Topic: Can you stake on a potential(obvious) loosing team just for love? - page 6. (Read 959 times)

He should support and cheer for his team, despite the scenario looking favourable or not, but not bet on it if it's obvious the club is going to lose the match. That is pointless and display fanaticism...

No, I would never act like this guy. If I'm going to place a bet it's because I'm trying to predict the correct outcome of the match, therefore I have to analyze it without letting my personal passions and emotions speak louder than logics and reason. Probably what I would do is to never bet against the team I'm a fan, so in every matches I spotted my team as the weakest one, I would just not take part in bets for that game in particular.

Anyway, I don't have to blindly lose money in bets in order to prove or show everyone around how much I love that club in specific. Instead of losing money like that, your friend could support his team by purchasing official items from the club or even participating on events promoted by them. That would be much more worthful in my opinion, especially because the more money the club has, higher quality players they are going to be able to hire.

In some cases this may happen. This may happen in case of football or cricket but if the betting is done for the purpose of making money then no choice is made in the betting regardless of the preferred team. In cricket I whole heartedly support Pakistan but if Pakistan and Australia face each other in any important match Australia has 80% chance to win and Pakistan has 20% chance to win but I will back Australia in betting too. Although in this case I support Pakistan more in my heart than Australia, but still only for the purpose of gaining money, I will be more important in betting on Australia than Pakistan.
However, if one participates in gambling only for entertainment, it is different, but he does not want the team he supports to lose. But if the favorite team is Celta Vigo and if the opponent is Real Madrid, then you have to bet knowing the sure defeat.

I think this depends on the mood and the amount of funds I have for that day because I believe that if the funds is available and it won't cost me anything then as a football lover and a supporter of the club, I wouldn't mind staking on the game or the team even if they are losing because I would be just be doing it for the love of football and nothing else even if I am certain that they will lose and besides there is no certainty to that happening so I guess we will just have to just till the game is decided.

For those people who find it difficult to bet against their teams, I will quote what Thierry Henry said when asked why he left Arsenal and I hope this helps. He says “ I love Arsenal with all my heart but I am a competitor first and foremost.” I think that should be the mentality one should have when gambling, your desire to win should come first before your passion for your team. If you can’t separate the two, it’s best you play other games and don’t stake that match.

I don't know about other people but I wouldn't do that even though I like the club that is playing but when the probability is very small to win then I don't really want to take the risk because after all the love for a club and the gambling that we do are 2 different things so I don't want my objectivity in researching a match to be interrupted by the subjective that I like one of the clubs.

Because after all, the bets made are for our own benefit and we will not be able to make bets that are clearly possible to lose because of love alone because in my opinion it is a naive and selfish act.
The love for a club sometimes interferes with the research we do in a game so rather than being unable to be objective in this case then I think it would be better not to bet on it.

Well, let me first say that I am the kind of person who is always conscious and faces reality in all I do. Football or any other game is not going to make any difference, I use my head correctly and am not biased when it comes to judging rightly. I believe this would have told you that I am not an extremist in football, so I will not bet on my team when I know that they are not the favourite to win after carefully doing my analysis. It would be foolish of me to still go ahead to bet on the team that would lose, it is tantamount to wasting money senselessly, why should do that?

What I would also like people to know is that gambling and being a fan of football are two different things. If you want to support your club, just do it as you like, you can be an ardent supporter but don't be foolish about it. You can do all the supporting when you argue and watch the team playing, but when the money is involved (betting), play it sincerely. In this state, you shouldn't bet at all instead of betting on what you sincerely know that you would lose your money to.

This makes me come to the next question, Yes, I can bet against my football team, and also Yes, I have done it many times. To be specific, in EPL, I support Man U, and I often bet against them. Even at times when Man U played rubbish, I scolded them instead of believing that I could be pampering them despite not being impressive at times.

I don't shift the questions of likes and money bets, so if I find value in a bet against my favorite team then I will do it.
The thing I would pay attention to is this: whichever side that fan (or any other) chooses, on average the bookmaker will take his margin. Therefore, it is easy for him to “always be with his team” since from the point of view of mathematics there is no difference which team to bet on 

To bet on a losing team might just be same as betting on a wounded horse to win the race. No matter the kind of love that exist, it would have been better to just give the funds in form of alms to someone who needs it the most, rather than give it to the betting company to enrich themselves the more.

I won't dare place a bet on a losing team, mostly when I know they would lose because am betting first of all to double my funds and no, there's no such love without the reward as a fan, that will be as intoxicating as winning clearly, because no one knows the next time they might win again.

If you would bet on the obvious option that will loose just because you want to satisfy your emotional attachment, it is the same as just setting on fire the money you want to use in gambling.

Take compensation for your team disappointing you, and be happy that your club at least made you some money.  

Being fanatic or even hard-core fan of respective team doesn't mean you can bet on them even when it's obvious that the team is going to lose, I don't get any financial benefit from a team I love and I choose to watch them because they feel connected in someway to be because they might be playing for my nation and reasons like that.

Stop confusing yourself with you love towards the sport and being a successful sport bettor, if you want to make money then you should bet against the team you love if you find reasons that they are going to win despite its against your favourite team.

Yes, I think sport fans are guilty of this. Many are torn between betting on their teams or the opposing team. They feel it’s a betrayal to bet against one’s own team. They do not consider themselves a true fan if they bet against their team. In my side of the world, people are superstitious and might take blame upon themselves if they make such bet and their team lose. Not everyone supports this logic, they gamble for profit and do not want to lose money to their feelings. For them, bets are made based on analysis and not emotion.

The reason why gamblers bet the most is for them to have a winning in their gambling stakes, and not the other way round "to lose their bets"

I would rather choose not to bet than for me to bet for a club that I am a fan to win when I do know that their performance is way too bad for them to be considered to win a simple or tough match

Gambling might be for fun but it is not for waste of money. I am a sports bettor who is also a loyal fan of a club but I will not bet on my club now because they are not doing well. I will support my club in any match but there are matches that I will not bet on them because it is glary that they would lose the game. An example is Chelsea, a club that has a lot of fans but I am sure many of them will not place a bet on them if they meet clubs like Manchester City, Liverpool or Arsenal.


There might be gamblers who don't care about their club's performance because they want to give them the necessary support. But I would prefer to give them morale support than lose money because I am loyal to the club. He will keep losing money until he becomes disappointed if the club keeps underperforming.   

The odds are significant, I'm not betting on games that I'm fully aware that I'll missed out on the gigantic profits, I've a club that I supports though when it comes to gambling, keep favoritism apart and do the necessary based on statistical data. There's money in the system, we can continue to grow in all levels because we're always sorting out means to continue earning in the system. Never backing down from hitting the nailed on the head, finished the necessary moves to earn good profits from the system. A favorite team us adhered by the viewers and everyone in the system have a club they're supporting.

Well it is possible if that person is a die hard fan of such team to the point that he does not care if he losses money in the process. But from that kind of perspective, you can see and observe that the person does not AIM to profit in gambling. Rather, he views gambling as a method of support for his team in which he would feel betrayed if he betted against it.

The better answer to this question is that it purely depends on the goal of a person.

If a person is loyal to a certain team to the point that he does not care if it losses or not, then I guess it is possible to bet on an obviously losing team. On the other hand, if a gambler just wants to bet on a team that has the highest chance of winning, even if he likes the other team more, then he would be inclined to choose the opposing team for the sake of profiting and earning money in the process.

You’re literally throwing away money at this point. That’s not being supportive to the club you support, that’s being downright foolish.
Knowing fully well your club has no chance of winning a match and still go ahead to place bets on them winning is crazy. Personally, I wouldn’t place a bet on the club I support if I perceive the opponent to be much stronger.

Placing a bet on a club to win a game they ordinarily wouldn’t isn’t supporting the club, you’re supporting the casino you played at and losing some money in the process.

And do you believe that? I think the fan is just running his mouth. There are instances where you can bet on your team to win because you know they've a history of winning a particular team even in their poorest form which I quite understand. However, no one in his right senses would bet on a team that's he's certain it going to lose.

I wouldn't do that. I don't have that kind of love for my team that I'd be that dumb to bet on them when I know I'm going to lose my money.

The love of the fans is overflowing and passionate, instead of caring for a little money, they care more for their love, too many fans around the world spend extra money on different activities for what they love, so even when a team is destined to lose, the fans still contribute a little hope with bets, which is a support without any calculating ambition and should respect such people. On the contrary, when we are not a passionate and loyal person, betting is just a step of ambition, it may be a favorite but it is not to the point of having to devote more so that our self falls to the point of failure.

Why would someone bet on a team knowing that the outcome of the match is going to be negative and he's relaxed to lose bets just to see his team losing. This is not a good way to gamble even though we are there for the fun. We do gamble for fun but not at this time when things are very hard for some persons because of increase in inflation making price of things to be more expensive.

Actually there is no way we could be very certain that a particular team will lose in sport bets. Normally tables turn and we might see a different outcome from what we thought it's going to be the result. There are some matches we don't have to be too confidence of predicting the results. We need to be very wise.

Yeah, definitely. That's actually something that makes betting fun, as it should be. You have a favorite team, maybe your local or national team, and you would root for them regardless of their opponent. Placing a bet on them, on a stake you can afford to lose, makes the game even more exciting for you than it was before. Now, you are rooting for your favorite them even more. If they win, on top of your happiness and good times you'll also walk away with a nice profit. If they lose, well, based on the odds I guess it was something expected to happen and you also didn't lose a large amount of money.