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Gambling is fun and we should take it for fun, people should not be addicted, they should play good and making it not necessary. I gambled over the weekend when I have time, it makes good sense to me, my budget is not more than 5% of my monthly income. This thread is focused on we that have fun while play bet, even if we lose, we are not sad, we are not affected negatively or depressed, but if we win, another money for beer has been received.

I will like people to comment on how they stake, strictly on football matches. Did you prefer to choose straight win? Did you like to choose correct score? Have you chosen correct score before and won it? Did you like playing 10 minutes over 1.5? The best accumulation you ever staked?

After all your experiences about gambling on football matches, which one has been coming with the best result? Is it accumulating small odds? Or betting on one or two big odds?

In gambling i do not like accumulating small odds because there are a lot of cases where you can lose them so accumulating many in a combined bet will bring more risks i prefer an odd between 1.5 and 2 and if i am a little more sure about a bet i could go for a much higher odd and i do not like gambling on correct scores they are really difficult to predict i won few but not much i prefer betting on over in football games and on sets in tennis.

I personally would just pick the big odds carefully rather than risk betting on an accumulator even with guaranteed odds. You'll never know if one leg of the accumulator would fuck up your whole bet. Plus, it reduces your anxiety and the games that you need to watch in order to monitor the status of the bet. Less time for you to spend, more things you can do on that time as well.

Single bets are still, IMO and my own experience, better than doing accumulators. You need to have games that are 100% winnable before betting on accumulators with low odds because that small percentage can turn against you.

For this year may be the experience that made me the luckiest bet was when the EURO cup match in the Final. At least it's big enough that I got. Then for the weekend I still have a small gambling routine in order to relieve fatigue from the work that has piled up quite a bit.
That's right, gambling is one alternative to relieve stress. So I don't think of it as an addiction. I enjoy the game of not always being a winner. For me, Slot machines remain an option.

Not good betting for sport or e-sport.

But most of the time, just betting on "winner" for someone who doesn't really know about the statistic team or every player performance. And, I guess everyone doesn't need to care a lot as long maybe the odds are not under 1.2 the important we have a good chance win and win small money ~XD

Im with betting on one or two big odds rather than on going with accumulating one. Most bets would be directly be on straight winner and wont tend to go for another line like time and scores.

but i do able to experience on betting with those but i dont feel up the thrill or interest because i do much prefer on straight wins as long the odds were considerable or worth the risk.

I like your idea, I have even taken 1.06 odds before when I took Spain to win one small European country in Under19 qualifier som years ago, I lost it when the match went draw. I remembered a time I went for 1.02 odds before which was the lowest odd have ever taken and lost before. While I have taken 2.04 odds before and I won it. Accumulating small odds can be risky, the more the accumulation the more is the chance of losing the bet.

^ I tried them all, but it seems I like this betting of big odds, there is a low chance of winning in the small accumulate small odds and most likely you will lose. I will better bet for a single sporting event and divide your betting budget into several individual bets and carefully choose high odds, at this way, it feels better and it should be you place a small amount that enough to place individual wagers so that you can view the possible high risk on it. Nevertheless, we have different perceptions of betting and it depends on our budget.

Depending on the game and how much do you know about it, the strategy may be any of those two. If it is a pure chance game, odd always in favour of the house etc.. I think you will get more enjoyment with a distribution of small bets. If you are betting on a skills game, such as poker, you would need to take a middle position - not too many bets, not too few. You would concentrate on those that are better in odds, while doing minor bets. Lastly, on those that are games of prediction that involve some skill, it would be better to concentrate a a few good odds. and still be fun as the games tend to last.

I say in sports few big odds are a better perspective than accumulated small odds, especially when talking about tournaments. Predicting the outcome is difficult and making many bets with even small odds is, therefore, risky. At best, it will make you break even, at worst - more losses than wins. However, if you follow the games closely and a certain tendency can be seen, it’s better to take that chance, make one risky bet and grab the prize.

This is the reason I bet for very big odds. I play big odds game and single so that if I lose, I won't have regret that it was the accumulated game that made me lose the game. Making additional games to add to the ones you have already settled in your mind to stake on is risky, sometimes we lose our bet because we accumulate but playing few games is good, you can just add more money to boost the potential win.

I would rather go for one or two long shots. That's how most insane parlays actually work.

Reason being is that usually, the EV on bets that have lower risk are actually lower. If you roll them up and accumulate them over 10 bets, then your chances of profit actually decline much greater than if you just have 1 bet of the same odds as the parlay you would have otherwise formed.

But at the end of the day just see what you enjoy more - is it the thrill of seeing your bet legs getting ticked off, or just waiting for one event?

Go big or go home is probably my best pick here. Even without considering that it's for fun, I'd still go for big odds instead of small odds. It's just, well, rather irritating at some point whenever you take a look at your winnings. Plus, it beats the experience of seeing something in game that breaks the expectations of most people, but it didn't for yours. You expected it. It may be just some random guess or whatnot, but the thrill of suddenly knowing that what you bet on happened? That's what I'm in it for gambling.

Correct score is the least market i'd go for, as long as the odds aren't one sided i'll always take the 1x2 market since i've had more success with it, if the odds are really that bad then i'll move on with asian totals. It's rare to see sportsbooks offer time interval markets and i'd avoid them since I don't have that much information when it comes to timed goal conversions.

Depends on how small if a decimal odds of 1.4 is small then i'd take it as I was able to run with a similar strategy before. I rarely take big odds since i've been burned several times but i'm willing to take risks from time to time though.

Talking about soccer betting, of course in general football betting has many types of bets provided on online gambling sites such as: accurate scores, final results, handicaps and accumulators etc.

For me small and big odds bets in soccer betting are the same, basically betting/gambling, the point of which is: consistent and document every bet you make, it can help you increase your overall betting percentage both winning and losing and consider gambling bets as a side income, Does not involve the hard earned money you are looking for for other needs to be used for betting/gambling.

It is a better option for me to pick one or two big odds and place a bet on them with a substantial amount rather than pick multiple small odds and gamble with a small amount.

My reason is because i feel like i should be able to predict the outcome of two or three fixtures correctly and get something good rather than trying to get the outcome of multiple games at a go. It is true that sometimes people win, but the chances are Slimer and sometimes a stroke of luck.

I have managed to lose even with odds like 1.03-1.10. For me, the difference between small and big odds is that you can just gambler longer with your budget. All in all this is about fun and you will lose anyway.

But, I would choose to place "two big odds" instead of bunch of small odds, because with small odds I will worry for the result the same as with the big odds. That is why for me it is easy to get nervous 2 times, instead of 10.

This is a nice idea, but with this I still like going for 3 matches max accumulated bet, but going for one big odd with just one match is good to me too. I like staking total 1.5 and 2.5 total goals more than straight win, but I stake straight win most especially during champions league while over 1.5 do come during group stage very often.

These are examples regarded as the big odds, you are right while handicap may or may not come with big odds including each odds in accumulated bet.

I do not even consider it as an income, I consider it as money to use for more fun.

One or two big odds are far better! It's easier to find one or two big odds, especially if you follow the sport you are betting on and you have some knowledge about the teams! Focusing on what you know, plus some extra research before the game can help you in making a profit in the long run!
Accumulating small odds looks simple and easy, but when you try it (like many of us did) you will realize that every time some favorites will disappoint!

Some calculation is just made for fun purposes for other so that they can focus on their games but as you said this will never give any guarantee especially if we are in luck based games, But for using small odds for sure we can enjoy the game and we can prolong our game time since the risk is not high and we cannot really feel our losses also we can easily recover back since we have so many chances to place on.

I rarely bet on soccer matches and rather do it not for the opportunity to make a profit, but for the sake of sports interest. I've lost more than once betting on my country's national team in international competitions, but I got upset not so much for the money lost as for the team itself.

I guess that will not be too important for me as I prefer to get wins from sports betting. Whether that is small odds or two big odds, if that can give me the win, I will be happy. I will be more concerned with how much money I will use to place the bet so that it will not make me feel too sad if I lose. But I do not like to place too many bet amounts as that can make funds overused and make me unable to use the funds to place the other bet that I have almost accurate information.

Personally, I enjoy working with multiple small bets of around 1.5x-2x each.

They tend to stack up pretty easily, and as long as you are not going too overboard with the parlays you will always have a decent chance of hitting.

Having one or two big odds sounds great on paper, but they rarely hit. There is a reason why bookies offer these sort of odds in the first place, and it's certainly not for charity. Nor should you go with minuscule odds under 1.2x, these are simply not worth while.

dude this is one thing that made me laugh because it reminded me of the early days when i did sports betting, it was a headache i had. but I'll give an example to make things easier:

i made @1.50 odd bets, i managed to have 3 or 4 consecutive wins, but the problem was that as time went by my profit was low and every time i lost money my bankroll was reduced. that's when I realized that making a bet with an odd of @1.50 is not something viable in the long term, the minimum odd that in my opinion is viable in the long term is an odd above @1.70 in some cases, it can be an exception to make a bet with an odd of @1.50 or more

I don't gamble on in-play during matches I only play and accumulate maximum of  3 Matches to obtain 2.0 odds which I might said are sure bets e.g betting Man City vs Fulham is sure a bet to me though the odd might be small picking two more similar matches will guarantee a brighter chances of winning such bettings although a thorough analysis might be required to win most bets  most importantly is following a league that is well known to you personally I am Keen follower of EPL every week including FA and carabao cups thus I will be easy for me to pick my favorite or potential winning team in any match I don't bet on correct score but I can bet on both team to score BTTS.

Honestly, I tried that experiment before, I had some success in the beginning but in the long run, I still lose. That's still considered as a parlay, small odds added together in a single bet, but eventually, our real chance will excel in the long run and we will lose. Therefore, I learn from my mistake, and I started betting on odds of 1.90 and up on a single bet only, if I make parlay it should result in high accumulative odds and I do it for fun with a small amount only.

Small opportunities continue while big opportunities are in sight. Therefore, I bet more for big opportunities with risks that you already know. But depending on comfort, maybe you are comfortable with small odds and collect it big and then bet on it as a whole, it will be very painful. Collect and you at once spend it in the end.

Both can be profitable, at the end of the day everything is going to depend on which one is the one that you find the easiest the produce profits, assuming that you are a gambler that can play with an advantage due to the huge amount of knowledge that you have about a sport I think it is better to go for the small odds, and the reason for this is that we know that over the short term you can lose many times even with a winning system and at that time the only thing that is going to protect you are your money management skills and as such it is better to select matches with low odds instead of just a few ones with big odds.

Think of it as a form of entertainment on the weekends. It has become a gambler's routine if they face the weekend will soon know where to look for entertainment. Entertainment doesn't always have to be about visiting beautiful places, because gamblers think gambling casinos are more beautiful than any other place. Regarding making decisions for small and large opportunities depending on compatibility, as for me personally I prefer to take big opportunities.

Your knowledge about the game is very important, it will decide if how you'll be able to accumulate your winnings, I'm more with over and under and sometimes I also bet with both team to score, not that much as my budget are limited for gambling, I'm doing it with spare money and trying to accumulate some more earnings when luck permits me to win my bets.

Like what you've said, both can generate profits if you understand the game well, if you know the teams and players performances, you can anticipate what will be the best option to bet your money.

I've always had more success doing specific bets with longer odds, than going for favourites. For example, predicting x to win, while keeping a clean sheet or x to win, but under 2.5 goals. That way you can quite easily get odds up to 5.00 for the favorite, and up to 20.00 for underdogs. In the Premier League teams like Burnely who are notoriously good at defending against bigger teams by sitting behind the ball are a great bet for the odds.

I don't really make it as a big deal choosing over accumulating small or betting over two or more odds. As long as I enjoyed playing the game and got odds that completes my betting probabilities, then I'm satisfied over it. Staking any further hasn't come at any circumstances, because I grab every opportunity when I saw chances of any possibility.

Not that really worth on focusing with multiple lines with smaller odds because one lost then all of those profits would be wiped out unlike when you do just bet 1-2 bets with bigger odds then

you could at least attest that you could really make profit with less selection as long those are included into those sports that you do know then it wouldnt really be that a problem

but even though there are people whom do really love to scalp out small odds and i cant really blame them off since this is just really a personal preference.

Sure. Even from the point of view of mathematics, it is clear that being in profit after making several bets is much more likely than being in profit after many small bets. The longer the distance, the more likely our deposit is with the bookmakers. Therefore, I am a supporter of making a few big bets. Plus it gives a good adrenaline rush which is hard to get with small bets.

I will take it as we have three options here.
Something I have learnt from gambling is you are better off going for one big odd than the smaller ones. Why do I say so, if you place say 5 single bets on odds of 4, should you be placing $10 bets on each and of the 5 you only win 1 that means you have only lost $10 while these small odds of single bets can lead you to chasing your losses as one loss means you need to win 4 to 5 games which put more pressure on you.
For accumulators these tend to be good to grow capital but strike rate of winning is usually low, so just stay away from these.

Since gambling is risky, I usually prefer choosing big odds one at a time and I only allocate a certain budget for it so I won't get addicted. I also prefer doing it in my free time so I could focus on it. As for me, gambling is to be enjoyed and not a reason for us to feel stressed and depressed. Betting over and over again after continuous losing would only lead us to regrets.

When I want to examine my luck, choose the bigger odds without knowing much about the team and it's players. When the choice is to win, I prefer the low odds. If not I prefer the matches in which the odds were close with both the teams. In these matches it is possible to reduce the loss if something goes out of our winning prediction.

I agree if you're selective enough with the matches and markets you pick then it could work both ways. I've seen other gamblers pull off crazy $1k+ challenges just by going all in 5-10 times on low odds and there's also an nba punter who'd go for underdogs above 5.00 his record was bad but I remember he made a decent profit. The hardest part in every strategy is to remain consistent since there will be a time where you'll end up losing countless times.

best result is of course betting in small odds because you can easily win on them but betting on higher odds makes you loose more often tho my playstyle would be compose of the two .
 i first play safe in smaller odds and by the time i collected some coins i will use this to play in higher odds .
 its okay if i loose because i already secure most of my funds .

I'm not too good in predicting with accumulated odds I rather go for a straight win and it's pays off most of the times. I gamble only 10% of my monthly income and decipline myself enough not to exceed it unless I have won extra income on my bet then I can go as far withrawing a certain percentage then increase my stake for that month.

You will only get big odds on teams which are weak and not favorite to win. This means that you will lose more often than winning in these bets. So if you are only betting on higher odds, you have to precisely manage your portfolio, else you can quickly lose all of your funds.
On the other hand, lower odds are more safer and you won't lose many bets.

Betting on football these days I prefer betting on total goals option, but sometimes betting with moneyline options or picking teams outright. I don't think options like that can be used as a benchmark which we should prioritize, because every match is always a different option in betting and it will be more fun. At least that's the most fun way to bet on soccer and it's not always monotonous in just one option, because that's the way it has made me win big in the past over time. But yes, the big win I got was not collecting small odds because honestly it was just a waste of time, if we are looking for big or small wins then of course I prefer to collect big odds by betting parlays and singles.

I prefer lower odds and more safety rather than chasing big payouts. Slow and steady. There were times, when I took bigger risks but not anymore. I will go for the straight win if I believe there is value in the offered odds. If not I would rather take a double-chance bet. I never bet on correct scores, only if it's some kind of promotion that requires it.

When it comes to accumulators, I feel like 2-4 events is enough. I remember a statement from a serious sports pundit who once said that a professional gambler doesn't bet on more than 1 or 2 events at once. If you think about it, it does make sense. Your odds are exponentially lower if you place too many events on an accu, and so much can go wrong.  

What you said is exactly what I want to say. After a few things, people who know how to resume trading should understand it well. After experiencing some things, you will feel that stable long-term income is what you need. It is physical, psychological, and all aspects. All are the healthiest.

That's another strategy if you are good in sorting games that have a higher chance of winning, games that you can accumulate small odd and add it up with your parlay bets.

Small but if you combine those games and manage to correctly predict the outcome, for sure it decent enough to call that day.

There are many strategy coming from different kind of bettors, we always needs to check and balance in whatever practice we have during our gambling moments, either way, if you are not that greed it's always sweet to go out with decent earnings.

I think 10% of monthly income going to gambling is rather on the high side except for you gambling is a source of income and not totally fun or you are doing it as investment. Usually 10% is should go for things as important to live, like savings, health, rent, feeding but not gambling but when you see your gambling habit as investment, that can be cool then.

It must be high for some, but for others, it's just a small percentage.

However, I don't agree with your statement that you should put a higher percent of your income if gambling is the source of your income because it does not make sense if you really are making money in gambling or the word source means you are making a living, you should put everything in gambling to maximize your income.

I prefer to choose over or under, and based on betting experience in euro 2020 that option give me more win than 1 X 2.
Prefers low odds but (not less than 1.5) because the chances are greater to get a win, only occasionally bet on high odds usually after watching a few matches from the club or team that show good performances in that tournament.

From a pure mathematical standpoint it shouldn't really matter if you choose and combine for example 5 or 6 small odds or if you choose 1 or 2 more unlikely odds, if the end result of the combined odd is the same or at least almost the same. That being said i have the feeling that a lot of small odds are still a little bit more dangerous to choose because no matter how big of a favourite you are you can always loose a match, for example in a football match where the favorite team has 10 big chances to score a goal but does not manage to do so and the opponent has one chance and scores, and if that happens your whole bet is lost. So i personally would not combine a lot of small odds. A handful at most.

Well 10% is huge if your salary is enough and you have many bills or debts to pay off but actually for some gamblers who already set their finance to different things well I think that 10% is enough for them to lose since that money is for their own entertainment. Maybe we have separate opinion towards this but actually this exist already, I know others can't afford even the lowest but my suggestion if there money is not enough for daily living maybe they should set aside their gambling vices since this one could wrecked them.

With your response I see a contradiction of my reply and  that makes your poster not really clear to me. In my response, my opinion is that 10% is high and that is risky in the first place but if you consider gambling as source of income, well if it works for it but it is surely a high risk to keep doing that. The real idea is that gambling isn't suppose to be done as investment.


Is an extravagant spending to use 10% on gambling and entertainment if it regular but one time isn't much of problem.

You are right, gamblings should be used strictly for entertainment and not for profit.
I believe that most people who bet on sports games like you and me have the same intention... unlike players tha tbet on games based on cards, dice or similar where only luck is the factor that influences the win or loss.

I bet almost only on football games, I occasionally gamble on other sports just for the experience.
My bets are the most varied, preferably on single-game victories or final championship results but also on the exact scores.
Beting before the game starts is my favorite tactic, regardless of the profit I'm going to make, my choice is based on technique and knowledge that I have of the team.

I never accumulated much with bets, I always revert everything to new bets, obviously... if I have good returns I need to spend less on the following month's bets.

Breakdown of expenses? That doesn't sound interesting because, at the end of the day, you are just recording your expenses, how about your income, don't you have any income in gambling? if the answer is no, then I think one should not continue to gamble anymore. For me, it should be treated as an income statement wheren income less expenses = profit(loss).

Any opportunity will be profitable if we can bet well. As you said it is important and whether small or big occasion we enjoy it with pleasure is the best way to do it. Sometimes gamblers bet for big opportunities and fail, but small opportunities that can give victory are not taken. The only problem is that greed is endless.

I don't bet on sports very often because I prefer slots. But sometime sports betting for match that fall into the big match category will also be quite fun to place bets on. So far I'm not addicted to betting on football match because to be honest I'd rather watch than bet. That may be different from most other gamblers who have an interest in sports betting.

For sports betting, I prefer to choose the team I like or my favorite team regardless of how big the odds are given to it by the betting site. In most cases, the favorite team to win the match quite often gets a small odds from the betting site but the chance of winning the bet is much greater than the opposing team. The risk of losing will probably be much lower if I choose my favorite team in betting, that's why I can't win much in sports betting. I will take the odds of 1.5 for the favorite team if the site is willing to offer it or not bet at all.

Oh speaking, slots have indeed become the most favorite games, even though they are classics, but there are many new developments and revolutions with various methods. If I don't play Slots one day then the next day it will be 2x.
As for soccer betting, it's not really a hobby, because it's quite difficult to guess the score, even being a winner will be minimal for me personally. maybe not for others. When I entered gambling, the first thing I visited was like you did by directly looking for Slot games.

Usually bookmakers understate the odds on the favorite, so it is quite difficult to be profitable here. Perhaps it is worth making bets online and waiting for the match to start unsuccessfully for the favorite, in this case the odds will increase and it will be possible to make a profitable bet.

Yes, that's what I do sometimes if I'm watching the game live. It's not uncommon for the underdog to score early in the game, but usually after that the odds for the favorite increase substantially, so it's worth taking the risk. 

I am assuming by small odds you mean those bets where the wins are almost guaranteed, right? In that case, your risk is low, but the profit is also low. You will be getting small profit, but one bet that goes against your prediction, you will lose everything. Imagine winning 10 small odds, and then losing the next one losing all your profit and also making some loss. That would be a waste of time. I would rather prefer betting on one or two big odds. Those that has 50-50 chances. You either win, or you lose.

Both options have risks so you need to weigh the advantages here from your end.
Usually, small odds will really give you high assurance of winning, however, as you said, one loss, your profit will be wiped out.
Either way, I look at this situation as case to case basis. If you are very familiar with the sports that you are betting on, you know which one to place your bet with high percentage of winning.
Small or big odds, it doesn't matter, if you are living and breathing that sports.

But people need to be careful of small odds, I have noticed betting on small odds can bring about two things

1. Accumulation, accumulating bets has its own risk, I do not accumulate more than three matches, getting more than 3 matches is more risky, but people can accumulate like 10 or more matches. I have seen a friend that accumulated over 30 matches before, not surpsired me he lost many of the matches.

2. If not accumated, low odd which still make it risky, someone can win 5 matches while losing the sixth can take all the money staked and money won from someone immediately. That is why I prefer to make it three matches.

You can find that opportunity but you do not have to feel confident to chase that opportunity because that will not guarantee you to win on that odds. Yes, it is right that some gamblers bet for big odds to win big, but many fail and lose their money. I agree that greed will be on their side because the prize is too big, so they think they can try to win. That is why we must control ourselves to prevent greediness become bigger so that it will not impact us.

This is the main priority to do by a gamblers since its so hard to get broke if all things will not fall on the place we like and we will lose everything we have if we didn't do proper self control towards spending our money on gambling. That's why we need to manage well our funds so that we will not get stress and can feel relax while playing.

I agree, do not force to bet for match bets that are not aligned with the opposite. As well as making a person lose everything, it also means that he is betting not in complete self-aggrandizement. Betting on a few small odds doesn't really yield that big of a profit, but based on and not against itself, I think it's much better.

if that is a working strategy, then it would be easy to make money in sports betting. What I learned from sports betting is I always look at the value, whether it's an underdog or favorites, you can always find a value, but odds like 1.30 and below, I don't find it attractive, instead I find it too risky.

If so, then your suggestions and input are very useful for me. Maybe just testing luck is not a problem, as long as we feel that gambling provides a little entertainment. Because it would be nice, as much as possible we should still be able to be in full control of the greed that makes our gambling lose everything.

For most of the times, I just try and Gamble based on my favorite players and my favorite team and most of the times it's not even for professional use but it's rather for fun therefore I do not like to put that much effort into it. Confidence for me comes from actually knowing the person who is playing on the field which is not only personal but also have a sense of security for me. I do believe that people should gamble for fun and not to earn money. Even if you win a couple of times straight you do not just for and get addicted. There is never a guarantee!! So only do it for fun.

Depends. But I like the high risk stakes. Like if a team is so bad but they can win against strong teams. I'd prefer to bet to the losing team with full money line and no handicap than betting for the other with just a little profit or risk a big handicap and lose the bet. I guess it could be called situational.
I am the underdog type of a gambler and I can say I never lose a lot in the long run.
Say I took small bets for over 20x odds and I always think I can win one out of 20 bets to equal the loss or it will be better if I can win it earlier with 10-15 time I took the same bet. Capital is the only problem in this situation. It's not a one time bet.

Some gamblers prefer to bet a risky one because it has a bigger prizes if it's going to win but one should know the right time to bet even if they say the odds are too small yet the prize is too high. Some of the odds aren't reliable especially when it's below to what you expect it to be in order to win because some of it is just like a suicide which means you will probably lose and the chances that your team would win is very minimal.

Just having a self control will take you to the winning spot and enough patient to control greediness. And also avoid using your emotions everytime you gamble and you will certainly enjoy playing gambling in the long run.

Yeah for sure those things been mentioned about small odds would be most likely to be favorite which means you do have the high chance of winning it but we know that there are small odds which
arent really worth for the risk for your to make bets on because you would need lots of wins before you can double out your capital not compared to bets which would make out big wins
neither 2 or 3 more which will 2x your capital or already in profit which i can see to be more worth rather than on 1.01-1.1 which i dont see for it to be intresting numbers for
you to put up some bucks on a particular bet.

I’m also an occasional gambler who only bets on my favorite team and this is why I go big bets especially if the opponent is no that strong, I also have small bets and it is still fun to watch, maybe it will always depend on which team you are supporting with and if you’re happy with it, any bets will do. Just place your bet that you think is already enough for you, small bets will always be fine as long as you afford it.

It really depends on many things I would say. If I gamble in a more serious way, I usually put some effort into making the right bets. I almost never bet on exact results. In that case I prefer an under/over bet. In rare cases, for example when Atletico Madrid plays, I do bet on a 1-0 for them in both home and away games as they really often score that result but still the odds are decent every now and then.

What I also like is to bet on the team with more than 0.5 corners in the first five minutes. Usually there is always a team that is known for starting strong and aggressively in the first five minutes. I have had it right on a decent number of occasions and the odds are often around 3.0 - 4.0. Just what I like to bet, but usually more long-term in-game bets.

I'm not really into sportsbook but I only do it when my favorite team is playing. and more often about e-sports like dota. cs go . personally i think betting in sportbook it's not about how big or small the odds are. but about the chosen team. It's useless to choose high odds but always lose. sometimes the odds given are through strong analysis. and also better to bet on a balanced match or team you really know.

It's a newbie question but it doesn't really make sense, you can achieve the same result by the 2 ways. The most important thing is to bet on odds with value that is to say undervaluated compared to the real chances of the outcome. If you bet on an outcome @1.1 while real odds should be @2.0 you have 50% chances to lose and 50% chances to only win 10% of your stake.

Yes, testing luck is not a problem for you or others but we must remember that we control ourselves and the games and not let the games possess us without having a chance to quit gambling. I am sure we actually have the power to say it is enough to play gambling, but we often reject that and say the next rounds will be ours. We must take a fast decision so we can quit gambling before it is too late for us.

You are right. Sometimes, gamblers can feel confident of winning the game because they think they have a good analysis that can help them choose the right team or player. But sometimes, they forget that the opponent team or player can surprise in the middle of the games and turn back the situation.

So even we think that we have an accurate analysis of the match, we still need to be careful placing the bet and having self-control will always be necessary and a must in gambling. We can avoid placing a big bet if our analysis does not have a big chance to win the games.

It is useless to make bets based only on whether the odds are high or low. It is useless to choose high odds for its sake but it is equally useless to choose low odds for its sake also. Odds are given through strong analysis of experts but if you look at the results, it is not always that the low odds win.

When I bet I also give weight to the team or player who I think will be the winner. That's regardless of the odds.

The most obvious advantage is that betting exchanges offer an unlimited number of possibilities. For example, you can bet the outcome of a match with ridiculous odds and if someone else bets the opposite you can win or lose depending on the event our statement is not a matter of the type of bet or the market as long as a player has to bet with the opposite adversity, you will have the opportunity to bet successfully on the platform. Whatever the disadvantages, it is important to make sports betting more attractive and challenging.

Responsible gaming always find a higher chance of winning even it's only have small amount of profits, they are good in collecting small bets and they are willing to spare lots of time inside the game house,

More into your personal choice, if you are looking for big winning taking high risk game or parlay games will give you quick outcome.

But if you are only concern in winning even in a slow pace, betting with high chance winning with low odd is good enough for you.

At least you'll not lose a lot of money betting on the parlay, just like putting your money in a lottery, low chance of winning but if you are lucky, you'll eventually make a lot of money. I also try to parlay bets sometimes, just for fun, who knows I will hit the jackpot, but I know making it consistent will also cost me a lot of money in the long run, so I just do it occasionally.

Allocating a monthly budget is a good strategy to manage your money. I do the same to limit the losses.
I personally don't have any particular strategy while placing my bets. I just go with my gut feeling and the most probable bet that I think could win.
I don't really care if the odds are small or big but most of the times the odds are small.

I think I can't do that if I have a small budget in gambling, as a gambler, we want to win and not only to win but to satisfy from that win. So if I bet a small amount with small odds, I need to win many times to accumulate a big amount, I guess it's better to put a parlay than doing that.

I guess it depends on how much you can risk with the game there are a lot of gamblers who always trying to bet small odds because they want to secure the profit on their designated match. But some people love to take some risks and those are the ones who can get higher rewards. In my time we called those matches Yolo which you will bet to the underdogs or the higher odds but again the risk is high but anything can happen we are talking about the sports game so it depends on you to manage. High-risk-reward as we say.

This is a known practice and this is because those that do not really know a lot about sport betting are for the most part going to choose the favorites, so the casinos give worst odds to the favorites and better odds to the underdogs so other people are willing to take the risk to invest in those teams, that is where you can find some distortions in the markets that will allow you to become profitable as a sport better, but we need to remember that it is not something easy to do.

Indeed, so far I also think that the odds of 1.30 and below are still a high risk bet, but that's sometimes gambling that is at high risk will result in higher profits as well. Equivalent to what is at stake for a sport that has a clearness in its value in the past before any further predictions.

Yes the underdogs in most of the sport games given very high odds and they happen to win but many gamblers fear to make a stake on these unpopular teams because they can't identify a high value player in the team. The forecast for underdogs are not taken seriously and many bets go against them. You can win big odds if you just go for it straight up and not adding more to the slip.

That's the point of self-control that I've tried to hone so far, maybe for 2 to 3 games I can still control the conditions so that I immediately stop and withdraw profits.
As for the rest I'm still overwhelmed to say stop. That way I know, that so far only 2 to 3 games that I have to apply every time I gamble.

Reverse situations are extremely rare. For example, now everyone is waiting for the fight between Pacquiao and Spence, and despite the fact that Spence is a clear favorite, the odds on him are too high because Pacquiao's fans are betting on Pacquiao no matter what, and the bookmakers are forced to take this into account. At the moment, the odds for Spence is around 1.45 and in my opinion it is very profitable.

It seems, you need to have more self-control for the next 3 games as that can make you feel difficult to stop right away from the games. Yes, I have that experienced before, but I think you should keep trying to stop after you get 4 or 5 games but you need to check your greediness because that feeling can become bigger if you win. So you need to be very careful from that and without having self-control, I am afraid that you will not stay for a long run. Maybe 2 to 3 games will be enough for you to playing gambling as you do not have a difficult to stop and it is better to stop after 3 games.

It is a bit of a catch-22 situation with multi bets. You might have seen some incredible wins from small amounts connected across many bets, however the odds of pulling them off grow exponentially with each new bet that you add in. People are generally terrible at calculating large mathematical odds and I have seen enough bets at 1.03x go the wrong way to know that even the most safe bets can go against you and break a chain. Everyone should know that it is parlay/multibets that generally make a bookmaker the most money from their customers, because one link in the chain can break everything and it often does

When you are in the  verge of some winning then that kind of boost up in emotion and of course with mix of greed will surely becomes bigger.In result? You would definitely be continuing on the things you've been doing.
I highly agree with 2 to 3 games but going overboard isnt not bad as long you had already allocated some funds for that certain day and as long you dont compromise even more funds then i do consider for it to be considerable act or behavior but for me the best time to quit midway is on winning with several few bets that you had able to hit.

You are right. The emotion will be bigger than before we see that the opportunity to win is in our front and we only need to continue for a little minute. But if we do not have luck, that chance will not happen and the result will be losing money. Yes, I am sure the greed will become bigger if we win and we will continue playing the games without thinking about stop gambling.

When we can control the money that we will use for gambling and still trying hard not to follow the games, we can stop the gambling at the right time. That will make us happy if we can stop gambling while we win so we can enjoy the money.

But bettors sometimes don't really look at the eSport team only, but rather the sport itself. They love the sport itself, and hence know a lot about it and can easily identify the good teams from the bad teams, and in case of black horses, can easily identify if the match is going wrong or not. Casual people who watch sports can afford to do that, but I don't think in the first place they should even bet. Also you're betting since you're expecting them to win, (or to lose), it's literally the goal imo.

Sports betting is the most popular, but esport is also getting more popular, however, it will never come that esports betting will surpass sports betting in popularity as sports are regulated and it is more transparent than esports betting, just my personal thoughts.

I personally think that if you are going for a huge, long shot parlay, you are much better off just having one or two legs worth of big odds.

Each leg that you add essentially introduces another variable of uncertainty, and you'd have to have something ridiculous like 10, 20 legs of 1.2x bets in order to achieve the long odds that you want. That sort of thing simply becomes impossible in practice.

In contrast, 1 or 2 big odds bets can occur in unison in a black swan event, and their odds are generally more attractive.

Not only that, but the results in eSports competitions can be manipulated easier than in regular sports. That is especially the case with less popular competitions. If someone participates in a Call of Duty event and losses, it's more difficult to prove that the match was fixed and he wasn't just unlucky. The investigations and audits are stricter in regular sports.

In fact, the odds of a single bet are not important, their number is important (and the fewer the number of bets, the better). Here's a basic example (you can plug in any other numbers and do the calculations):
On a coin toss, the odds from the casino are 1.95. There is a 50% chance that you will earn 95% of the bet. It turns out that on average you will lose 2.5 percent of each bet.
If you make a multi-bet on a two-coin toss, then on average, you will lose almost 5 percent from each bet (your profit from guessing will be only 3.8025 of your initial bet).
- the higher the number of events in your multi-bet, the lower the mathematical expectation of a profit.
And yes, one big bet is much more profitable than any multi bet.

now it's very difficult, they need to find various bookies who will indeed bet big enough here, the casino must place a bet between Pacquiao vs Spence. There will be many possibilities between the two, between comparing history and recent journeys in boxing and some other comparisons that Spence himself certainly has. I'm still looking for information on what bets will be dropped by the bookies that dominate the selection above 75%.

There are numbers of Esport that being catered from different sports betting houses, they are now being played by gambler who love this types of games, but like you, I also got an impression that this kind of gambling is more risky as it's prone to manipulations, there are lots of mafias everywhere and this kind of venue is easier as players can easily make a wrong move that will affect the entire teams performances,

Far from surpassing sports betting as numbers of gamblers will keep the old ways than trying to explore knowing that the risk is higher than to how they bet originally.

To be honest, I did not understand what you mean  :D Right now there is such a match (Pacquiao - Spence) with a large imbalance in odds due to Pacquiao fans and the bookmakers are ready to accept your bet of any size on this event. Due to the fact that this is a top fight, bookmakers will receive tens of millions of dollars in bets on this match.

The growth is not just hype, it took years for esport to reach this point and the reason why it's popular is because of how enjoyable these games are, like most sports you can still have fun watching even though you don't understand the entire game and a lot of people grew playing these games.

You guys are not wrong though esports are so difficult to regulate but only a few get caught. You can easily avoid this issue since they target smaller tournaments and the bigger teams can't afford to do those type of things since their career is on the line.

I'm not really jump into sports betting especially if the popular football leagues (EPL, Serie-A) is in its break time. When it comes to strategy, I do combine both placing parlay (accumulation of some small odds) and single bet on bigger odd. Frankly speaking, I do prefer parlay bet because the thrill to win huge odds although I place small bet only. This is the one that makes me love to place parlay bet, risk low amount to get big win.

Pacquiao and Spence's ages are quite different, so it's quite clear when the odds are much different because younger ages seem to have a greater chance of winning. But if it is related to the title of the thread, then you choose to collect small odds to win because some of the gamblers will fight the majority to win big. Because if we dare to fight the majority then of course we will get bigger odds but yes, both have risks and I think about big or small odds it depends on how high the courage we have whether to have patience or try to make it faster with big odds.

According to the mathematical theory of probability, if a newbie comes to the casino and makes one single bet, then his chances of winning are quite high.  

If he plays long enough, then inevitably he loses.  This is due to both the presence of a zero sector and a limited player's money supply.

The situation is different with sports betting.  

If the player has inside information or has excellent analytical skills, then he may have another effective strategy.  

And in such a situation, the use of many small bets is more preferable.  This will allow him to get a big win.

Neither of the two, I didn't check on the odds whenever I'm placing a bet. I always analyze the game, the team and other external factors that may affect the game actually the last thing a look is the odds. This is just my method but so far it works really well for me.

If it works it's good! I like your way, you don't chase odds, you chase winning bets! Analyzing the game, watching for all the relevant factors (the team condition, injured players, history...), and then choosing bets at any odds is better than just trying to search for higher or lower odds to bet on!
In the end, everything depends on us, how serious and professional we are when we bet, or we just have fun with occasional bets on different sports!

Unfortunately the fight was canceled but my strategy was not to fight against the majority or the minority - usually the bets from these groups are perfectly balanced by the odds from the bookmakers. I wanted to bet on an event which odds from the bookmakers was unbalanced (Spence's victory), but this does not mean that I am a supporter of small bets, since if I found an event unbalanced in terms of chances and with big odds, then I would bet on such event.

Makes sense.

In the end it all depends on the gambler's priority. For me, I want to make some predictions and I want to win the bet.
Yes the rewards after winning the bet should be the worth placing the bet too but I just play for fun most of the times.
So I just put in very small bets which is why I care less even if I lose the bets  ;D

Everyone does have different priorities and goals when gambling, so in the end it is up to us. I like you playing gambling just for fun to fill spare time,
so winning bets is not my main priority. Even if I win, I consider it just a bonus, so I always place small bets, so that when I lose I don't get
so disappointed. For me, playing gambling can give me entertainment, so it doesn't matter if I win or lose,  the most important thing is that I can
get entertainment when gambling.

That's why gambling is addicting, it's fun but at the same time, gambling is addicting because of someone's choice to be addicted on it.

The best way to win I guess but so risky enough is to bet it all out in just one game, but of course betting all in one shot means that you're prepared for that game, like you researched everything you have to know to 80% predict the team that's going to win. If not, you have to go for the slowly bur surely process until you are familiarize with everything.

I'm not really sure that this makes a difference, what I mean is that on the surface it makes sense for 2 unlikely events to happen simultaneously over 10 events that have a higher chance of happening, but if at the end of the day the odds of those two options are the same this means that both events have the same chance of happening and it doesn't make a difference which one you pick when it comes to the odds of winning that particular event.

What I mean is just looking for betting information where the bookies will bet. A kind of gambling site that dominates the big cities gather. So I can see where their choices are leaning and dominate whether they are betting more on Pacquiao or are they more likely to choose Spence.

Accumulator bets are more common with sports betting and I've used it a couple of times when I was a bit serious with sports betting. On it helping or not, I really can't say because, I lost far more than I ever won. It had a thing about it though, it gives you a chance to make the odds yourself about the games you have some level of assurance but, predictions would always be predictions and as such, you could always be wrong. So yeah, I was wrong a lot of times but still, I proffered it to a high odd betting.
Hi odd games also attracts a high stake in both stake and risk. It didn't seem idea to me in placing bets on high stake games. It all goes down to a place of comfort kind of thing though.

It's okay if you lose since you use spare money, amount that you allocate for some entertainment.

There are gamblers who loves taking higher chance of winning, risking their bet with small odd and enjoy it when they
manage to predict the right pick to win, while for some they are conscious with the risk that they are taking,

 better to take high odd and see if luck will permit them and have a much enjoyable exit.

Gambling can be addicting but even betting on either small accumulated odds or one big match poses risk, someone can be addicted to any of the two, but if you mean small odds can make someone addicted than big odds, you are right. But how about finding small odds in three matches that you think you will win and bet on it, giving you like 2 odds or almost two odds, this is the way I bet, and I always make sure there matches can give me 2 odds which is times two of my betting capital. Also I do go for over 2.5 goals very well and also over 1.5 goals in a way that accumulating 3 matches or less can give me 2 odds to stake.

It depends on the match that I reviewed if I'm confident I choose two big odds but most of the time it will lose, and accumulating with small odds sometimes failed since the number of matches are more than 3 to accumulate good odds.

I will prefer to get one sure odd than accumulating several odds that will make me lose my bet. What I do most of the time is to pick one sure and stake big money on it that way the out will become big. So is a big win with minimal risk for me.

Yes that's one way of thinking. It gives more thrill if we choose a high odds bets and win it for real.
Also, choosing the best at random is something that gives a thrill as well.
Instead of calculating all the wins/losses and analyzing the predictions just choose the bets at random and see if luck favors you  ;D

Pretty good strategy when you make a betting pattern like that, most of us aren't that detailed in determining bets on small odds. Even with a score that is too high, we always think of some things that are not predictable.

I like when betting football exactly last ten or five minutes again but have to watch match to know potential to entry or not, look very surprise when betting last minute match and score is most important. Some time unbelievable with team can make above three goal last five minutes match ended, out our prediction why that team can make many goal at least minutes, will get bigger odds when playing betting on last minutes on football but you to need to watch it and know how team play.

There are people who do really seek out for some thrill thats why there would really be some difference when it comes to choosing on which one we do put our bet on and also when it comes to patterns then

we do have our own style and own choices basing up on the past experiences we do have and information on particular things.Preference is the thing when someone do much like to accumulate

small odds or choosing big two odds or more and for sure sports bettor does know when it comes to advantage and disadvantages between the two.

Keeping the faith that luck will permit you, that high odds bets are something that will bring more fun with your betting.

Choosing randomly with no further doubts, just hoping for the best outcome really makes the day more exciting.


yeah right, sometimes, you also need to think something out of the box. Who knows it's your lucky day!

Like anything in life, people love the idea of taking a short cut to wealth instead of understanding that most wealthy people (who did not inherit fortunes) accumulated their money by investing in wisely over a long time frame - often many decades. Both through medium risk stock market investments and relatively low risk domestic property purchases. Gambling is often an all or nothing arrangement, where you put up a sum of money for the chance to win it back with varying degrees of profit. You have to remember that the primary business of a dedicated sportsbook is to evaluate huge amounts of information using automated systems and also hire specialists to add extra protection, if their systems were not very effective at calculating odds then they will be a money losing operation and go out of business quite quickly. If they have been around for many years, chances are they have honed that skill and will beat you eventually over the long run. Either way, I'd always take the small bet, slow and steady route so your losses are a bit better controlled.

If you have been involved with betting and gambling, you notice that the small odds always wins and once the odds are big, the chances of winning will be low, so I will prefer to go with the accumulation of small odds.

Although the winnings odds favours the small odds sometimes the higher odds are the ones which take away the prize.
Since odds are high the rewards are big as well. I think it's better to take the risk sometimes and go for the higher odds.
May be if you are really lucky then the higher odds and high rewards can make your day.
Although the chances are low, we never know how luck might turn into our favor some day.

There is no doubt that it takes a huge amount of skill just to try to be the casinos, however it is not as impossible as you make it out to be especially when it comes to sport bets, and that is because of a process called balancing the books, casinos like to earn the same amount of money regardless of the bets that are made on each outcome, this means that if an outcome is heavily favored by the bettors then they are going to reduce the odds for that outcome and increase the odds for the opposite outcome, this creates distortions on their very own odds which can be taken advantage by expert bettors.

You are right sports betting can easily be done and won by a newbie as it is not as hard as another betting in gambling that requires skills to win, one can easily discover a stronger team in sports game even if the team is given a small odds you can still stake big amount with a high probability of winning the bet.

Betting is not easy like you think, there are truly big more chances that big teams will win, but no full probability that the big team will win the small team, I have bet on big teams serveral times to win but draw, big teams even will surprise you more of they lose. Staking high amount of money will still result to few games won but one big loss can take away all your gain, and another just one more game loss can result to the liquidation of your betting budget. We must be very careful not to use more than our betting budget, we must also be very careful of thinking big teams will win by using huge amount of money because there are times big teams lose also especially in club leagues like EPL.

Everything in gambling world is always be talking about chances, there's no such thing about guaranteed win unless if its fixed or being manipulated.When it comes to ways of betting or on how you do make bets
then it is really on someones behavior and we do really differ on that everytime since not all gamblers would really entirely the same on making out decisions.On the question on what would be my choice
neither accumulate small odds or choosing two big odds? I do always stick with big odds but sometime i do consider out on making bets on smaller ones if i do know that
it do really have some sort of sure win.

Going with the one or two big odds really worth the rewards if we are going to win the game because accumulation of small odds will also eventually accumulate the risk and for the total risk we get the snall rewards compared to if we win the big odd games.

But a win does not come easy, if it's easy to win that by accumulating small odds, everyone is using the same strategy already. Small odds mean a higher chance of winning, but this is gambling, even at 1.10 which it's already considered a high chance of winning, a bet can still lose.

Based on my experience, betting on small odds is not really a good idea as eventually, you'll lose your bankroll especially if you are not good with your bankroll management.

At the end of the day if the accumulated odds of winning from the small odds are the same as just a few high odds events then it does not make a lot of difference in which one of those options you pick to make your bets, so it is better to choose whatever option we feel more comfortable with as it makes no difference, so some people will prefer to pick the high odds as they are risk takers while some will prefer to take the smaller odds as they prefer to play it safe.

You nailed it! Pick the one that you are comfortable it brings not only the money but the enjoyment that you'll earn after the game.

Most of those sports gamblers love to bet with their favorite teams or players. They are aiming to add some excitement by placing bets on them, either picking small odds then accumulate it with other combinations or just straight forward putting bets with a high rewards.

The outcome will dictate everything, but the entertaining factors always part of it after you take your pick.

No gambling platform have got fee for every bet being placed. Though the internal wallet, people are free to use it for different betting. So, making use of the small bets is a better choice than just experimenting the bets with huge funds. On this it is good to prefer using small accumulation on small bets than going for big one depending on luck.

Well you're right on keeping gambling a fun and recreational activity that is not supposed to replace your full-time job because it will never be healthy for you. But at the same time this doesn't stop me from yearning to win as much gambling sessions as possible because winning feels good and the more I win, the more likely I am to gamble more, pretty simple concept really. So I usually bet straight on team matches and less likely in correct scores because there are much more variables at play with the latter. Thing is, you still pay an equivalent amount of tax even for those small-bets per se. So it's not like you're saving money for making those smaller bets than bigger ones because they pretty much fare the same. Bigger bets allows you to play less tho because it shows you the bigger picture almost instantaneously than slow and steady small bets.

If this was a straight bet i'd agree but any accumulator no matter how many legs still has it's own downsides. It only seems easier because there's a lot of favorites to choose from (usually odds ranging from 1.50 - 1.90) but it's still risky nonetheless.

I don't recommend accumulators but still make them from time to time though. Just because we have experience doesn't mean it's any better since there's different factors on why other punters stick to these markets and strategy.

Betting can be easily be done by just simply pick a team that you would like to place a bet with and wait for the game to end but to be honest betting is just simple when everyone hear it but this is not an easy thing to do. Maybe one can easily discover a stronger team in sports but there's also some characteristics to be considered like game strategy, team members and others. Accumulating small odds on the other hand will going to be a higher risks than two big odds.

If you really want to make the best of sports betting, you will not just pick up a certain team and wait for the result. In fact, you cannot just pick up each of the stronger team against a weaker opponent and bet on all of them. It may be a recipe for losing instead of winning.

It may look like sports betting is simply a question of true or false. It is not. The odds make things more difficult.

Sometimes we can luck with small bets, but we should know that when we use small bets, our winning can not be too big because high risk can come to high rewards. But many people are trying to use big bets because they expect to make a big win and that is why we see many people losing big money in gambling. Though gambling can make them lose all of the money, they will not stop if they do not realize the bad impact of gambling.

No matter whether you aim for big wins or small wins, you will eventually lose in gambling. Yes I agree that people who are always looking to hit big multipliers or wins are more likely to bust their balance as compared to those who play for the safe odds, be it casino or sports betting.

Some players are even doing things like arbitrage betting but they are soon limited by the sportsbooks while there is no such thing as arbitrage in casinos obviously.

Small bets are not always yielding a small win return in sports betting. Of course, you won't always bet on lower odds.

Play with the odds if you are a small bettor for a possible good return. Odds around 2 should be the minimum or always consider. You can also try betting in a parlay mode to maximize those small odds. Better than just picking lower odds and choosing below 2 odds.

The amount of victory is high then it is better to go with big adversity but it requires knowledge The chances of winning at all sites are not the same gambling is better to start with short ones The risk here is low and even if there is no chance of winning, it will go through a little. There will be no big risk gambling is not so easy gambling is not possible to win without an idea.

Gamblers are rarely rational, yet this issue is kind of a mathematical one. Placing your bets on a small number of big bets is more likely to yield extreme results, while placing your bet on a large number of small odds is more likely to give more average results. This also exists when buying stocks and financial assets, the first option is called a "concentrated portfolio" and the second is called "diversifying". Typically, a concentrated portfolio is equivalent to an "all in".