Topic: When it's too obvious, it's a trap.... - page 4. (Read 1104 times)

A trap can be set for both the underdog and the favorite, but it usually shows up in the point spread, not the moneyline.

From my understanding, if you see a game where Team A is -15 and the other team is +15, that line will often attract the public to bet on the +15, but in reality, the -15 might end up covering easily. Another example is when you see a strong team favored by just -2 against a struggling opponent, that small line could be a trap.

Basically, the idea of a trap line is when a spread looks too good to be true. When the line doesn’t match what you’d expect based on team performance, it’s a warning sign that something else is at play.

To be able to avoid the traps of the bets we place, we must be able to understand well the bets we will play, when we choose to bet on small odds in the hope of winning the bet, of course this is not the right way to avoid traps and if we have understood well the bets we play, of course we are very careful when placing bets and will not choose to bet if we are not sure about the chances they will get when betting, hoping too much to win the bets we will play will indeed make us disappointed when we can't win them, so we must be able to enjoy every bet we play so as not to make us even more disappointed when we don't win when betting.

I will agree with your explanation, but I don't buy the idea of betting on small odd  to neither be a way of excaping trap of being too obvious to be true. Because even some Small odd may also be too obvious a trap. which after you bet on it hoping to win since the odd are little, they may disappoint you. When something is too obviously a trap it's is not only when something is highly attractive but also less attractive to be true. Meaning that the lesser thing you see as an escape routes can also be a trap, but just that it may not appear so obvious.

I have no problem with that because it has become acceptable nowadays and every gambler is expected to comply with that. So, for a good start they won't really ask for it but when you do sums of deposits and withdrawals, that's how they're going to put you into verification process for additional docs, etc.

Regulation and compliance on their end.

It's always a trap... Or, are you gonna tell me that you wagering on games without any proper simulation? If not, then any opportunity that's in sight is a TRAP. You're basically forging your way through to see how you can walk past on of those ones that's a little bit stiff... The odds are always against you; unless for some locked options that'll only tend to favor you alone as the gambler ..

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Last thing I'd do is engage in a business with a casino that can label themselves as a KYC-free casino, only to be asked under duress and compulsion -- especially when there's a huge win. If I got nothing to hide, what's the point of forging ways into obscurity ?

This is one in my mind that whenever a casino says that they're kyc-free, they're mostly not. So with reading majority's thought about what OP is talking about, it could be a game, a hint of trapping bonuses for which is the other one that's on my mind. I have read what OPs thought about it but it's not yet enough to conclude what he really means. But I guess the good thing about such is that we've got a wide thoughts about how someone creates some certain terms in the gambling industry and we're able to give a variety of ideas about it.

There are many examples out there, but to pick a couple that I have seen the most.. First off is the huge welcome bonuses that some sites pretend to offer, like matching first deposit up to $5,000 or something ridiculous, yet when you look into the fine print you quickly realize that it has to be wagered so many times and/or you have such a small window to complete it, that you have slim chance of walking away with any money and likely end up losing some of your original wager amount. The other ones are the surprising odds that you might see in certain sports, even horse racing, where even the favorite can be 3x or 4x in big races, because you soon realize that there is little separating the top horses and it's a roll of the dice if you pick the right one.

Well, I think it refers to something that are too good to be true, like huge winning rate that those gambling advertisers and content creators were trying to make the people believe.
Now, if this has something to do about sports betting, the odds could be the challenge here. Sometimes, odds maybe too obvious but it won't always turn out to be a trap, but most of the time is. This is where you will trust your analysis and instinct as it will going to measure your risk appetite. Odds that were setup by the book makers are actually traps lol.

Agreed, when all this are always their main focus, I avoid casinos like this. Before I start betting on any casinos, I make sure that I have completed all the verification that's required of me to use the platform without any obstruction. I hate it when I want to withdraw my prize money and I start getting all sorts of verification emails from the casino asking me to complete my kyc. All casino will need a little bit of information from you. It might not involve verifying our identity but give them sometime and you'll be asked for your kyc. It's something that they have to do whether you like it or not hence to avoid delays, I do everything at the beginning. I have seen when people whose money have been held by a casino because they don't have their kyc verified and it's so annoying but why then are they being allowed to gamble when they'll not be allowed to withdraw.

It's not really that bad on testing out or trying those new sites or platforms.Come to think that these old timers are once that new sites too way back and becomes big or able to get that trust and recognition into this market and that's why it did become big and popular. Although not all do ends up on successful on which there are those platforms ending up on fail because of lacking recognition or simply they turned out to be a scam. We do know here on cryptocurrency space on which. KYC is highly frowned upon but since these businesses do generates huge revenue or simply having those huge money involved then it's not shocking or surprising that government would really be trying out to legalize or make it regulated on which this do really results into having these KYC. Somehow just like on what have been said that there are still platforms that doesn't ask out for some verification but it don't be shocking thing that Sooner or later things will change accordingly. This is why as a gambler then you should really that expect for these things to happen. In regarding about on which sites you should be dealing on with, then it will be always recommended that you do stick into those platforms that had been trusted up by many for years already. It's not bad to test up those new sites but if you do hinder or having that hesitance then better not to proceed. Searching up for these known ones specially if it's crypto related then this is the sweetest place on which you could be able to search on. You can really be able to see those non biased opinions and feedbacks by the community of a certain platforms and since this is a forum then you can guarantee that informations been read up are totally that something believable or something you could rely or depend on.

If you're referring to American football a trap or more commonly known as a trap game is a game in which a heavy favorite is playing against a bad team. The bad team is usually the team to bet on if they have reasons to play hard like division rivals, still a shot at playoffs, or something to motivate them. The line is usually heavy on the favorite and taking the points is the smart play.

As it has been commonly said, when its too real to be true, then its more likely not to be true, things comes with offers and odds or games in which we play while gambling with the hope and expectation that they are very reliable and must be 100% accurate as we have perceived, but at the end of it all, we only come to the realization of everything being as an illusion only and we couldn't achieve anything.

In the forum there are still some sites that do not require KYC to gamble there such as for sportsbook betting at sportsbet they still do not prioritize KYC as a requirement to be there even though it cannot be denied that for now KYC always seems to be one of the requirements for large sites including for Duelbits which I always open but the fact is that there are still several other sites that do not require KYC to gamble on it.

Actually, when talking about online gambling sites, as long as the person can be trusted, especially for some of the big sites on this forum, I think why not because the trust is still quite guaranteed but it cannot be denied that at this time I also still believe in several sites that I have encountered on the forum, not with sites outside the forum because for me, for some influencers who introduce sites, especially new sites on social media, even though there are several people in it, I am more comfortable in several online gambling sites on the forum in the end.

 

Personally, I haven't stumbled upon any casino that doesn't require KYC, even on the forum; perhaps I'm not paying too much attention to those; I can't say I'm interested in joining one at the moment. This goes along with what websites you visit and who you follow. People may direct you to a specific one for their own benefit; as I've said, Google will yield a large number of results for KYC-free casinos that actually aren't, not to mention the amount of fake or scam casinos out there.

Casinos capitalize on this strategy as lots of gamblers fall victim easily. Last weekend, I was watching an interesting game that triggered a friend's anger, because he fell for the trap that Man City would win Bournemouth, so he wagered huge amount on Cityzens to win. That was unbelievable! He lost the money.

During my career as a bettor I have seen many obvious results that ended in a non-obvious way, so I am not saying that some outcomes are "guaranteed". The trap is always in the odds. For example, yesterday, if I remember correctly, Barcelona's victory with a handicap of -3 was quoted at odds of around 2.4. An absolutely ridiculous quote that does not justify the risk. In the end, the game ended 3-1 and even those who bet with a handicap of -2 (with even more ridiculous odds) lost.

Well, without first going through comments from other users for a possible idea, how I understand the term "when it's too obvious, it's a trap" is that it's trying to tell us that when a game seems too easy and obvious to win, it's possibly a trap from the casino.

But let's also not fail to know and understand this term not only applies to gambling, it applies to several other places and activities, like it is said in hyip that "when an investment opportunity appear too good to be true, it's likely not true". If we look and examine this statement well, we discover that it is exactly the same thing as the initial, through different wordings (so to say)

Regular gambler will eventually encounter situations like this, and it's not so bad as it’s a learning experience that teaches you to be more cautious in the future. Being careful means you don’t have to bet on every game; instead, stay away on the ones where you sense a potential trap. Use your mind to judge based on probability, not your heart, because repeating the same mistakes in sports betting is a surefire way to face disaster.

Terms like “trap” are well-known in the sports betting community, and anyone involved in gambling recognizes the significance of this word. The best strategy when you suspect a trap is to avoid it altogether, or to bet on the other side if you’re confident in your assessment.

When gambling there are options that always look very enticing but those ones are the most dangerous to pick because its actually a trap..This is why I don't pick an option in gambling based on the number of odds, when the odds are very small we feel absolutely safe at that point you are already in a psychological trap. When it's too obvious it's definitely a trap, But this always seem to be case, you can't get trapped in every situation,. This is probably your terrible experience with gambling someone else might have something different to say about it.

Most gambling is based on the mathematical theory of probability. This theory is unique in its own way - at one time it was developed exclusively for gamblers.

The problem is that most people are not able to accurately calculate probabilities in their minds. Calculating probabilities is a fairly abstract task. In the process of evolution, human ancestors did not face the need to solve such problems. Let's take, for example, a classic problem of mathematical probability theory - how many times do you need to throw two dice so that a bet on the simultaneous appearance of at least two sixes is profitable?

Most people are not able to solve this problem correctly. A mathematician who knows probability theory will solve this problem in 1 minute. That is why pseudo-obvious things in gambling are usually mental traps.