Reality of Al Pacino's part

Rating: 7/10 (4 October 2005)

I feel I should put my two cents in and comment about this movie. My two cents can be worth its weight in gold if you, especially if you are a person who may wager a bet or two on sports. I will not mention my name, or the name of my business, but Ihave been handicapping sports professionally since 1989. Yes, I am a sports handicapper. After you see this movie, some of you will be tempted to someday in the near future , call a handicapping service to provide you with winners. I am going to tell you what I know about handicappers. The ruthlessness that you see Pacino demonstrate in the movie is unfortunately VERY REAL. I am not talking about 1 or 2 bad apples in a profession, I am here to tell you that what you see out of Pacino is th norm. Just prior to opening up my service in 89, I decided to call several services , just to get an idea of how others conducted their way of doing business. I would call, and give the impression that I was just thinking about maybe joining with a service and wanted to hear what they offered. One service that I called, after telling the salesman that I wasn't interested called my house to pressure sales me 30 out of th next 35 days ! He would not stop, till finally I told him who I was , and where he could find MY adds. I use to advertise on a cable sports network that is no longer around. The add was shown coast to coast. I have heard from people from every state in this beloved country, and I have heard a bad experience story from each state. Its unfortunate. The majority of handicappers are either nothing but telemarketers who are playing a numbers scam, or they are like Pacino, 60 minutes material! hey, There's a DAYS BEST BET, you can bet sixty minutes within the next two weeks, will to a spot on sports handicappers . By the way, there is a handful of legitimate sports handicappers. ONLY A Handful. The people ho would see my adds then call me , found out after talking with me for bout 5 minutes that i was like the "ABE LINCOLN" of handicappers. I would not take anyones money up front, they paid me my commission based on what profit i made them , when the week is up. This of coarse makes all the sense in the world but 99% of handicappers demand their money up front. You will never talk first hand with a handicapper, only high pressure salesman who no longer sell used cars. The only handicapper I have heard of that actually gives his advise to his client first hand, is writing this post. But I am rare. I wanted to be the next Jimmy "the Greek" Synder. Today I still handicap sports, my job is too make money for the guys who bet BIG . In fact, my smallest player wagers 500 a game. Most of my clients , 1,000 and up. I recently built a site on he www that allows me to post my BESTBET on site 20 minutes after the play kickoff so visitors to my site can monitor the success of the strongest percentage play on the board. You see, this is what a REAL prognosticator should be able too do. Why don't most of them go to these measures like I do to prove hey can produce winners? They are not handicappers! If they get your money, they could care less if you win or loose, someone else will send them money today, its a numbers game. So when you see this movie, enjoy it for what its worth, but always be extremely careful about handicappers