Originally Posted by redietz View Post
4) If you are in a publication listing the records of touts, I think it would be self-evident one is a "tout."
Well, now we are getting somewhere. Dietz, finally admitting he was one of those touts from the 80's and 90 and not the world's greatest sports bettor.

And there is a difference. A sports bettor makes his money betting sports. If his picks don't win, he loses money. A tout is selling picks. He makes money whether his picks win or not. The tout may have trouble getting "new clients" aka suckers, if his picks don't win. And that is where these contests and rankings come into play. The "tout" can just cherry-pick the ones he did well in as a selling tool and ignore the others. You know.....put together a "package" of cherry-picked data like he did for Alan.

Anyway, congrats on a successful career as a tout Dietz. Now you can go on and do an interview discussing your career as a tout with less fear of being exposed. I for one, would still be interested in what kind of money a tout made year over year? Enough to pay his taxes hopefully.