Points Betting System
The 1-3-2-6 system is relatively straight-forward – especially if you have any experience using other betting or card-counting systems.
Here’s how this works:
- Place an even-money bet. For example, place a bet on black/red or even/odd in roulette. For the following steps, we’re going to say we made a $5 bet.
- If your first bet wins, you’ll now have $10. The next step is to make another unit-sized bet – in this example, $5 – to the money that’s already on the table. So, we’ll have $15 total on the table.
- Say this bet wins, too – you’ll now have $30. The next step is a 2, which means we want to leave 2 units on the table, or in this case $10. So, remove $20 from your bet (leaving $10).
- We’re going to say this bet also wins. You’ll now have $20 on the table. But for the last step we want 6 units on the table. So, we need to add another $10 to make our total $30 ($5 x 6 units).
This is where the “3” comes from in the system – it’s 3x whatever your bet is.
If you win this bet, you’ll have $60 on the table. You’ll want to remove this amount, and then on your next round you’ll start the cycle all over with the first step.
Now, by the same token, let’s say we are only betting horses at 3-1 with our system. If we can develop our handicapping skills to get just one out of every three races correct, we will fare better than we would betting. Arbitrage Betting. Sports Arbitrage betting is something that I still use on the occasion as part of my.
That’s all there is to it.
If you make $5 bets, follow this system, and are lucky enough to win 4 times in a row, you’ll have made $70. $60 of that will be profit, as you only made two $5 bets out of pocket (steps #1 and #2).
This is important to remember because whatever you decide your unit (bet sizing) will be, you’ll need to make sure you have the money to make it twice.
In other words, you don’t want your unit to be $100 if you only have a $150 bankroll. Because you’ll need $200 to get through steps #1 and #2.
Everything else will come out of your profits.
There are exceptions to this. At a bare minimum you’ll need 2 units to use this system.
However, if you play a game like blackjack, you also need to keep in mind you’ll want money for situations where you’ll need to split or double down on your hand.
Our recommendation is to have enough money on hand to make these bets (if you want to), and to treat any winnings from these plays as a bonus – pull that extra money off the table and continue the system like normal.
Our method, points betting system explained and recording of results:
Our selections are advised in points scaled 1 -10, 1 point being the smallest unit stake and 10 points the largest unit. In terms of multiples I will scale it from .5 of a point upwards. In terms of recording results I will declare them in points won and lost. The reason for this is to be transparent as every punter is different .If you are a £10 a point punter there is no use in declaring £1 a point results or £50 a point results either. The idea is the punter simply multiplies the stake they bet at to the points system to calculate their own individual Profit and Loss. The method employed encourages discipline and personal accountability .
Those of you who regularly read betting websites and publications such as the Racing Post will be used to seeing tipsters adopt a points system to go with their betting tips.
Show Betting System
It's the same concept as the examples above except that by using points rather than actual money, it takes into account the fact that different punters bet in vastly different amounts of money.
Giving Points In Betting
There's no point recommending a £30 to win if some readers never bet more than £5 at a time while some never bother striking a bet if it's for any less than £100.
By adopting a points system I am indicating how strong I am on the bet I am recommending. Each individual reader may then decide how much to place on my recommended bet based on their own individual staking plan. I tend not to tip horses under 2/1 as it is harder to win over a extended period, that said clearly you have to be dynamic and of course there is a right time to back horses under 2/1.
Yards Per Point Betting System
The selections year to date can be verified on twitter @DerekMcGeehan. There are detailed excels on the bets I have been recommending and struck on this site.