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CAUTION NOTE TO ALL: IF "GAME OF YEAR" IS MENTIONED IN A PICK:
RUN LIKE WIND AWAY FROM THAT GUY..HE IS 95% SCAMMING YOU!
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EXPOSING THE SCAMMERS AND IMMORAL SPORTS
HANDICAPPERS: OCT. 2ND, 2002:
It's been awhile since I wrote an article
EXPOSING the Scammers and Conmen in the
Sports handicapping business. But I get tons
of emails from you readers wanting more about
WHO these guys are and how they scam. Well,
I first want to say that anyone I expose by name,
if you have a problem ....with me doing it...just
give me a call...I will meet you out anywhere...
anytime....I will say last thing you need to do
is piss me off anymore than I am about 80% of you.
Some of you I include...not because I dont like you
personally...just I DO NOT LIKE your affilitation
you sell picks for. So you actually are forcing me to
expose you....as I cant let the good people out there
get punked over by you chumps who have to scam good
folks to make a few bucks. You should all be ashamed
of yourselves anyway. If you are sooo good at Picking
Winners...you dont need to scam and hype people...just
WIN BABY.
OK...first an update on one of the MOST IMMORAL
SPORTS OUTFITS in America-- Vegas Insider...and a update of
their so called awesome Cappers...this after one
month of action in College Football. Now they have
over 25 Cappers on board...but since 10 or so I never
heard of...a few who actually have a regular office job
with them...and they allow them to sell picks too...
(what a joke that is!). After one month these so called
TOP CAPPERS are (-63) games overall...ALREADY...GEEEZZZZ.
Hey Peter Gold...this is the "information you advertise
the Sports Books dont want you (public) to know"??
(Trust me Peter you stupid fucking pussy...they love your
Cappers as they make a killing off all their losing picks..
they just wish your Cappers actually BET THE GAMES too...
then they would really clean up all year.)
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1. Ken White (-15)--this is STARDUST CASINO'S GOLDENBOY.
2. Tim Trushel (-13)---Tims at his normal losing pace overall.
3. Bob Donahue (-12.4)--This guy pulled the biggest scam in
Sports capping history in Auto Racing...an act I feel
he should go to prison for.
4. Trace Fields (-7.5)---lives in Oklahoma and is a Professional
Sports Bettor...are you serious?
5. Dave Zenor-- (-5)---Gold Sheet guy...gives them 3 chances to win each week
although between the three they NEVER had a winning season
overall.
6. Gary Olshan (-6) --another Gold Sheet so called Expert. Hahahahaha
7. Brent Crow (-6.6)----heres another kid claiming to be Professional
Sports bettor...for a living...lives in Alabama...lifetime
losing record ...Tim Trushels best buddy...that tells you
right there the kid is a loser...they have many of same plays
over course of season...
8. DOC'S Sports (-4)---this actually a strong start for Doc. He hasnt
won in nearly a decade...I bet against every play he makes..
almost cant lose proposition...only Mike Lee and Russ Culver
have lost more games the past decade.
9. Phil Steele (-2.6) --another of most overated of all time...this guy
does put out nice Publications with actual sports stats...
But he doesnt bet a nickel...nothing...ever...I mean
you should go to prison for advertising your the BEST and
yet you dont even believe yourself your picks will win.
A master of Marketing and Hype--second only to Root and
Feist.
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Info on Russ Culver....
Actually we have none...he's in hiding ...scared to come out...scared
to show us more losing picks...said he quit Vegas Insider because Root
joined...I say that was your way out of people KNOWING YOUR SORRY LOSING
PICKS.
Info on Tim Trushel and his barn of $20 bettors...
Tim...why is it when you post a guy has a HYPED Game of Year play and he wins
you post it right away it won...yet when the picks lose...you say nothing
at all...do you realize how PISSED off people get seeing that?? Is that
Honest like you claim to be?? I dont think so...I say thats smacking the
poor sucker who bought the HYPED game right in his damn face. As I have noticed
you havent said your record or anyones really on the site other than Teddys
Hilton record...why is this?? You claim to have ten of the nations Best
Cappers...if this is so....at least 8 of you should be kicking ass...
oh well....you and me both know thats not true...as if it was guys like
Mike Campanella wouldnt have a day job selling pools. Also..on your site
you have an Offshore Contest giving away money. On your disclaimer you state
no employee of your site can win...yet Capper Mike Campanella won in Week 2...
something looks verrrrry fishy there to me...I mean you continually claim
how honest you are...man O man....dude....that is as dishonest as it gets.
I have recieved a ton of emails from that IMMORAL ACT....trust me too..a few guys
are PISSSSSSSED OFF...and so I gave them your home address...they wanted
to meet you in person...I guess they will surely catch up to you soon...and
you can explain to them in person how such a thing can happen. Oh and...you
still write how betting BAD TEAMS is solid value....is that why your off
to another horrible start..?? My man...you are a joke...betting bad teams
will lead you to the poorhouse....sure some may have a good ATS RECORD...
only because there are alot of bad teams...one has to cover against another.
But there is NO VALUE ever betting bad teams...to win consistently you must
select GOOD OR GREAT teams...in the right situations. After one month in NFL,
the five worst teams are now (8-15) ATS...many of the games being absolute
BLOWOUTS....why ?? Because these teams suck...there is No Value ever betting
teams who have shit QB's and Shit HC's....who cant pass, catch or play defense.
Again...this is why your lifetime record is a LOSING ONE.
OH and I see your not monitered at Bigguy anymore?? How come?? Scared? I say
you got tired of everyone seeing your losing record...yeah..you get monitored
at Sports Monitor still...only because they dont show anyones record if your
losing ....pretty good situation there..if you win..send the people to that
site to see it...if not...just be quiet...lay low and nobody knows what your
record is....because the Sports Monitor ....like you...is a IMMORAL BUSINESS to make money
off sorry Cappers who all mostly need HYPE and Scams to sell people their picks.
Keep up the great Scamming Timmy ole Boy...I am documenting everything you
and your site does..and your making my BOOK become a best seller.
EXPOSING SCAMMERS AND IMMORAL SPORTS SERVICES:
DEC 21ST---THIS IS TOO FUNNY!!
VEGAS INSIDER IS AT IT AGAIN:
Well folks ..I havent written much here in this
column lately but I have a few things I had to
write about because they are sooo funny and have
to be the biggest CON of the Holiday season.
Over at VegasInsider....headed by Russ "The
Blackmailer" Culver (who once again finished
DEAD LAST in the Sunset Station Handicappers
Contest)....I see they are selling a "Super
Special Bowl Package" of Russ Culver and Ken
White and Mike Lees Bowl Picks...every Bowl
Pick from all three for $199 bucks. They are
claiming this is a Postseason Power Package
and the "same premium information and tools
used by the SHARPS. If you have been waiting
for the ONE oppurtunity to finish the year
strong...this is it they claim. Now the
question I ask is this...How....can three
guys with LOSING RECORDS in College Football
this year be called Sharps?? Between the three,
they are minus 22 games overall...of course
as always with Clueless Culver leading at (-15)
for the entire season. Now they are selling for
a low price of $199....that alone should be a
RED FLAG as no guy with a solid winning mark
would sell that cheap...even by himself...
here....you get all three guys Bowl picks for
$199??....you got to be joking. These people have
no regards for you at all....claiming over
and over how they are Sharps....when really
most of you and even your mothers could win
more than Mike Lee or Clueless Culver. Now,
Ken White had a down year....but here already
they are off to a (1-4) Bowl start (Culver is
a nice 0-3 right out the gate). This site is
really taken the lead in the Capping world
as the Biggest jokers I have ever seen.
They said Culver was Hot when he won three weeks
in a row...but your NEVER hot if your losing on
the year. And lets get one thing straight....
when you get down 20 or more games in a season...
your bankroll is empty...(and thats only betting
5% of it per game which nobody bets that low per
play)....meaning you cant really make a comeback
the rest of the way...unless of course you simply
tout plays and not bet them yourself. Again..how
can you bet the plays after a minus 20 start ??
You cant...your broke....but with Vegas Insider..
I guess your never broke...regardless how much
you lose. These people are scarier than Bin Laden
as they talk to you (in their website) as if you
are a complete moron. I have never seen a person
get as much good publicity as Culver yet lose more
than him. And you read these guys Bio's on the site
claiming they make lines ...and are Sharps...when
they are so behind the past decade its not even
funny. I can tell you part of why I win sooo much
is I simply see the plays these losers have and I
bet the opposite...I really think these guys
(excluding Ken White) couldnt win if they had the
halftime score. And to make it worse...on their
website they use the best line for each Cappers
pick...almost always getting the best line that
was out that day....I have seen many time where
one Capper has +3 1/2 on a game and another one
has -2 1/2 on the other side of the same game and
yet both plays are posted at the exact same time.
Many times they use a line I never even saw exist
giving a much better chance to win that game. They
do this daily and so they surely won 5 or more games
with a "soft line" and they are still losing....I mean
that tactic alone should put them at least up a few
games on the year. Last year that site had major
layoffs and sadly for some workers there you have to
believe with another hideous season this year more
will be coming after this Holiday season. Note to
Ken White: when you get tired of making no money
with Vegas Insider...call me...I am sure I can make
you more money in a month than they make you all
year long.
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EXPOSING THE SCAMMERS AND
IMMORAL SPORTS SERVICES - INTRODUCTION
This section is going to be
specifically to show you exactly how Handicappers and Sports Services/
Touts use creative marketing to con you and take your money. We
will update some of the scammers each week and try to inform you how not
to get TAKEN FOR ALL YOUR $. We are not saying these people doing this can't
win, we are saying don't let them "hype" you into believing
one play is that much better than another one or that a "game can't
lose" just because it's their highest rating game. These
people "hype" the games they sell to hopefully make you
believe these certain games are sure fire winners. Of course they don't
have to pay the bookmaker when the picks lose...you do!! Each and every
week this page will update Handicappers "creative marketing"
and the ways these people use it to take advantage of you. Trust
me....9 out of ten Handicappers DO NOT bet one cent on the games they
sell you. And 99 out of 100 DO NOT have "inside information"
or scouts at the games the way they claim. I am not saying I win
every game or that I am the best Handicapper of them all.....I am simply
teaching you how not to get conned or scammed buying selections on any
game in any Sport. The more you know...the better off you are in
the long run. Not all Handicapping Services are dishonest.....you just
need to know what "tip-offs" separate the good and the bad.
Even guys who claim to be honest.....aren't completely honest as they
hide the entire truth and use "selective" ways to show you the
winners they had, quietly forgetting to inform you of the losers.
Hiding the truth is misleading and to me it's the same as lying. I
will update many ways these people use to con and "get over"
on you. If you pay attention to these things...you will surely be
better off down the road. Good Luck to you all this season.
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EXPOSING SCAMMERS PART 1 - SEPTEMBER 11 2001
*EXPOSING THE SCAMMERS/CONS*
Welcome to one of my most important sections of my entire
website. In this section all season long I will update you on many of the
scams that are taking place each day in the world of Sports Handicapping
across the country. I will try and teach you exactly how these Handicappers
are scamming you and getting over on you. I will usually explain the actual
scams and the exact ways these guys use marketing to con you. And many times
I will also expose the actual Handicapper by name. I will add if you are a
Handicapper who has punked me and my family over in any way.....welcome to
the Big Leagues....trust me you are way over your head and out of your
league. When you need to punk me and try to take food off my families table
to make yourself look better and to make more money for you and your
family... you are the lowest form of scum walking this earth. And as I have
said before....if you do not like me exposing you.....call me now and we can
meet out somewhere.....I would love to meet you...anytime and anyplace.....so
I can personally kick your ass. (And if any of you ever print or say
anything BAD about me....please know you will be very sorry--I simply will
not tolerate it).
Also, if you in any way deceive the public through misleading
advertising....then you are just low life scum and in no way are you any
better of a human being than the terrorists who attacked NY and Washington
DC. Scam Handicappers affect many peoples lives by misleading them to bet on
what they make out to be "sure winners" and really only put people in a
position to lose a lot of money betting over what they can afford to lose, in
turn totally affecting their lives and their families lives. I still have
people say to me--"Do people really still fall for the scams some of these
guys are pulling"? The answer is YES!!! Everyday I get calls and e-mails
from people who have been scammed by these punks. My goal is to inform as
many people as I can as to what really goes on in this business and let you
know the "real truth" about what is going on. Make sure to read this column
every week to find out who is scamming you and also how these guys get over
on you on a daily basis.
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~~~EXPOSED: LARRY GROSSMANS RADIO SHOW~~~
This is one guy who in all my years in the Radio and Sports business really
makes me laugh. This little rodent goes on the air 5 days a week here in Las
Vegas and acts/ talks like he is running the most honest Show about Sports
betting and Gambling in general. He has on all his buddies on a regular basis
and makes the public believe they are "real life" bettors when 80% of them
don't (can't) bet over $50 bucks a game. The worst thing though is he
continually preaches how his Radio Show does not have on any TOUTS pitching
900 lines. Well, no they don't pitch a 900 line ...I will say that. But
Larry, Larry, Larry....you little rodent.....what the hell is the difference
between a guy selling a pick on a 900 line or sending the listeners to a guys
website where is he selling his plays via the Internet and then also thru a
900 line they post on their website??? Can you please tell me what the
difference is??? You can't...there is NONE!! Its the SAME thing. They are
doing the same thing in a more "creative" way. Do you understand this Larry??
And you making a guy like Andy Iskoe....who bets $20 bucks a game or Mike
Lee....who bets less than that.....or worse yet...Phil Steele...who never
made a bet in his life....out to be "real life" Handicappers/bettors is an
Absolute JOKE!!! If these guys are so called "Legends".....why aren't they
betting $2,000 or more a game. Because they are far from being a legend and
simply just TOUTS selling plays to make a living. They have all lost more
games than people can even imagine. But I guess since they are your buddies
Larry.....they are good honest guys and not scammers. These guys should be
called Sports Statisticians. Yes, they can give us good betting information,
but if you aren't betting the games for large amounts of money....you are not
a Handicapper. Many people out there can talk about the games and give you
their reasoning behind the plays. But you have to actually win over the
entire season to be a "real" Handicapper. And as for the guys you have on
your Shows that sell plays with HYPE and creative Marketing.....and you have
a few of them too....they are not Handicappers.....they are simply Con
artists. And you are just helping to make people think they really bet these
games themselves when that is soooo far from the "real truth" and worse thing
of all is you know exactly what they bet and how some of your guests are
truly struggling to simply pay the rent each month. I have said this
before....if you sell plays with HYPE (aka..."College Game of the Year" or a
game with a Special Name or Group in an effort to make the actual
selection(s) look better) ----you are a CON ARTIST and SCAMMER. Simply
put.....unless you sell your picks with no HYPE....no Special names given to
specific games....you are a CON. I will say I started in the business doing
that....HYPING certain games.....feeling I had to do that to compete with
these BIG Name Handicappers. But as soon as I realized how wrong it was...I
stopped it totally. I know I can win without hyping someone. It is very
tough to compete selling my plays without any hype.....but I have won and
have faith my picks will do the talking for me. I truly feel those
Handicappers who sell without HYPE are 80% of the time very legitimate. That
means they can let their actual picks do the talking. Very few people can
sell plays this way. Mostly because they cant win. Its very simple....most
guys know they cant win consistently and just use "creative marketing" to
make a live living.
**MORAL ABOUT LARRY GROSSMAN: Just another guy claiming to be HONEST, and
really just punking over all of Las Vegas 5 days a week. Be extremely
careful of this guy and all his guests. He can make you believe they are
"real life" bettors even though he knows they aren't betting a nickel on the
plays they sell you for a living. This guy is simply a little cockroach who
is saying one thing and doing the opposite. It's people like this that give
the entire business a bad name as he keeps pitching us Honesty and in return
he is really punking us all with his non betting Handicappers (some of who
would not survive without his keeping them on his daily shows) and shameless
pitch that his guests never pitch a 900 line on his show. That is "creative
marketing" to its finest and this guy is as slick as they come. Shame on you
Grossman......you have now been EXPOSED!! You may fool many people...but you
will never fool me.
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~~~NEXT ARTICLE----I EXPOSE NATIONAL TV SPORTS SHOWS......ARE THEY REALLY
SPORTS SHOWS?? .....OR SIMPLY 30 MINUTE INFO-MERCIALS???~~~
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SPECIAL NOTE: PLEASE EMAIL ME ANYTIME OR CALL MY OFFICE IF YOU HAVE BEEN
SCAMMED........I HAVE A HUGE GROUP NOW OF UNHAPPY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
SCAMMED-----AND I CAN ASSURE YOU SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT AT ALL HAPPY
AND ARE GOING TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. SOON THERE WILL NO LONGER BE ANY
MORE SCAMMING IN THE SPORTS HANDICAPPING BUSINESS AS THESE GUYS WILL LEARN
PUNKING OVER GOOD PEOPLE DOES NOT PAY IN THE LONG RUN.......IT'S FINALLY TIME
TO PUT OUT THE GARBAGE FOR GOOD!!!
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EXPOSED---PART 3--RUSS "THE BLACKMAILER" CULVER--AND VEGAS INSIDER
Well folks as you know I expose the biggest cons and scammers weekly here and
on my Radio Shows and with my weekly Football Magazine...but I have to say
this one is the leader of them all. Living here in Las Vegas you really
get to see first hand how easy it is to get over (or punk over) the
public and the average Joe sports bettor. Anyone who tells you anything
different than "Money talks" is a complete idiot. Spending enough
money in the Handicapping business and having the money to pay off people
who write columns in this town for newspapers is really all you need
to totally con and mislead the public. Never before have I seen a guy and
a company get sooooo much publicity for picking losers, losers and more
losers. Its simply amazing. First we look at the kingpin leader of
Vegas Insider...Russ "The Fat Blackmailer" Culver. In my entire life I
have never seen someone lose as much as this guy has the past 7 or 8 years.
And to make it worse...he also claims he is a linesmaker. This clown
simply picks all the worst teams in every sport...using absolutely
NO handicapping skills whatsover. He consistently loses and yet he
is touted as one of the sharpest Cappers there is. Why?? How?? The
answer is simple. He gets paid by CBS Sports to run a gambling/betting
website. This salary guarantees he and his family eats. He simply
cant bet his plays because if he did, when he went thru a two year
losing streak of minus well over 300 games in all sports he wouldve
went bankrupt. Now how come he is percieved
to be a winning handicapper?? It's because his paid staff writes
articles over and over claiming how great he is. He has been in
tons and tons of Contests over the past 10-12 years and one time he
has a nice run in the NFL and he wins a Contest and all you hear
is "Russ Clueless-Handicapping Champion". But folks, if you
give out plays all year and at years end you are minus...you are
not a champion of anything. If you are in 10 Contests a year and
win one and finish dead last in all the others...are you a Champion?
Hellllllll nooooooooo!!! I laugh at the way they only tell you
what he won...not what he has lost over the years. If you stick
to a ridiculous way to pick games....once every ten years you may
win. Trust me folks, if he wasnt getting a guaranteed paycheck
from Vegas Insider---he would be working at Burger King. No way
anyone can ever win picking only horseshit last places teams
every week. And to see him pick 17 games a day in Baseball on
VI..I mean how much of a bunch of bullshit is that?? No way
he or anyone would bet 17 games in one day....but sure..its
easy to tell people to bet or/sell that many plays to customers.
No sane bettor though would ever bet like that. But the reason
he gets away with that ridiculous way of picking is he sells you
the plays and he doesnt bet a damn nickel. Then you add places
like the Stardust over and over telling you how great he is and
the public believes it. I am telling you right now...my mother
could win more than he can. All I can say is...if that site
is so full of great handicappers...why did they lay off soooo
many employees?? If you have the best in the world at something..
then you should be making more money then you could possibly
count. If V.I. simply wagered small bets of $1,000 on every
Handicapper on their site...they would make a killing right??
Wronggggggggg!! In College Hoops alone last year...this group
of so called Experts finished 101 games behind. Now maybe the
owners did bet their plays and lost their ass and thats why they
had to lay off so many employees. Its obvious that the people
buying the plays the past few years got killed betting the
Cappers selections and no income came in to pay the employees.
Now I not only take off 23 weeks, but I expanded this year and
hired another worker just to give out plays to call in clients.
And here I am just a regular little handicapper. I dont know..
but something seems awfully fishy here. You see folks, big money
backing you can carry you for quite awhile. That and being in a
"Click" where everyone pats each other on the back and tells us
(the public) how great they are. They make you believe they are
all Great. Of course when your buddies with a guy like Joe Lupo
and he puts you in a Contest over and over and a guy like John
Kelly hypes you to the moon....you can fool alot of people.
But you cant fool me or half the town as they see all the
awful Contest picks you give. Really in life we have heroes
and cowards. Russ Culver is simply nothing but a coward.
He can move out of Vegas...but he will always be a coward.
He cons people selling picks and blackmails good people
and then moves out of state running like a little baby.
Thats OK Russ...your nothing but a piece of garbage and
you always will be. Maybe this week you can pick one team
with a winning record....naaahh....that would mean you
actually did some homework before you made your picks
instead of just taking the 6 worst NFL teams every week
praying they might cover the spread. Listen folks, it will
be another ten years before CluelessCulver wins another
Football season. That system wins by luck only once a decade.
Maybe you can pick the Redskins again this week as your Best
Bet???? Or maybe Rutgers in CFB? You are the biggest joke
in the history of Sports handicapping. See you at Burger
King soooooon....only a matter of time before Offshore
Books stop advertising on your site and then you my man are
HISTORY!!!! Can you say "Hello mam'-would you like that
order Supersized?? You might want to practice that line--
you should be saying it alot very sooooooon.