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

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.

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?

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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..

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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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

Well here we also have to be able to adjust to the team we are going to bet on. Don't just because it is our favorite team, we become illogical in making bets. The favorite team is different from the team that is bet on, I mean of course we have no reason or even have a thousand reasons why we favor that team, but if the context is betting then the reason is the performance of the two teams that will compete.
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.

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.

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.

like many sports fans, your favorite team is not always the one winning

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

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.

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 pretty much just gamble on point spreads, but that's me personally.  For some reason I never really look to bet totals.  I mean I can figure out if a game is set to be a low or high scoring game, but for some reason I'd just much rather bet on who's going to win, and of course figuring out by how much they are going to win, or at least guessing on it.  When I do pools, normally they create a tie breaker with a point total question, always hate it.

In some worst-case scenario where the gambler is confused of which option he or she is to take based on the love they have for the team, it's best if they can just avoid placing a bet on that particular match and focus on others in other games not to use because of team love and ruin the outcome of other games in which they might have placed a bet with it on the same slip.

Sometimes I bet against my favorite team because I understood that they were in terrible shape and I was right, and won 3 matches in a row. However, I do not think that I went against myself, I just realized that this was a chance that does not happen often and tried to use it to my advantage. However, it cannot be denied that I was also lucky.

As for the point difference, I would not say in general which of these is better, because each match should be considered separately after careful analysis and for me there is no universal recipe that will always work in all situations.

Since there are majority of gamblers who are gambling for profit, I will have to assume that it's only a few gamblers that can exhibit such patterns in gambling. Anybody that is gambling for the sake of winning their bet can not compromise their prediction when they knew so well that the team can not win.

I separate two things - love for a certain football team and betting on sports. When you gamble (place bets on sports), you want to win consciously and subconsciously.

This is a completely understandable desire. A man strives to win in everything - this is his nature. Therefore, I try to approach the analysis of the chances of various teams to win objectively. If I assume that not my favorite team will win, but its opponent, then I will place a bet on the opponent team.

I try not to mix my personal sympathies and my bets on sports (these are different areas of activity).

Personally, I would prefer to bet on the total and not the point spread just because I want to focus on the game's outcome. I think it’s just emotional bias when you like the team, and it can cloud your judgment.

I agree that less emotion would give you better chances because you would be logical and know the team's performance, historical data, conditions, etc. This would be an advantage.

There are many options in sports betting, whatever it is depending on the culture in our respective countries. For us in Asia, Asian Handicap Betting is the most popular compared to Europe 1×2. I personally depend on the options presented, and the teams competing. Personally, this is not emotional, but rather looks at the potential that exists. We are very aware when we are going to bet with all the risks, whatever the options. Just imagine, your favorite team has odds @1.01, will you bet on that. While the opposing team is @.8.80. BTW, this is just a comparison. Clearly, from the odds presented, our favorite team has a high probability of winning the match. My question is, are you willing to bet with a large bankroll. Because, if you are a small bettor, the victory will not be comparable. So, which option will we choose, of course, looking at the potential available. Plus, make sure that each option must be considered carefully. Personally, if there is no option worth choosing, then I do not hesitate not to bet. if it is total asian, why not, i often bet and win or lose is a common problem in betting. the most important point, know well the sport that we like as a bet. then, we will not be blind in betting.

Total what? scoreline or under/over? predicting the scoreline is one of most difficult, I just consider that I'm lose because the risk is really high. For under/over, I don't think there's a much difference with point spread, the risk is normal.

Personally, I would prefer to bet under/over or money line.

Betting on your favorite team  is not always the right move, even if the team is doing  great job. Every game has details, and betting never accepts emotion rather, we can consider it a negative impact on making the right decisions. Therefore, you must study the game data well and enter a relatively good bet, or just enjoy watching the game.

So I think Betting on total is a good option in this situation or in other situations  When the teams are in the same rank and the advantage is close

It's not definitely a rule, it comes down to personal views, and not every single fanbase is a monolithic type.
In my case for example I'm far more pessimistic than normal for my favorites, so I'm always way more cautious with them than with other teams and try to look first at handicap options rather than straight wins. Same for horse racing, I have a few horses who despite being 3 times in a row winners and a clear favorite for the conditions I tend to put a bet on placing for 2/3 placings rather than going for the win and completely avoid any bet on the winning margin.


There is a huge difference between finding a strategy to always keep on winning or having a strategy to minimize losses compared to your winnings, it is indeed all luck in the end but you can always choose at what odds you want to play against it.

It makes sense to think that betting on total is a better option because in this case, your problem is not who wins or loses, you make a bet on number of goals. In some matches, it's easy to predict total but in many matches, you can be fooled.
I would choose total in matches like Euro 2024 Spain vs Germany, and France vs Portugal because in these matches, it's very hard to predict the outcome but it's easier to predict the number of goals. With France vs Portugal, I was expecting under 2.5 because Portugal was weak and so was France in Euro 2024 but in this match, both of them wanted to win, so they would try to defend themselves from goals but at the same time would find it hard to score because their attack was bad.

Probably I am not getting something right about betting on total that some of you are choosing. I think betting on total means to bet on total scores from both team that are playing the match? If that is what it is, it has high odd but the probability of winning is very low. I will prefer not to go for such odd.

When it comes to bet favorite teams, I'd choose total over spread because favorite teams are mostly the favorite even though they're currently under perform. In total bets you don't have to think your favorite teams will beat the opponents, sometime favorite teams do lose, but with only less goals.

Well that's your choice and there's nothing wrong with that.

That's the reason why gambling is a form of entertainment, when you gamble on your favorite team and watch the match, it makes you excited lol.

I'd easily pick the point spread over the totals because it's always the alternative I check whenever the moneyline becomes one-sided.

I still have success betting on the totals, it's just that I don't prioritize it most of the time because there are times when teams do the unexpected and concede tons of points or suddenly play slow.

If I can't get a read on both teams, it becomes the next best betting option I rely on together with team totals and player props.

Of course, total is much better than betting on your favorite team to win. When you bet on your favorite team to win, you are essentially making a random bet. A random bet has no long-term winning potential. That is why we should not do it. But you know, people are irrational and emotional creatures. They do not always bet on a winning option. Often, it is important for them to just have fun, relax, and root for their favorite team. And if a person bets the amount of money that he can afford to lose, then there is nothing wrong with that.

Nothing wrong with being a tad bit delusional and hoping your favorite team wins. Mostly in sports, even if your favorite team is not doing well currently they’ll still be your favorite team. Sport fans are very loyal and they tend to stick to the team they have chosen from the start. It doesn’t matter if they are not doing well these days. Be it because of legacy or maybe a new player on the team why they keep supporting the team but either way trust that they will.

I also have my favorite teams I would like to win but I know when to expect a realistic possibility of winning. We should be able to enjoy watching the sport while cheering for our favorite team while also betting and not losing money.

Well, betting in support of your favorite team is the worst mistake a gambler makes because he/she won't be able to see the strength of the opposing team and only supports the team that he/she loves. That mistake can cause huge losses, and it's a mistake that gambler repeats time after time. To be good at betting one should prefer to bet in favor of the strongest team in the match instead of his/her favorite team.

That thing you regard as being biased is what others consider to be team love, which is just an indirect way of sending money down to where they know it's never going to come back. 
 
On the aspect of betting on total point or consider or spread, in cases of a strong match in which the outcome can easily be influenced, I can consider betting based on what can increase my chance of winning, maybe something like the average number of goals irrespective of who wins the match. As long as such a goal is conceived, I'm safe.

I wouldn't back anyone without proper analysis -- afterall, even if I do, how's that gonna change the fact that If they underperform, they'll lose woefully? It doesn't even add to it so I'll just go with whatever option suits the condition of the game. In cases like this, I may decide the to wait for the games to begin before placing my bet.

ofcourse I do that all the time. Why then do casinos create varieties of options to choose from? I'd even go past the OVERS and the UNDERS if I find them to not have enough potential players/strikers to create scoring opportunities. We also have the HOME WIN OR DRAW(1X) and AWAY WIN OR DRAW(X2) options to back up just Incase they end up with equal goals or no goals at all.

It's a good decision, sometimes one has the strength in the game to change things , but if they are changed and one loses , we would be despising our own luck , in this case I am the same as you , when I have the bad conviction of something I do it , I bet on it even if I was Wrong , there is no problem at all, also when I see many comments here I Realize that each one has their own Personality in the game and according to that they make the decisions , that in the End Everything involves money

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.

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.

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.

Not to break that bubble for you, but this is sports betting, and so you will enjoy it when you bet on them because for one, you might support your club or you team, two, you will have total control because you will bet on how you see the game specially if you have been a fan of the sports so for sure you will be familiar with the favorite or if the underdog has a good chance to win and pull an upset. Regarding the question, I don't have any preference though, I mean it will just be base on how you see the game and for me it doesn't matter at all. As long as per your analysis that "A" team will win by this handicap or what will be the potential total then go by it. There is no right or wrong bet in here.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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!


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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Most serious gamblers I know do not play their favourite teams to avoid their emotions getting in the way of their decision making. There are also people who do not care if their lose or not when they want to place their bet; this set of gamblers have been  able to suppress their emotions and have placed the money first over emotions.  The two types of gamblers I described above are those who are serious about their gambling because without handling the emotional aspect, gambling will never yield good results. I will go with the option of avoiding my favourite teams as that is what I do often unless they are in a position to win convincingly.

I do this when I cannot decide which team might win. I know their histories and I know if they are a good team or not but when it's difficult to choose even with the spread options then I switch my eyes to the total score. Sometimes I even parlay them if many games in the NBA are played at the same day.

Don't force it. I believe in that sometimes. If it's not easy to pick on the team that might win or lose then just look for another option to bet or just take a pass and wait for the next game.
Spreads are sometimes not appealing especially if you know the record and performance of each team. I even lost a +15 one time and I did regret that I made such a bet because it was a forced one.

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.  Well for betting on total it doesn't always give the better results though. But if you are lucky you can get better odds betting on one side.

I do not think most people that are betting are like this. But if someone bet on his favorite team like his country's team, it is not bad at all if he can afford to lose the money, if he knows what he is doing and also if he knows how capable the team are. I have not done that before and I can not do that. I bet on clubs that have high chance to win.

This would be an easy means to lose money. But like what I meant, not bad if you can afford to lose the money and also knowing excellently the chance that your guess can occur. The chance is low.

I almost never gamble on my favorite team to win out-rightly. If I am completely confident, I can bet on them to win once or twice, if I am not, I never bet against them and would rather pick different matches to add to my slip.

There could still be some bias here as you subconsciously have scorelines you expect to happen in favor of your team but will likely not be the match being under 1.5 which does not favor your team winning.

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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?