In order to succeed at
sports betting, you must be able to pick winners
and manage your money. In fact, without both you
are destined to fail. The single biggest reason
why sports bettors fail is because of the lack of
proper money management. Just like a good business
plan, you must have a plan for betting on sporting
events.
The Plan
All plans must start with a Bankroll, defined as
the amount of money that you have set aside to risk
on sports wagering. Your bankroll does not have
to be the amount of money that you have on hand,
just the amount that you can comfortably lose without
affecting your lifestyle. In this example, we are
going to use $5000 as our starting bankroll. Next
we will select a Unit Wager. Use 2% of the bankroll
as a unit wager. $5000 X .02 = $100. $100 would
be your unit wager. Wagering on sports is very similar
to a stock on Wall Street. Your bankroll is going
to go up and down, so we must be able to weather
the storms and a 2% wager allows us to do this.
The final step is find a safe way to safely increase
you wagers as your bankroll increases.
Increasing Wagers
As your bankroll increases, there is a need to increase
the amounts of each unit wager. Use 20% increments
or 10 units. 10 X .02 = 20%. Simply put using the
$5000 starting figure, one would increase his unit
play to $120 after he won 10 units. His bankroll
would be $6000. Therefore $6000 X .02 = $120. Your
wagers would then stay at $120 until you hit the
next level or dipped back down to the $5000 mark.
A dip down would result in a $100 bet, and an increase
to the next level, ($120 X 10 units = $1200 + 6000
= $7200) would result in a $150 bet,($7200 X .02
= $144 or $150). It is important to note that you
always round up to the nearest $10. Your bet size
is increasing but your overall risk remains the
same. Let's look at the different level of results
using this system.
Level of Results Based on +10 Unit Increments
By increasing your bet size at predetermined levels
without increasing your risk you can safely build
a nice bankroll. Let's take a look at the results
of a person who started with $5000, and used this
system.
Units
Unit Bet
Bankroll
0
$100
$5000
+10
$120
$6000
+20
$150
$7200
+30
$180
$8700
+40
$210
$10500
+50
$260
$12600
+60
$310
$15100
+70
$370
$18200
+80
$440
$21900
+90
$530
$26300
+100
$640
$31600
+110
$720
$38000
+120
$900
$45000
+130
$1080
$54000
Money Management Conclusion
Do they display their customer service information
including email, and phone support on the site?
All online sportsbook should be able to provide
24/7 toll free customer support. Be wary of sportsbooks
that does not display their physical address. There
are plenty of sportsbooks who operate illegally
from the U.S. that doesn't have any intentions of
paying. Give them a call and ask about mail in deposit
options along with email support response time.
Those are a few of the things you should consider
when looking for a reputable sportsbook.
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