Grosvenor Racing Club

Acting Like A Professional Can Mean Avoiding Failure

Many of my members have found this section to be very, very helpful, so I encourage you read it all the way through

Why Acting Like A Professional Gambler Is A Big Key To Your Success:

This might sound a bit strange to you at first, but adopting the correct attitude and the right behaviours is very much overlooked in becoming successful in the betting industry, as most people purely view being successful as being lucky.

You have to remember that Professional Gamblers are not born and I was once where you are now. I too, never thought that something as simple as having the right mental characteristics would be that important... but it is. You must have the right mind set in order to be successful.

The good news for you is that it is not as difficult as you might think, and I will be outlining below the key aspects that you'll need in order to be successful.

There are several keys to being successful at this often frustrating pursuit of horse racing. Of course, nothing is an exact science, however I have found that adopting the following principles, some being obvious whilst others are not so, will help you to enjoy your racing and most importantly PROFIT from it!

The Traits You Need To Adopt

Undoubtedly the first thing you have to have is discipline. If you naturally do not have this then you need to learn how to be disciplined in your approach to betting. Believe me, if you are not a disciplined punter at the moment, all it will take is a losing run of bets to convince you that you need to be. I should know... I learned the hard way, but you can learn from my mistakes.

I am certain that you will get extra enjoyment from your horse racing, by being a member of our Membership Club. It's only natural that being successful will make you enjoy it more, but a word of caution... You have to treat this like a business... and not a hobby.  That doesn't mean that you should not enjoy your racing, but you need to approach it in a 'professional' manner.

Imagine you are running your own business, in fact it may be that you currently do, so you'll be able to relate to this. You would definitely start by having a business plan, the foundations of your venture. In addition, you would set yourself targets that would need to be achieved in order for your company to grow and make a profit.

And again, doing this with your horse racing bets is not difficult. You simply need to keep a record of each and every bet you place, whether it wins or not. You can keep records either by using something like Microsoft Excel or by just writing them down in a notepad.

How Much Do You Bet?

Ultimately, this is something that only you can decide, so I will not attempt to sway you into betting vast amounts that you may not be comfortable wagering. The best advice I can give you is to start with small, manageable bets until you reach a point where you are comfortable with the very simple system that we employ.

I do give a bit more advice when you sign up for your free 21 day trial, where I go into more detail about our system and how to tailor it to your own circumstances, which is extremely easy for you to do.

What I am trying to make you visualise here is that to run your own business takes an awful lot of self-discipline, and it is no different with achieving long term profits from betting. If you are prepared to become more disciplined and professional in your approach to betting, you are far more likely to emerge from the group of 96% of punters who regularly lose their money through gambling, to the 4% who actually do rather well from it.

Some Financial Creativity Can Work In Your Favour

So what exactly do I mean by the above statement? Well, one of the first things I always advise my members to do is open more than one bookmaker account for their betting. The reason I suggest this is two-fold...

Firstly, it enables you as a now disciplined, savvy punter, to shop around for the very best prices for the selections that we are going to be spoon-feeding you. And secondly, it allows us to spread our winnings around, again something that is overlooked by many people but something the elite will always do.

We have also tried to simplify your selection process of choosing which bookies to use, by doing a thorough review of all the online bookies and selecting our top ten. If you've not visited this yet, please got there now and see who we feel you ought to consider.

And many bookies generally give all new account holders a free bet or series of free bets, so in many cases you can effectively bet with the bookies money and this minimise your risk even further.

This is advantageous for you, not only because you'll be getting free bets from the bookies that you choose, but when you join up and I tell you of my selection(s) for the day, I regularly quote which bookie has the best price(s), so that you can instantly take advantage of that too.

Once again I cannot emphasise enough that you should always keep a record of the bets that you place, how much you have bet and what the outcome of the race was.

4 Important Things To Avoid

These may be viewed as common sense or obvious, but I am amazed at the number of punters who regularly make one or more of these mistakes with their betting.

1) You should only bet with money you can afford to lose. Just as with any business, you should view your betting bank as working capital, money that you have invested in your business. It goes without saying that the more money you set aside for betting purposes, the more likely you are going to see appreciable profits, but you have to know your limits.

Once you have set your budget you must stick to it. It is also not advisable to borrow money or use your credit or debit cards for the purposes of betting.

2) Never try to 'get rich quick'. You should never increase your stake on any particular bet over and above what we advise you to bet. As you will find out when you join up, our unique system caters for any size of betting bank. We will always advise what percentage of your betting bank you should be placing on a particular selection. Never be tempted to alter this stake and be wary of getting greedy.

3) If you do find yourself in a situation where you are starting to lose money, never be tempted to chase your losses. You should only be staking on the selections that we give to you, ideally. Everyone has losing days, losing weeks and even losing months. You should never increase your stakes in an attempt to re-coup what you have just lost... never. If you do, you could find yourself facing larger, unnecessary losses that could have been avoided.

4) I'm sure I don't need to elaborate on this next point... but you should never, ever, ever bet whilst under the influence of alcohol. Enough said.

So To Summarise

Treat your betting activities like a business. Organise a budget and create a record of your bets so that you know how much you've got to play with and how successful you've been. Ensure you are disciplined, select only what we tell you to and stick to it.

If you have a losing day, do not chase your losses. Also do not panic and abandon the system as its designed to absorb some losing horses and yet still make you that all important profit. Don't forget, as we're targeting value-priced horses here, it is not necessarily about the ratio of winners to losers, its about profit.

We all have bad days at the office, but you have to look at the long term picture and as you'll see my record is consistent. You will know after a reasonable period of time, say 6 weeks, whether or not the selections you are receiving are yielding worthwhile profits. You can then at least make an informed judgement on whether you want to continue and don't forget, you are covered by our 60 day money back guarantee.

Also, one final yet equally important point, never feel tempted to bet for no particular reason, or for the sheer thrill of it. You must be disciplined and bet only when we feel it is financially viable to do so. You should also never bet if you have been drinking.

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