What's up with professional cappers?

Hawklet2 · Mar 31, 2006

On covers.com theres a professional handicapper that claims a recent 85% NBA record and is giving out picks at about 25 dollars a day.

Why doesn't everyone just listen to professional cappers involving what to bet on and win? Is there any particular reason why not a lot of people use them or am I mistaken?

It seems that unless you are betting only 20 dollars a game this is a very profitable investment.

Christian · Mar 31, 2006

PrekiGeo said:
On covers.com theres a professional handicapper that claims a recent 85% NBA record and is giving out picks at about 25 dollars a day.

Why doesn't everyone just listen to professional cappers involving what to bet on and win? Is there any particular reason why not a lot of people use them or am I mistaken?

It seems that unless you are betting only 20 dollars a game this is a very profitable investment.

nobody can hit 85% long-term....or even 65%....

sure, it can be done over, say, 20 or 30 picks...but long-term it is absolutely impossible!

the guys who claim to hit those numbers and promise you riches beyond your wildest dreams for just $25 a pop....those guys are scam artists. no different than a guy in the classic "boiler room" scam touting you some "hot stock tip"

avoid them at all costs. take the time to follow the proven cappers on this site (there are plenty of them) and you'll learn how the real winners do it....and they'll never charge you a dime. the info here is FREE.

ask as many questions as you want too. there are always guys out there willing to help.

you won't get rich overnight....but the only way to do that is to play the lottery. this business is no different than any type of investment...

warren buffet didn't become a billionaire in a week, or by calling up some guy and paying $25/day to get his advice....

real estate moguls don't get rich after buying their first piece of property ever....

sportsbetting is no different than any other business. it takes YEARS of study and hardwork to excel in this business. if you want shortucts, you're only going to find thieves and conmen. good luck to you!

t3a · Mar 31, 2006

Christian said:
warren buffet didn't become a billionaire in a week, or by calling up some guy and paying $25/day to get his advice....

real estate moguls don't get rich after buying their first piece of property ever....

great point as those 2 examples people got rich putting their own money on the line. Which is why touts and scammers have such a bad rap around here - if one could hit at the outrageous rates some of these guys claim, they would be putting their own money on the line and winning. And that wouldn't leave much time to spend trying to sucker people into sending them $25 for the latest lock of the year

Christian · Mar 31, 2006

but that's not to say that every guy who sells his picks is a fraud...

i remember reading in one of bob mccune's books that he once operated a sports service. and for those of us lucky enough to be familiar with bob mccune's work, i couldn't imagine anyone doubting his ability to handicap sports.

so "in theory" a sharp gambler COULD sell his picks to the public...it would certainly make sense. even the smartest investors (in stocks, real estate, etc.) take on other investors...

just because an investor (of any kind, including sports investments) takes on other investors for a fee doesn't automatically mean he's a crook...

the problem is that this industry, the sports advisor industry, has been overrun with scam artists. and that's because of the ignorance of the betting public themselves. they all want to "get rich quick" and they're not willing to do the necessary work to learn this business themselves.

so when you have an ignorant betting public looking for a shortcut to riches, you're going to have the worst kind of scam artists coming out of the woodwork.

this is why the few honest guys who sell their picks (there are a few of them out there) are given such a bad reputation by the the rest of the scammers.

that said, i've seen hundreds, if not thousands of scam artists out there selling there picks...and in all that time, the number of guys who sold picks who actually sold winning picks, i could probably count the number of those guys on one hand. so the odds aren't good if you're looking to subscribe to a service.