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It is slow so I thought it would be ok to post this from Rob Crowne.
Techniques I Learned in Tout School
Many of you believe that all it takes to become a successful tout is to hang out your shingle declaring yourself an expert. Rumor has it that any fool can become a successful tout. That is not true.
Others believe that what is necessary is the skill to win consistently, or sufficient contacts to get winning information. For the tout, the ability to win is always a plus, but it is not essential to success. What separates the successful tout from the abject failure in the business is a good knowledge of “tout technique.” The techniques necessary to successful touting can only be learned in Tout School.
I proudly hang on my wall my MTA (Master of Tout Administration) degree. An MTA is becoming essential for those seeking a good job as a tout. It is a little known fact that I got my BS degree from UNLV with a major in Toutology, and went on to earn my MTA from the Toutology Science Division of the Jimmy the Greek School of Business and Gaming Research.
I am aware that not all of you can afford the $100,000 tuition for a degree in Tout Science. Since I am too cheap to fund scholarships for the needy, and government grants for the study of Toutology do not appear to be on the horizon, I have decided to perform a public service by writing a series of Career Development articles teaching you everything you need to know to be successful as a tout.
TECHNIQUES I LEARNED IN TOUT SCHOOL: or So you wanna be a tout
Lesson 1: The Game of the Year
The Game of the Year is at the very foundation of your tout business. No tout can be a true success without a Game of the Year. The clients love the Game of the Year. Many will never pay you a dime just for any old pick, but they will shell out $100 or more for your Game of the Year.
When it comes to your Game of the Year, the most important rule to remember is:
RULE: The Game of the Year NEVER loses.
To understand why the Game of the Year NEVER loses we must examine the nature of the Game of the Year. By definition, the Game of the Year is the very best game that you will see all year. It is the one game (note I said ONE game) that is the biggest and easiest winner of the season (note I said WINNER.)
By definition, the Game of the Year CANNOT lose. If a game loses, how can it be THE single BEST BET you have seen all year? In fact, if a game loses it automatically becomes one of the WORST bets you have seen this year. Thus, no game that loses can possibly be your Game of the Year.
Let me state the Primary Rule of Touting:
RULE: THE TOUT NEVER LIES.
Nothing will destroy your tout business faster than being branded a liar. Your clients must always believe that you are one of the “good guys” in the business. It is not necessary to lie, however, to assure that your Game of the Year never loses.
When your game loses, late-breaking information (namely the information that the game lost) will cause the cancellation of the game as a Game of the Year. It is important that you never tell the nature of the information that caused your game to no longer be a Game of the Year. Simply state that "late-breaking information" caused the game to no longer have Game of the Year status (absolutely true). Since the information changing the status of the game came too late for the clients to cancel their bets (again absolutely true) you give all the customers the future real Game of the Year for free.
It doesn’t matter that you are giving away the future game for free. If the game had won and become a true Game of the Year, you would have stopped there and collected only once from the customers. If the game loses, you will still collect only once from the people who paid, and you have the advantage that additional people may come on board next time. This is a good reason to root for your game to lose. Once your Game of the Year wins, STOP.
You should not have more than one Game of the Year, because once your Game of the Year wins you will never look better. It can only go downhill from there. Instead of more Games of the Year, you can have offshoots of the Game of the Year, such as the Game of the Week, the Game of the Month, the Game of the Season, the Game of the Century, the Game of the Millenium, and so on. You can also have the Big 10 Game of the Year, the Pac-10 Game of the Year, the TV Game of the Year, the Monday Night Game of the Year, the Sunday Night Game of the Year, and follow up again with Big 10 Game of the Week, the Big 10 Game of the Century, the Big 10 Game of the Millenium, etc. The combinations and permutations are endless. Don’t worry, the clients won’t care or even think about the fact that TV, Monday Night Games, and even you, the tout, have not been around for a century, let alone a millenium. No one will call to ask how this can possibly be the best game you have seen in the past century if you are only 22 years old. They will be too caught up in the excitement of buying the winner. As always, each of these games can only be winners by definition, and no one can accuse you of not selling them the very one single best bet of the year, century, etc. because you will have only one of each.
It is best to be completely honest. When selling your Game of the Year, tell customers that you “believe” this game is the best bet you will see all year. When you tell people that your Game of the Year is 12-0 over the past 12 years, they never ask how you’ve done on games you “believed” would be the best bets of the year. The public is only concerned with those games that actually were the best bets of the year. As we said, by definition, games that actually were the best bets of the year can only be winners or they wouldn't actually be best bets of the year.
All touts are advised to have Games of the Year. If, instead, you insist on having 5-star plays, or Big Games, or Million Star Bonanzas, you cannot use the techniques outlined here. We’ll discuss techniques for other types of plays in later Chapters.
It is slow so I thought it would be ok to post this from Rob Crowne.
Techniques I Learned in Tout School
Many of you believe that all it takes to become a successful tout is to hang out your shingle declaring yourself an expert. Rumor has it that any fool can become a successful tout. That is not true.
Others believe that what is necessary is the skill to win consistently, or sufficient contacts to get winning information. For the tout, the ability to win is always a plus, but it is not essential to success. What separates the successful tout from the abject failure in the business is a good knowledge of “tout technique.” The techniques necessary to successful touting can only be learned in Tout School.
I proudly hang on my wall my MTA (Master of Tout Administration) degree. An MTA is becoming essential for those seeking a good job as a tout. It is a little known fact that I got my BS degree from UNLV with a major in Toutology, and went on to earn my MTA from the Toutology Science Division of the Jimmy the Greek School of Business and Gaming Research.
I am aware that not all of you can afford the $100,000 tuition for a degree in Tout Science. Since I am too cheap to fund scholarships for the needy, and government grants for the study of Toutology do not appear to be on the horizon, I have decided to perform a public service by writing a series of Career Development articles teaching you everything you need to know to be successful as a tout.
TECHNIQUES I LEARNED IN TOUT SCHOOL: or So you wanna be a tout
Lesson 1: The Game of the Year
The Game of the Year is at the very foundation of your tout business. No tout can be a true success without a Game of the Year. The clients love the Game of the Year. Many will never pay you a dime just for any old pick, but they will shell out $100 or more for your Game of the Year.
When it comes to your Game of the Year, the most important rule to remember is:
RULE: The Game of the Year NEVER loses.
To understand why the Game of the Year NEVER loses we must examine the nature of the Game of the Year. By definition, the Game of the Year is the very best game that you will see all year. It is the one game (note I said ONE game) that is the biggest and easiest winner of the season (note I said WINNER.)
By definition, the Game of the Year CANNOT lose. If a game loses, how can it be THE single BEST BET you have seen all year? In fact, if a game loses it automatically becomes one of the WORST bets you have seen this year. Thus, no game that loses can possibly be your Game of the Year.
Let me state the Primary Rule of Touting:
RULE: THE TOUT NEVER LIES.
Nothing will destroy your tout business faster than being branded a liar. Your clients must always believe that you are one of the “good guys” in the business. It is not necessary to lie, however, to assure that your Game of the Year never loses.
When your game loses, late-breaking information (namely the information that the game lost) will cause the cancellation of the game as a Game of the Year. It is important that you never tell the nature of the information that caused your game to no longer be a Game of the Year. Simply state that "late-breaking information" caused the game to no longer have Game of the Year status (absolutely true). Since the information changing the status of the game came too late for the clients to cancel their bets (again absolutely true) you give all the customers the future real Game of the Year for free.
It doesn’t matter that you are giving away the future game for free. If the game had won and become a true Game of the Year, you would have stopped there and collected only once from the customers. If the game loses, you will still collect only once from the people who paid, and you have the advantage that additional people may come on board next time. This is a good reason to root for your game to lose. Once your Game of the Year wins, STOP.
You should not have more than one Game of the Year, because once your Game of the Year wins you will never look better. It can only go downhill from there. Instead of more Games of the Year, you can have offshoots of the Game of the Year, such as the Game of the Week, the Game of the Month, the Game of the Season, the Game of the Century, the Game of the Millenium, and so on. You can also have the Big 10 Game of the Year, the Pac-10 Game of the Year, the TV Game of the Year, the Monday Night Game of the Year, the Sunday Night Game of the Year, and follow up again with Big 10 Game of the Week, the Big 10 Game of the Century, the Big 10 Game of the Millenium, etc. The combinations and permutations are endless. Don’t worry, the clients won’t care or even think about the fact that TV, Monday Night Games, and even you, the tout, have not been around for a century, let alone a millenium. No one will call to ask how this can possibly be the best game you have seen in the past century if you are only 22 years old. They will be too caught up in the excitement of buying the winner. As always, each of these games can only be winners by definition, and no one can accuse you of not selling them the very one single best bet of the year, century, etc. because you will have only one of each.
It is best to be completely honest. When selling your Game of the Year, tell customers that you “believe” this game is the best bet you will see all year. When you tell people that your Game of the Year is 12-0 over the past 12 years, they never ask how you’ve done on games you “believed” would be the best bets of the year. The public is only concerned with those games that actually were the best bets of the year. As we said, by definition, games that actually were the best bets of the year can only be winners or they wouldn't actually be best bets of the year.
All touts are advised to have Games of the Year. If, instead, you insist on having 5-star plays, or Big Games, or Million Star Bonanzas, you cannot use the techniques outlined here. We’ll discuss techniques for other types of plays in later Chapters.
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