The counter-Midas touch

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Midas turned things to gold by touching them: I turn them to lead. I have been a gambler most of my adult life, and I would have lost a fair bit of money in that time. About 10 months ago, after 3 years of solid analysis, I came up with a system which is extraordinarily successful, although by its nature it doesn't win big amounts, just lots of little ones, to the extent that I have won over A$19,000 in 42 weeks. Taking into account the relative value of the dollar over the years that probably doesn't go close to recouping what I've lost, but it is a very welcome extra for someone living on a fixed pension. Recently I began analysing my results by venue. There are some 38 dog tracks across Australia that I can bet on, and I wondered if an analysis might throw up some that lose consistenly so that I could omit them and make more money. At first glance it appeared that I might be right, although the data is not really significant enough yet at many of those tracks. Now this is where my ability to turn gold into lead pokes up its ugly head. Example 1: One track has just come back to racing after a major rebuild and overhaul, and the first three meetings there were losses, so I decided it might be better to wait until the pattern of racing became clearer. Today my system only threw up one bet, so I decided not to risk the stake. You can, I'm sure, see where this is heading. Had I bet on it, I would have won enough to almost wipe out all the previous losses. Example 2: One other venue has been giving me problems with consistency over the entire three years it took me to develop what I'm now succeeding with, and continued once I found it. After some 9 meetings it was down about $150, so I decided to stop betting there. I'm sure you can guess where this is heading too. Ever since I stopped it has won consistently, and has almost wiped out the previous losses. Today I have taken the plunge and bet on the 5 races my system came up with; what are the odds it will be a disaster day? Example 3: A third venue, one which hadn't really come to notice previously, had lost several hundred dollars over the period of analysis, so I decided to drop it. First day out it had a big win, so I decided I had been hasty and reinstated it. The next meeting there it lost heavily (of course), so I again changed my mind. The next meeting ..... do I need to say? It has now been permanently reinstated lol. I give all this detail because I realise that many people reading this will have little or no experience with what I'm talking about, but my question is, do you have the Midas Touch or are you like me, a Master/Mistress of the Counter-Midas Touch? Lash