Is there a specific strategy that you can use to make money? I like betting on football and the players props, or statistics. I noticed that if you bet over on the completions on a team that passes a lot than I ussually win. Does anyone have a favorite betting strategy?

I’ve answered your other two questions so I won’t repeat any of that info, but at http://GamblingReviewsSite.com/freepicks you will find a link to the strategy that I personally use to profit with sports betting. It is a system that can work whether your bankroll is $100,00 or $10! There is nothing to purchase, it’s all free information to help you win! Props are usually just for fun, but there are some particular ones that you can exploit. One of my faves has always been "Last play of the game a QB rush" I take that on the YES as a kneel down is considered a rush and I hit more often than not as I take it on blowout type games. Good luck!

Despite your best efforts, you probably can’t get away with watching sports all of the time. Once in a while your family and friends are going to want you to take a break and do something different. One of those activities will more than likely be taking in a movie. Little do they know that watching a movie, especially this time of year, is almost as good as watching a basketball game when it comes to betting opportunities. You just have to know what you are looking for.

The Golden Globe Awards were on Monday night. Those awards kick off a seemingly endless series of movie awards that will culminate on Feb. 25 with the Oscars. The nominees for those awards are named on the morning of Jan. 23, and that will kick off a chance to grab profit if you act quickly. Soon after the nominations are released many sportsbooks will offer the opportunity to bet on which of the five nominees in each of the major categories will come away with the hardware.

To capitalize on early Oscars betting, the first thing you need to do is eliminate the categories that are wide open and don’t have a clear leader. Those may become playable later on in the race, but at the start playing them is purely a gamble. Best Picture, for example, is a murky race. It looked like it was coming down to two films – “Dreamgirls” and “The Departed” – but the win at the Golden Globes by “Babel” threw the competition into chaos. We learned last year when “Crash” upset presumed leader “Brokeback Mountain” that this race can be very fluid and hard to call. The Best Supporting Actor is also very wide open, with frontrunner Eddie Murphy being closely pursued by Jack Nicholson and Djimon Hounsou, with legitimate challenges also being mounted by Alan Arkin and the unknown former child actor Jackie Earle Haley for Little Children. It will be too difficult to isolate one or two clear leaders in these races, so more handicapping and market watching will be required before bets are placed.

Some of the races, on the other hand, appear to be over before they even start. It would take a miracle to take the Best Actress award away from Helen Mirren for her role in “The Queen”. Former American Idol runner-up Jennifer Hudson seems almost as secure in the Best Supporting Actress race for her role in “Dreamgirls”. The great Martin Scorsese seems to be on the verge of finally getting the Best Director award that it is almost impossible to believe that he hasn’t taken home before now. Scorsese’s “The Departed” seems on track to take home best adapted screenplay. Slightly less secure, but still firmly in command of his race, is Forest Whitaker as Best Actor for playing Idi Amin in “The Last King of Scotland”. Peter O’Toole and Leonardo DiCaprio are also serious contenders in that category, though Whitaker’s momentum is clearly and quickly building. This lack of competitiveness in many categories could make for a dull awards season, but it is far from unique. At this point last year it was equally clear that Reese Witherspoon, Ang Lee and Philip Seymour Hoffman were going to have a particularly good Oscar night.

In each of those categories the odds are going to be reasonably low as soon as they are posted, but they are likely to get much shorter as the show gets closer, especially if the frontrunners keep building on their presumed leads. The value in these races then, if you choose to play them, will be to play them as soon as you possibly can. You’ll be locking your money in for a month, and you’ll be facing a reasonably low return in some cases, but the return will be matched by a comparatively low degree of risk. If you have enough bankroll that a portion of it can be tied up for while without a real problem then this can be a reasonable way to find some profits with less risk than most games and events you bet on. Besides, if the tide of public opinion clearly turns against the current heavy favorites after you bet on them then you can always find ways to hedge your risk or reverse your position before the big day.

The other area of potential profit in early play is by being negative. In virtually all of the races it will be fairly easy to identify one or two nominees who stand almost no chance of taking home Oscar. For example, Ryan Gosling is likely to get a Best Actor nod for “Half Nelson”, but he almost certainly doesn’t need to write an acceptance speech. “Little Miss Sunshine”, one of the funniest and most entertaining films of the year, will probably get a Best Picture nomination, but it doesn’t have the heft to compete with the heavyweights – “The Departed”, “Dreamgirls” and “Babel”. The odds on these nominees, and the others like them, will start long and will get longer as the ceremony gets closer. By using one of the betting exchanges and shorting those films, or betting that they won’t win, you will again to be able to secure a small to medium sized return at a small risk. Some bettors will find that to be an acceptable opportunity.

T.o. Whenham
http://www.articlesbase.com/online-gambling-articles/oscars-betting-what-to-look-for-94434.html

Even though the United States have made it illegal to gamble online, poker keeps on gaining popularity through the different tournaments that are shown on television such as the World Series of Poker by ESPN. This created a problematic situation: while players claim that poker is not a game of chance, the US government decided that it is.

For a few weeks, panic erupted in the poker world as rumors spread like bushfires that this ban would stop all tournaments. But this proved to be untrue. In fact, because of the online gambling ban, the popularity of tournaments only increased. And in most of these tournaments, the favored game is Texas Holdem.

This article focuses on those planning to take what was once their online casino pastime to a poker tournament close by. You will need to follow some basic betting structures, and we describe these for you. Even if they seem difficult to follow, don’t worry. Just practice these at home with friends and you will soon learn the flow of these wagering structures.

Note: Remember that all the games rely on a basic maximum and minimum wager, and all the betting structures should be understood accordingly. Keep in mind that each game has a set limit that is fixed before the game commences. Once begun, the limit remains unchanged until the end. Note also that the tournament organizers or the casinos are those that decide these limits.

1) Structured Wagering Limit:

This means that there are two limits you play to. During the first two rounds, you place wagers according to the lower sum, and then you start betting according to the higher amount set. When you find a game called according to two amounts such as 4/8 dollar limit, then, it means that this game will be played according to the structured wager. Another thing to remember when entering such poker games is that you can only place four wagers each round and not one more.

2) Spread Limit Wager:

Here, you are free to place wagers in a pre-set range and you don’t have to place fixed bets. When you find that the limit is within a range then it means that you have found a game that will be played according to the spread limit. Examples are games which can be played between a range of twenty to a hundred dollars. Note that such games do turn out to be expensive because some might bet according to the high limit. Another variation of the spread limit bet is to have a range of four wagers. What this means is that there is a certain amount you can bet for the round before the flop, for the round on the flop, and on the round after the flop and a certain amount for the river.

3) Basic Pot Limit Bet:

In such Texas Holdem games labeled as being played according to the basic pot limit, what it means is that you can place wagers anywhere between the amount that is the big blind and the total size of the game pot. Here too, take note that games such as these can result in high cash pots.

4) No Limit Betting:

This is the one version that pulls in the high rollers from all over. Here, there is not limit at all one how much you wager or raise. Note that unless you are a high-roller or unless you have a tremendous amount of experience playing Texas Holdem at tournaments, stay clear of such games.

Jack Reider
http://www.articlesbase.com/card-games-articles/texas-holdem-4-betting-structures-explained-138636.html

It seems like a plausible idea but i’ve lost a substantial amount of money on betting. When i first discovered online betting about a year ago I thought this is it, I’m gonna be rich! But now it seems like its all designed for you to keep losing your money because thats all i’ve done! I know its possible to make some money occasionally through betting, but can you actually become rich through betting?

You’ve basically answered your own question in your first sentence! You said, "I’ve lost a substantial amount of money on betting." What makes you think this is going to change???

I’ll make it simple:

If you gamble on sports, you WILL lose! The bookie is always the one to win the money. He’s the ONLY one that wins in the long run.

There are a VERY, VERY small percentage of people that can make a profit in the long run. These folks spend hours and hours studying teams and players all week long. When it comes down to it, they only make a small number of bets each week on what they determine to be high-percentage picks. Even then they still lose a lot of games. There’s no such thing as a "sure thing". They also often have "inside information" with which they use to determine a better bet.

Do you really think you fit into that extremely small percentage of people that knows things that nobody else knows?!?!?

You don’t. If you continue this, you will someday wish you didn’t.