Bob Balfe Article claiming real handicappers hit in the low 60s percentage.

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My apologies if this was already discussed. I am shocked that the "low 60 percents" was quoted.

Bottom line. This number is wrong. Horribly wrong. Mind boggling wrong.

I seriously doubt any handicapper with any good volume of plays can longterm hit over 57%. And 60% is ridiculous.

My best proof of this is that given any contestant in any legitimate contest (Hilton) the over/under on their percentage right for betting purposes would never even approach 60% percent.

Also, as I've shown before mathematically, betting the Kelly Criteria and hitting 60% winners leads fairly rapidly to billionaire status.

True legitimate pros and cappers strive to hit around 55% with a significant number of plays. At that level you can make a very large amount of money.
 

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What are you talking about, Fezzik? Sportsbook.com even says on their website that 60-65% is very attainable!
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Wow, that is ridiculous.
 

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Good points here. Lots of "insiders" last year told me that the best syndicate bettors they know of have settled in at expecting their long-term percentages coming in around 58.5%, but that is with a lot of outs to work with, many locals operations and sweetheart-type deals where books/outs will give them preferred treatment on a number just to get which side they are on. Translate that to a one or two man operation and I think Fez's 57% number is right on the money.
 

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