Originally Posted by kewlJ View Post
The bottom line is Dietz is/was a 40 year tout. He made whatever money he made from sports betting by selling picks, however it was that he set it up with "Integrity Sports". He sold picks! He didn't make his money by being a successful sports bettor as he told us since I began on this forum.

He spent 100 days a year in Vegas late summer early fall because he needed to find new "marks" or clients. And for those 100 days he stayed in some of the lower run down weekly/monthly places. NONE of that says successful sports bettor.

As Kim Lee said, if Dietz could really pick winners on a long term basis, he would have bet, built a bigger bankroll, bet more and never looked back. Same model as every other advantage player, including sports bettors. There would have been no need for clients and betting other peoples money.

Dietz has a good long run with this sports bettor story. He just picked the wrong guy in Kim Lee that knew what it was all about.
He could be a winning bettor and still need investment money but ultimately it would just suggest an unprofessional approach in some regard.

You need the concept of EV to know when not to bet. If however you do valid handicapping you can still be a winning player. Just less volume and be selective enough in picking your bets.

But the whole thing is shady and beating contests in no way proves you beat books with cash bets. Anyway he's a character and glad to see him posting.