One of the main reasons gamblers lose is emotional bias toward their favorite teams. If it’s your favorite team, you’ll probably back them every time without properly analyzing if they’ll cover the spread, which leads to blindly betting. Now, there's another popular option: betting on the total. If we find ourselves emotionally weak when betting, maybe focusing on the total is a better option since you’re not choosing sides. You just analyze if the combined score will go over or under. Less emotion, better chances of winning, don’t you think?
In this case, betting on over goals is preferrable because you can choose the option of total goals which means predicting the exact goals the match will end which you might end up losing the bet. For instance you bet on total goals of both teams to become 3 which means the event must either end in 2:1 or 3:0 as the case may be, so any scoreline outside that will be a lost bet except if the options include additional goals like for example 2+, 3+, 4+ and so on, if the goals exceeds more than the given amount of goals then it will still be a won bet. But the best decision will be to discard betting on your favourite team totally when you have doubt if they could win or not. 
Topic: Would you prefer betting on the total or the point spread? (Read 743 times)
Personally, I would prefer to bet on the total, because I believe that it is better to win a little than nothing and it is easier to take the simpler path (an easy bet that doesn't require complex analysis, and here a bet on the total is just right).
I couldn’t quite catch what you meant by comparing betting on the total game score versus the point spread or handicap How does you believe to win little than nothing fit in I really can’t understand it. Could you expound a bit?
One of the main reasons gamblers lose is emotional bias toward their favorite teams. If it’s your favorite team, you’ll probably back them every time without properly analyzing if they’ll cover the spread, which leads to blindly betting. Now, there's another popular option: betting on the total. If we find ourselves emotionally weak when betting, maybe focusing on the total is a better option since you’re not choosing sides. You just analyze if the combined score will go over or under. Less emotion, better chances of winning, don’t you think?
Your question is equivalent to the question of whether to make cautious bets with the highest chance of winning, but smaller prizes, or to take risks with bets with a lower probability of winning, but impressive prizes. There can be no universal answer here, and even the same gambler, based on his emotional state, will choose a radically opposite strategy of behavior.Personally, I would prefer to bet on the total, because I believe that it is better to win a little than nothing and it is easier to take the simpler path (an easy bet that doesn't require complex analysis, and here a bet on the total is just right).
One of the main reasons gamblers lose is emotional bias toward their favorite teams. If it’s your favorite team, you’ll probably back them every time without properly analyzing if they’ll cover the spread, which leads to blindly betting. Now, there's another popular option: betting on the total. If we find ourselves emotionally weak when betting, maybe focusing on the total is a better option since you’re not choosing sides. You just analyze if the combined score will go over or under. Less emotion, better chances of winning, don’t you think?
In gambling, we can say that emotions are often the main cause of losing in betting, especially when someone bets without objective analysis, so that it often clouds judgment which ultimately leads to less rational decisions, what you are actually saying I has been doing, because when I am confused in making choices in betting on a match, the total score (over/under) and both teams score goals ( BTTS ) is my alternative, because it is indeed better to take an alternative with a small return but has a greater chance of winning than a large return, but a small chance of winning when in the confusion of determining the bet.
One of the main reasons gamblers lose is emotional bias toward their favorite teams. If it’s your favorite team, you’ll probably back them every time without properly analyzing if they’ll cover the spread, which leads to blindly betting. Now, there's another popular option: betting on the total. If we find ourselves emotionally weak when betting, maybe focusing on the total is a better option since you’re not choosing sides. You just analyze if the combined score will go over or under. Less emotion, better chances of winning, don’t you think?
I don't have any particular pattern because my choice depends on the teams meeting, their scoring history and the news around them. This is the reason in my bet accumulation, some will be straight wins while some will be on total goals and even first half win will be there. There are also times I just play my favorite team on total goals and not who will win. This happens when I am not convinced that they will be able to win their opponent, so to avoid taking too much risk, I will just go with both teams score or total goals expected. 
Of course it's nothing more than fanning only the winning team. Fans stay with their club till the bitter club, for instance, we'd always be in support of our nation whenever they're competing with other country in a game. That's what sport is about, between it'll be heartbreaking to end up losing the bet, because your club or nation won the match. Isn't it?
Somehow our support matters and helps to increase footballer's morale, knowing that they've got to impress fans who stood by them. Preferably, it's better not to wager when in doubt, than end up feeling sad for losing a match, and happy for winning money. It's unbalanced.
In terms of bet you don't bet in favour of your team just because you are supporting them no, you bet because you want to win and before you bet, you have thoroughly check the strength of the team you are supporting to know if they can give you the exact result as you predicted, I think the only way to avoid any form of emotion is to avoid beting on the team you are fanning so that you can sit in the stadium, your house or anywhere you like to watch the match conveniently without any form of predisposition.
The Reference you made is right but staying with or standing by your bitter club does mean you should bet in their favour when you already know that they are not in their peak, you fan your club no matter what but don't bet on them and you must not when you already know what's at stake( for me I won't) because that has been my personal philosophy and I stand by it.
Yea it is an established fact that a team can rejuvenate knowing fully well that they have supporters that cheer them up making them to believe that they can do it no matter what, though you have said it all, don't bet when you are in doubt to avoid regret when you lose, for me, I dont bet on my favourite club so that i can see things and say them the way they are.
One of the main reasons gamblers lose is emotional bias toward their favorite teams. If it’s your favorite team, you’ll probably back them every time without properly analyzing if they’ll cover the spread, which leads to blindly betting. Now, there's another popular option: betting on the total. If we find ourselves emotionally weak when betting, maybe focusing on the total is a better option since you’re not choosing sides. You just analyze if the combined score will go over or under. Less emotion, better chances of winning, don’t you think?
You are right, but some people would say that their moral values would blame them for not fully supporting their favorite team if they were making a bet this way. So for some people, what you suggested might be a solution, but for some, it isn't. Those who believe no matter what, they have to support their side by making a bet, should go ahead and place a bet with an amount that they can easily afford to lose so that even if their team loses, they don't lose a lot of money.For me, I would rather make no bets if I know that the team I like is weaker than its opponent in a certain game because moral support is something different, I know my bets aren't going to make any difference for them, they are not going to check whether their fans are making bets on them or not. If I can, I will go to the stadium and show my support that way.
One of the main reasons gamblers lose is emotional bias toward their favorite teams. If it’s your favorite team, you’ll probably back them every time without properly analyzing if they’ll cover the spread, which leads to blindly betting. Now, there's another popular option: betting on the total. If we find ourselves emotionally weak when betting, maybe focusing on the total is a better option since you’re not choosing sides. You just analyze if the combined score will go over or under. Less emotion, better chances of winning, don’t you think?
I personally believe it’s not always the case to bet on your favorite team if you feel they might lose, so why risk losing money on them? While the team and the players never suffer financial issues, you are as a gambler can go through many financial difficulties. The emotional tick definitely plays a huge role in betting decisions that doesn’t let you go against your team or even bet on other options. When it’s your favorite team, it's easy to get carried out by emotions and also in betting on them, even if the odds are not even in their favor.Betting on the total like you have mentioned can be a smart alternative and the right decision. Since it allows you to focus on analyzing the game objectively without letting emotions influence your decisions. Also, the less emotions you have means better judgment and it could certainly increase your chances of winning or at least reduce your losses.
This gambling methodology of neglecting one's team for a potential winning opponent is not right. It's more to the same purpose of footballers betting against their team and then play reckless game in the pitch. Why would a fan place such a bet, and criticize footballers who do similar things. The solidarity is not longer there, and bet has killed fans love for their team. Gone are the days people cried over losing a match. In a nutshell, gamblers shouldn't boost of having a football club, because with this act of gaming, what's the essence?
Perhaps another way to go about it is that since betting against your most favourite club is against your Ethics you can do it in a way that would be more fair, let's take for instance the club your favourite team is playing against has the higher possibility of winning, you can choose to ignore betting on the game so that your conscience will be clean, however I understand why you said that because I saw that you are reasoning how ridiculous it will look after betting against your best club and at the same time engaging on argument and telling people how much you love the team when you have already predicted them to loss, so actually for those who will feel that way taking the option of not betting on that game may not be bad. Of course it's nothing more than fanning only the winning team. Fans stay with their club till the bitter club, for instance, we'd always be in support of our nation whenever they're competing with other country in a game. That's what sport is about, between it'll be heartbreaking to end up losing the bet, because your club or nation won the match. Isn't it?
Somehow our support matters and helps to increase footballer's morale, knowing that they've got to impress fans who stood by them. Preferably, it's better not to wager when in doubt, than end up feeling sad for losing a match, and happy for winning money. It's unbalanced.
One of the main reasons gamblers lose is emotional bias toward their favorite teams. If it’s your favorite team, you’ll probably back them every time without properly analyzing if they’ll cover the spread, which leads to blindly betting. Now, there's another popular option: betting on the total. If we find ourselves emotionally weak when betting, maybe focusing on the total is a better option since you’re not choosing sides. You just analyze if the combined score will go over or under. Less emotion, better chances of winning, don’t you think?
If you like bet on total or your team, this won't still keep you away from losing, the best team can lose and the weak team can win, what do this tell you? No human can see tomorrow, you can only protect your losses by reducing the amount, there is no strategy anywhere that is accurate.
If you really understand sports you should know that anything is possible, you don't want to over-bet on that, you can be wrong, there is no precise in gambling even if you are very good on data analysis, just risk what you can afford to lose and have some great time..
Sorry to say, but nothing matters when it comes to gambling, luck plays the most role here and if you are not on your lucky days you will lose money, the only solution left is how much you are willing to lose before your luck days find you again.
The bias most persons have on their favourite team is one of the things that constantly made them to loss all the time because as a gambler who plans to make a win on their gambling is supposed to do their analysis very well before making any selection and if perhaps after the analysis and it turns out that their favourite team does not fit in as a club that can win the opposing team the best is to leave them.
Going for the total is absolutely nice because you will not be thinking about having any favourite club but instead what the gamblers will be focusing on is analyzing the club that would give them the results they want, however I believe different gamblers do so by visiting the entire games from different leagues and picking one or two players from each of the league that came out finest from their analysis and use them.
Going for the total is absolutely nice because you will not be thinking about having any favourite club but instead what the gamblers will be focusing on is analyzing the club that would give them the results they want, however I believe different gamblers do so by visiting the entire games from different leagues and picking one or two players from each of the league that came out finest from their analysis and use them.
This gambling methodology of neglecting one's team for a potential winning opponent is not right. It's more to the same purpose of footballers betting against their team and then play reckless game in the pitch. Why would a fan place such a bet, and criticize footballers who do similar things. The solidarity is not longer there, and bet has killed fans love for their team. Gone are the days people cried over losing a match. In a nutshell, gamblers shouldn't boost of having a football club, because with this act of gaming, what's the essence?
how you can define a betting strategy without any clue about the team involved, the players, the tournament and so on?
Of course both bets allow some advantages and disavantages so trying to predict an outcome just with these elements is a big mistake.
In any case, if an event has a good chance to win has a lower odd. Here any gambler adopt a strategy. Mine is the same as always.
I try to adapt my bet to team and not just trying to follow a scheme.
Of course both bets allow some advantages and disavantages so trying to predict an outcome just with these elements is a big mistake.
In any case, if an event has a good chance to win has a lower odd. Here any gambler adopt a strategy. Mine is the same as always.
I try to adapt my bet to team and not just trying to follow a scheme.
The bias most persons have on their favourite team is one of the things that constantly made them to loss all the time because as a gambler who plans to make a win on their gambling is supposed to do their analysis very well before making any selection and if perhaps after the analysis and it turns out that their favourite team does not fit in as a club that can win the opposing team the best is to leave them.
Going for the total is absolutely nice because you will not be thinking about having any favourite club but instead what the gamblers will be focusing on is analyzing the club that would give them the results they want, however I believe different gamblers do so by visiting the entire games from different leagues and picking one or two players from each of the league that came out finest from their analysis and use them.
Going for the total is absolutely nice because you will not be thinking about having any favourite club but instead what the gamblers will be focusing on is analyzing the club that would give them the results they want, however I believe different gamblers do so by visiting the entire games from different leagues and picking one or two players from each of the league that came out finest from their analysis and use them.
This gambling methodology of neglecting one's team for a potential winning opponent is not right. It's more to the same purpose of footballers betting against their team and then play reckless game in the pitch. Why would a fan place such a bet, and criticize footballers who do similar things. The solidarity is not longer there, and bet has killed fans love for their team. Gone are the days people cried over losing a match. In a nutshell, gamblers shouldn't boost of having a football club, because with this act of gaming, what's the essence?
One of the main reasons gamblers lose is emotional bias toward their favorite teams. If it’s your favorite team, you’ll probably back them every time without properly analyzing if they’ll cover the spread, which leads to blindly betting. Now, there's another popular option: betting on the total. If we find ourselves emotionally weak when betting, maybe focusing on the total is a better option since you’re not choosing sides. You just analyze if the combined score will go over or under. Less emotion, better chances of winning, don’t you think?
Considering this which you have mentioned, i usually don't add my favorite team to my betting tickets because i knw somehow i could get emotional about them and that could after my picks so in other to avoid such, i just make sure to not get them added to my bet slip so i don't have to struggle with my emotions and having to make the right choice in that game. For me i have always seen betting on the total of a game as really been risk so i don't attempt it even. 
One of the main reasons gamblers lose is emotional bias toward their favorite teams. If it’s your favorite team, you’ll probably back them every time without properly analyzing
I have a favorite team and athlete and I can be said to be quite fanatical so I will always favor them to win, but that is reasonable because the team and athlete are quite strong and in good form even though they also experience defeat and this is normal in sports.More often will choose under/over in football with also BTTS but for individual sports moneyline is the main choice.
Total or spread seems to depend on the type of sport and also the preferences of each bettor and bettors make emotional bets are very possible.
I can't deny that I also sometimes think about betting on my favorite team, no matter whether the opponent is stronger or weaker. But that is not quite right in my opinion, because when facing a team that is stronger on paper, the chances of losing are also greater.
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One of the main reasons gamblers lose is emotional bias toward their favorite teams. If it’s your favorite team, you’ll probably back them every time without properly analyzing if they’ll cover the spread, which leads to blindly betting. Now, there's another popular option: betting on the total. If we find ourselves emotionally weak when betting, maybe focusing on the total is a better option since you’re not choosing sides. You just analyze if the combined score will go over or under. Less emotion, better chances of winning, don’t you think?
In fact, gambling does not work out like this, now people can consider any team as their favorite team, it is not that the favorite team must always be the best-performing team.And also gambling does not work out in this way that you should always bet on your favorite. What is connected with the favorite team is your support as a fan and nothing else.
Now it is said that many people make only strong teams as their favorite team and in that case, many people always bet on that team like a blind person. It may be that he is winning most of the time but betting blindly can make him face loss because many times the team squad may be missing the player due to injury or due to injury the performance of the player may be disturbed due to these factors the team may lose. Therefore, it is not correct to think that always the favorite team or the strongest team should be betting blindly.
One of the main reasons gamblers lose is emotional bias toward their favorite teams. If it’s your favorite team, you’ll probably back them every time without properly analyzing if they’ll cover the spread, which leads to blindly betting. Now, there's another popular option: betting on the total. If we find ourselves emotionally weak when betting, maybe focusing on the total is a better option since you’re not choosing sides. You just analyze if the combined score will go over or under. Less emotion, better chances of winning, don’t you think?
The bias most persons have on their favourite team is one of the things that constantly made them to loss all the time because as a gambler who plans to make a win on their gambling is supposed to do their analysis very well before making any selection and if perhaps after the analysis and it turns out that their favourite team does not fit in as a club that can win the opposing team the best is to leave them. Going for the total is absolutely nice because you will not be thinking about having any favourite club but instead what the gamblers will be focusing on is analyzing the club that would give them the results they want, however I believe different gamblers do so by visiting the entire games from different leagues and picking one or two players from each of the league that came out finest from their analysis and use them.
One of the main reasons gamblers lose is emotional bias toward their favorite teams. If it’s your favorite team, you’ll probably back them every time without properly analyzing
I have a favorite team and athlete and I can be said to be quite fanatical so I will always favor them to win, but that is reasonable because the team and athlete are quite strong and in good form even though they also experience defeat and this is normal in sports.people love an underdog story i mean imagine favoring a team that has less chances of winning and then they win pulling out a miracle? in this case, you are going to have to take away your emotional biases and be objective and realistic. regardless of whether you want a team to win, you should always check current form to conclude potential results. I have never had a hard time with this.
being hopeful is different from seeing tangible evidence of performances so either one is okay for me
One of the main reasons gamblers lose is emotional bias toward their favorite teams. If it’s your favorite team, you’ll probably back them every time without properly analyzing if they’ll cover the spread, which leads to blindly betting. Now, there's another popular option: betting on the total. If we find ourselves emotionally weak when betting, maybe focusing on the total is a better option since you’re not choosing sides. You just analyze if the combined score will go over or under. Less emotion, better chances of winning, don’t you think?
I think that's a wonderful plan and I'm shocked that I haven't never thought about it this way, I always get caught up with choosing between my team or a stronger opponent when my team is in action and I can't help it but I always choose my team thinking somehow, my team is going to be victorious. Sometimes it comes out as I predicted but there are more times that it goes wrongly and I lose my bet but with betting on total outcome of the game, I'll not have to bother who's going to win or lose.
Also betting on things that'll likely happen is also another way to bet and not get your emotions involved. Like betting on total fouls or corners in the game. Everyday we learn and I'll be using this strategy for the next game week to see how it comes out.
One of the main reasons gamblers lose is emotional bias toward their favorite teams. If it’s your favorite team, you’ll probably back them every time without properly analyzing
I have a favorite team and athlete and I can be said to be quite fanatical so I will always favor them to win, but that is reasonable because the team and athlete are quite strong and in good form even though they also experience defeat and this is normal in sports.More often will choose under/over in football with also BTTS but for individual sports moneyline is the main choice.
Total or spread seems to depend on the type of sport and also the preferences of each bettor and bettors make emotional bets are very possible.
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