Topic: Tips on how to place sports bets - page 4. (Read 606 times)

Sports betting has become more and more common around the world, and as such, many people are beginning to get more and more comfortable with it.

All of these suggestions are excellent and important to all newcomers, but I'd like to highlight one more that I believe is crucial:

Choose your bookie wisely. Finding the right gambling site should always be your highest priority.

A little extra, if you're talking about sports betting.

strategy: is also a good factor in betting in sports betting, although every online sports bet is ticked by a factor: The 'luck' strategy is also the first step towards improving and helping one have a very good chance of winning.

Facts: choosing a team, the type of bet with where you start online sports betting, strategy: can help you put your money to bet.

But as we know sports betting is a factor of luck, sport is always based on skill in mastering and learning every fight.

That's a fair point. I guess it might have been better to include something about potentially misleading games that are really just disguised random number generators - like virtual horses for example. There is no skill involved in them, but lots of gambling sites add functionality that imitates real horse racing (like "tips", "previous form" and "history"). Most people will know this already, but some might be fooled by betting on such things.

These are all advice for gambling in general. They're all applicable not just with sports betting but also with the rest of gambling games, may they be casino games, sports betting, lottery, etc.

As also pointed out by Yamifoud, the last advice seems to be out of place because you are talking about "Tips on how to place sports bets." Dice is not sports betting.


Just enjoy it. Don't forget that you are gambling to have fun, not to make money. Gambling is spending not earning. If you are aware of this while gambling, you are already successful.

All the points you mention are valid and actually known. But it is again a nice summary. One point I would add, which I think is one of the most important points in gambling, is money and balance management. With intelligent money and balance management you can survive even very bad periods in gambling.

They're not really specific to sports bets only, most of the stuff you said can be generalized in all types of gambles out there. I'd reckon the best tip when it comes to sports bets, in general, is the research and study involved in the scene. Sports have a number of teams/players that are involved, not to mention the different factors that you need to take into account when betting. If it was a simple W/L, then there are far less stuff you need to study, but if you were to go into it deeper and start betting on specialized results, then that would require more research and study (though you could just enter it willynilly, I guess that's also one way to bet).

How come dice was included here when we are just talking about sports betting?

Maybe one suggestion that would help is don't bet on parlays, and don't chase your bets by doing live betting.
Based on experience, these kind of bets are killing our bankroll, especially on live betting, if we are chasing, sometimes it will result to wiping out our entire bankroll, so always stay discipline in controlling your emotion.

Sports betting? Maybe if I can odd, know the teams that you are betting, specially before the game.

You have to check the line up if they are complete or someone gets injured and doubtful to start specially star players. This could really spell from winning and losing your bet. If you do pre game betting and base your bet that the team is fully healthy and the star players are going to play. But during the start of the game, for unknown reasons the star players gets injured or decided to rest and not play.

Maybe the odds will chance at the last minute, just saying.

To help the community I thought of putting together a few tips learned through sports betting and see if anyone else has ideas that might contribute to success. I only gamble for fun and tend to stick with the small free bets that casinos give out. This list was mainly put together while taking welcome offers and doing a bit of "matched betting". However, it was quite a learning experience and hopefully help you to avoid some silly mistakes.

Know what you're betting on. It sounds super simple, and it is, but if you are new to a certain game, don't get carried away by thinking you have a certain way to win. If you are usually placing soccer bets and suddenly jump into horse racing, it is very easy to think that the top rated horses will always win but many times they do not.

Start with small bets. This ties into the last point slightly, because if you are new then you definitely want to start with small bets (unless you need to place a certain amount to unlock a welcome offer) until you are confident that you understand all the risks - you might needlessly lose a lot of money otherwise.

Make sure you understand the odds. I personally always go into the settings section of any gaming site and switch to the "Decimals" option to display the odds. This could come down to personal preference, but I've found it far too easy to make mathematical mistakes when trying to read odds in fractional format. Some examples: 1/1 = 2.0, 1/2 = 1.5, 2/1 = 3

Read all the terms relevant to your bet. Be sure not to place a bet on the outright winner of a competition, when you only intended to place a bet on a single specific game. If you have to place a minimum amount to unlock a free bet or welcome bet, along with minimum odds, be sure to understand what you are doing - only the first bet you place will count in many circumstances.

Don't be afraid to contact support. There was a couple times when I knew that I placed a proper qualifying welcome bet, but simply did not get it credited to my account. Another time there was a glitch that was preventing me from depositing. After a short chat with the someone on the helpdesk, they confirmed that I was eligible for a reward and it got added to my account. You might have to dig around and go through help sections in order to find the live chat.

Double check you have entered the right details. It can be easy to get carried away if you think you've found a great bet to place, but make sure do not rush it! Take a breather and read through the bet before submitting it, before you get a rush of regret by overlooking a silly detail (e.g. shots on target vs shots taken) or putting too much money on it.

Stay away from games like Dice unless you are doing it purely for fun. These games are designed to favor the house over the long run and you will not win. The highly repetitive nature of the game may also build a habit or leave you thinking that there is some sort of pattern going on, both are dangerous thoughts. If you know what you are doing and just want to take a chance then go for it, but you will not make any consistent money from these zero skill games.

Does anyone else have ideas on how to gamble successfully?