What makes a good bettor?
Money.
Skills doesn't matter if you're playing at a 50-50 basis.
All you have to do is to think where to play, and somewhat have the idea on how the game works.
Besides, there are several cases that even if you lose a hundred times you are still being considered as good bettor, especially IRL.
But if your point is that it's not skill-based on something like that, then money also won't make a good bettor, right? The person would just be losing it slowly... I don't think it's the good bettor case if you had lots of money, lost lots of money, but still have lots of money remaining...
What makes a good bettor?
A good bettor should be such that evaluate the overall value and determine whether the risk is worth taking. Also, a good bettor should be such that will understand values in taking decisions irrespective of the sport s/he prefer to participate. Personally, whenever I choose to bet games of any kind, the first that came across mind is getting the needed information from such sport before make my final decision. History can be a good means to get insight which can help in success during decision making.
I also tend to think history is useful, but somehow whenever I try to analyze history and make a decision, I still lose
Because the history is often like win-lose-lose-win-win-win-lose, and you don't know what it's going to be this time.
Apart from what has been said here, I think bankroll management is crucial. It is impossible to have long-term profits if you don't manage your bankroll well, no matter how well you bet.
I guess managing the bankroll properly might be necessary, but it's not sufficient to be a good bettor.
- Money - Important thing for gambling
- Skills on Selecting the right odds to win
- Information gathered about the game
- Not depending on gambling for living
- Proper Money Management - The limit &
Control on Spending
If one of the criteria is not relying on income from gambling, I think it presupposes that steady income is not possible with this, even for a successful bettor. Is that what you mean?
me what makes a good bettor if he can hold his sh*t and not be addicted on gambling. Discipline is what makes a gambler a better one. Why? Because despite that you win nor you have skills, gambling is just in fact a game of luck, with dozens of doors that you wouldn't know what's behind. Hence, no matter how smart and clever you are in playing gambling games/betting in it, you will always be a bad one if you don't even know how to manage yourself.
I don't get addicted to gambling or anything I've tried so far with which some have addiction issues (like alcohol and computer games). However, it doesn't make me good at betting, unfortunately. Yeah, I won't lose too much money because I'm very cautious about spending money, but I won't earn money this way either, and that's not what constitutes a good bettor to me.