Topic: Why I avoid betting on non-pro sports - page 2. (Read 1384 times)

Totally agree with what OP has written!

Something that might be unpopular opinion,  these amateur leagues or lower leagues tend to be more prone to match fixing as players will do anything for their financial wellbeing because the sport does get them paid fairly...even if it's not match fixing at the worst players don't keep themselves in their best sharp because of several jobs taken as pointed out.

But on the bright side, lower leagues are not a bad place to catch some upsets 

Then I would agree that these fixed matches ruin the credibility of sports. This should not be done in the first place; they are not just making the players a fool but also the people watching. They also limit the ability of the players to show and perform well, especially when they already know who's going to win.
Honestly, there is neither excitement created by this kind of sports game nor trusting the bookmaker. I'd rather spend time watching real and fair games and bet there. Because even if I lose but at least I am satisfied with the results and the performance of the players.

Exactly, when one's efforts are unappreciated or greatly underappreciated, these people tend to do almost everything in their power to make a living from what they do, most times more through illegal activities. I really think that if sportsbooks can invest little of their gains in these local teams, they would be honest in their activities and hey, they really have to be fast since when matches are fixed, they pay heavy compensation to the match fixers and everyone who benefitted from the match being fixed which is always a huge loss for them.

You both are correct because it's very hard to predicts or determined the two non pro league, there games/match are always being manipulated all time because of their unprofessionalism games, sometimes even the professional team do carry out fixed match and so, the non professional won't be exempted because they are even more worst and easily to be rigged than professional clubs.
It's always important to stick within the known team or club because they are more open to judge results or goals than non-pro club, so while gambling I hardly include them in my betting list because they can easily compromised bet slips.

Yes, there are many incidents or problems like this in unpopular sports matches and match fixing, even like fixing cards for players, all of which are inseparable from the involvement of several people related to betting, minor leagues will always be the main place for all of this to happen until now.
Those who follow the development of all football events that have existed since the past until now must understand about cases like this, unfortunately some people don't care about it as if they are blind to all the events and they only care about whatever is priority such as thinking about the most important thing is to win the bet.

This reminded me that a long time ago my wife saw an advertisement on Facebook for a supposed referee who had the contacts of referees and that everything was rigged, that if they deposited a certain amount of money they could safely bet on football matches in a League in Russia, and that they were guaranteed profits and sent the bets and the numbers of what they won, and that they only had to make the deposit.

I told her beforehand that it was a scam, but I still had doubts that at that level there is clear manipulation or the fact that they rig football games in leagues all over the world, that is why in FIFA and at all levels there is tremendous corruption.

I think you are right dude! There are some sports that are not so popular and to gather information about them can be very time wasting, compared to popular sports like football, Basketball, Base ball and others that wouldn't take a long time for one to gather information about the sport. Less popular sports can be easily to manipulate in their game predictions and during the market because most of the rules are not so popular to the public, and there is no way we can get to know about all the rulrs and regulations.

What issue bother me for thinking about betting on unpopular or non pro sports is the what we called fix matches incident. If that situation happen in pro sports then how much more in non pro category? For sure that incident is rampant in that area since provably that there's less official are regulating them and their events didn't reach to mainstream that's why they can do those illegal things and show up a result in favor with them.

Although this is just pure speculation but this incident might really happen since I've witness fix matching incident from the past on non pro sports and possibly it might continue to happen nowadays since we can't deny that there are some entities will do everything just to win on their placed bets.

Non-pro sports are probably a lot more difficult to gather information from and since there are significantly less audience, there’s also not much viewing events and/or matches in accessible venues or even streaming sites which makes it a lot difficult to catch up to the matches and know what’s going on but I also believe that if you follow a sport closely you can gather all the information you need.

I am sure you are able to find a community that shares the same interest and could help you get all the facts needed to make a bet.

This is what best suits what we are looking for. If we like an activity, or bet on a sport and it is professional because we know more, then we should do it. It makes no sense to study sports that are not professional, amateur style , because there are many factors that influence, we do not know the players well, we do not know how their behavior is in the championships very well, it is a risk to trust because the skills and talents of those who play are unexpected , that plus what they look for from reinforcements that we do not know, in the case of Soccer these things happen.

Agreed you dont need to have won or keep winning all of your bets every single time but as long as you're shooting your shots and taking chances if you win most of your bets i would consider you a successful gambler.

Yes, absolutely. I have seen many friends of mine gamble on TT matches randomly and that too on any random players just by comparing head-to-head matches of the players and ending up betting on the player with more wins. But sadly they lose the bets most of the time. I think it’s best to bet on games that you have personally played and know about the playing conditions. Bet on teams that are popular and have a good squad with good form. Else if you just want to gamble for the sake of gambling, then it’s your own hard-earned money, and no one can stop you from betting.

You’re only in control if you’re the one fighting or playing, but when it’s a team game, that control is out of your hands. However, since nost of us are just bettors, we’re here for the thrill, and that includes the unpredictability of the game. Honestly, you don’t need to win all your bets (since that’s impossible), but winning most of them should already make you a satisfied bettor, even if you’re not ready to call yourself successful yet.

The key on here is that you should really be that only sticking into the sports on which you do seem that you can have that knowledge and advantage. People are really just that wanting to cope up on everything even if it means that it will really be that out into their interest and scope on which this is something which not really that good at all i should say. Betting into something that you dont have the idea on what it is really just that not a good thing to mind on. Its always better that you should really be sticking on where you are knowledgeable on which we know that in sports betting on where it is really that more preferrable i should say because you do really know on what you are doing and having the idea about it.

Each one of us does have that preference when it comes to selection and choices on which there will really be those times or moments that you will really be that skeptical on doing something just because you do believe that you will be having that disadvantage on which this is indeed true. Stick on where your knowledge fits in and same goes into the interest because if you do find yourself having forcing into something then this isnt really that giving some good result because it will turned out to be that  a desperation for you. So its better that you should be sticking on where you do find yourself fits out.

It's that if we put it in the plane of Investment vs Betting, then here the one that has the most weight is the Investment and if it is BTC then I completely agree with you, what happens is that when I bet it is more than anything on soccer or boxing because they are the sports that I have appreciated the most in my life, and I am passionate about them, especially soccer, in soccer I bet because I am a big fan, so sometimes those emotions are what lead one to bet on sports, to prove to oneself that what one knows can be profitable, but it is also a question of taking risks, it does not matter if you are wrong, if you make bets with low money and if you win it is little, it does not matter it is a profit.

Honstly i've avoided betting on sports in general simply because there are sooooo many factors outside of my control and I would rather take my chances betting in some other place on something else. Even though i've often thought about placing some bets in these types of favorable match ups I find myself rather wanting to invest in some other crypto investment of some sort.

This is a nice write up and something that I don't think I've actually seen anyone post before, so that's always a plus lol. 

When it comes to betting I certainly bet mostly on sports ( I like go play poker and blackjack) for whatever which reason it's just more enjoyable for me.  Anyhow non-pro sports has always seem too risky for me.   Lets say with baseball for instance, there' so many different levels of play, well each level is meant to get your prepared for the next level.  It's not uncommon to see coaches "testing" players out at new positions and things like that can cost ya the game. 

Yea about manipulation, there's bribery in sports, and since such games are not much popular, any one can just decide to pay off some officials to make the game play to their favor. This used to be something they hide in football back then. Such games that aren't much popular can be altered to someone else favor eventually leading to a massive loss. No one would be Happy if they had found out that this was the reasons for their loss. It's just better to play games that are well known and you are at least familiar with

Aside from that, we don’t want to risk our funds on bets that have less connection to us, that we seem aren’t familiar of, so the end line there will be higher probability for us to lose than to see us winning. And just like you’ve said, it’s important for us to also enjoy our bet, even if we lose, at least the excitement and the experience will remain valuable for us.

For those teams who are not known and not popular team then the result can be manipulated and the game provider may give wrong odds to win a good amount of money to the gambling site. And that's why I always avoid all the sportsbook (soccer/cricket) if I do not have a good idea about the team.