Dime Plays and Units

**Dunder** · 03-20-10, 06:15 AM

First of all welcome.

A dime is simply $1000.

Expressing bets in terms of units is simply a way of indicating the strength/confidence of that play. For someone who has a bankroll of $100,000, 1 unit might equate to a dime (do you see what I did there?), whereas for a bankroll of $5000 it would be nearer to $100.
A 3 unit bet would be a strong play, whereas 1 unit would indicate less confidence.

**thebighink** · 03-20-10, 09:08 AM

Originally posted by Dunder

First of all welcome.

A dime is simply $1000.

Expressing bets in terms of units is simply a way of indicating the strength/confidence of that play. For someone who has a bankroll of $100,000, 1 unit might equate to a dime (do you see what I did there?), whereas for a bankroll of $5000 it would be nearer to $100.
A 3 unit bet would be a strong play, whereas 1 unit would indicate less confidence.

Hey Thanks Much

Could you give me so more examples of dime plays and units. For instance when I've been on handicapper sites you'll often see their record and a statement from them saying there total amount of dime plays correct like +403.45 or something and that if you were to bet just $5 per unit dime in the last 6 months or so you would make an x amount of money. What does this mean to me if I followed there dime plays. So like a 20 dime play with a dime unit equal to $5 would make me 100 bucks? but I don't see where this comes into play when I place my wages down on a ball game.

**Dunder** · 03-20-10, 09:32 AM

If you are following a particular handicapper then you would need to work out the value of your units according to the scale that the handicapper uses. Some will use a 1-5 scale, others 1-10 or 1-20. Once you have done that then, yes you would multiply the advised unit amount by your dollar unit.

By way of example suppose a maximum bet for handicapper A is ten units (or ten stars, ten dimes or even ten blue penguins) and the maximum bet that you are comfortable making is $100, then your bet size would be $10 per unit.

Disclaimer: Be very careful with handicapper and tout sites, in the vast majority (almost all) of cases the records advertised are NOT genuine. If they are selling a service, they have every reason to embellish/falsify past results to attract new subscribers. As a rule of thumb (albeit there are a few notable exceptions) winning players have no need to sell information/picks.

**NickS8753** · 03-23-10, 09:10 PM

Noted

**sketch80823** · 03-30-10, 01:08 AM

dime normally means 10 cents