Rothschild's Guide to Football Handicapping

By John Rothschild

John Rothschild has appeared on Comcast TV, ESPN Radio and Sportsbook Review. His user friendly approach benefits the seasoned professional, as well as those who just want to impress their friends! There are no individual systems that guarantee winning seasons. There are angles that will dramatically increase your winning percentage for individual games. The proper use of these individual angles will usually guarantee a substantial profit.

You'll enjoy John's comedic writing style which includes:
1. Thinking "Outside of the Box" to own almost anything you want.
2. Some of the dumbest wagers ever made.
3. His explanations on why most professional handicappers can't win half of their games.

There are no illusionary systems in this book for two reasons.
1. Most are complicated and time consuming.
2. They don’t work!

You won’t need to know every player on a side, or every formation in a playbook. You’ll become a successful processor, who takes readily available data to find winners. Others do the work for us to interpret and profit!

Your last chapter is a test that contains 10 real life game situations. See how many winners you can pick, and see if you’re ready.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Rothschild
• Release date: Dec 3, 2012
• ISBN: 9781622095131

John Rothschild

An unusual series of events led John to be one of the most respected football handicappers in the country. He went from getting accepted in Medical School at 18 years old, to studying for an MBA, to owning a successful race horse syndication business. He's combined simple mathematical probability with principles from human nature to make winning choices on a consistent basis.

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The Rothschild Guide to Football Handicapping

by John Rothschild

Copyright 2012 John Rothschild

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117 million people watched the Super Bowl in 2012. Vegas and sports books have made a profit on this one game in 18 of the last 22 years. Somebody knows what they’re doing. Shouldn’t you?

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: It’s Really Possible

This is your blueprint for success

Chapter 2: If You Can Beat the Race Track, Football Should Be Easy

You’ve got more moving pieces, but only two oppositional choices

Chapter 3: Thinking Outside Of the Box

If you think like everyone else, you’ll lose

Chapter 4: Paid Handicappers (Hustlers) & The Solution to The National Deficit

This is your blueprint for failure

Chapter 5: How Much Money Can I Really Make?

You can make lots, but don’t expect it overnight

Chapter 6: Angles That Work For Both The NFL and College

Chapter 7: Angles I Like Best for The NFL

Chapter 8: Angles That Work Best for College Football

Chapter 9: Mistakes You Better Not Make

Use these simple avoidances to preserve your capital

Chapter 10: Wagering Advice Your Dad (or Mom) Should Have Taught You

I should have listened to them more

Chapter 11: Wagering Things I Just Don’t Understand

Some of the dumbest wagers I’ve ever seen

Chapter 12: Your Final Exam

Your turn to predict the winners…See if you’re ready!

Chapter 1: It’s Really Possible

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Las Vegas is the only city in the world where you can arrive in a $40,000 vehicle and go home in one worth a quarter million… A Greyhound.

It’s finally fall. Overhead, the faded greens, burnt yellows and bright oranges blur together resembling a giant patchwork quilt draping the landscape. The leaves have begun their yearly gravitational pilgrimage, and are now comfortably residing in my backyard.

Only two things come to mind. The damn things need to be raked, and it’s Football Season!

I just flew in from Las Vegas from my annual conference with some of the most knowledgeable handicappers in the business. These are hard working guys who legally make lots of money wagering. We share theories and statistics prior to each season, hopefully gaining every possible advantage.

Mike J. is a former scientist, who thought that his mathematical models would enable a lifestyle change. They did.

Mike T. is a former CSI style detective who relies more on theory, and developing possible game scenarios, hoping to increase his winning %. It has.

Sean is a processor, who has unique decision making abilities when our separate analyses conflict. This usually means that, no matter how much research we’ve done, some of our picks are unplayable. This saves lots of our money for future investment. His best attribute is keeping a positive attitude when the inevitable losing streaks don’t gracefully exit quickly enough.

There are NO systems for winning seasons. There are systems and angles that will dramatically increase your winning % for individual games.

Only two forms of wagering offer a realistic certainty of profit and even early retirement, Horse Racing, and betting on spectator sports… especially football. Both allow you to compete with your contemporaries, instead of the house.

Thanks to the benevolence of sports books and racetracks, wagering paid for my wedding. It didn’t hurt that my competition often risked their capital without the proper techniques, and had little willpower.

My first involvement in the wagering business came as a horse owner. Winning a racing wager involves picking the best horse out of 10 or more. Winning a football game only involves 2 options, but similar skill sets. If you use proper money management, you can win less than 60% of your games and still have substantial profits.

There are NO illusionary systems in this book for two reasons. Most are complicated and time consuming, and they don’t work! The ideas presented are easy to understand and implement. They are intended for anyone from the seasoned professional, to those who want to impress their friends or spouses. You won’t need to know every player on a side, or every formation in a playbook. You’ll become a successful processor, who takes readily available data to find winners. The Internet supplies an unlimited library of information. Others do the work for us to interpret and profit!

In addition, this book is not intended to be a complicated exercise in mathematical probability. When finished, you’ll be able to find angles that will give a statistical advantage, while hopefully getting you to think outside of the box.

The last chapter includes a test that contains 11 real life game situations. See how many winners you can pick, and see if you’re ready.

Best Wishes,

John Rothschild

Chapter 2: If You Can Beat the Race Track, Football Should Be Easy

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The second best thing to winning at the racetrack... is losing at the racetrack.

I had my checklist of dreams as a youngster that changed, as I grew older. You never know how one simple event can change your life.

At 6 years I wanted to be a baseball player (who didn’t).

At 18 years old I got into medical school (really).

At 22 years old I studied for an MBA.

At 24 years old I opened up a successful chain of retail food stores.

At 28 years old, I got trained by The Amish to become a horseman.

How did that get in there?

Growing up, my only experience with the equine community was brief and forgettable.

When I turned seven years old my parents convinced themselves, while trying to assure me, that I would love riding lessons. I was reluctantly presented to my instructor Mic, who then introduced me to my politically affiliated named horse Bay of Pigs.

Not knowing what to expect, I envisioned that we would race or gallop through the woods like you see in movies. I was wrong. He had me stand up and sit down in the saddle for hours at a time, while going less than 3 miles an hour, inside a circular track that was no more than 30 feet in diameter.

Sightseeing involved staring at a barn that looked like it should be radiocarbon dated, and cantering next to various organic piles of road apples. For real fun he tried to teach me how to jump some four inch pieces of wood.

For some reason, maybe to keep me interested, they entered me in a horse show. All I remember was running over the judge, but still getting some sort of ribbon in futility.

I just wanted to play