Topic: What to read about gambling? - page 15. (Read 2344 times)

There are so many books that they publish on how to get rich or become a billionaire but I don't know how many of them has worked practically on those who read them.

As for gambling books, even if there are guidelines from certain books, I don't believe they do help gamblers to start having a winning streak. Gambling doesn't have a generally accepted strategy. You have to build your own strategy and enjoy it with fun because gambling itself is about having fun with your money. So the more relaxed you are, the better you could make decisions.

To me, the least Op's friend could do is to learn from people who have made last tries and marks from gambling by taking a risk that later worked for them. People like Fred Smith who brought back FedEx with last $5,000 and he $27,000 by playing blackjack and that turned the company's fortune around.

So, he needs to know books don't matter in gambling but to taking reasonable risk as far as you can bear.

When it comes to gambling, there's no magic book that guarantees success. Instead, you can only do your best and leave the rest for chance. Since no one is perfect in gambling and luck plays a significant role, searching for a definitive guide may lead to losses. As a gambler, a more effective approach is to engage with fellow enthusiasts, such as watching football together. This can help you better understand the team strengths and make more informed decisions when placing bets.

If we do really tend to look up on the range on where you would be needing to deal up with then you should be that focusing into the spot on which you do like to focus on. Lets say you are far more interested with sports betting then you should be that trying out to focus into it and of course on the moment that you do have plans on making up some betting then make it sure that you wont really be that betting up blindly and its recommended that you do really just that only make bets according or really that getting in line with your interest specially on a certain sport. There's no fun on betting on a sport that you dont even know, you will definitely be having that tons of loses because you dont really know on what it is in the first place.

Actually this is really that hard to make out some explanation and its much better that to tell your friend that he should be the one will be discovering it because we dont really know what are the things that we do really like to do then you will be that involving into tons of things on which we know that this  will commonly happen on a certain individual Just choose up on which one you would be liking and stick into that and also bare in mind that whether of these two then it is more important that you do really have that self control when it comes to spending money because this is where issues do really came up first and if you arent that serious with this one then gambling will really mess up your life if you wont be that careful.

All I can see is someone looking for means to earn from gambling. And in the process of looking for the ways to make money from gambling, he might continue to lose. Even it can lead to addiction. I do not see any reason someone should turn gambling to something you need to study about. And if it is betting, his friend can just tell him some tips to analyze teams that are about to play matches. Reading because of gambling is not worth it at all for me. I have seen many new gamblers which makes this strange to me.

Joining gambling social media group has not been of any help for me. Even this forum has only been of help not exactly about gambling but to know many legit gambling sites and to win some bonuses. If I do not know how to play a game, I check how it is using the demo. If not having demo, I will not bother myself. Slots does not require learning anything as they are just spins and there are many of them. Also I will prefer to go for dice and roulettes if I can not play cards games like baccarat, blackjack and poker. Card games might require learning if he is interested in knowing them but he should learn them as a game.

I would suggest books related to statistics and math. Gambling sometime is just "read the numbers" and undestand the meaning.
If you understand clearly these passages you will have everything easy.
I will not suggested any other book. There are funny stories about gambling, strategies and so on, but each player should find inspiration and experience by himself.

Does your friend has access to the internet? Can't he do a Google search? Maybe he could do a search in Amazon KDP, but I'm not sure that e-books about sports betting are allowed there. If you friend is looking for physical books, I can't help him with this one.
The best way to learn something(not just sports betting) is thru practice. He might lose some money in the beginning, but he will eventually find the methods and tactics that work(and nobody is saying that it's possible to make consistent money via sports betting).
Maybe your friend should look for video tutorials, not books.  

According to the OP, his friend observed that he needs more theoretical knowledge about gambling. There might be no book that will teach him how to win bets but his lack of relevant knowledge might have contributed to his losses. Discovering his lapses and working to improve his skills is not a bad idea.

I also didn't read books about gambling. Watching videos, reading game manuals and ToS of gambling platforms were my basic sources of gambling information. Joining gambling social media groups could be also helpful , since they usually give some helpful tips.

You can teach him about what you need. No need to discuss about the complicated things but start with the simple things. Usually, they are confuse which they can learn first and try to understand the lesson. In this matter, you will be his guide to help him searching what he wants to know.

I don't know what books that I can recommend but basically, he can search for the video that is available on the internet. You can also gives your sources to him as the references so he can start learning and you can besides him to help him understand the lesson.

I don't think books will help when it comes to sports betting or maybe it's just me. IMO, it's about watching most of the games that you can and that's when you will realize how it all works. I have been a fan of the NBA since I was a kid and I didn't read any books about it. Mostly just tapes and CDs of my favorite games is what I have like the Finals of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls and then keeping myself updated with recent movements and changes.
Right now, what helps me the most in analyzing the game is all on the internet and it does work many times where I win most of my bets. I think the love for the sport is what will help him acquire a good prediction result because if there's none then he will just be lazy to do the research.

Books we can read are mostly inspirational, and they can help us gamblers, especially sports bettors, to stay disciplined.

Most of us here are into sports betting because we believe it’s a game where we can develop skills and potentially win in the long run. From experience, we know that without discipline, profitability isn’t achievable.

I think the most important aspects of sports betting are:

Setting a decent bankroll and learning to manage it properly. If we can perfect bankroll management, we’re already halfway to success.
Choosing winning bets isn’t as hard as managing yourself and your bankroll - that’s the real challenge.

By the way, you can recommend these books in the list (check inside)

I usually don't like people to play gamble blindly so it is very important for new gamblers to know how gambling works, this are some books that will help him know about sport betting how it works and how to become a winner.

1. The Everything Guide to Sports Betting By Josh Appelbaum
2. The Basics of Winning Sports Betting
By Avery Cardoza
3. The Logic of Sports Betting By Ed Miller & Matthew Davidow.
4. The Odds: One Season, Three Gamblers And The Death Of Their Las Vegas
by Chad Millman
5. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk
by Billy Walters

One of the things you will always see the author's of this books talk about is that you as a gambler you need to watch the sports you always like to gamble on, for example if you always gamble on soccer then you most try to watch soccer know things about soccer, teams that are inform and that are not, also try to read about past history of some teams, there are some teams no matter how not informed they are when they are about to play a particular team they become inform and will play very well for example Manchester United and Chelsea when ever they play it is always a difficult game and the team that's not inform that season becomes inform on that match.
Also try listening to your mind if you listen to it and do as it says and it works for you then always listen to it but if it those not work then you forget about it and focus on studying a game before betting.

This is also what I though, no books but the basics of the sports itself, just see who is the favorite in this game and try to bet on it and see how it goes. At least get a feel of the game itself. And from there, maybe expound his knowledge on our betting strategies.

So for me that's how I started, I remember though asking my father before on his favorite sports to bet. But nothing like reading materials, maybe I'm just as old school as others gamblers who are more willing to take the risk and everything and bet.

But in any case though, it seems that others have recommend books so that could be a good start.

A book that will make him to begin to win? Tell him not to deceives himself. That gambling and betting are not about making money but about entertaining oneself. The best that you can tell him is to let him know about using just 1% of his income on gambling, that if he increases the percentage, it should not be more than 5%. I did not read any book for gambling.

Learning the basics first is very important. You can start by reading articles and watching YouTube videos - they’re enough to get you equipped with the fundamentals to start betting. Once you’ve got the basics down, you can explore some betting forums to learn from experienced sports bettors. This will help you grow and mature in your betting approach.

Some of the forums I follow and really like are:

covers.com
oddsshark
actionnetwork

and https://www.teamrankings.com/ for more sports data.

Aside the TOS of casino sites, we can practically just begin to gamble and make good memories, discover new skills and good profits out of it but that is strictly based on lucky base games.

Just saying that... Without reading books we can still play on some sport bets just with the basic knowledges like... The football which you just have to understand that your roles to play their is to decide what outcome the game would be, what team you are betting on and which one you are against which then involves analytical or technical thoughts.

Though in playing strange games, it could be necessary to follow guides to how the games can be played so it does not feel like we do not know what we are doing.
I really had not read books towards gambling guides if not as we discusses here in the forum so I don't know what book to recommend but I think that of your friend can as well go through the game events sites maybe there could be illustrated of its guides.

But then, it is not mean he is going to be a professional player despites readings.

I haven't seen any gambler reading books based on how to gamble, including me. I didn't read any book to understand how to gamble. Ones, I believe, when we open the gambling website and put money into it, we can understand gradually the kind of options we would like to play games. However, the only thing I would like him to read books about is based on his bankroll management. He needs to understand how to manage his bankroll and how to gamble responsibly so that he will not become an addictive gambler in the future.

Well, I think your friend might be a book lover, but I would suggest 3 different books for you guys to read.
First, he should read the book titled 'The Logic Of Sport Betting'. It's written by Matthew Davidow and El Miller.
This book will help him understand how sports betting works and how the odds are being set. After reading this book he might understand how to manage his bankroll.

Secondly, he should read 'The Mental Game of Poker' written by Jared Tendler.
Thirdly, he should read 'Super System' by Doyle Bronson.
I believe he will find more gambling knowledge in these 3 books I have mentioned.

Books? I don't know mate, I have a feeling that majority of us here didn't read any books as far as sports betting goes. We just follow our favorite team and maybe go to the sports bookies and just learn what those odds are like ML (Money Line), or handicap betting like the -/+.

It was all about the knowledge of the games itself and the teams that are playing. Maybe he didn't follow the sports that much that's why he is losing big money. I will just talk about experience and says that I have started to follow the sports that I bet since I was a little like basketball and boxing. And as time, teams and players, but the basic of the games still remains the same.

And then I just bet on sports bookies and try to learn those odd lines. I might have lose some money in the beginning, but that is the most important lessons that I have learn in the years that I gamble on sports.

Recently, a friend of mine approached me with a question about what he should read about gambling. He read a lot of specialized forums and looked at information on websites, but he was not satisfied. He started betting on sports not so long ago, but began to lose a lot and realized that he had a significant lack of theoretical knowledge. He loves books and believes that only books present knowledge systematically, and not chaotically, as on many websites. But his question stumped me. Although I have read some books on sports betting, poker and other games, I do not know what specifically to advise a beginner. What books would you recommend?