Sports Betting Pick Services
You can now see sports betting picks scattered all over the Internet. These pick services (sometimes known as tout services) provide a service by allowing clients to buy picks. Usually a fee is charged over a set time period – with weeks, months, and seasons being fairly standard time frames. While there are quite a variety of sports pick services to be found on the Internet not all are created equal and some may be just outright scams.
There are a couple of reasons a sports bettor may opt to use a sports pick service. Handicapping requires long hours of dedication if one is to have any hope of coming out on top – time which most people don’t have. Rather than miss out entirely many choose to purchase picks and are happy when they cover the cost of the pick with a little left over to have some fun with.
Another avenue for many bettors is to use the picks as a service to complement their own handicapping. Picks services are often privy to hard to come by information, which they usually discuss in their write ups to justify why they have included a particular pick.
Are Free Sports Betting Picks Worth It?
Most paid subscriptions often have a service on the side which is free. This is a common marketing tactic to lure people into their paid service.
As they are free, it’s hard to put a price on free picks as, after all, the service doesn’t cost anything. It still pays to practice a little caution however. Free picks rarely include a write-up displaying the rationale for their inclusion. They are also mostly made available for only one game in a series of games offered up to paying subscribers. As the odds are against a handicapper winning 100% of their picks your chances of coming out with a profit are significantly reduced as you aren’t spreading the risk. It’s entirely possible that the singular pick will lose, while the paid picks come out ahead due to a total winning percentage.
The motto is “you get what you pay for” is a good one to use in this case. A good picks service is usually more successful when relying on a winning percentage rather than on any one singular pick that stands little chance of paying a profit on its own.
Use these tips when deciding on a picks service:
• Call them up and ask them any questions you might have. Reputable companies will have prompt and efficient customer service, and will be happy to answer any questions you might have.
• Make sure they have a range of suitably priced services so you can choose one that fits your budget.
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