Topic: what is the largest sports bet you have ever placed, and what was the result (Read 415 times)

I also have this kind of phycology with gambling especially when you have put your hope on winning a particular bet but it failed. It is more painful when just a game stops you from winning jackpot and that is why I advise using cash out for the bet you are doubting. I started really changing my mind on huge stake when the last time, staking few games with high payroll still ended up in lose. So to be reasonable with the payroll and staking power takes you out from the bad filling of losing huge amount.

What was the largest bet I ever placed: I don’t intend to make that public, sorry.

What the result was: it was a in. I won on that bet and it was very refreshing and relaxing given that, I had almost lost close to that wager in the same day. How terrible was that!
So, it was typically a result of chasing my lose which is what no one should do. It defies gambling ethics and you find yourself gambling way more than you can afford to lose.

So I had lost a considerable amount of money on my previous bets and it was very unsettling for me, I wasn’t willing to let them go and I dared myself to taking yet another bet, doubled my stake and went for a 2 odd in the 1X2 market. It was a stake on Barcelona and I won.

Don’t try that though, one wrong move and your way up your head!

Most likely, i do sports betting on Football and Basketball, of course, fan will always support its favourite team, if you will include with the e-sports betting Dota 2, id prefer all time playing in the sports betting because of the background I know the teams and always want to have higher chance of wins, I do always match winners so there's a possibility that can do 50/50 chance of winning and just single ticket game only so I can watch the whole game before making another bet. One of my recent bet is on the match of Mavericks versus Boston this game is surely predictable who becomes the winner and I have the sequence of the game I will bet until Game 7 hope this won't fails me.

Well, I can’t really tell because I have different amount I have played because I am not playing with a big huge amount in gambling. I always mind mine gambling amount because I know it is just a rig and I’m being careful all the time so I can’t really point out, huge amount for myself because I understand the gambling word and I always choose to be careful to avoid some challenges ahead and gambling because it emotionally come if you enter gambling with all your energy without thinking back and look further because it is a very big problem at the end

The highest bet was on sport bet and I could remembered vividly that I staked with upto  100k NGN and I was too sure of the bet making me to increase my wager without the knowledge that there was a little change of player. After I lost that in a local gambling site I was so much disappointed couple with the amount used to stake the bet, although then my risk level weren't high and it hurt me so badly but after I came encountered with that never feels bad like that again and I have always learned my lesson.

I'm sure those of us in the community have a lot of experience with sports betting, whether betting with a large or small bankroll. conversely, so does defeat. we have extensive experience when it comes to sports betting, whatever the league. For me, not much has changed in terms of my betting principles. For now, especially after the last World Cup ended, I'm not too intense about betting big enough money. However, it all depends on how the match goes. team, and the opportunities we have. Everything is always a consideration for me personally, so only certain moments do I bet with a fairly large bankroll.

Well, I had some moments in sports betting on the world cup in Qatar. Some matches were good from the group phase to the next stage, there were some that gave me a lot of wins.  almost always if I bet with a large enough bankroll, just for a single bet. except, when there are several matches that provide a quite tempting picture of the chances of winning. some of them were during the matches Germany vs Japan, Portugal vs Morocco, the odds available were quite large for the Underdog team. The results were quite satisfying, I even bet on Argentina in the final. Well, for now I'm just betting what I can, not too much and no need to force it. as for everything else, I can bet multibet with any bankroll I want. that is, I don't bet too much. Anyway, tip, bet according to your abilities and can afford to lose. That way, we won't be too burdened when the results don't match expectations.

it appears as though you're the one that's making the thing more complex than it already is for @adultcrypto. I guess what he did isn't different from what an average gamblers does on a regular bases. While you have your limit that you normally wouldn't want to go above, it's just normal to at some point try something big and check if luck will shine on you or not. If he had probably won while he tried his luck, our conversation would have taken a different time and it's possible that you might be currently looking at it as a good gambling approach.

Gambling is a game of luck that involves that you make some crazy decisions at some point without always trying to be too smart. You won't always win on all the bets you place and regardless of wether you're betting with a smaller amount or a bigger one, it wouldn't make a big  difference which time luck will really shine on you and that's one reason why you will observe that most matured gamblers would occasionally stake above there usual lilit and hope that it pays off well. But while you're doing this it's necessary you put it at the back of your mind that anything can go wrong. Play with an amount you're certain that it you loose it, you will still be fine along the line and I guess even after the dude lost the money, it probably didn't affect him that much and that's why he had to just decide he won't be gambling with such amount and didn't resort to taker a worse off decision that could be disastrous to his mental health.

once I placed a very high amount for my wallet...  (bigger 5K euro less 10K).
Also considering that it was placed on a single point of a final set.... a very big risk... since it doesn't allow any edge or cashout. I was pretty sure of the result and it ended in a win.
I made a "monster" profit in less than 5 minutes.

This event made me play less, in terms of frequency and total amount of money to gamble...
It was not the first time that I have placed an amount so high... in other situation I had also a lost... but it's part of gambling, anyone who tells you that wins everytime is telling a big lie

When I placed 120 dollars( that is my week of day job pay) in a basketball match that I believe and confidently knew will win because that is a game between Chicago Bulls and LA Lakers back  in the years but i was fool enough to not see it coming and I lose, never that I bet more than 20 dollars again, never in my life up to now lol.


I start learning that gambling is a gambling and no one can assure us anything  , that bet is against my office mate though He shared me a week of lunch because of my losing to him lol.

The important thing is that if I place a bet on sports betting, I can only place a betting amount that I can afford. Even though I am confident in my analysis, I still don't place a bet that is too high because I am always alert to the course of the match. Moreover, I'm also not very good at analyzing matches so by placing appropriate bets, even if I lose, I don't lose a lot of money. But if I win, the amount of money I get won't be too much.

I also don't chase winnings in betting on sports betting. But indeed casino games can provide fun because we play immediately and don't wait like in sports betting. Well, everything has to be adjusted to the capital we have so that we don't gamble excessively.

I don't think I've ever bet large amounts, even though the match was my favorite club.

The main reason I do sports betting is just to add to the sensation and excitement of watching a match. And on the other hand, I also quite enjoy doing match analysis to just hone my skills and instincts. I only bet the amount I am prepared to lose. Because I don't want the excitement I get when watching matches and betting to end in regret. Because I couldn't bear the defeat I experienced.

When placing bets, we must be prepared to lose, not ready to win. However, if you have more courage to bet a high amount, and are ready to bear the loss. That's fine. as long as before you start betting, you have carried out a thorough analysis. Because if it is done without prior analysis, it is not courage but recklessness.

That's an easy win bet. I remember this fight also gave me a big win. You know wouldn't really hit big if you just chose the high odds with a small amount to bet.
So you also picked Inoue by KO because the odds as far as I can remember were 2.10 which means that $20 turned $40+ after the fight.

It pays when you know the athlete that you can foresee what he might do to end the fight.  The harder the prediction the higher the odds, if some brave soul predicted Naoya will KO Futon in round 8, he'd be the real McCoy.

I'm not someone who belongs here probably because in all the time I've been playing especially in sportsbooks, I've never even played with more than $10 in each bet made but I tend to gamble a lot every week especially in soccer.
But regardless I think it's a good thing for me because at the end of the day it satisfies my desire to bet on matches that happen in several sports including soccer and e-sports because I also love games so I always try to bet even if it's not much but I'm comfortable with it.

As for how much you bet I think this also depends on your strength in financial stability and I don't want to burn a lot of money within a week or 2 weeks so with this I try to bet with a small amount but for a longer period because in the end what I am aiming for is also not about winning big at once but playing based on my mood when I lose a bet when the bet I created is not more than $10 then I am also not too burdened with it.

Well the largest sports bet I have ever placed was boxing for $20. I won because I placed bets on every Naoya Inoue fights. 😁 That experience actually is not a cause why I play more, it is just that I trust the capability of the player. Of course, I will still place bets if I had the chance or has extra money, why not? 😁

I don't have any large bets on sports because it's still gambling and I know why I need to only risk what I can afford to lose, either sports or roulette you need to risk what you can afford to lose, if the money you are risking first whenever you lose it them you shouldn't be gambling, you should be building ways to make more money until you get to a spot where gambling no longer hurts.

What kind of hurt can come to you when you are making thousands of dollars in a month and you are risking $100 or $300 every week on gambling? Also gambling money needs to come straight from your entertainment budget, not your savings or mortgage payment.

I use very low amount on gambling and I don't gamble more than two times in a week, and if good amount of money is made in that week I can gamble three times in that week, the amount is too small for me to remember the results but I do know that I lost most of the time.

I think it was $50, I know it's not that high but I'm not a high-roller either. So it was my highest sports bet and the result was disappointing, of course, and after that bet, I stopped betting live.

It was a cricket match from a franchise league, the teams playing were the top one and the team at the bottom. The team that was at the top was in great form, the players were playing extremely well in every single match and they were constantly winning throughout the tournament. And the opponent team had lost all their matches. So, it was pretty obvious which side to choose, but I still didn't do it before the match started.

When the match started, almost after the first half of the first inning, I placed my bet on the favorites, they were playing exceptionally well and there was no doubt they were going to win. The odds were small but I thought it was a guaranteed win, so that's enough. However, the match started turning after the second inning started, the favorites started choking and eventually lost the game.

At the weekend there are always interesting matches, especially big teams will always have matches scheduled at the weekend and this is the right time if you want to have fun by betting some money on your favorite team.
But little advice when you choose a multi bet is to set a time that is really possible to watch and see the developments between each match so that what you are betting on doesn't fail.
I agree if you prefer to make cashout after you feel can get number of benefits because intend to take safe steps.
Moreover, in 5 matches when you get 2 wins, that can give you a small advantage that you really have.

It great if you can have finance limits that are really fixed but I little confused by what you said about when a bet loses then take another bet with the same amount and bigger odds and when you win bet again with smaller odds.
How can this result in profits instead of losses?
When the odds are bigger, the chances of winning will be slimmer, but we also don't know what the final result will be, but almost 90% of large odds will only end in defeat.

The largest sports bet have ever placed was $25. Sports betting is not my thing so I didn't place the bet all at once. I did them in sequence. I started with $10 dollars. My prediction was correct so I won $150 because it was just on a game. I continued doing that until I had bet a total of $25. After this, The matches were getting difficult to predict because it was two strong teams playing. When I noticed that I lost my prediction on the first match, I stopped. I didn't want to lose again.

If I am not sure of the out or confident it what I am going to bet on, I don't bet on the game.

I'm not betting on sports much but I do it regularly when my favorite league provide some nice matches in the weekend. I think my biggest bet was about $50 and it was a parlay bet contains of 5 matches with total odds more than 40x if I remember it correctly. It was a win bet but I did cash out earlier when 2 of the matches finished because I was afraid that I will lose on the 3 other matches. I did it correctly as I would have lost it on the 4th match if I did not do early cash out.


Any result of my gambling will not effect my next betting session because I always use fixed bet amount, what I usually do in sports betting is like: after a lose bet, I'll do the same bet amount but with bigger odds. After a winning bet, bet the same amount but with lower odds.

Like you rightly said, betting with big amount of money on big odds doesn't guarantee that a gambler is gonna win his stakes but it does provide more chances of winning than the small odds because  it's always easier for big odds to play than small odds.
That being said, I think the major factor that determines the chances of winning in gambling is how lucky a gambler can be.