Miller writes of his brother's death in the article on the site: "RJ Miller: Sports Money Management"
on those guys who claim to hit 70%, or 60% on more bets, I wrote this in thread a few weeks back:
let's say you start out with $1000 bankroll. Hitting a measly 60%, making avg 4 plays a day, betting 4% of bankroll on each bet against the -110 line, adjusting it after 30 days---you'd make $768 first month, and $1,357 the second month.
do it for 12 months (assuming yer mix of dogs and faves in MLB avg -110 as it should) and you'd end up with $932,797. Start with $10,000 bankroll and you'd have over $9 million dollars at end of one year.
you see why all those scammers who say they hit 60% each season, in their tiny ads in "USA Today", also own the Ferrari dealerships in town and break the casinos here on a regular basis.
More realistically, you hit 55%, avg 5 plays a day (lots of totals in MLB, NBA, CBB and CFB like professional bettors do--every wonder why those have the lowest maximum bets?), betting 2% of your bankroll each pic. Start year with $10,000 and would have $62,504 at end of 12 months.
hitting 55% is reasonable but not easy. Being disciplined and business-like is rather unreasonable and very difficult for yer avg excitable sportsfan/bettor--and there in lies the real bookie's edge.
