Winning 52.3% of Your Games is Even Money

By Tom Wilkinson

Due to the vigorish/juice that a sports bettor must lay when making a sports betting wager against the pointspread or over/under total, a sports bettor must win 11 sports wagers for every 10 that he loses just to break even with his bankroll. This illustrates the sportsbook and sports gambling house edge against sports bettors and is a sober reality of what a sports bettor is up against when betting on sports against the odds at sportsbooks.

A sports bettor that hits at a 55% rate on his sports wagers against the sports odds will begin to make money and see his bankroll grow modestly in the black.

The traditional benchmark that is considered “professional grade” in sports betting is 57%. A sports bettor that wins 57% of his sports wagers against the sportsbooks and sports gambling house is obviously a serious sports bettor that knows what he is doing and can make a living at sports betting by maintaining such a level of success.

A 60% success rate is almost unheard of LONGTERM for sports bettors although many sports bettors have put together “dream seasons” in which they hit or surpassed a 60% success rate against the sports odds. Some sports bettors have even been able to reach this hallmark for several consecutive years in their selected sport against the online sportsbooks and sportsbooks but eventually they fail to maintain this blistering pace of sports betting success against the sports betting line.

Many “tout” services advertise that they easy hit 70% against the sports betting line with their football picks. Don’t believe it. It’s garbage. They may have hit a streak at 70% but most reputable sports services are monitored by independent agencies and the best of them come in at the 55% to 57% margins against the sports betting lines and sports betting odds. Many online sports bettors use these services and often relate what is REALLY going on with these sports betting services on the blogosphere.

sports bettors “in the know” realize what a severe test it is to beat the online sportsbooks and sportsbooks at all, let alone 57%.