The perfect yield.

[Diemti]

I have some questions for ya punters. 1. How much do you think a "good" punter's yield is? 2. In what time period do you think yield can give you clear results on your performance? 3. Do you think there is a specific yield by which someone can live off betting?

[Grex]

Re: The perfect yield.

1. How much do you think a "good" punter's yield is?

They say that 97% of punters lose money.... so I think any yield above zero is pretty "good". Seriously, you get the occasional system on this forum which produces yields of more than 10% over a large number of selections, but they are few and far between. I think your average "good" punter should be satisfied with 5%-10% yield.

2. In what time period do you think yield can give you clear results on your performance?

I think a reliable test of confidence in any system should be based on the number of bets, rather than a "time period". My personal opinion is that any system which produces a consistent yield for 200 selections or more, must be reasonably reliable...... but I'm sure the statistics theorists will have better ideas on this.

3. Do you think there is a specific yield by which someone can live off betting?

Depends how much you're willing to invest..... if you bet €1 million per year on a system that produces a 10% yield, then your profit should be about €100,000.... I think most of us could survive on that. Of course, if you have a "spare" €1 million to invest in betting, then you're obviously loaded and probably wouldn't be happy living off €100,000 ;)