with a nick like mine, how can I not put my 2 cents on this thread.
There many ways to bet but one must know the limit. I not a big fan of football betting but I learn from a guy from another forum who show to all the method he use to bet. He once start at $100 and roll it to $22k(if I remember correctly) and lose all in one bet. He will look for matches that give a team very high chance of winning and he will bet on it even the return is 1.10. His reason no way an investment give 10 percent return in 2hrs. He just keep rolling his winning on the next sure win bet. I once manage to use this method to roll it to a thousand plus where I chicken out. Of course there were times I become greedy and bet on the wrong match.
But as I said, I not really hard core football bettor. I prefer horse racing as it more exciting and chances of longshots are higher than football. Overall, I think I still lose money but I bet occasionally only as bet on horse need a lot of homeworks. Last year was a good year, Kenna a few cup races, especially good returns on Green Moon.