I came up with a few ways to screw over the other person if I was the "tipster" in this situation without even trying.
Stop paying for picks.
i guess in the scenario i'm describing you aren't really paying for picks...its more like a bounty
Example I offer a small reward for anyone who can give positive returns at the end of 2 weeks they will have earned a cut if the condition is met.
As for the trickery you're talking about...i'm not sure any "paid" tipster on this forum would risk their trust or reputation in order to screw a guy over using bogus tips...
Paid tipsters don't have any trust or reputation. They are con men. If they were good at betting they would bet.
All this system does is allow them to bet risk free. If they are down early they can take bigger risks in hopes to get up, and then the bettor is forced to take bets form someone who probably sucks at betting and/or break the contract.
If they are up early they can do the same thing, hoping for a big score, and then complain that they didn't get paid enough when they gave instructions that would lead to being up x but the bettor didn't make all the bets.
If paid tipsters want to get paid for making good picks, they should bet.
All Tipsters are scammers??
Most are. If they were good at betting they would be making money betting instead of selling the picks.
I know as someone on the forum we are supposed to think that everything in the financial world outside of bitcoin is some foreign planet, but we can learn from their mistakes. Most of the people in the real world that sell picks are scammers/fraudsters, so most of the people that sell picks in bitcoinland are scammers/fraudsters.
In this scheme they are using your money to bet risk free. It would be filled with scammers and fraudsters.
It's very simple to prove that you are a legitimate "tipster." No one here does it because doing it will quickly show that they are not as good at betting as they believe.
Post all bets somewhere before games start, with proof of a bet hopefully.
Clearly list how much you are betting and when you made the bet.
Clearly keep track of your record, including wins and losses AND how much money you have won or lost, again preferably broken down by sport.
So the stats tipsters provide mean nothing!?!??
I have not seen a tipster provide ALL the relevant stats, so yes, they mean nothing. I don't pay much attention because every time I look it's not even close to being right.
Do you know one that posts all their picks before games start and keeps track of all their picks and how much money they've won or lost?
How many of them that do that pick games that are difficult to pick instead of just picking heavy favorites?
You can check my threads, I have been completely transparent being a tipster, never hidden a single bet and showed all of my results...
Many won, many lost, but I showed all of them, those too all were free...
Not all tipsters are scammers...