A Sports Betting Story

When I look back it seems like a natural progression from playing pool to random card games to poker (winning a turbo tournament in 2012) and to sports betting. 

What's more intruiging is that this is a similar progression for some of the well known sports bettors like Billy Walters. 

Sports betting can be very interesting and exciting provided you bet responsibly and set a managable bankroll. I personally have a sports book account with one of the largest sports books in America. YouTube a is a great way to learn more about sports betting and things such as moneylines, math based betting, line shopping etc. 

Obviously you don't need to go hardcore like the professionals and bet thousands of Dollars on the outcome of a game. Take my last two bets for example. I staked undefeated, professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jnr against Saul Alvarez and risked $100. The odds were 0.3/1 for a Mayweather win because...it's Mayweather plus I'm a big fan of boxing so it helps when you know about the sport and its players to help make informed decisions. 

Sure enough Mayweather won and the sports book payed out the initial stake of $100 plus the $30 winnings. This past weekend though I was going to stake Liverpool against Southamptom in the English Premier League but when I did some homework about these two teams heads up over the years I decided not to bet the game. 

Like I feared Southampton pulled off an upset. Shows you the importance of doing your homework...but, and there's always a but...I staked Tottenham against Cardiff City...pretty simple right? Tottenham won the game in the 90th minute! 

Talk about heart racing...it is gambling after all. One just has to be smart about it and not go on hunches.

Roulette Betting Half the Wheel

Hey Guys

If you watch a few tables in the casino you may pick up a dealer only spinning numbers from a particular part of the wheel (lets say a certain half of the wheel)

Before the dealers next spin you can quickly cover half the wheel with this simple and easy to understand betting technique without looking at the free roulette guide card on the table.

The first 18 numbers (1-18) RED and the second 18 numbers (19-36) BLACK are all neighbours and vice versa.

We also bet the two border line numbers i.e.: 10 and 32 or 0 and 32

This way you can bet 20 numbers quickly before the dealer shouts "No More Bets Please"

See diagram below:

Good Luck!

Effective Roulette Betting System

Hi Guys

This post is designed to help decrease the house edge when playing roulette.  It basically comes down to this: Breakeven, Win Big or Loose your entire bet (very low odds).

With this technique I suggest you watch a few tables and see if a particular dealer has a liking for either the first 12 numbers or the last numbers.

If you fancy a number in the 1st 12 will come out then place your bet on the block marked 1st 12 and match the bet down the table on the block marked (19-36)

This way you only exclude seven numbers i.e.: 13-18 and 0 which means you have a 18.9% chance per spin to loose your full bet...reduces the odds quite a bit but also increases the odds you may couple of spins with only breaking even...buy hey...that's the risk.

See diagram below to better explain.

If you think a number in the 3rd 12 will come out then do the opposite. Remember: this technique only works if your gut tells you 1st 12 or 3rd 12. The 2nd 12 numbers are not part of this roulette betting system

Roulette Grinding Betting Pattern

In this article we look at a winning roulette technique which works, on average 4/7 times, and helps when you want to slowly build your bankroll.  Say your down to your last $6, you can cover 24 numbers with six $1 chips and hopefully win back $9.  That's a small profit of $3 which is why we call it the grinding technique


Say you've also got three favourite numbers you like to play and you're down to $9 in chips, you can use this roulette technique and place three straight up bets on your favourite numbers while using the other 6 chips as insurance.  If you don't hit the straight up bet, which pays 35 to 1, and you hit one of the numbers covered by the 6 chips you make another $9 back to try again.


This roulette technique uses a zig-zag betting pattern /\/\/.


Six $1 dollar chips cover 24 out of 36 numbers giving you a better chance to win.  Remember, all the bets are corner bets and pay 8 to 1.


See diagram below for the betting pattern.

Here's the numbers it covers:

There's times where this grinding technique won 4 times in a row for me and helped me get from the last $6 dollars to $18.  With 18 chips I had a better chance of hitting a straight up bet and winning $35 which is exactly what happened.


Good luck guys and I hope this works out for you.

Roulette Winning Technique

Ok, here is a simple winning technique you can use at the roulette table to give yourself a slight edge over the casino. Notice how I did not use the words "winning roulette strategy"?  That's owing to the fact that there is really no winning roulette strategy out there.


Albert Einstein once tried to figure out a winning roulette strategy and came to the conclusion that the only way to win at roulette is to steal chips when the dealer isn't looking...good sense of humour Albert.


I'm assuming you are already familiar with the rules of roulette and you have knowledge of inside, outside bets and the winning odds.  Chances of hitting a straight up bet is less than 3% which can leave you thinking roulette isn't the game for you...hang on.


Give this technique a shot when you hit the casino next time and hopefully you'll be hitting the cage to cash out.


The idea is simple...use just enough chips to cover the maximum amount of numbers and at the same time lose the least amount of money...provided you hit your block of 9 numbers.


Check out the diagram below:

In the above diagram we use 10 one dollar chips (assuming we came with a $100 bankroll).  Look at the middle row of numbers running down the table i.e.: 2, 5, 8, 11, 14 etc.


Pick two numbers down the middle and place a straight up bet on each number.  I've chosen 11 and 23 in the diagram.


Now place one chip in each corner around the numbers 11 and 23 like the diagram indicates.


You will end up covering 18 numbers in total which is half the roulette board.  See the diagram below indicating the numbers you've covered.

Now, let us focus on the first set of 9 numbers we've covered i.e.: the numbers around 11


If you hit 8, 10, 12 or 14, the pay-out is $16 ($7 profit)
If you hit the number 11 straight up, the pay-out is $67 ($58 profit)
If you hit 7, 9, 13, or 15, the pay-out is $8 (lose $1)


The first time I used this technique I turned $100 into $500 and yes, I did cash-out. So this can also be a winning roulette technique for you as well.


As for the other numbers you don't cover...we don't talk about that because we don't focus on losing...only winning boys.  Good luck!


Our next post is all about grinding it out.  What to do when you're down on chips and you need to build a bankroll slow and steady to play some big spins.

7 Golden Rules of Blackjack

Hey Guys

If you are not doing well right now at your Blackjack game or if you're new to the game of Blackjack then this advice may seem unrealistic, but let me tell you, there are a bunch of gamblers who swear by these 7 "Golden" Rules of Blackjack.

These golden rules of Blackjack also go together with Basic Blackjack Strategy which decreases your disadvantage against the house by 0.5 percent.

1) Stand on 12 against dealers 6 or lower

2) Hit on 17 against dealers 7 or higher

3) Hit on soft 17 or less or stand on soft 18 or more

4) Always split pair of Aces or 8's

5) Split a pair or 7's against a dealers 7 or less

6) Never take insurance or even money

7) Double-down on 10 or 11 if the card total is higher than the dealers up card

Good Luck.  See you at the Tables!

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