| If you like to bet on horse racing then you must have | | | | bet on several races a day. The difference is that the |
| some sort of system before you hand over any of | | | | professional is looking for horses with good odds while |
| your money. Think of it this way, if you are a | | | | the amateur is trying to find the winner. Sure, the |
| bookmaker, either online or out there in the real world, | | | | professional gamblers wants (and needs) to find |
| the best way for you to get money from your | | | | winners but just any old winner isn't good enough for |
| customers is to offer them as many gambling | | | | him. In short, he has a horse racing system. Low paying |
| opportunities as possible. That is because you know | | | | favourites are backed heavily by amateurs (making |
| that not all races, or sporting matches, are equal. Some | | | | the odds even worse) and never pay out enough for |
| offer good chances of making money (for the | | | | them to make money gambling in the long term. That |
| gambler) but most offer great chances for the | | | | is, because they never get paid enough when they |
| bookmaker. In theory this should work out well for the | | | | win, amateurs (or mugpunters) will always lose more |
| gambler, since he has a wide variety of things to | | | | money than they win. |
| gamble on, he can pick out the best ones for him to | | | | What this means, is that if you what to make money |
| make money. Unfortunately, for most gamblers, it | | | | gambling you need to have a system in place before |
| doesn't work out like this. The more they have to bet | | | | you start betting on things without thinking. All this |
| on the more they bet, and the more money they lose. | | | | system needs to help you make more money is to |
| If you try to make money gambling by looking the the | | | | limit the number of races or sporting events you bet |
| first race or game to start and then trying to find a | | | | on to a small group of high paying, likely winners. |
| winner, then you're going to lose in the long run. Instead, | | | | Obviously, there are more to effective horse racing |
| you should be looking for horse races that offer you | | | | systems than this but what they all have in common is |
| the best odds on outcomes likely to happen. | | | | that the restrict the bets you make to the few races |
| Professional gamblers who bet on horses will only | | | | that are worth betting on. |
| make one or two bets a week. Amateur gamblers will | | | | |