Betting on sports must 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 must be absolutely phenomenal some one some ware must be making a lot of cash all I know is it certainly was not me.

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

Although I did begin to realise that a little thought and common sense could save me a whole lot of dough and maybe even make me some cash. For example blindly betting on a team that you support is not the answer. It's important to stand back be analytical and detached with no personal involvement.

In case you are a true sports fan that maybe easier said than done so pick a sport that you don't follow and after that you just don't care who wins or looses. I find team sports to be the most effective as games like golf just has too many variables and even favourites play a great deal more tournaments than they win. Tennis I don't know enough about and can't judge. Look if you feel comfortable 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 fantastic online football gambling agent I sat down some time ago and put together a list or set of rules that we thought can help improve our chances they can be.

Do not pick the most obvious favourite as the returns for a win are too small as well as the risk of a loss to great.

At the exact same time don't pick the under dog. Sure they can get up and make you a good return though the chances are they will not and also you will have lost your money.

Look at middle ranking situations alright it may seem tough to separate them but by doing your research you shall find you can. For instance does one side travel better than the other? What will be the history between the two sides? This isn't just the teams but coaches as well.

Are key players available? This 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 can be the correct one. Should they can not make up their mind move on to another game as this one may very well 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 any one bet.

All of this made us a small profit but certainly not enough to boast about but we did enjoy ourselves.