I rarely gamble on my favorite team and the reason is very simple, I'm more comfortable viewing the match is there's no emotional attachment to it and in the case of my favorite team playing and I stake on it also, that's double emotions already and I'll be hanging until the end of the match, so I prefer not to stake on them because I cannot avoid seeing their match for any reason.
It's very important to be honest in gambling, if it isn't obvious that lots of goals comes from both teams and you know the opposing team is stronger than your favorite team, stage against them. You should be business mined in your stakes, there are other ways to support your favorite team like buying their jerseys, seeing their matches and supporting them in social media and their campaigns. You see joking with my stakes in favor of my favorite team, count me out.
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Its easy said than that. Most gamblers are easily blinded by the love they have on their favorite team. Especially if that teams is probably doing well in the league.
For example, in sports betting, i like betting on Manchester City to win in most games, probably because they are my favorite team and i know full well that with their performance they are bound to win. However, in some cases they don't, which will leave me to loss of bet. If i follow your strategy, i can bet on them to either score a goal or the total goas should be 2 goals and above. I know i can win in that bet if follow it that way.
To bet on the victory of your favorite team, you probably need to know several factors that can lead the team to victory. But sometimes we can understand that if the team does not really need to win, since its task in the championship is almost completed, or the players themselves are not in the right condition for a good game, then it will be a mistake to bet on your team with all the love for it.
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When it comes to gambling, I don't feel biased when making prediction. I always bet on the total point, if my favorite team will lose the match, I always bet against them and if they are to win, I bet on them too. There are some people that will feel biased but not me. If supporting my team means to bet on them when I know too well that they will not win, I wouldn't bet on 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 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 do not support using any strategy to gamble or win at gambling. Because we know that gambling never depends on any strategy to win us. So always try to use gambling only as fun. And you bet on your favorite team to enhance your fun. But don't try to get your financial support by winning a large amount from gambling. Then it will definitely hurt your emotions and you will become highly emotional. Which will cause you a lot of loss
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.
Well hate to say this but this is very true emotional is the human things and to be honest its hard to control, in this case, lets say you have favorite team in my case I love to watch Manchester United a lot my brother and my friend as well but if you take a look the match the MU is at their fall right now
Less emotion, better chances of winning, don’t you think? in the case like trade less bad emotion is good for your own trade and make a chance to winning
I have favourite teams and it was soccer club and sometimes i bets on them but i still think rationally and i didn't blindly betting for them always because in my opinion if bets for my favourite team potentially will be lost then usually i will avoiding to bets on them and only watching the match so i am not a person who always be putting my money to my favourite teams because it all depend on their opponents which they faced because if their opponents is much stronger then i will not dare bets for them and about betting on under or over i think i have done betting for these options quite often and usually i was pick for these options when i was confused to decide who is the winner of the particular matches
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?
Two things are involved here, if my favourite team are playing and I realized their weakness for the match and know they may not made it to the topnotch of their performance this season, then I don't habe to deceive myself including them on my games selection, but if I couldn't help hold it, then i must be ready to play my bet with bthe truth onbthe real condition of their performance that they cant make it for winning, or possibly that they may lose, play draw or equalize with their opponents, we can't just put of passion intentionally contribute to losong our bet all because of the lobe we are having fornthe teamnwr supported, this is more of being frank onnthe actual state of each team performance when we are gambling.
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 do not support using any strategy to gamble or win at gambling. Because we know that gambling never depends on any strategy to win us. So always try to use gambling only as fun. And you bet on your favorite team to enhance your fun. But don't try to get your financial support by winning a large amount from gambling. Then it will definitely hurt your emotions and you will become highly emotional. Which will cause you a lot of loss 
Personally, I prefer to bet on total rather than point spread. But it all depends on the condition of both teams and when the favored team is in its best condition, I will bet on the point spread. Sometimes even though I have a favorite team, I will also do an analysis before deciding where I will bet. Because basically I bet not only for fun but also to try my luck. So I will bet more often on over or under to get more decent odds and avoid surprises in the match.
Exactly! With totals (over/under), we can get decent odds, especially in basketball. Most of the time, the result ends up either way higher or lower than the line set by the bookie. For example, if the total is 200, sometimes the result is 190 or 210, so as bettors, we can adjust and bet on something like 202.5 to get odds around 2.00 or even higher sometimes. That gives us better odds overall.
Personally, I prefer to bet on total rather than point spread. But it all depends on the condition of both teams and when the favored team is in its best condition, I will bet on the point spread. Sometimes even though I have a favorite team, I will also do an analysis before deciding where I will bet. Because basically I bet not only for fun but also to try my luck. So I will bet more often on over or under to get more decent odds and avoid surprises in the match.
Anyone that gambles for fun will prefer to go for whatever odds are available. Some people will bet and know already that they will lose the money. Sometimes I do that with small amount of money and I can go for total. I have won it before and the odd was huge. But generally I am losing than winning betting total.
Does "betting for fun" really have a meaning? It's like placing bets without being too serious and being totally fine with losing as long as you’re having a good time. Not everyone is like that, though. For me, if I call it betting for fun, I make sure the amount I bet gives me a real thrill. If it's just a tiny amount and I wouldn’t care about losing it, then it’s not exciting enough for me. That wouldn’t meet my standards.You do not need to call him fool because everyone can have different opinion about this matter. Some people take betting as fun and they can bet on their team if the team is strong.
That’s pure fun.....like you’re just tempted to bet because your team is playing. Real bettors, on the other hand, get excited to watch the game because they’ve already placed a bet on a certain team. Betting on your favorite team, or just picking the team you think is strong, feels more like blindly betting to me. 
You always have to play the odds you’re given. If it makes sense to choose the spread instead of the total, then I would go that route. It’s always worth looking at the price you’re paying to have a larger chance to win. You have to weigh the pros and cons and decide if you’re confident enough to go for the extra profit, or if you want the bigger safety net.
Anyone that gambles for fun will prefer to go for whatever odds are available. Some people will bet and know already that they will lose the money. Sometimes I do that with small amount of money and I can go for total. I have won it before and the odd was huge. But generally I am losing than winning betting total.That's not been smart, because there will always be times where you will face a worthy opponent, the type that will feel uncertain to predict, and if you still believe that your lovely team will win then you are a fool, it is not a bad idea to place bet on the other team as the winner.
You do not need to call him fool because everyone can have different opinion about this matter. Some people take betting as fun and they can bet on their team if the team is strong. 
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?
That's not been smart, because there will always be times where you will face a worthy opponent, the type that will feel uncertain to predict, and if you still believe that your lovely team will win then you are a fool, it is not a bad idea to place bet on the other team as the winner.
It sound funny, it is like been a chealsea football club fan and they are to face Barcelona, yes the odd will be very low but I will place bet on Barca as their chances of winning seem high, though nothing is guaranteed still, but using what one can afford to lose will keep you safe from getting burned.
I don't choose my favourite team always, it all depends on who they are going against this time around, if the chances of winning is small it will be stupid to still place bet on my team.
I am in an NFL pickem league sponsored by sportsbet.io and we have to pick each game each week based off of the point spread. We either take 1 team and the points or take the other team in each match up and the points. On average I win about 50% of my selections each week.
Hitting 50% is good, but I don’t think it’s enough, right? Don’t you need at least 53% to be profitable? But man, I’d say you’re doing well because winning at that rate is tough, especially if you're doing it consistently every week!With that being said, I feel like the Over/under might be a little easier to bet on. I'm basing this view off of NFL football, but you kinda have a feel of how good a teams offense and defense is so you can kinda get an idea of how many points they should be able to score vs an opponent. You just have to decide whether each opponent has a stronger defense and will be able to stop a team more often. IMO easier than point spreads.
I think I’d agree with you, that’s pretty much how I see it based on my experience too. The thing with totals is, it’s easier to analyze since you can look back at their previous games. Like, if in the last 10 games they hit the over 7 times, chances are the over will hit again...it’s the law of averages. That’s why it’s so important to manage our bankroll properly, because a losing streak can happen too. But winning 6 out of 10 every week? That’s easy money!
I am in an NFL pickem league sponsored by sportsbet.io and we have to pick each game each week based off of the point spread. We either take 1 team and the points or take the other team in each match up and the points. On average I win about 50% of my selections each week.
With that being said, I feel like the Over/under might be a little easier to bet on. I'm basing this view off of NFL football, but you kinda have a feel of how good a teams offense and defense is so you can kinda get an idea of how many points they should be able to score vs an opponent. You just have to decide whether each opponent has a stronger defense and will be able to stop a team more often. IMO easier than point spreads.
With that being said, I feel like the Over/under might be a little easier to bet on. I'm basing this view off of NFL football, but you kinda have a feel of how good a teams offense and defense is so you can kinda get an idea of how many points they should be able to score vs an opponent. You just have to decide whether each opponent has a stronger defense and will be able to stop a team more often. IMO easier than point spreads.
Honestly most times I choose my favorite team against every other team not until my team faced a strong opponent I had no option than to support the best, funny enough gambling is really strange. The match ended draw with an extra time or else I would have lose just because I decided to go for a tough game, honestly speaking we chase after analysis and end up with lose rather why not go for the game that looks more comfortable and easy to win. Going for total still makes no difference, it’s certain you might not get it correctly. A strategy and prediction statics is involved yet I don’t think it’s more preferable because I have tried both.
You always have to play the odds you’re given. If it makes sense to choose the spread instead of the total, then I would go that route. It’s always worth looking at the price you’re paying to have a larger chance to win. You have to weigh the pros and cons and decide if you’re confident enough to go for the extra profit, or if you want the bigger safety net.
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?
Well first of all, I don't think most gamblers play out emotions when betting on teams because myself for example have placed bet countless times against my team when I know fully well that they are not in the right form and position to win the game.
Betting on totals is not something that every gambler knows how to predict and most person rather bet on 1x2 than bet on total. I think the time I bet on total is when I know the two teams playing are very good at scoring goals.
I think when it comes to choosing side in gambling, it's best to chose the team with higher chances of winning. You should actually avoid betting blindly as it will lead to loss. but I guess another situation is when I bet my country for instance is going to win as I know very well I can't get for some other country to win.
That's true I fell for this once and I regretted ever doing that and the funniest thing is when you usually bet for your favourite teams or country to win it turns out to be this way so this is why I had to change the rules of my game by betting on both axis I mean, the team that has higher chances of winning and the one that doesn't and guess what will be the results a huge win. So definitely have analysed it in this manner and that's it, possibly this patterns reduces your chances of hoping on your favourite teams whereas you can make it all out the other way round.
yes I agree, sometimes we are blinded by our love for our favorite club, no matter how strong the opponent is, sometimes we underestimate it and continue to support our favorite club, as you said a little emotion will make our thoughts purer
This is the reason why if you can't make the best decision for your game based on the level of love you have for your team, I will advise you to just avoid placing a bet on such a game instead of making a biassed decision, which will lead to you losing the money you used in placing a bet in that game. Jump to: