Betting on sports has to be older than recorded history. We know that the Romans were fanatical about sports betting although the loser probably wouldn’t or could not 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 lot of cash all I know is it certainly was not me.

Like the majority of 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 just a little thought and common sense could save me a lot of dough and perhaps even make me some cash. By way of example blindly betting on a team that you support is just not the answer. It is 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 then you just do not care who wins or looses. I find team sports to be the top as games like golf just has too many variables and also favourites play a lot more tournaments than they win. Tennis I don’t know enough about and online soccer can not judge. Look if you feel at ease with these sports do not let me talk you out of it.

Alright so you’ve got 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 are.

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

At the same time don’t pick the under dog. Sure they can get up and make you a good return however the chances are they won’t and 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 that you may. For example does one side travel better than the other? What will be the history between the 2 sides? This is not just the teams but coaches as well.

Are key players available? This really is vital as well as can 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 in the event the majority pick the same result then the odds are that will be the correct one. Whenever they can not make up their mind move on to another game as this one could 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.