Handicappers: Who Really Benefits from It?

Who is a handicapper? 

People who sell their wagers online are called handicappers or touts. But not all of them are legit, as their aim is just to sell you their picks. After you have bought at least one, they will send you messages or call you to sell more and more, using different provocative phrases to make you buy. The most interesting point about them is that they don’t bet on those picks, they make their living on selling them to you. Such handicappers can even tell different people different wagers so that some will definitely win and they will get great feedback anyway. 

Handicapper: legit or not? 

Well, how to understand whether the handicapper is legit or not? 

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First of all, look at the percentage of winnings they show in their ads. Most of them say it’s about 70% and more. It can’t be true, it’s just impossible, nobody wins so many wagers. And even if a person wins almost every wager, he won’t share them with so many people, that’s illogical. We’ve already discussed it in previous articles. 

Pros and cons of buying picks

Even if you find a handicapper you can rely on, it doesn’t mean you will quickly win a lot of money. Problems still appear here. 

Remember you have to spend money not only on your wager but also on buying it from the handicapper. The winning percentage should be higher because you will pay the tout some percent from your winning or a fixed amount of money. 

The line also moves. You’re not the only one who will buy the pick and bet on it. When many tipsters choose the same result, the odds go down, the line moves, so you won’t win the same amount of money as the handicapper promises. Unfortunately, it’s unprofitable for you. Moreover, the line depends not only on how many people bet on that match, so there is always a risk that the odds will change after you have bought the wager and before you have bet on a game.  

Good news – there are websites where you can find legit handicappers. Some organizations monitor their wagers and you will see their winning percentage. This is a good guarantee of responsible tout but there still are exceptions. Where there is a rule, there also is a way to dance around the rule. Unconscientious handicappers create more than one page and then show only the results of the best of them. 

So be careful if you don’t want to analyze the line yourself. Find the handicapper you will rely on and work with him.

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