flossdog, I can both agree and disagree with you here but, you've hit the nail on the head in specific statements which I'll highlight.
Everyone will tell you about their wins but never tell you how much they have lost.
A box hit when they're already down $500
People helping each other to try different systems which have no consistency and don't work over the long run .
"I only bet what I can afford to lose."
In this economy you can't afford to lose anything.
If anyone had a system that beat the lottery the lottery would be shut down.
Now, I'll be perfectly honest with you and you can do with it what you want but, there are players in this world that do beat the lottery...the small games. There's no beating the big boys unless one can come up with an astronomical amount of money, and, then they must execute proper timing and combinations...which is the system. I had my bouts with Ronnie316 over in the blogs but, I gave the man his due credit here in the forums where he proved that the large games could be mastered with the right money, timing, and combos. What I see around here is, FIRSTLY, a serious lack of patience to wait for what will yield the highest percentage for a win. SECONDLY, no one wants to spend any 'real money' to increase the efficiency of their system...failing to understand the 'balancing act' naturally required in moving closer to consistency of wins. THIRDLY, the people who are listened to the most aren't putting their math skills to work for their 'groupies' to actually see what their system is or isn't doing...which is where the indisputable truth really is to be discovered.
I see so many posters/predictors with their 'All States Picks' which is very funny to me because, truth be known, the pairs simply must hit SOMEWHERE. But, when someone's state draws a winning number, people here at LP from that state just go mad with all the 'congrats' and wtg's. But, 99% of the time, those numbers weren't even played. Then, we have those who post combos to run for the entire month which I don't get for this reason: if a boxed win doesn't happen within a time directly specific to how much it's costing to run those combos, then the second tier of that duration MANDATORILY dictates that either two boxed wins, a straight,or a combination of both must now happen to at least recover and/or break even AT THAT POINT. It continues to progress from there i.e. a bigger hit to recover expenses. I see where people here win but, is it just winning previous losses back, or more money (profit)? I can debunk that pretty quick no matter who's system it is...I guarantee it. My test tells all...it's my systems crystal ball.
L.L.