This is your opinion, I have read too many times here how gamblers prefer to place bet on non pro athletes or teams, bit I keep asking them what the end result will still be, to win is still a gamble so why even try.
I don't hate sports either and I do bet on football the most but that is because I understand this sport more than others, anyways, gamblers should stop looking for similar ways hoping that it will increase their chances of winning, if you are meant to lose you will lose.
Too much focus on winning won't help anyone in gambling, better find more reasons to gamble than just the money.
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If you are a gambling site, will you sponsor them? Or let me out it in a better way. If you see well known sport and non well known sport, as a gambling site, which one will you sponsor?
Gamble sites sponsor anything that can make them progress and not what that will not have much value to them. The later is just a waste of money and no gambling site will do that.
Gamble sites sponsor anything that can make them progress and not what that will not have much value to them. The later is just a waste of money and no gambling site will do that.
I think there are some less popular sports that still have betting demand in the market. I’m sure I’ve seen games like that in a sportsbook somewhere. But you’re right, they pay for those through their providers. Maybe they see it as something that can attract more sports bettors, so they add it to their market. Most sportsbooks already have the major leagues for various sports, so adding something like that could just add extra value to them.
I don't bet on non-professional sports, because websites specializing in sports analyze games from professional leagues and post news about games from professional leagues. So it's easier to analyze games from professional leagues than to take a risk on non-professional sports. Also, the risk of betting on fixed games tends to be higher in non-professional sports. Unfortunately, when people think more about making money quickly, they are sometimes not very rational and may bet on non-professional sports.
In my opinion, the reasons to avoid betting on such sports are quite obvious to everyone. The inconvenience of betting in many aspects, the risks of rigged results, and other things that are already listed in the posts of this thread above. But for me, for example, the main reason is that I'm just not interested. For example, handball... What is this? Do I know there's an unusual shaped ball there, or am I confusing it with rugby? It doesn't matter, I'm not interested in it at all. Moreover, I don't want to find out about it. This is just an example. Therefore, everyone bets on what they are interested in. That's why unpopular sports are such - they are not interesting to most people.
Hopefully someday these hardworking sports players would come to their goals hitting the big break. Hopefully gambling institutions would sponsor them for their promotions, since they're not that expensive compared to famous and popular Athletes.
If you are a gambling site, will you sponsor them? Or let me out it in a better way. If you see well known sport and non well known sport, as a gambling site, which one will you sponsor?Gamble sites sponsor anything that can make them progress and not what that will not have much value to them. The later is just a waste of money and no gambling site will do that.
I don't sports athletes get nothing from their strong efforts, I guess they're sponsored by the school where they became varsities from the team. Though it's not that huge compensation which isn't yet totally funded like on those professional teams who became part of their career.
Hopefully someday these hardworking sports players would come to their goals hitting the big break. Hopefully gambling institutions would sponsor them for their promotions, since they're not that expensive compared to famous and popular Athletes.
Hopefully someday these hardworking sports players would come to their goals hitting the big break. Hopefully gambling institutions would sponsor them for their promotions, since they're not that expensive compared to famous and popular Athletes.
Betting on non-pro sports is likely more luck-based because you don't know their skills, plus it is boring to watch.
I am more confident to bet on professional players because you already know their skills.
Unless the odds are good, but if they are the same as on popular games with bad odds, then I prefer to bet on popular games over non-pro sports.
Yes that's quite true. Regardless of the fact that regular pro sport games still require some luck for you to be able to pull off a win, it's not as unpredictable as that of non pro sport games. Infact betting on non sport games is almost similar to it since you are hardly certain most of the time which team will win the game. I am more confident to bet on professional players because you already know their skills.
Unless the odds are good, but if they are the same as on popular games with bad odds, then I prefer to bet on popular games over non-pro sports.
Aside that, gambling is more fun when you are actually sitting back to watch the team you bet on play against an opponent. It's more interesting than just looking for spreadsheet with the scores. Infact I think that is actually where a great deal of fun comes from.
Athletes in college sports are putting all this effort and are paid nothing. Did you know that until very recently when there was a huge lawsuit reaching judgment, there was no agreement to compensate college athletes at all in the US?
https://www.thedp.com/article/2024/10/penn-ncaa-settlement-player-payment
I think this is exclusive to your country only because in my country the government does give prize money or other benefits when an athlete competes and wins especially when it is in a global stage. The thing is I also do not think they should be earning exactly because they are not pro athletes yet and being a student athlete already gives them benefits in their schools. Lots of schools offer scholarships for their student athletes which helps them get to pro if they would want to.https://www.thedp.com/article/2024/10/penn-ncaa-settlement-player-payment
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So this also brings us to the point where ethicality has to be discussed. If we're spending money betting on a sport, doesn't it feel a little wrong to know the athletes earn nothing or close to nothing from this activity? Maybe at least crypto bookies should take the initiative to fund more small sports associations on the local level.
Is there any betting event where it is betting on college sports in huge gambling platforms? AFAIK there's none or at least close to. Because not a lot of people outside that region is interested anyway.
Well, I guess everyone has the most obvious reason why we all agree that betting on unpopular sports or non pro sports is a bad idea, simply because we are not interested in those type of league. It doesn't seem fun betting on something you're not familiar with. Odds could be very tricky and challenging, especially when what you all have is the records/standings, and that doesn't tell everything we want to know whether we place a bet on a good odds or not.
So this also brings us to the point where ethicality has to be discussed. If we're spending money betting on a sport, doesn't it feel a little wrong to know the athletes earn nothing or close to nothing from this activity? Maybe at least crypto bookies should take the initiative to fund more small sports associations on the local level.
Well if its a collegiate match we can say some or few got some offered money to play or to win the competition. At least from my country thats how the system works. Cause pirating good players is very common, but it doesnt mean we cant have an accuracy on betting if we have few history on how good they are playing right? I dont know my opinion on the matter, but agree that if you gotta bet much better to do it on a professional level sport league. 
It feels right that betting on unpopular sports needs to be avoided, because these matches are usually very difficult to guess, especially because we do not know about the performance of the team we will choose. Moreover, in unpopular sports there are many uncertainty, for example, for the favorite team alone often loses, of course this makes us think twice for betting. Sometimes i try to play in unpopular sports, but not in large amounts for betting, because i think it is too big for the risk, and i can say the possibility of winning is only a small percentage, and the probability of winning is only 30% based on my personal experience.
It's extremely prone to match-fixing, just think of the pro sports where you can see match-fixing. For me, sometimes it's the league, the teams/players that really matter here pro or non-pro sports.
For example in pro sports basketball is the sport in particular. Even in our current national basketball league, especially if the season starts, there are a lot of match fixings happening but they are still not being properly handled by authorities. There are some obvious games happening.
For example in pro sports basketball is the sport in particular. Even in our current national basketball league, especially if the season starts, there are a lot of match fixings happening but they are still not being properly handled by authorities. There are some obvious games happening.
I doubt that crypto bookies will care to fund these unpopular sports when they have their hands full with popular sports like football and basketball. The way forward for unpopular sports is for their organizers to make them more lucrative by paying the athletes very well,
Actually for the unpopular sports to be globally recognized as important for them may not even work out if there organizers changes some of the things about them because in sports general there are few of them that have gotten the audience and not only because of the entertainment they are giving but also for the medical help it provides by doing exercise, so actually it was through soccer a lot of people discover the value of some of the things they felt wasn't necessary, secondly another thing that are affecting some of the unpopular sports is that there TV channel are not noticeable to people, so perhaps if there sports are being showcased as they normally do on soccer I believe they would have gotten some attention. 
In fact, sports that are less popular and not even of interest to most sports fans have low betting market for their volume and are considered unprofitable.
However, in my opinion sports that are less popular and have lower betting market volume will be easier for us to win, maybe there will be no manipulation because of the limited number of people betting and not many bookmakers using it as betting option.
I not sure bookmakers will take the initiative to fund certain associations or small competitions because that will also not be profitable for bookmakers.
There are still a few non-professional sports that are listed by bookmakers in their betting areas but the level seems to be entertainment because the information of these sports is not much as well as the mass of people who want to participate are only addicts when professional sports have time to rest. I'm also not sure it will be easy to win when the small scale comes with a lack of professionalism, the opponents are almost lacking in seriousness and the intense confrontation sometimes becomes a child's play, not really good for betting. However, in my opinion sports that are less popular and have lower betting market volume will be easier for us to win, maybe there will be no manipulation because of the limited number of people betting and not many bookmakers using it as betting option.
I not sure bookmakers will take the initiative to fund certain associations or small competitions because that will also not be profitable for bookmakers.
Amateur sports have many variables that are difficult for us to predict, especially for those of us who want to make bets in it, the inconsistency of player performance and the lack of reliable data make the betting risk higher, because indeed we do not have data that can be a reference, if we really want to get a win, of course focus on professional sports that are more structured and have more complete statistical data is a better choice good and wise in my opinion.
My suggestion on this topic? Always avoid to bet games with "strange odds". Try to bet live watching a game.
I could remember few weeks ago I tried to bet on a live odd (match) and I saw the difference, the thing is to bet on live game is either wait for the first half or target the second half with this you can determine what the possible outcome could be. Betting on live game reduces the risk to about 40% but the odds are usually very poor and for someone to have reasonable odds it would take you about 8-15 different matches to achieve at least 5-6 odds. 
I do see that people would compare it to professional sports, but that's definitely on an entirely different level. Players on non-pro are probably not that serious, and it's not their priority to do it full-time. This will lead to inconsistencies in their performance, and if we translate it to betting, that risk would be hard to calculate. Additionally, there would be fewer odds in this, and it would be hard to predict outcomes.
With these things in mind, I agree that avoiding non-pro sports is the best option if you want to have money.
With these things in mind, I agree that avoiding non-pro sports is the best option if you want to have money.
That’s a wise approach. Who knows what kind of fuckery happening in those amateur sports. E-sports are also not much different. (Dota, CS etc) I believe most of the time we are watching a scripted game if it is not a pro-sports game. We should only bet on well known leagues/games/tournaments imo. Like the NBA, champions league, EPL, olympics, world cup etc… If the game doesn’t have watchers, it is easier to fix it because nobody will care. It is way harder to fix a world cup game for that reason.
I agree, because I'm not even entirely sure that games in professional leagues can be completely fair, and I don't even want to think about amateur ones, because I'm almost sure that not everything is so clean there. I even know of a case when in one of the amateur divisions in my city, there was a referee who could appoint a penalty by agreement, he didn't work for long, but I think simply because he wasn't very careful, but I'm sure that these are not isolated cases.
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The reason why I don't place a bet for unpopular sports is because I don't know where I can finds the information and analyze it. But some people who familiar with the sports will bet on that because they thinks that the competition will not be though like the other sports. People will know what they want to bet and will choose after they see the lists on the casino. But the casino will still gives bet for the unpopular sports because they know that some people will search that for some reasons. Crypto bookies don't have to take the initiative to fund more small sports associations and let them search by themselves.
That’s a wise approach. Who knows what kind of fuckery happening in those amateur sports. E-sports are also not much different. (Dota, CS etc) I believe most of the time we are watching a scripted game if it is not a pro-sports game. We should only bet on well known leagues/games/tournaments imo. Like the NBA, champions league, EPL, olympics, world cup etc… If the game doesn’t have watchers, it is easier to fix it because nobody will care. It is way harder to fix a world cup game for that reason.
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