If you bet on sports, or perhaps even if you dont, you most likely know what a sports handicapping service is. Most people know that they give out sports picks, but what is happing behind the scenes? Are all sports handicapping services the same? Do they really win often? What is inside information? This article will explain the sports handicapping profession by answering these questions. While every sports handicapping service operates in a different way, there are some common elements integrated into each one.
Inside Information
For decades sports handicapping services have touted their inside information as a reason why you should pay them. Before the Internet really took hold in the mid 1990s, this was by in large accurate. It was necessarily that the sports handicapping service knew the players, it was the fact that they had access to information that, by in large, most sports bettors did not. In fact, unless you lived in Las Vegas or knew someone, your sports information was limited to what was in the general media.
The Internet changed all of that. Today, the average sports bettor has access to a plethora of information. Dare I say, the average...