Jack Zito / Covers thread

[JSpauny]

(04-22-2012 12:21 PM)Beyond the Bets Wrote:  Here's a look at the resume Zito submitted to Covers.

If that is the actual resume then Covers should just shut down their picks selling service. My god. That resume got this kid a job, but I've been unemployed for a year. What the fuck.

[SkyBlues42]

(04-22-2012 12:47 PM)JSpauny Wrote:  

(04-22-2012 12:21 PM)Beyond the Bets Wrote:  Here's a look at the resume Zito submitted to Covers.

If that is the actual resume then Covers should just shut down their picks selling service. My god. That resume got this kid a job, but I've been unemployed for a year. What the fuck.

[Beyond the Bets]

(04-22-2012 12:47 PM)JSpauny Wrote:  

(04-22-2012 12:21 PM)Beyond the Bets Wrote:  Here's a look at the resume Zito submitted to Covers.

If that is the actual resume then Covers should just shut down their picks selling service. My god. That resume got this kid a job, but I've been unemployed for a year. What the fuck.

Not trying to knock you, JSpauny, I'm sure you have great credentials and I'd no doubt hire you to do something if I could.

But do your intramural accomplishments stack up to Zito's? Because Covers, apparently, was blown away by them.

[JSpauny]

Wow. I really have no other response. I'm without speech.

[Skating Tripods]

(04-22-2012 12:47 PM)JSpauny Wrote:  

(04-22-2012 12:21 PM)Beyond the Bets Wrote:  Here's a look at the resume Zito submitted to Covers.

If that is the actual resume then Covers should just shut down their picks selling service. My god. That resume got this kid a job, but I've been unemployed for a year. What the fuck.

I say that to myself every day. Can't believe some of the people that have jobs while I can't find a decent one.

[Beyond the Bets]

So, if we can agree that marketing is critical to a pick-seller's success (if it wasn't, then I highly doubt Covers/Zito would lie about his participation in the Hilton Supercontest), then why not look into Zito's Twitter and Facebook accounts to see if he is proficient with social media?

After all, these are technological skills that Zito himself said he possesses.

You know, on his RESUME!



Thing is, a basic query would have generated zero results. There is no Jack Zito, professional gambler, on Twitter or Facebook.

And if that's the case ...

[Beyond the Bets]

Oh, gosh. It gets WORSE!?



So, let's take a look at these references. We have a Tony and we have a Dave. Tony, it appears, has a very uncommon last name. But, gee, would you look at that: His last name is eerily similar to Dave's ... save for the letter 'z.'

Is is possible that Jack had a typo on his resume? Of course. But is it more likely that Tony and Dave are friends of Jack's? Why, yes. I think it is.

Now, even if they aren't friends, is it possible that they are brothers or cousins!? Yes, I think it is. And if that's the case, then why would they BOTH purchase plays from Zito?

Did Covers miss yet ANOTHER red flag?

[JSpauny]

I hope for Cover's sake they completely redo how they go about hiring people, and I hope for Zito's sake that by the time he graduates, he learns how to properly write a resume.

[Beyond the Bets]

(04-22-2012 02:32 PM)JSpauny Wrote:  I hope for Cover's sake they completely redo how they go about hiring people

Forget the hiring of new people. Why haven't they revisited the legitimacy of people they already have on payroll?

[JSpauny]

Yea good point BTB. Everyone on their payroll should be in question at this point. Impossible to trsut any of their cappers.

[Beyond the Bets]

(04-22-2012 02:53 PM)JSpauny Wrote:  Yea good point BTB. Everyone on their payroll should be in question at this point. Impossible to trsut any of their cappers.

Unfortunately, the pick-selling business model isn't based on trust but rather deception.

[BattaBing]

The Zito resume article is a nice addition. Excellent work.

[JSpauny]

Yea I guess its wishful thinking to expect an honest tout service. Rare thing.

[ChiefZilla]

Spauny, you're obviously not getting a job because you weren't a "team member" on your varsity basketball team. Just list that and then you're gold.

[Cafe Latte]

If you think this whole Covers, Jack Zito story is pathetic then go the Steve Budin websites like Sportsadvisors.com and BrandonLang.com and you'll see something even worse. Budin has over 25 websites that have over 85% made up handicappers. Other sites like VegasExperts.com and Pregame.com do the same thing. They photo shop a picture and make up a story of a made up gambler who takes the world by storm and then start selling picks for years with this scam and the public buys these picks and gets destroyed financially.

[Beyond the Bets]

Budin and Lang are pathetic. But they've been pathetic for 20 years. We expect that.

We expect Covers to have higher standards.

By the way, which Pregame cappers are "fake?"

[Beyond the Bets]

(04-22-2012 02:22 PM)Beyond the Bets Wrote:  

Even Patrick can be easily linked to Zito with a basic Google search. Goodness, just realized that.

I'm assuming he's a college friend.

[Beyond the Bets]

[Cafe Latte]

OK so here's the thing with Pregame.com. They put themselves out as pros that make money doing this professionally and most of their handicappers claim to bet the games they give out and are winners. Well that's about as far from the truth as there is. The last time about a month ago someone from another website tracked every pick from every handicapper on their site and only 10 of the 31 handicappers were winning money. No one I know in Vegas or offshore even has heard about or seen the owner RJ Bell as even betting games himself. As for the made up names do you think that any of these names used are real?
1. Vegas Runner
2, Philly Godfather
3. Mike Hook
4. Gill Alexander
5. JR ODonnell
6. Johnny Detroit
7. Stan Sharp
8. Denver Money
9. Spartan
10. Godfella
In my opinion Pregame is just as much of a scam as Covers and employees criminals who can't do anything else and are just as guilty as R. J Bell.

[SkyBlues42]

Most of those names are actually popular within the industry, regardless of win-loss record. That's why nearly all of their REAL names are out in the open in some form.

I think having a name like Vegas Runner -- although he's had many -- wouldn't be a bad thing if his real name was published alongside it. It's a catchy name that's more marketable. Same with Philly Godfather.