Monday, 10 August 2009

Sports Betting MLB

Here’s the MLB betting system in detail. As long as you strictly follow my betting guidelines below, you will be winning almost all of your MLB bets.In a nutshell, you will be betting that one team is going to win at least one game in either 3 or 4 gameseries versus an opposing team that has swept them in their most recent series. This is a bet that you will win more than 97% of the time.Before I go into detail on how to make the bets, I will go over the money management system. There are only three bet values you should stick to: Bet A; Bet B; and Bet C.Bet A = Your beginning bet. You can, for example, set your beginning bet to win $100 when you first start outBet B = In case Bet A fails, you make bet B to make up for any loss you’ve sufferedfrom Bet A, plus any profit you would have achieved from bet A. So, if your to-win Bet A was $100, your to-win Bet B can be $200Bet C = In case Bet B fails, you make bet C to make up for any loss you’ve sufferedfrom Bet A plus Bet B, plus profit you would have achieved from bet A. So, if your to-winBet A plus Bet B was $300, your to-win Bet C can be $400There is no Bet D, or E, or anything thereafter. If you lose Bet C, you lose the bet.However, do not be concerned, because losing a Bet C is something that will almost never happen. I’ll talk more about that later. Here’s the betting system:1. Check the MLB results and mark down any series where one team goes winless versus the opposing team (a sweep)2. For the teams that were swept (winless in those series), mark the schedule for their upcoming series versus the same team that swept them previously3. On the first day of the rematch between the two teams, as long as the teamthat was swept previously has an RPI value of no less than .01 than the opposingteam, AND the opposing team is not a top-3 RPI team, make a bet for the team that was swept. (Note: The RPI will be explained in greater details in a later section of this manual)4. If you lose bet A, make bet B on the next day for the same team5. If you lose bet B, make bet C on the next day for the same teamAnd keep this in mind: ALWAYS bet on the money line if the team you’re betting on is the favorite to win (shows -1.5 on the run line). ALWAYS bet on the run line (+1.5 runs) if the team you’re betting on is the underdog (shows +1.5 on the run line). You can check to see which team is the favorite or the underdog by looking at the run line in the bet lineup. A team showing a +1.5 in the run line means they are the underdog. A team showing a -1.5 in the run line means they are the favorite.
The only two columns you’re going to bet on are the Run Line and the Money Line. For example, if the picks on that day were Milwaukee, Atlanta, Florida, Houston, St. Louis, and Arizona, then you would bet where the X’s are located above. We bet on the run line for Milwaukee because their run line shows +1.5. We bet on the run line for Atlanta because their run line shows +1.5. We bet on the money line for the Florida because their run line shows -1.5. We bet on the run line for Houston because their run line shows +1.5. We bet on the money line for the St. Louis because their run line shows -1.5. We bet on the money line for Arizona because their run line shows -1.5.Basically, the rule of thumb is bet on the run line if the run line shows +1.5 for the team you’re betting on, and bet on the money line if the run line shows -1.5 for the team you’re betting on.Keep in mind: Whenever you are betting on the +1.5 run line, you’ll win the bet even if your team loses by 1 run.Check up on the injuries before making a bet. If your team’s best hitter or pitcher is out due to an injury, then you should just pass on that series. Click here for a good place to check for injuries.
Your MLB betting season ends at some point in August, depending on the teamsplaying. I will let you know each year when you should stop making wagers. Youshouldn’t bet on games under the system in September because by that time, theplayoffs may be decided for a number of teams, and not all teams will give 100% intotheir games. In addition, new rookies will be used late in the season as it is a time when teams enlarge their rosters.To check on the MLB schedule, you can do so hereTo check on the sweep records, click here and then at the top left corner where you find the “Team Schedules” dropdown box, just go through each individual teams that are playing on that day (or the upcoming day). There, you will be able to view a complete listing of all their games played that season, and the results.Ignore 2-game series unless the results from the 2-game series further adds to the previous 3 or 4 game sweep. For example:Example#1: Atlanta sweeps Florida in a 3-game series, then sweeps them again in a 2-game series. If they play a 3 game series next time, then that would qualify for a system play on Florida.Example#2: Atlanta sweeps Florida in a 3-game series, then goes 1-1 against Florida a 2-game series. If they play a 3 game series next time, then that would not qualify for a system play.Here is an example from the 2005 season. Let’s say that on 7/29, the Detroit Tigerswent 0-3 vs the Oakland Athletics in their 3-game series. So, you’ll look at the schedule and see that these two teams will play each other again on 8/23. This means that on 8/23, you will bet on the Detroit Tigers to beat the Oakland Athletics in the 3-game series rematch, starting with a $100 bet (or Bet A). On 8/23, Detroit did beat Oakland, therefore you have won bet A. Stop at this point and do not make any more bets in this series. Move on to the next one.But what if Detroit lost to Oakland on 8/23? Then, on the next day (8/24), you’ll make a bet for Detroit again, this time with a $250 (or Bet B) to make up for the loss you’ve suffered yesterday, as well as to win a profit.If Detroit lost to Oakland again on 8/24, then on 8/25 bet $650 (or Bet C) to make up for the losses you’ve suffered on the last 2 days, as well as to win a $100 profitYou must be wondering, what if Detroit loses to Oakland again on 8/25? Well, then that means you lose the bet. I can assure you, however, you will almost never see this happen. In an entire MLB season, as long as you follow my guidelines, your chances oflosing Bet B in any series is less than 10%. Your chances of losing bet C in any game is close to 0%. Bet under these rules and you will profit. Whenever you win a bet in any series, stop and move on to the next one. Have control on yourself, and never bet your entire bankroll on any game. If you have a huge bankroll, your Bet A can start out higher, provided that you have enough in your bankroll to make a Bet B and a Bet C if needed. Similarly, if you have a small bankroll, your Bet A can be smaller.Relative Power Index (RPI)I want to introduce you to the Relative Power Index (RPI). Each team in the MLB israted by an RPI score - the higher the score, the better the team. The RPI is calculated using the team's winning percentage with consideration of the quality of their opponents / strength of their schedule. Luckily, the RPI is calculated for you and kept up-to-date at all time. You can check for each team's RPI score at:http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/rpiWhat you want to do is:1. Pass on any series where the team you’re supposed to wager on has an RPI value that's more than .01 lower than our opponent's.2. Pass on any series where the team you’re supposed to wager on is playing against a team who’s within the top 2 highest ranked RPI teams.
Let’s say that Texas started a 3-game series against Boston, who had swept them previously. Playing according to the system means that we would wager on Texas under the A-B-C money management formula.However, taking a look at the RPI chart we can see that Texas has an RPI score of .503 while Boston has an RPI score of .532. That means Boston is better than Texas by an RPI margin of .029.Since Texas's RPI is more than .01 below their opponent's RPI, we can conclude that they are not reasonably capable of winning against Boston under acceptable risks, therefore we should pass on this series.Final notes: I've extensively back-tested this system over the last 20 years of baseball and have found that the winning rate is almost perfect. As a matter of fact, there has only been one occasion where we would have lost a series in the last 5 years of MLB baseball (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008).