Betting on sports must be older than recorded history.

We realize 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 money bet on sports must be absolutely phenomenal some one some ware must be making a great deal of money 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 a little thought and common sense could save me a great deal of dough and perhaps even make me some money. As an 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.

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 very best as games like golf just has too many variables and even favourites play a lot more tournaments than they win. Tennis I do not know enough about and cannot 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 excellent soccer online I sat down some time ago and put together a list or group of rules that we thought can help improve our chances they can be.

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

At the same time do not pick the under dog. Sure they may get up and make you the best return but the chances are they won't and also you may have lost your money.

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

Are key players available? This really is vital and may 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 in the event the majority pick the exact same result then the odds are that may be the correct one. Whenever they can't make up their mind move on to another game as this one could possibly 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 inadequate to boast about but we did enjoy ourselves.