Destroying Most Popular Sports Betting Myths

Are there win-win betting strategies in nature? Today we are destroying the myths that exist in the world of sports betting.

Sports betting, like any gamble, has overgrown with various myths and legends. Believing in them is dangerous and harmful, since it interferes with playing plus and affects your wallet.

Today we dwell on the most popular myths that have settled in the heads of players. We stop believing in at least a few myths and notice positive changes in your game balance.

It’s impossible to win on bets

This idea comes to the mind of novice players after a certain period of time. Usually it will replace the thesis that bets are the easiest way to earn. So, comrades, you can and should win on bets. There are enough examples in the world when players at a distance leave a bookmaker with nothing. Pay attention to the most important word in the previous sentence — “at a distance”.

Do not rejoice greatly in quick victories and upset defeats. The secret to a successful outcome of the game lies in an integrated approach to betting. Decide which sport suits you best, analyze your results and always stay cool. No wonder that there is a division of players into professionals and amateurs. In this context, there are many more second ones, and it seems that it is impossible to succeed in betting. But who is stopping you from becoming a professional?

Bets on obvious favorites

One of the most popular myths among betting players is betting on the obvious favorites of the match. Many in search of all kinds of ways to beat the bookmaker come to the conclusion that you can’t win money by betting on obvious favorites. Of course, such favorites are given very low odds, and their misfires cause a very large resonance. Therefore, the misfire of the Spanish “Barcelona” that happens once or twice a year is remembered more than a couple of dozen routine victories.

However, in reality, betting on favorites can be just as effective as betting against them. It’s just that each match requires a separate analysis, somewhere it’s advantageous to bet on the favorite, and somewhere against it using a bet with a positive handicap. In fact, it is more profitable to bet against the favorite, but there are exceptions.

It would be too simple if the bookmaker could be beaten by betting against the favorites.

Bet on teams who have no motivation

Many overestimate the tournament motivation of football players. A frequent situation: the last round of the championship, a hopeless outsider plays against a very strong average team, but the outsider is the favorite because they need a victory so as not to fly out, and the average team is no longer fighting for anything. And people bet on the underdog at low odds, forgetting that this team plays much worse, that it has weaker players, that it won just a few victories over the entire season. Say, if this team needs a victory, it has more motivation, then it will win.

Of course, sometimes the lack of tournament motivation relaxes football players, but the standings are not the only driving forces. Football players get bonuses for victories and goals, for example. And indeed: since a great professional has entered the field, they will not walk. They have sports pride; they have a desire to show themselves in front of fans, in front of their friends.

It also very often happens that a team that has lost its tournament motivation gets rid of pressure, starts to play more relaxed, without trembling in their knees, and scores even more points than it scored before, when they really needed points. In a word, tournament motivation is important, but it cannot be overestimated.

“Easy money” cannot be won in bets, each bet has a risk

Easy money is when you ship a large amount to a favorite at low odds. This is a rather risky method, but risky does not mean inefficient.

Of course, you cannot bet the entire bank on one event. But if you correctly distribute the bank, you can earn money by betting, among other things, on obvious favorites at low odds. Just everything you need to do with the mind and with analysis. There are no bad strategies, there are bad players who do not care about game discipline. Any strategy yields the result if it is executed correctly, just as any strategy if performed incorrectly will lead to failure. If you choose the right favorites at the right time and at the right odds, you can also earn on this in the same way as on any other bets.

Bookmakers organize match-fixing games

This myth is the most common among players. Almost every player lost a lot of money on notorious favorites, and after that trying to justify their failure with the tricks of the bookmaker. This is actually not true. Firstly, it does not make sense for bookmakers to organize match-fixing — they are the first to suffer from the organizers of the agreements. Bookmakers themselves are interested in making the sport as honest and transparent as possible, because only in this case they can set the right odds and minimize their risks.

Secondly, the key to success in the betting business is the unpredictability of any sporting event. If at least information on the involvement of bookmakers in the organization of fixed matches is confirmed, the entire bookmaker business will come under attack.

Thirdly, in the era of modern technology, the organization of a match is a rather complicated undertaking, which simply cannot go unnoticed. In addition, how can you negotiate with dozens of people without getting pierced anywhere? This is not possible in principle.

Bookmakers cheat players in different ways

Bookmakers make a profit thanks to margin. What is margin? If the probability of two events is identical, 50 to 50, then the bookmakers do not give odds of 2.00 against 2.00. They give, say, 1.93 against 1.93. Thus, at least people are not bet, as it were, no matches ended in that the bookmaker is still in positive territory. The bookmaker responds to cash flow movements and adjusts the odds depending on them.

If the odds go down, then they bet more on this event than on the opposite. Thus, at a distance the bookmaker always remains in the black. And the more money people bet — the more profit. The bookmaker is interested in increasing the number of players, but not in deceiving its players. The reputation of a bookmaker is much more expensive, and it is almost impossible to buy a reputation.

Each event looks like an agreement

There are fixed matches even in top championships, but if you are one of those who after each unexpected result shouts “robbed” about another contract, then we have bad news for you. If the match didn’t go according to your scenario (the obvious favorite lost, or missed the goal you didn’t need in the last minute, or R. Nadal lost at the off-site tournament, the tennis player who is on the 45th line of the world ranking ), this does not mean that the match is negotiable.

This is a sport, everything happens here, and not every game should be won by a favorite. If, for example, the goalkeeper missed an absurd goal, or the judge gave a removal in the match, this does not mean that they were paid. Negotiations are played, but we do not know anything about them. We don’t know who plays the fixed match, and what exactly the teams agreed on.

No luck, hello losing streak

Relax, you are not a loser, and luck can’t go away forever, you just need a game break. Luck decides little in bets, if you bet, relying only on luck, sooner or later you will have an unsuccessful period and you all lose. You should not think that you are less fortunate than others. This is how person’s mind works, they remember losing series for a long time, and winning series forget quickly. Improve and develop, look for useful information and interesting resources that can play a plus, much less will depend on luck.

Bet at line on increasing or falling odds

The principle of such a strategy is very simple. Many players think that if the odds increase, then the bookmakers know something. This is not always the case; in 80% of cases, the line is affected by players, not bookmakers. Therefore, each situation is unique and requires a separate analysis. Sometimes the odds increase fairly, sometimes not. And you can use this, but you need to use a strategy that does not allow you to bet the whole bank on one event.

Win-win betting strategies exist, but cost a lot of money

Obviously, there are no guaranteed ways to beat the bookmaker. Otherwise, the bookmaker business would roll out its existence. However, there are really useful strategies, the correct use of which greatly increases your chances of success. Increases, but does not guarantee you a stable % of winnings at a game distance. A good gaming strategy is mandatory for playing with a bookmaker, but there are no win-win strategies. And if they try to convince you of the opposite, then they just want to fool and make money on the sale of another “win-win” strategy.

Betting on accumulators is better than single bets

Betting on accumulators, as a rule, is carried away by beginners in bets who are waiting for the manna of heaven from the bookmaker. Accumulators are well suited for those who put small amounts for fun, for the sake of excitement. An accumulator bet with odds of 10 are much more interesting than placing an order with odds of 2, and everyone understands this, especially if the bet amount is 100.

However, if you really want to win money in the betting shop, and not pay for the excitement, forget about accumulators from 5 or even 7 events. Ordinary arithmetic will prove to you that accumulators are mathematically unpromising. The betting margin is invested in all odds, and if you bet an accumulator, the margin of all events is multiplied. Thus, instead of the standard margin of 7-8%, the margin is several times greater. This means that your chances of profit in the long run are substantially reduced and practically equal to zero.

Fraudsters online or giving a fixed match for after payment

A fixed match is a match in which the outcome is predetermined as a result of collusion. Sometimes this brings considerable income to the organizers of such matches. Fixed matches are officially prohibited by laws of many countries and international agreements on holding international championships.

Today in the world of betting there are a lot of people posing as informants in the field of various sports who do not just calculate probability based on some theory or system. And in general, according to them, they have 100% reliable information, and are ready to share this “info” for symbolic amounts, not rarely after the match.

The “informants” are asking purely symbolic amounts for their services. Of course, they try to predict the victory of the team using the usual analysis or movement of the line. Sometimes they guess, but more often the bet fails. If a fictitious match is negotiated, then the client unconditionally believes in the righteousness of the words of the informant and bets completely different amounts.

Sometimes, when most events coincide, on the basis of ordinary luck, losing ones seem like an accident. Well, with everyone there is an error. On social networks, these people (“informants”) write positive reviews for themselves, like and respond to themselves under other names. Like spiders, untangling their cobwebs, so they set their traps, wait for the gullible sucker who gets on the network and loses their money, becoming a victim of scammers.

In fact, it turns out that these people, in the event of a major loss, reel fishing rods and simply evaporate. They don’t get on contact, they change network names and IP addresses. Desperate crooks who come up with all possible excuses in the ranks of these unfortunate informants, offering to bet all-in.

For example, the team’s plans changed, the hockey players of another team were outbid at the last moment, and so on. These scammers in the global network are enough and they are ready to find a large number of believers in the miracles of predictions. And the reason for the losers is ordinary greed and stupidity.

Informants, psychics, relatives of the players, and other scammers are ready to provide you with the service of buying a match for a match around the clock. It is enough to invest money in their magical help. The most important distinguishing feature of sports quackery is that faith in informants makes a person not a millionaire, but a deceived idiot.

Losing a lot of money — it is usually stress, sadness, disappointment, nervousness, or rarely severe depression.