[stickneymarc]

Or when gambling you could actually think about the wager you are going to place rather than blindly placing wager based on a post made, regardless of how successful the person making the post is. In sports gambling you can statistically back up almost any wager. If you follow games well enough and have a good sports IQ and some common sense, you can do fairly well over time. To crunch numbers or follow the hot poster isn't in my opinion giving much of an edge. The potential to manipulate a line isn't a new concept. It's done everyday on the stock market. I get faxes at work everyday with hot worthless stock that if you can bump it a couple of cents can make somebody a lot of money at others expense.