Topic: Would you prefer betting on the total or the point spread? - page 4. (Read 763 times)

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

Have you for once combine two or more games and bets and check them before plane then try to put them in a single match and book them before? The more the odd you combine, the more you likely get huge reward with inclusion or bonus but you don't get the bonus when you play them single and you will be risking more when you do such instead or betting on just a a single multiple games.

The only time I gamble on single game is when I want to protect my capital on betting but I make sure the I play the th total bet with less risky games and then add two games or single bet depending on the shake just to recover my money on case I loss the first bet. Sometimes, the magic work and sometimes I loss both, you can't always be smarter than gambling sometimes, you just have to lose.

I do sometimes blind betting and ignore the odds and my favorite teams when I just want to. But it's true that those that can't afford to lose their money shouldn't do it when they're gambling. For me, it's easier to choose sides and I do bet sometimes with the total scores or maps but it's harder for me to get some wins in there and that's why I mostly stick with choosing the winning sides.

Well, sometimes I'd do the total scores/kills in my bets for esports. I just find it quite hard for me to estimate that but I'd see people from the forum that are also betting the same as mine are good with it. I think one of the advantage of betting with totals is that you won't be having trouble if there are draw matches.  

Always defend on you of what you pick. For some reason I dont feel betting on total like NBA over/under total points because challenging for several reasons. Because nba games are very unpredictable, with scoring swings caused by player performance or sudden momentum change. Teams might also adjust their player during the game for no reason lol either speeding up or slowing down which directly impacts the final score. Another factor is "garbage time," when one team is winning by wide margin and benches their starters, leading to unexpected changes in scoring. Betting on totals is popular but it's not as easy as it looks. At the end of the day betting on totals the house always win.

I consider anyone doing this as an amateur sports bettor. No experience sports bettor would put passion over logic when a financial reward is involved. We shouldn't even look any far, let's talk about betting on your country's to win because you want to be patriotic when you know their last few appearances have been shitty.

This is better. This is choosing logic over passion or rather finding a balance between logic and passion. Also the amateur bettor may not have discovered this yet so they'll doing their emotional bias between until they are fed up with too many losses.

Betting because of emotional bias without using analysis can still result in losing even though you have won several times. Gamblers who have been betting for a long time, I can say that they will not bet totally on their favorite team even though they always support them by watching every game even during their sleep hours.

If I were to bet more randomly according to the analysis. If the analysis results show that the chances of winning for the big team are small, maybe I would bet on the score only, aka over or under. If it is possible to win, I would choose that. Like today, I lost even after analysis supported by statistics and other factors, the team I supported and believed would win still ended up losing.

Yes, that's true, because inasmuch as we love
a particular teams/football clubs, when it comes to Sport betting, bet are meant to be placed on teams most likely to be the strongest, and not in such scenarios, allowing our emotions to blind our fundamental/critical judgements. However, using Over/Under for gambling on bets, and most importantly when our favorite club is playing a match is not really a bad strategy, inasmuch as there was a proper analysis and proven past records that both clubs can play Over or Under, depending on the number you select.

Actually, Over and under is much easier because it’s default choice is just a 50% winning chance rate but you can increase your winning percentage by determining the scoring capability of each team including on how their defense work.

You can predict accurately an over/under with enough data compared to predicting a point spread which is very hard to do since your room for error is just limited to the spread that you choose.

It’s complicated that’s why it was given with more odds compared to the total bets.

The best that I have seen is going for a club to win. It is risky but I have a high win rate there. All the matches I predicted as win since some months ago I won all. I do not bet often could also be one of the reasons for the high win. But going for a club to win also has its own risk which can be low odds because strong teams have low odds and that can discourage some people to choose such odds.

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.

Being my favourite team doesn't influence my decisions most times and for that I will say that, it is always a different ball game if I am gambling or just trying to followup a game for the fans sake, so it's all about the choice and motive for following the team at the particular time and season.

If I want to bet, I won't allow my love for the club to overshadow my analysis senses and for that I will choose any club as long as I believe in their ability to deliver at the game, so regardless of the team be it my favorite or not, all that matters to me at that point is just the winning possibility and nothing more than that,.

Handicap for me is even more risky than direct win. For example betting on +1.5 handicap on a team, it means such outcome will be 0v 1.5 win. The odd may be higher but also the risk. Except where we have high taste for taking risk in gambling then we may maximize chances of winning very well if we have predicted such turn out alongside with what predicting sites have given. I would prefer going for general goal spread across two teams with lower odds but higher chances of winning.

The majority of gamblers recently are learning to have their emotions kept aside whenever they want to place a bet on their favorite team. They can have a bet against their favorite team if the odds of the match are high and their favorite team can't win in the match. A fan can decide to bet against their favorite team since there's money to be won afterward to sort out some personal or family bills. By the way, does their favorite team know about them or support them financially that could make them not bet against them? However, betting against or not doesn't just matter any longer since the major aim of most gamblers is to win a jackpot, little or big.

What i understand about the over/under is that they also risky to chose or guess since most of the team would scores "under" while you had already chosen "over". Although it's also less risky but that doesn't guaranteed winning, and for those who are attaching emotion while gambling well it's good to support their team but not all time they should keep giving their team winning because, the opposite team might be stronger than their team which may definitely cause serious lost.

But less odds. Usually just 1.9 or lower on the premarket betting while other side just increase above 1.9 if the actual game is already not in favor to the pick.

I usually preferred asian handicap instead of betting to the total or spread since you can even if your chosen team was loss if you bet on +points while your team cover it. It has decent odds too especially if you bet live then suddenly the game change tempo in favor to your bet.

There’s less pressure with totals compared to point spreads. With the total, especially if you bet the over, sometimes you already know you’ve won before the game even ends. But with point spreads, when the game is close, every basket matters, and you could end up winning or losing by just 0.5 points. That makes it stressful because of the emotional investment in the game.

Honestly, emotional betting could be avoided if we didn’t watch the games we bet on. But where’s the fun in that? Would you still enjoy it without watching, or is it just about the win for you?

I fully believe that emotions are too significant a role player in deciding. Particually with the decision to put a bet on your favorite team. It is natural that you support them very much. But this usually goes for over impulsive decisions than careful analysis of the game.

As you said Generally betting is a smart way not to emotionally hook onto, and zero in on the numbers. Concentrating an overall score rather than one or more select aspects would allow a better and more careful consideration of statistics, trends, performance data. You're no less influenced by your personal preferences or loyalties. This can help improve your chances of winning at betting.

Another suggestion is to create the boundaries of how much risk you'd like to take. and always check the information first whether it is all bets or other types. By bringing out your emotions, sticking to your strategy, you are more liable to make better decisions in your long-term journey.


Nice! It's interesting to see how different methods professional gamers have. To manage your own emotions I totally agree with that it can be judgmental. Particularly when betting on your favorite team. So avoiding it is smart for many people, personally. I found it difficult to stick with data and analysis. Whether it is the favorite team or the team is considered the key

I also believe that there should be clear boundaries in the number of bets and travel time. If one can genuinely control one's emotions Only bet on more data-driven strategies, such as overall games or even games that they don't like. There will be goals. Everything comes down to discipline. Whether you bet on totals, spreads or avoid favorites.



I agree that flexibility is important in betting. Betting on all odds may be a safer option” in some cases, especially if we want to avoid the emotional attachment that comes with supporting the favorites (German), but you are right, you are limited. You yourself are only betting on one type or another. which may be limiting. It is important to understand when each strategy is most effective. For example, in football. Overall bets sometimes make sense when team lineups or statistics are unpredictable. But if you do your research and it's clear that one team stands out, Betting on the winner might be a better option.

The most common sports bet that gamblers make is point spread betting, but I don't like doing that. because I gamble not based on the favorite team which will determine the win when placing a point spread bet because the game cannot be predicted accurately to beat the spread.

If the total bet (Over/Under) has a big chance for me to score points, of course I don't have to focus on my favorite team, maybe I can place an over/under bet to score points in one round and game, This method will give me a good chance in total betting, if you compare the two sports betting methods, it is clear that I choose total betting.

I would probably prefer betting on the total if you compare it with blind betting on your favorite team without analysis. But if we consider betting, then it seems to me that limiting yourself to one thing would be wrong, because in one case it would be better to bet on the total, and in another to choose the winner. The total excludes the possibility of a draw, but you can choose a game where there are no draws like tennis, but if you prefer football, then you need to act at your discretion.

Do gamblers really do that? Well I don't think so, not now. Not with the rate of hardship and uncertainty in life including the performance of the teams. I don't think gamblers will decide to waste their money internationally on teams they know wouldn't perform, win and bring them back profit whether their club or not, no. I think that is a wrong assumption. It wouldn't happen, it is a fallacy .


I think what you are talking about here is numbers of goals, right? Well I think it is the best kind of bet these days from the winnings that I have seen with people. Betting straight win doesn't really lead to winning because of offset but if you bet on goals like ov then you are likely to have something positive from the game but what happens is greed as some gamblers go a step further to leave ov and bet on direct score which has higher odds but very risky.