There once was a young fella back in the 80's , he was in his twenties. He liked to bet but small 25 maybe 50 here and there. this was in the days of Mike Warren , Kevin Duffy , Jack Price and many other scammers.
This fella realized betting small was not gonna cut it, even 60% though good would not generate much cash flow.
The light bulb went off, I can sell,picks and be honest unlike these scammers and that's what is needed in this biz. No internet believe it or not, so 900 nbr was the way to go.With some advertising and picks monitored by SPORTSWATCH in Vegas things went ok. made some seed income but some people did not pay the phone bill so said fella had that deducted from his gross, not so good.
Same guy talked to Big Al who also was just starting out, Al was actually an attorney who got into the biz. Al also made a surprising statement , that gamblers were losers (mostly true though, profit wise at least) and suckers.
The honest fella won some top finishes in different sports and the standings were in SPORTSWATCH each week which helped get some notice.
One year the honest guy was ahead of everyone in CBB only to finish second after Joe Gavazzi went 22-2 the last week (supposedly). see some monitors are not honest either and though could not be proven one can't help but wonder if just maybe some funds changed hands for the nbr one ranking.
Everyone that sells is not a scammer but marketing is very important. If you don't have the platform it won,t matter because people may not see how good you are, exposure is key but with the net , social media etc it's much easier but there are literally thousands trying to do same thing.THOUSANDS.
The point is the scammers are tough to beat because the sizzle sells and lots of bettors are young guys who think 70% should be the norm or that someone has a majic formula . That's why Brandon Lang continues to sell , everything is big play and he gets radio time around the nation because these radio guys are too,lazy to google a name to see all the terrible documented record of this scammer. He even hot a movie made about Himself! go figure.
Who was that young guy? Me.
Enjoyed the run and made some cash , actually more than my paid job but it eventually fizzled , people want the lock of the week not the one star pick.
Pay attention to what Dave posted. CBB. just started, post picks with reasons and if you do well,people will notice and who knows where it may go.
I even see some posters picks at other forums with service plays so obviously they have a following.
Older now and just try to help and put up some winners if I can. No ego as many here better ( once I accepted that I won more) so follow some too to add $$ to my pocket.
Good Luck