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| What determines success in sports betting? | |
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| Posted: 19 Aug 2022 01:03 UTC | Post #1 |
| Lebrons Deck & Engine |
Registered Total Posts: 174 |
| Going into the realm of probability gives a person confidence in the possibility of victory. If he was told that your chances of winning are strictly 25%, then few people would start playing. But tell a person that there are chances to win and no more details - and he will still take a risk if he is passionate. Being in the arms of blind probability, a person is ready to play, ready to take risks, because there is no one and nothing between him and victory that could prevent him from winning. Pure luck. This is what happens with newcomers who are attracted by the romance of the unknown and the opportunity to hit the jackpot. But not for that those who bet constantly play. Repeatedly repeated actions acquire a smack of monotony, and only bright victories can restore faith in romance. Over time, it becomes clear that luck is far from everything, it takes a lot of work, attentiveness, analysis, scrupulous calculations, time spent and money invested. That same trigger no longer works, and the bettor may lose faith in success, the faith that he had at the dawn of his hobby. It's time to change the way you look at things. It is impossible because if there is confidence, then this is undoubtedly more important than its size. Success is worth looking at from a different angle. If we were machines, we would not play, because often the odds are not on our side. But we have emotions that leave hope for good luck. Let's leave aside fantastically successful bettors and record losers with fantastic fails in their liabilities. Let's take as an example the bulk of ordinary betting fans who play from time to time, win something, lose something, but do not go beyond the statistical model. There are 90 percent of them, if not more in any country. They are the main driving force behind betting in the world. And, no matter how unpleasant it is to hear this for an ordinary bettor, they, or rather their defeats, are the fuel for the entire cumbersome machine called the gambling industry. But the realization of this should not plunge the bettor into a panic. Statistics show that, on average, players, according to the results of a certain time period, can at best be in a small plus. If the bettor showed a profit of 10% for the quarter, then this is success. And by no means the legendary case when you bet a dollar and won a hundred while drunk. This is already an anomaly, since we will not consider a single bet as betting. | |
| Posted: 19 Aug 2022 05:09 UTC | Post #2 |
| Jazzy Deck & Engine |
Registered Total Posts: 188 |
| Hello. You are absolutely right, because for example I have many friends who bet from time to time and lose quite often, but only much less often win. It seems to me that if you bet fairly tightly, then the probability of success will be higher. You should definitely use predictions on popular sports statistics sites here https://livescores.biz/ and I also think that you can use several reliable bookmakers at once. | |
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