How to judge any pick service, including us

Anyone can post a winner. Here is how to tell a process from a sales pitch.

Ask these about any service:

• Do they post losses? Every one, at the same size as the wins?
• Are bets in units, with the unit defined, or in impressive dollar amounts?
• Is there a time stamp and a price limit, so you can tell whether you could have gotten the bet?
• Do they report closing line value, with the number of bets it covers?
• Is the sample big enough? Fewer than 100 bets says very little.
• Can you check the record yourself?

Red flags:

• "Lock," "guaranteed," "can't lose." No bet is any of those. Every bet can lose.
• A record with no dates, prices or sizes.
• Win rates far above 55% claimed over a long run.
• Pressure to act now.
• Past losses explained away one at a time.

Now apply it to us. We post every play with a time, a price limit and a size in units. Losses stay in the record. We report closing line value with the bet count. And we have a small sample so far, which means you should not be convinced yet.

What cuts against it: a service can pass every test here and still lose. Good habits make a record believable. They do not make it profitable.

Takeaway: trust the record you can check, over the claim you can't.

Education only, not a guarantee. 1-800-GAMBLER.