Your statement is 100% false. These salesmen cannot control when they win or lose, and the "real" touts you're referring to above are conmen dealing with suckers.
I am referring to an entirely different level.
Yes, some are total scams. The ones that actually handicap games and know what they are doing sell to the public for $ 59 for a month or $ 199 (whatever) for a season are just to support the organization, pay for the the cost structure, legitimize the company, etc, and they just want to go 50-55% or so with these.
The smart ones knew STJ + 6 yesterday was a gift, but did not necessarily give it out, that goes to off line big players that pay thousands for the games.Villa big national name still a public team laying 6 but shooting poorly, playing poorly, while STJ is on a roll. Who gave out STJ? Root, Boyd, others gave out Villa as BIG games.