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'80%'

posted 8 years ago by Joaquin_Deniro_Pacino
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Didn't mind the movie, but being a handicapper myself, one thing that really frustrated me was when Brandon was starting up and went 9-2 for one weekend (81% winners) and then proclaims that he's an 80% winning bettor and tries to sell it as a sales pitch. Anyone who knows anything about sports betting knows anyone who claims anything above 70% is a liar. Anyone who can legitimately hit 60% winners in the long run is a very good handicapper. If the movie wanted to be realistic, they should have stated Brandon had something like a 65% winning record.

[–] drummsteven23 8 years ago

Yep. I am hitting 81 percent this NFL season so far, but that is only over the course of 36 plays (29-7). In fact, in the NFL I believe that a 57 percent long-run winning percentage is as good as it gets (which is what my long-run winning percentage is). Bad months and even bad seasons are inevitable. Last season I only hit 46 percent, which was my worst season ever. The season before that (2014) I hit 69 percent. In 2013 I hit 51 percent. I am very proud of my long-term winning percentage of 57 percent, because that puts me at the very top of the heap for NFL handicappers.

[–] Joaquin_Deniro_Pacino 8 years ago

Yep. Any real, documented record of 55%+ is considered exceptional in sports betting. That's where the movie went wrong. To say he was hitting 80% for a year is ridiculous. The real Brandon Lang sounds like a con artist.