If you're new to betting, knowing exactly what to look for when finding a professional bettor to tail can be a bit confusing.
While a bettor with a 50-40 record may - on paper - look better than one with a 40-40 record but looking solely at these records can be misleading. At the end of the day, a better betting record does not equate to more money won, as weird as that sounds.
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CLAIM NOWThe more important aspect to look at when betting is units won.
In order to accurately measure units won, you must employ a flat-betting approach which basically means that you bet the same amount of money on every bet - every time you bet. If you usually wager $10 per bet, one unit for you would be $10.
This approach is not only the best for seeing how good of a bettor you are, it’s also the safest - not allowing you to fall into the hole of chasing your losses.
Say one unit to you is $10 and you bet one unit on team A to win their game @ -110. If team A wins - Congrats - you will have won $9.00, or 0.9 units. Your unit record is now +0.9.
The next day you place another $10 bet on Team A to win @ -110 and Team A ends up losing. You just lost 1 whole unit, now your unit record is -0.1.
On the third day you wager one unit ($10) on Team A to win @ +220 and Team A wins. You just won 2.2 units ($22) and your unit record is now +2.1.
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CLAIM NOWAlways make sure to check units!
An overall betting record of 50-30 could be winning less money than one of 40-40 depending on the average odds of the bets.
And when you're tracking your own bets, always try to stick to your set units.
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