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No problem! I understand your point in this case, and many players act this way - they have favorite teams and they follow them. Even taking into account the fact that at a distance they still lose to bookmakers, they get a lot of positive emotions in return, and this game is worth the effort and money.
They think that if they lose, they are not alone because many others will also get the same experience. That is positive emotion for me, and I don't regret if I lose, as long as the losing money will not too big. It is difficult to against the bookmakers, and I realize that, and I don't try too hard to win, just like a water flow.
While that is true at the same time it is not as if they are infallible, one of the things that will never chance and that allow good sport bettors to have an edge is the fact that casinos have to adjust their books in their attempts to try to earn the same amount of money from both sides of the bets, this means that a match that could otherwise be perfectly matched in terms of odds needs to be changed and that is when a smart gambler can take full advantage of the odds.
But the bookmakers have a better position than us, so that can make them have a big chance to win. If the bookmakers lose in one game, they will get another winning on the other game, and that happens many times. In the end, if the gamblers don't know how to manage their money, he will only lose it to the bookmakers and the bookmakers will take all of the gambler's money.