I dont care for the ads, but I like the talk about the lines. I do not play fantasy, but I am in a "pick'em" league and do make small legal wagers on the line from time to time. 11-2 this past week! A handicapping show sounds like a great idea! I enjoy listening to Wooly B and Lance go at it. They bring up points about the game that you wouldnt hear about otherwise. Also the guy that comes in on the Hibernia Pre Game show on Sundays that tells where the moneys going in Vegas is really good. On the other hand, Garrett Bradford isnt too great, he speaks so fast, vaguely and cryptic. BTW Marc Vandermeers picks are just awful and mostly "homer" nonsense. I know there is a guy that has a handicapping radio show in Vegas that has offered the experts to take him on a 2/1 wager that they can not beat 70+% for the season. So far, no takers.
Several years ago I bet some serious dollars on sporting events, and I had money available at numerous online sportsbooks. I know 'how to win' at sports betting, and I still dabble in it nowadays, although not as such high stakes. Anyways, if it weren't already obvious, those supposed 'handicappers' that post ads on 610 radio are total imposters, and are completely immoral IMO. They have no substance behind them in the form of documented tracking of their picks, and somehow make irrational claims that they have 'inside knowledge' on a Monday Night Football game which will allow them to make the correct play. Ha. The reality is, you don't make a killing betting on Monday Night Football games, or even big time games like Miami vs FSU in college football. You generally make money on games that are less likely for most linesmakers to focus much attention on, such as Houston +3 vs the Raiders last Sunday, or San Jose St. +16 vs Rice on Saturday. Even guys like Phil Steele aren't really that successful, although he has a huge following behind him. He usually gives his followers his picks later on in the week, and let's say for example he says he likes a team at the line of -4. After that, his followers will put a ton of money on this pick, and drive the line up to -6.5. At this point, what a lot of professional sports bettors will do is take the opposite team at +6.5, and generally this can be a profitable play. The way Phil Steele sounds knowledgable is by giving statistical facts that are relatively meaningless. When he says, "Virginia is 9-3 against the spread in the past 12 games as a road underdog" I have to laugh. Either he's clueless about statistics, or he thinks 610's listeners are, because most people know that if you flip a coin 12 times, you're not that unlikely to go 9-3, which discredits the supposed value of the trend. Bottom line, I agree that these ads and guys like Phil Steele are a joke, and you're not going to make any money at sports betting (you'll likely lose a lot) by calling in to these 1-800 numbers or by listening to Steele.
