The 100 point Watchdog rating

A review stays unrated until four things are in the file: a record Watchdog graded from posts, the record the service advertises, a price from a page we opened, and a real sample of customer experience. A hot streak on a sales page is not that file. None of these ten clear that bar, so none of them get a number.

Part	Points	What has to be in the file first
Verified record	25	Picks Watchdog captured before the game and graded on the final score, matched to this service.
Advertised record	15	The record the service publishes, quoted from a page we opened, set next to the graded one.
Sample and longevity	15	Enough settled picks, over enough time, to tell a career from a streak.
Pricing clarity	15	A current price on a page we opened, including what the package actually contains.
Transparency	15	Posts a reader can find, with the time, the price and the result, including the losses.
Customer experience	15	A real sample of buyers, not a star widget on the sales page.

The 100 point score is editorial. It is not for sale. A sportsbook relationship, if one is added later, does not move a handicapper's score.

Sportsbook pages are not given this score. A book is not a handicapper. The sportsbook file has its own method, and a commercial relationship cannot buy a rating. How a sportsbook score would be built. Records on the free board are graded separately. How a record is graded. Established rankings.