It happens to all greyhound handicappers. No matter how good they are, sooner or later they find that they’ve hit a flat spot. No matter what they do, they can’t seem to make money. Maybe they even still pick winners, but the money going out is still more than the money coming in.
If this happens to you, here’s a way to get yourself out of that slump. All it takes is a $20 investment in yourself. If you do it right, it just might get you back to where you can make your bets cover your losses and bring in a profit too.
Do what you usually do when you bet on greyhounds. Get a program for the same track and go over it. But as you handicap, keep in mind that you only have twenty dollars to spend on bets. That’s right. For this program, you’re going to keep the total cost of all your bets below that number.
Now, there are several ways you can do this. You can bet it all on one dog to win. You can bet a few win and place bets. You can bet ten $2 quinielas. You can bet ten $1 tri-keys with three dogs. Even with this small amount of money, there are a lot of possibilities.
So, mark your bets. Empty your wallet of credit and debit cards and anything more than a twenty-dollar bill and a couple bucks for a snack or a drink. For some people, it’s best if they go to the track, put down their bets and leave.
Other people, who have more self-control, will be able to sit through the program and not waver from what they’ve marked on their programs. Do whatever you need to do, but don’t bet more than you’re supposed to and bet the dogs that you picked at home.
For most people, paring down their bets like this makes them focus on the important factors of handicapping. When you don’t have much money to spend, you get pickier about which bets you really want to make and which are just “side-bets.”
So, try this little trick next time you find that the dog track isn’t giving you the return it used to. It might be just what you need to get your handicapping system working for you again.

