an excellent return though the chances are they won't and also you shall have lost your hard earned money.

Look-at middle ranking situations alright it may seem hard to separate them but by doing your investigation you will find you could. For example does one side travel better than the other? What will be the history between the 2 sides? This isn't just the teams but coaches as well.

Are key players available? This really is vital and can also throw off rules 12&3 straight away.

What are this Sports Writers and Journalists saying and read more than one of their predictions as on there own they can be notoriously inaccurate. However should the majority pick the exact same result then the odds are that may be the correct one. Should they cannot make up their mind move on to another game as this one may be too close.

Limit the range of bets you make if you bet on every one you will inevitable lose.

Finally control the amount that you bet we had a fund and 5% of it was the limit on anyone bet.

All of this made us a small profit but certainly insufficient to boast about but we did enjoy ourselves.