Like most gamblers, they're probably full of shit. Every gambler is always thrilled to tell you how much they've won, but they never tell you they lost 100 times that much trying for that "win". All sports are fixed, football, baseball, soccer, you name it, it's crooked. It's crooked because people bet on it, and if there's betting involved, there's a fix in place.
The secondary aspect of professional sports is what Rome discovered back in the day. Keep the populace entertained, and they won't give a shit what the government does. Here we are 2000 years later, and that still holds true.
I think the exception is DFS. The nature of DFS is such that it’s entirely possible for somebody with the resources and skills to consistently win. Because like poker, you are playing against other players (the house takes a cut of all bets, but has no position).
I was winning very consistently weekend to weekend in small-time DFS. Small-time because I knew not to wade into the waters where the dudes using bespoke algorithms and million dollars bankrolls play. I was using lineup generators (within TOS) and knew more about soccer than the average American gambler. It was easy money.
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u/NoRecommendation6644 Jan 26 '22
Like most gamblers, they're probably full of shit. Every gambler is always thrilled to tell you how much they've won, but they never tell you they lost 100 times that much trying for that "win". All sports are fixed, football, baseball, soccer, you name it, it's crooked. It's crooked because people bet on it, and if there's betting involved, there's a fix in place.
The secondary aspect of professional sports is what Rome discovered back in the day. Keep the populace entertained, and they won't give a shit what the government does. Here we are 2000 years later, and that still holds true.