Paying for picks....

Would anyone on here ever pay for picks?? It's kinda funny how 99% of people on this site whine and complain about how BAD 

professional handicappers are. Well here's the thing: if their so BAD why don't people just FADE THEM?????

Yes I'll admit, I have paid for picks, and there are some LEGIT handicappers out there who do charge for picks.

Vegas Insiders, documented handicappers, usasportsmoderator, all those sites have very legit handicappers. What makes them legit???

They post their records 5 mins after the game starts, so that people know their records are legit. Win or Lose. 

I just don't understand why they get such a bad rep. Some of them are VERY good, far better then the handicappers on here. 

And as the old saying goes, you have to invest money to make money. 

I don't know, me personally I'd rather invest money, with someone who has a legit record, rather then take someones picks off this site,

who for all I know, could just be guessing about picks and really is a loosing bettor overall. 

Dick, if you go to documentedhandicappers.com

those guys are legit cappers, I've been using their picks for NBA and they do win more then they lose. Right now, using thier picks I'm at about a 57% win rate against the spread, which is pretty good actually.

I just don't understand why they all get a bad rep, its like "this guy uses drugs, so all guys use drugs" just because some yes are scams, doesn't mean that they all are. 

Robo, I don't know about any of that. I haven't been keeping track of the laws regarding sports betting. But that actually would be a really good thing if it does become a law. because like you said, it would bring out all the legit cappers and all the scam people would go to jail.

Finster, I've tried to find good handicappers to tail on this site, but I haven't been able to find it.

I'd rather pay someone 20 and he tells me to take the Cubs yesterday at -105 (yes I know they lost) OR I could tail someone on here and he says to take the Indians at -250?!?!?!?!

Sports betting comes down to ROI, not record and with that being the case, I'd rather use someone who is telling me take lines at between -130 and +150 then tail someone on here who is saying take lines between -150 and -350, see the difference?? ROI is what matters not record.

Terp, yeah I've tried to look into line movement but I couldn't really understand it so I gave up and I've tried handicapping games myself but I suck. I'll go back to the start of the MLB season and track the line movement on different days/games and see how the results are. 

Which is why I pay for picks. But hey you said there's an app? that will alert you when a line is moving?

https://www.vegasinsider.com/mlb/odds/las-vegas/line-movement/cardinals-@-mets.cfm/date/04-01-18/time/1310

Terp, so this game obviously people are hammering the Cardinals here. So at what point do you take the Cardinals? Closing line? The middle from where it opens and closes? How do you know when to take it?