People who know about such things estimate that 200 million punters worldwide bet an average of $50 apiece on the Super Bowl yesterday, giving the bookies $10 billion in action, 90% of which went on the favorites.
We, of course, had our money on the Saints at +170, putting us in a minority that had good reason to be happy, but less to celebrate than the world's bookmakers.
Let's do the math: $1bn had to be returned to Saints backers, along with $1.7bn in winnings; that left the world's starving bookies with a paltry payday of $7.3bn to divide among themselves. Call in the Red Cross!
Our 7-dog trial picked only three winners yesterday and would have been in trouble without the Saints.
As it was, the day ended with a squeaker win of just $175.
It was tough to find seven bets for today, Monday, but here they are:-
An important reminder: The only person likely to make money out of this blog is you, Dear Reader. There's nothing to buy, ever, and your soul is safe (from me, at least). Test my ideas and use them or don't. It's up to you.
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