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Frequently Asked Questions
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-How much does this service cost?
There is a membership fee of $29 dollars per month.
-Is Trendbetting.com gambling?
No. Trendbetting.com in not a gambling website. I do not
book bets. Trendbetting.com is for entertainment and informational
purposes only. This is a sports handicapping website where members are
advised concerning who to bet on and how to bet them, similar to your
stock broker advising you on which stock or fund to invest your money
in. Gambling is risky both at the sports book and the stock market.
Each member is responsible for his or her personal betting activities.
Any form of gambling should be done legally and you should check with
your local authorities before making any wagers on sports.
-How do you rate your plays?
Plays are rated from 1 to 5 stars in 1 star increments
where one star is one percent of your total bankroll. Several times a
season there are picks that get 6 to 10 stars and are game of the year
picks. It is important to bet each selection in proportion to how they
are rated to get the best results over a season. Do not bet more than 5
percent of your BR most of the time.
-Do you pick every game every day?
No, every game is not analyzed. I only analyze and release
picks on teams that are Trending one way or the other. At times that
can be a lot of games, other times just a few. I do not hype or push a
lot of picks and the reason is simple: Coming back from a bad weekend
where you went 1 - 5 is easy enough. Digging out of a 3 - 18 weekend is
impossible. Furthermore, going 4-1 or 5 for 5 is much more likely when
you focus in on only the best matchups, but going 16-4 or 20 for 20 on
a day is simply unrealistic.
-What is your record?
The W/L percentage stated on my website is from the
previous calendar month except for football which is week to week. You can
verify this simply by monitoring my picks on the All Star Picks page.
The results of my picks are there daily and on the results summary in
the bottom left of every sports page. The monthly profit is in
units won, figured for the current month and updated weekly.
I receive many requests for specific won/lost records and
here is my policy: I select between 5 and 10 picks daily and the
results of those picks are tracked on the picks page and picks summary
section as mentioned above. There are additional picks and "leans" on
my All Star Picks page for each sport. Many of these picks are parlay
or teaser combinations and small unit "insurance" bets that I do not
track and many of these picks are "split picks". I do not track these
type of picks because a bet that is made as an insurance bet in order
to bank a win should not and does not count for winning percentage.
They are money management strategies.
Split picks are basically hedge bets and most baseball and
hockey underdog picks are bet this way. You bet the same team, but put
some on the spread and some on the moneyline. For example: If you like
a basketball team to win SU and it is a moneyline underdog of +190 it
will be getting perhaps +5.5 on the pointspread bet at -110. We would
split the bet evenly between moneyline and pointspread (1 unit on the
underdog at +190 and 1.1 units on the dog getting +5.5) so if the
underdog wins outright then both bets win, if the pick loses but covers
within the spread then it is a push, saving a total loss. The ML bet is
hedged with the pointspread bet. Getting a push when others get a total
loss is just smart betting and falls under the heading "how you bet is
just as important as who you bet".
These type of split picks and money management moves are
not monitored but you can track them yourself by printing the All Star
Picks and the "yesterdays results" page for each sport. All picks on
the website are left up for several days or up to a week depending on
the sport.
With all that said, here's the problem with won/loss
record: Even though I post every pick every day and leave the results
up for several days, I still get requests to furnish all manner of
won/lost data. Some people want to separate results in ways such as,
"What are your results in baseball last year (last 2 years...or 3
years, etc.)?" or "What was your record against NBA pointspreads for
the playoffs, not including totals?" etc. Prospective members ask for
breakdowns by pointspreads versus totals and, of course, "What was your
record last March?...Or since last November?...Or so far this year?"
I have had requests for only the NFL exhibition season
results, or for only the NHL playoff season, or for only the NBA
regular season since the all star game, or for baseball during only
specific months or just interleague play and on and on. It is time prohibitive to answer these types of requests.
Please feel free to track whatever sport or category you
like for as long as you like, but it is up to you to sort them in
whatever specific way you need. Please note that you should track my
picks for at least 30 days or 100-150 picks to get an accurate
assessment.
It is too expensive and time-consuming to look up the
answers and compile the accurate data to reply to all the requests
concerning past performance. It is more important to focus on
successfully picking future matchups and making a profit for my members
on todays games, while making the results of those picks available and
simple to access. The most important thing to remember is this: as a
professional handicapper my one and only interest is in making money and as a
competent sports bettor you should have the same sole objective.
As an example: When I like a one or two point NFL underdog
then I will normally take the moneyline instead of the pointspread
because of the better than even money payoff and having only one or two
points is not a big advantage. Since there are going to be a few games
that the underdog loses SU but covers the small spread, then putting
those games down as moneyline bets will obviously lower the total win
percentage a little, but it usually returns more profits over the long run.
Finally, you should realize that achieving a high winning
percentage does not equal making a profit. To amateurs this will not
make sense, because the higher the winning percentage, the more money
we make, right? No, not necessarily. You would gladly win only 40% of
your picks if you were getting +200 on every bet. That would turn a
profit of 20 betting units for every 100 bets made, which would be
equal to winning more than 62% of bets when betting eleven to win ten.
You also would not get anywhere with an 80% winning rate if you are
laying four to one each time. Profit is the bottom line.
It is your profit and not the win/loss percentage that counts
-When do you release selections?
It depends on the sport. NFL and
AFL picks are released twice a week, Mondays 4-6 PM and Tuesdays 4-6
PM. All times are Eastern Standard Time. College Football is released
on Wednesday and Thursday, also at 4-6 PM. All Major League Baseball
and College basketball selections are available daily at 10 AM. NBA and
NHL selections are released daily at 12 noon. Always check the 2 minute
warning for late line picks and other late game information.
-Is my personal information safe?
Yes. Your security is of the utmost
importance. All member information is kept strictly confidential. I do
not sell, rent or give any member information to anyone, anywhere, at
anytime.
-How do I join?
Joining is easy, click the join button at the top of this page and fill
out the form.
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Trendbetting
Nuetral Zone
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In sports gambling
you win with
Bet On Trends.
Bet Against Trends.
(Nuetral zone teams are
a crap shoot)
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