My own conclusion is that is not possible win on sports bets. If you managed to win that much then that's very impressive.
The next day, I started looking for a job again.
Something very interesting and fun you could have done is ask for a job at the betting company. "Look at this you niggers. I've made my living out of your poorly chosen odds. Look at my betting history. Employ me, I will optimize the crap out of your odds... if you give me a good salary"
I don't know if betting companies employ sports experts or if they use automation with statistics. I believe they use experts, statistics would most likely not suffice.
I'm no expert. But besides that, they know exactly what they are doing. There are 2 kinds of bettors, which they call "squares" or "public" bettors. The other they call "sharps." The squares mostly pick favorites, they love favorites. The line is set to entice public money. The shaps mostly lives in Vegas. The sharps can move the lines if they bet heavy on a game. So what the sharps do is have 20 "runners" place their bets. Say, $2,000. That way, the line won't move drastically. It would move a lot if the sharp walked into a casino and plunked down 50K. These guys are sophisticated as hell.
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