Originally Posted by redietz View Post
Originally Posted by jbjb View Post
There's nothing good that can come from helping others benefit from gambling anymore. If someone learns a good opportunity by watching you or others, so be it. But actually and purposefully teaching anyone is bad news.
Actually, jbjb, you're missing the point. As a sports bettor, I'm not going to tell anyone who I like or how I arrived at a conclusion (unless I'm doing a podcast and how I came to a neutral position on a game). But what you can do in terms of "helping" isn't to tell people what they SHOULD be doing. You tell them what they SHOULD NOT be doing. Usually, that turns out to be helpful. It steers them away from doing stupid.

I always say, "I'm not here to tell you how to do it right. I'm here to tell you what you're doing wrong."

For example, 6/5 blackjack doesn't help anyone, so shutting it down by un-recommending it helps everyone (except casinos). If casinos had their druthers, it would all be 6/5. Similarly, telling people that betting parlays in sports is 99% of the time brain dead is helpful. If sports books had their druthers, all bets would be parlays, as certain states initially instituted when they legalized it years ago.

The point is that being an editor can be a good thing for other players, even if you keep your personal angles and tricks of the game to yourself. Debunking mathematically stupid is a good thing.
Like everyone did to your Vid predictions. Luckily all it took was the murder of one person to cure us all and make it a non issue.