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I want to know who are the experts in the gambling subforum. Many of my posts are made in the threads for NFL, UFC and Boxing.

The experts of these sports are @DireWolfM14, @nutildah, @ChiBitCTy, @suchmoon, @morvillz7z and @Hueristic in the NFL.

@tokeweed, @notblox1 and @TopTort777, @Welsh, @YuginKadoya in the UFC.

@Boafeng and @bisdak in boxing.

These are my opinions only hehe. Add your experts.

I also want to know who are the people who we should be following for the NBA, European football, Esports and other types of gambling like dice, poker, black jack or slot machines.

Added @stadus for the NBA.

@wheelz for NFL and the NBA.

@Trofo for tennis, football and esports.

@South Park for NFL.

@Timelord2067, @aoluain for rugby.



Gem whispherers. People who are not very active, however, they give rare gems in the gambling subforum.

@DarkStar
@SyGambler
@sportsbet.io Steve
@tyKiwanuka

For European football, I remember following ajaxmoor back then but he's inactive as of now though. Aside from this Trofo and buwaytress usually pops in my mind as I always see them discussing the EPL, Champions League or Europa League.

For slots, i'd put up mu_enrico as one of the experts this guy has probably tried every slot game out there and I enjoy browsing his informative thread on slots.

In the esports thread, you'll always find STT sharing some helpful insights on CSGO matches.

All of those members are experts, but I do not think you should follow any of those.
Maybe you can follow their advice or analysis, but still, you should have your own analysis besides using their statement so you will have your own experience in analyzing gambling games.
The more you can learn from those experts will give you an experience to yourself so you can become one of those experts.
But you need to learn by yourself and not just follow them.
I am sure there will be more experts in the gambling subforum in the other sports but I doubt they will say that they are experts because they will still humble and not show off to others.

Expert in terms of? Prediction or general knowledge about a certain gambling or sports? Yes they are considered expert and has a variety of knowledge especially in sports and casino. I think there are some more users that can be considered expert but they are not that pretty popular and doesn't post too much in the forum I was currently looking at the NBA discussion and read on the posts from time to time.

In the sports I followed, tennis we have @Trofo and @aoluain who I valued their opinion specially on betting.

I think in NBA there are a lot of them, we have @stadus in his thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5091185.0.

But this is a nice thread, those names the OP mentioned in other sports knows their sports very much.

IMO the average person who often posts on gambling is experts including you OP ,there have be people posting on the discussion board every hour every day and some competitions that are held are also not just anyone who can join ,requiring qualified skills ! there are other experts who help clean up scammers and others so I think the average person who posts on gambling is an expert ! but I agree on your list that there is a strategy for every expert in gambling ,discussing odds or something else ! but I can't pinpoint one or two of the others expert

Following one's advice is a good idea when they know more about it than you, but I do think we should remember that it might give them some sense of responsibility towards the same and at the same time gambling is a luck based game, sports gambling is certainly a green area and even online you can find the top picks and expert advice to gamble on certain players, certain sports. I do think you should try and make bets yourself. Pointing someone out would not necessarily be a good thing, I do think that you should just follow the general threads which are updated everyday as well.

Now when you got some answers maybe you could incorporate them in OP. I am always on gambling part of the forum but just on the threads that interest me. I would love to have a list of people whose opinion "matters" for sports I know nothing about like all American sports, UFC, boxing and F1.

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Thanks for the mention guys, appreciate it. I know a lot about European football and top 5 leagues but bookies know all that and there is not much money to be made here. Odds are almost always spot on. You can check out my predictions for info but there is not much money to be made here. I usually just break even on my bets, except for Champions League where I have good profits and high hit rate.

For actually lucrative tickets better follow my Tennis tips since most of my betting income comes from tennis handicaps. Lately I have started also betting big on eSports, mainly DOTA and some CS:GO. There is big opportunity here for real value bets but I have less then a year of betting history here so it is difficult to say with any certainty how I will do in long run. So far DOTA was really great for me while CS is just about break even.

That being said I just post a tip here and there in different themes when I feel like it, had really bad experience while trying to run proper betting blog so never again :) Most of the people know nothing about betting and bank management so you guys can guess what kind of messages you can get. At least if you read my tip about something I guarantee it is sport I am actively watching and team/players I know something about. I never bet on stuff I don't plan to watch anyway.

Those names are very well-known users in the sports threads in gambling. Surely more and more people are more comfortable betting on sports than just playing casino games. Just like @tokeweed who had created the UFC prediction thread, I think most of them are pretty much familiar with the sports that they follow the fighters and their ranks in their weight class. But tokeweed stands out because he created Football Predictions thread too same with @Trofo and @Royse77.

Both, prediction and knowledge of the sport where they are usually giving tips and as well as their insights on which is which going to have a better performance just as what others have stated.

I agree, he's also one in giving good predictions in NBA.

^^ Yep, I'm more familiar with @stadus thread in NBA betting, but he is not alone there are a lot of 'good tipsters' in there and they are not just giving tips, they give their analyse of the game so you know this guys knows their sports by heart and not just trying to look cool. But yes, those names pop up to the threads that I commented like boxing, tennis and others.

It is good to have this kind of experts in the forum in every field of sports, they are not actually tipster but they have enough knowledge to give to us an insight which team or player have the advantage and disadvantage as well as the current news to the match and the sports. Actually you can get good tips from the forum alone with the insight of the sports enthusiasts.

In NBA betting thread, we have a lot of posters that shared their picks, and I'm always happy to check their post as sometimes I don't need to analyze but just blindly follow their picks. lol. . yes, stadus started that thread, he was actively sharing his pick but when there are also lots of members who are sharing their winning picks.

I think we have @danherbias07, @Harkorede, @wheelz1200, @Baofeng, @ralle14, and @morvillz7z.

Sorry for the names that I forgot to mentioned.

I don't what you are trying to point out on these post but the whole thread main point is to determine whose the "experts" in gambling section of this forum so that OP can categorized them on each specific sports that they are good which means there's no reason to compared who's best and who's not just like what you are trying to do here. I know that tokeweed is good but let's respect others skills and don't compare to each other since there's no defined criteria here measure who is really good on sports betting since the OP didn't provide the exact details for the "experts" he was looking for.

You can add tomahawk for e-sports category.

This is cute.  ;)
I mostly look at morvillz7z analysis in every game that he bet with and sometimes I tail it. But in the NBA discussions there are good members who are sharing every news that comes up, so our efforts in looking would be minimized. OgNasty is there for updates and lots of others that share their opinion about how a game could end up or whatever new things float.
I rarely look at the sports news anymore (NBA) because of that thread. Thanks to them.

Anyone could be an expert especially in giving opinions and predictions in different types of sports. However, having a list of trusted predictions would also be a big help especially if we're seeking good advice that would help us create a good decision. It's not that they're always right about their opinions but rather having enough knowledge about a certain sport. Their predictions could often guide us.

I appreciate the recognition here.  The NFL definitely is my game.  Playing in 3-5 fantasy football leagues per year for the last 15 years, having played football when I was younger, and just all around being obsessed has made me pretty knowledgeable /a decent better.  College football not so much, too many teams!  Wheelz is another you could add to the list.  He's knowledgeable about the NFL and NBA.

I am not an expert in sports gambling and betting but I enjoy reading these topics and in fact many forum users share useful information about upcoming games or publish their analytical views which are much more interesting to read than articles on sports websites.

Of course, I followed some of them already mentioned, but I also tried to give my own predictions like in tennis and boxing and basketball.

And it good to have a conversation with those people, I mean you know how deep their knowledge on the sports so it's really up to you whether you agree or disagree with them in certain points about their analysis.

You would really learnt up on this forum which is really great specially into those individuals or members who do specializes into those field of specific sports which majority of them had already been mentioned
above.

I cant mentioned further but there are several people who are really that expert or very professional on giving out their sports betting advises which i did follow
some of them in regarding on putting my bets.

I know and admire some of the people mentioned here.
I see that the mentions are more for Boxing and Gambling, my main focus is Football, and I believe that in this niche anyone can be an "expert", or is there someone who doesn't like football?

Despite my admiration for some members, I have never followed anyone's hunches, I like to place my own bets without influence from others, just with my own analysis.

In basketball you've got OgNasty. He seems to be very knowledgeable/active as well.

I don't think that there is anyone necessarily for dice/slots/blackjack.

Seems like that most people just play these games for fun instead of trying to beat the house. Granted it is impossible in dice but there are not a lot of APs for blackjack on this forum.

I updated the list and added @stadus for the NBA, @wheelz for NFL and the NBA and @trofo for tennis, football and esports. Keep sharing your suggestions. This might be helpful for everyone for community building and information sharing for sports fans and gamblers of bitcointalk.org. Let us be winners hehehe!

Thanks to those who mentioned my name as an expert, but actually I'm not.  :)

I just post a prediction that is based on my personal analysis, or instinct in a certain game. I always tell people to follow or fade me if they don't like my prediction. Sometimes I have bad days also but that doesn't stop me from posting because I didn't feel like an expert that has an obligation to please everyone.

The thread that I created last December 30, 2018, is now 359 pages and very active.
I'm happy with that, but the purpose was really to let everyone share their picks or tips and let everyone learn about sports betting if they like to ask. I always believe that if we learn together, we will succeed together.

How about the PBA or the Philippine Basketball Association betting discussion?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5169983.0

I am also active in this thread and I have some familiar names that I follow.

I always look at @bisdak40, @harizen, and @mirakal.

That's just a local games and it's different from international level of entertainment like NBA, Boxing, Tennis, F1, NFL, etc. But yeah, the topic is all about who's who are gambling expert in the subforum of gambling discussion. I barely follow some of them since I am not that a heavy player when it comes to gambling but since the Op mentioned some of the people he/she trusted the most when it comes to betting strategy, I might have to bookmark these people on list to see how great they are with their skills.

^ For Poker online games I think these guys are very experts on this game. @efialtis and @yahoo62278.
They held different Bitcointalk poker series on gambling boards and I was invited before but I did not join them since before that was a pandemic and I don't have extra money to lose. Here are their threads of discussions.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5217547.0 - @efialtis
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5284992.0 - @yahoo62278

Correct, because if we add PBA in the list, that means other local basketball league in every country will be added too. We are just talking of big leagues here and for basketball, it's NBA which is the biggest therefore it should only be the one that has to be listed.

Sorry my bad, I didn't realize that PBA is not a major sport, sorry about that.

Well, in NBA betting, I normally followed those who constantly post their predictions and the names are @danherbias07, @stadus, and @wheelz1200.

Same...  Lol.  I mean I do follow football, the UFC and F1 on and off throughout the years and I somewhat know what’s going on but expert?  Nope.  I’m just a degen who loves to gamble small if you guys noticed.  :D

And as for poker, I played seriously for 6 years and was somewhat active in that community.  I know what’s up.  So I can def say that I haven’t seen one person in here who could be considered a poker expert.

Yes the names mentioned by the OP are familiar in the Gambling and sports section of the thread, apart from that they also always have good advice or posts and are also very reasonable and explain everything ambiguous about gambling well.
Their knowledge of gambling and sports is unquestionable and very worthy of being called an expert, and they have good predictions and analysis that I can take into account when making my choice, actually I am not very active in the gambling section. but I am very actively reading in the gambling section.

maybe it's not that hard to find the experts on the main games and sports like football or UFC
but who are the experts on subjects that don't appear here so much?

like game theory?
chess?

what else?

Agree, you don't have to follow them, just take their speculations as your reference as it is your money that you gamble but in the end, you can admire those speculators for sharing their ideas/speculations of the game and you can't notice that you already followed them.

@bbc.reporter, thanks for the mention, I never thought that someone in this forum would notice what I have speculated in boxing or in the NBA, the games which I love the most.

Following them without making an effort is a bad idea, it will not make you grow and improve as a sports bettor, it's called blindly following where your journey might stop whenever they stopped. For me, it doesn't help at all as sometimes if the person that you followed lose their pick, you might also end up blaming him for your loss.

It is an interesting question. So far as the thread on the Spanish League (La Liga) is concerned, everyone out there seems to be an expert as long as they say Real Madrid is going to win  ;D Now seriously, Sterbens seems to make constructive comments, borovichok seems to follow the main teams and also contribute, but there does not seem to be anyone that has the type of information that would class them as experts. I guess this is soccer - no experts and difficult to predict.

;D ;D
Come on man, I was called by the Lord. Instead I was looking for you in the gambling thread. Sport is just entertainment and we are speculating based on limited reasoning.
We have an ideal place out there that fits well beyond the world of football. My capacity in gambling is just entertainment.  ;D
I am waiting for you, to come up with financial problems and solutions.  ;D

they are giving ideas and tips on betting, it's not that we follow those popular guys in the gambling section. they are however good at what they are doing and picking which team has the higher chance of winning.

sometimes there is no schedule of fights in the sports that i follow but because i wanted to make some profit, i just pick the bets they chose because more than likely they know the sports than i do.

It's not totally following them, their picks will be your baseline or shall we say observe first how they fare and then you can refer to their speculations if ever you have a hard time analyzing but you are eager to bet on a particular game, that's what I do most of the time when i was a newbie in this online sports betting. It's a total no-no of blaming those speculators you follow if ever your bet loses as nobody here knows the sure winner, that is why it is called speculations.

I am waiting to see the names on the casino experts category, I remember some names who are consistent with their wins on casinos games on different gambling platforms but I am not sure that will fall into this category so I am just going to remain silent until someone expose them. :D

This is probably on sports betting only as you cannot share your picks in casino, gamblers will decide during live games while on sports betting, we can put our bet before the game will start and even in the live games.

Yeah, speaking of poker, I agree on @efialtis and @yahoo62278, and also to the list of the experts I would add @SyGambler, @Globb0, @Steamtyme, @arallmuus, @webtricks and, of course, @iv4n - 2 times champion of the Bitcointalk Poker Series.

Sorry if I missed anybody. You can get more info in the following threads and spreadsheets:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5288276.0

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gsSA0_hoEbK6ezfzdW-BdIGxzc-hfiO0H-AvRyNTA0s/edit#gid=2014617640

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OOETV-EIj7o8UjwINUw3YjGOruqRrOB0D5QN36CJq9w/edit#gid=0

and also by googling "Bitcointalk poker series".

Folllwing alone doesn't make any sense when betting of course you should know the game and analyse, but it's really different when someone actually has a good picking on what team to bet in a daily basis. You might wanna question what kind of analysis and research these people do to make their picks effective. From there, you start asking or start learning how these people make it. Now, that's how you start learning.

Not everyone is dependent from someone, there are actually those who follows and learn.

I appreciate the mentioning here. I’d like to consider myself pretty knowledgeable when it comes to NFL football. Having spent the past 15 years play fantasy football and gambling a bunch of hope I was decent anyhow lol. I’d like to think I’m knowledgeable about the NBA as well, though I find it much more difficult to bet. Wheelz is a personal friend of mine outside this forum and I know that he’s very knowledgeable about both (I’ve seen others mention him as well).

Because i'm mostly playing only poker, from my point of view i would add @icopress, @Trofo and @yahoo62278 as poker pro players which i have pleasure to read when they writing some things related to poker.

I know, there also good poker players and don;t be angry on me if i missed someone  :-X

Agreed. It is very much similar to trading altcoins. You can listen to different analysis of traders and research using different sources of information, however, the last decision is only made by you. There are people in the list that might be winning or losing bettors but this does not imply that they are not knowledgeable in the sport or casino games of their choice.

I vouch for this two as I have been following their prediction and i prove winning twice special bisdak that had been given quite numbers of successful predictions  ;D
yahoo in Poker , I have been seeing Him for years in Poker related threads and games .

Of course, everyone has expertise in their respective fields, if that person is focused and pursues his work, for example as you say, @Trofo is part of football, as well as others.

Actually many have expertise in the gambling subforum, they each have their own fans, but I don't see my 'expert' here.

Additionally, if I may, I'd like to add three more of my experts.
@jeremypwr, @sujonali1819, @Bitcasino.io Support.

The three of them have their own way of working and expertise, briefly @sujonali1819 the blackjack/poker section and the like, @jeremypwr, soccer/sports betting section, and lastly @Bitcasino.io Support, this goes into all areas of gambling, lottery, predictions, sports, guessing, it's all in for this one guy.

That is all from me.
Regards.

So it all depends on how we can use their information to our benefit. Besides using their information, we need to search for the other analysis to get additional info that can help us to determine what or who we will choose. They can not always give you a good analysis because they can make a mistake, so we do not rely on them. I am sure all of that list have much experience in every sport and they can help us select the best player in each sport.

In F1, another guy who’s a good source of info and who has great awareness and understanding of the betting markets and how actually to bet them is Cnut237.  The guy gives good tips and how to approach them from a betting perspective. 

The other good F1 guy is coinlocket$.  He always has the latest updates, news and analysis...  Oh and he’s not a Hamilton fan.  He just loves defending him.  :D

When it comes to gambling especially for Casino and football, I don't have a person do look to but sometimes I do have a joint discussion and share ideas on the area where could be  a possible target of having a winning bet. Maybe I would be looking at this thread to get more persons I would be looking at their strategies and pattern of gambling.

What is the point of collecting such information? Are you into kind of any survey (still not sure how it could help in any means)? (I am sorry if you have already answered for such question; I could not find the reason for this topic in OP itself hence asking).

In my wild guessing, are you going to conduct any competition or similar to anything which are based on different sport events and going to appoint those experts in sport-wise for managing/monitoring or for any type of governing?

Maybe after we define the list of experts it is worth to arrange a competition between them? To find out how good they are? I am not an expert, but in football I would try to compete with them in the predictions (the main thing is that the distance is not too short, since I love bets on underdogs and the value of such bets is visible only at a distance).

I suppose it is just curiosity, after all that gambling forum has a lot of activity and over the years some users have demonstrated their great knowledge about the games they are interested, but since not everyone is interested in every single form of gambling then it is obvious we will not be aware of all the experts we have in all the different gambling games there are.

So in order to fill the gaps we need some cooperation from the community so a thread like this was needed.

I have already mentioned in one of my replies that the point of this collection is for community building in the gambling subforum and for helpful information sharing for sports and bets. If you have a suggestion for someone who is helpful in the gambling subforum, please share the bitcointalk username.

Also, competition for what? If you know the sport more closely, you can already determine if the person is a real follower of the sport or someone who is only in the gambling subforum because their campaigns told them to make gambling posts.

each of them has thier own expertise. if one person only bet on boxing, he would find the prediction of @Boafeng and @bisdak to be great. tips from them would be appreciated. i followed thier tips because my analysis also agreed to what they are saying.

the thread that i follow the most is tokeweed's UFC. anyone who sees the advice of users in the thread agrees to thier picks then all of us win, if the UFC fighter loses, we all lose.  ;D

With many suggestions for the expert, I am sure right now, we know where is the place for us to search for the info about the game. It will give us a chance to learn about the game by following their suggestion and if we need help with the game, we can ask directly to them. Playing specific games is difficult if we do not know how to play and what we need to choose. However, we need to search for the other lesson that can give us more info to improve our skills in that game.

A prediction competition would be a good idea for this. Not just a prediction but supported with analysis.
Just separate the sports where an individual is actually good at. A separate prediction & analysis for Football, Basketball, and other sports mentioned.
Who ever wins in every category will be called the most expert of them all lol.
Lezzgow! Hehe

Not analysis! No!  ;D
In competition, only the result is important. I'm tired of analysis, reading financial news when "analysts" say "prices will move up because ..." and immediately add "but the probability of a downward movement remains if ..." and then: "but if ... then it will be flat ".
If you organize a competition, then it should be simple predictions without justification. I can justify any possible result myself  ;D

I don't want to say that they are experts I think they are more of a known people in the Forum Community that have an interest and would engage in a discussion regarding the topic, I really didn't consider going with their pick but rather I would research on the said issue or confirming it by myself first, but with these people, I would really love to engage and exchange opinion regarding with the topic.

For NBA

I like @danherbias07's Picks and what he has to say regarding a team and he will always his opinion regarding a player or a team if they have injuries, enable to play, what he thinks about a certain team or players is what I think is very important, and sharing his Picks with a screenshot.

@wheelz1200 - Some of his posts on the NBA are a sight to sure look for in my opinion, even though I haven't engaged much with each person I am surely reading their post and looking for their picks whenever there is an NBA game, and surely engaging in each topic they had.

For the UFC

@Welsh is something to look forward in engaging with various fighters he is sure knowledgable with fighters he sees befitting of his time, and I surely love to engage in each discussion that we have, even though we have different approach for fighters that we think that will win, that is how good conversation is and exchanging ideas and knowledge is sure to behold when Welsh giving his thoughts.

@tokeweed surely he would create such thread if he doesn't know a thing about MMA and UFC fairly engaging with some of the topic pretty accurately and sometimes giving advice on what to used to research on a fighter, tokeweed is a great help in every was he can, when it comes to giving links for certain site that will be useful for stuff like UFC, or a recap of a fighters rematch that is what I think helpful.

For Bundesliga

@KTChampions I really always see him in the Bundesliga 1st division thread and pretty active in it, pretty much well verse when it comes to teams and players, but I think he's not engaging much with analysis but I really think he is well verse to Bundesliga and surely if you give him a question he would surely engage with answers,

There are multiple that I want to add but I don't really have time to explain each and everyone of them so I will surely give their names,
@Lafu, @hahay @Swordsoffreedom.
 

I have recognized about three four names from the OP some who i recall from directbet competitions which was a highly competitive and the said categories they are said to be experts in are well described for them as those are the bets they took back then.

Thank you for your suggestions. I will read their posts later and add those who have regularly been helpful and informative to the community.

I reckon that we should not only be looking at the activity of someone in the the gambling subforum. We should also be looking for quality of the information given to us. We see much of the posts here are only repetion of other people’s posts or repetions of what we already know.

Anyone could be an expert especially in giving opinions and predictions in different types of sports. However, having a list of trusted predictions would also be a big help especially if we're seeking good advice that would help us create a good decision. It's not that they're always right about their opinions but rather having enough knowledge about a certain sport. Their predictions could often guide us.

lol expertise takes time and skills before having and that is far from what you are saying as Everyone can be a expert , those who had been mentioned takes years here in forum betting and learning before they make such great speculations and predictions.
I have been following them as well and yes they are good that sometimes even gives me wins from following their predictions.
I have known 3 of them and yes they are good like the NBA provider and also Boxing in which my favorite sportsbetting .

Well actually those named are undoubtedly not only knowledgeable about the different areas mentioned but also collaborate in creating event threads and others, I think that in that sense given the question of this thread there are many collaborators that I have seen that although they are not experts as such they always collaborate, but without importing the user always we collect advice.

In any case I liked the selection:


And in particular there is a thread that I think concentrates a large part of experienced players in the slots, so in order not to leave out any of them I am going to name its creator mu_enrico and all those who participate in this thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5249415.0 /    
Slots 101: Basics, Strategies, and Discussion

I am not an expert, lol.  :P
Most often I place bet on Cricket and football, sometimes NBA, Tennis, and esports, that's all.
emm! the idea of listing active gamblers is not bad, go on.

You can say that, but some members admit your skills and know you can help them search for the teams to place their bets. I am not a fan of NBA, Tennis and ESports but I think you can still give your analysis or good things to us to get more info about the player or the game. Maybe we can learn something from you to have a good analysis and we can try to place the bet with good information from many resources, including from you.

I know and understand cricket only and post mainly in Cricket threads. On Cricket forum I am greatly impressed by knowledge of @Sithara007. She is a lady from South Asia and her posts are worthy to read. Whenever I post, I read what she wrote and sometimes her guidance has made me win big in cricket.

Even if you are an expert in any sport and have a lot of knowledge about it, it does not guarantee that all your bets will be successful.

Even with the right predictions of the matches, the match can end up in an upset resulting in the loss of the bet. I only place bets in the matches which are of my interest and usually i like to watch cricket and football matches.

Thanks mate, my balls are getting bigger because of the shout out :D

Seriously, if you are a slots addict, why not post there on slots 101. We are not "expert" per se, but just love the game and play the game more often than the others. Experienced in slots doesn't mean we can make sure profits, but at least I can provide a pleasant home to chill, share interesting games, and bragging our wins (high multiplier).

Correct, but their input often resonates and their prediction sounds logically good. But we are dealing with unknown, so no one has a working crystal ball.

I really like this saying, "Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something - Wilson Mizner". In sports gambling there is no certainty about whether you will win or loss no matter how much knowledge you have. See recent Ashes series for instance, majority predicted that it will be won by England but its going other way around.

looking at the other side
in gambling either you win some money or have some fun

if you approach like that and know when to stop there are no big losses

But in gambling, "the winner is the one who knows when to stop". Usually gamblers keep on playing in lust of fun or to make up losses either way they end up losing money. This is a proven fact worldwide that gambling is not a good addiction, just stay away from it, These are just my few satoshis.

indeed sports science is not necessarily successful in guessing who will win, but in gambling science is important to me, from here we must have a strategy for the team that will play it is also important not only to choose randomly, I am a football fan I always read team news to know the true strength in the competition. it's not necessarily win but i've done it 90% will win 10% unlucky. gambling risk. there must be times when we are unlucky,??

All the members mentioned in OP are experts , and this is not a recommendation to follow any of them. Just read their opinions with a critical sense. Although i don't like to see this topic as a rating thread to chose among them.

The one i think is missing here is SyGambler (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=405889), he is a professional expert and i think he was hired as a poster in ChipMixer signature campaign because he is one of the few active members in the gambling board. Unfortunetly, he isn't that active since last summer and even left the campaign. I wish he is doing fine.  :)

I agree with you. Those people the OP mentioned might be experts on the said field such sports, gambling and the likes, there are still many people who are also experts on those but aren't just much active like them. I believe there are really many users here which are just silent readers that know more than those who are frequently posting in the forum. It's just that we really have different personalities. It's still good to see several names which are considered to be knowledgeable and expert in some threads because we'll now know who are worth following for to know their advices and analysis in which we could also ponder upon.

However, we must also remember that they are just guides and should not totally dictate us on what we would think or do especially if the topic is about using technical analysis, logic, and critical thinking. Let's check their posts and manage to utilize it to our own advantage but let's not make it the exact guideline to follow as if everything is one solution fits all. It's still much better to have your own learnings, understanding, and knowledge about something. I'm also thankful and I appreciate those posters who I learn a thing or two whenever I stumble upon their posts and I think it's good as well to have an appreciation post to let them know they are valued and also to let other people be aware of them in case they are looking for some trusted user they could get an idea to.

It is always good to create good portfolio of experts in different field of gambling so it can help those that are still coming up without good skills of making there own predictions. At least this thread is going to help a lots of gamblers to know where they will be looking at when it comes to a particular game of sport. Gamblers can look ahead to where they can get a reliable source of information about what they want.

that's a good point and in general I'd agree
specially for those prone to dopamine addiction gambling can be quite dangerous
the faster the response time for win/lose the worst

if someone really wants to gamble maybe better to choose a thing that requires some skill and can be improved over time like Poker.

Same   :D
I follow mainly football, then boxing and a little less closely for Formula 1 and League of Legends and some other sports. And here I communicate not from the position of an expert, but either from the position of a fan of certain teams (or individuals) or from the position of a bettor. But I'm interested mostly in blind betting - less sports information, but more analysis of odds and coefficients (at least i'm aiming for it).

Its best to bet only on things that test your mental IQ level, even if you lose you will come strong next time. Sports betting in my view is all about luck, at one moment your team is winning and the very next moment its losing. I quit betting on cricket after I lost so many times. I now just enjoy reading comments in gambling section. 

Its best to bet only on things that test your mental IQ leve?
What if you are not always fortunate, what happens? Continue or stay off?
We should always go for what gives us the kind of results that we want, nit just going for what we tend to like especially when it comes to gambling. If sport betting is the one that do give us the kind of result that we want, then it better to always go for it.

Not everyday is Sunday and you can't be lucky everytime. There are not many sports gamblers who are in profit, majority are in loss. While if you bet on something that test you mind and you have good brain then you can double your investment like playing poker.

I'm not an good in football but since i joined the forum I have been following trofo @ Epl prediction, I'm so loving it when I go there to discuss about football.
And I'm getting used to football,  I can't stay a day without going that thread to read comments on prediction.

I mean, I do not want to associate myself as to avoid sounding cocky but I think I have a wide-range of knowledge when it comes to chess.

Ever since the pandemic, I have been consistently watching chess tournaments. I also know most of the standings and the recent news; that is why I always engage into discussions in the gambling subforum of chess. Unfortunately, only a handful of people watch and enjoy chess- that is why it is not as famous compared to our conventional and traditional sports (e.g. NBA, boxing, tennis, F1, etc.).

I do hope that people get curious in watching chess as it can be brutal as a knockout punch in boxing!

I too just come to see the threads here. Its really informative to read threads here. I am not in sports gambling since I lose huge money in that domain. Cricket is my favorite game and i love reading what UmerIdrees and Sithara007 write. I suggest better go for something that involves solving problem like poker game.

there are different strategies, the Martingale system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martingale_(betting_system)) doubles down on eachloss since it's expected that a gambler don't keep a losing streak forever, but of course this is not guaranteed to work.

when to stop is one of the hardest things for most people to figure out

Then you should share your wide-range knowledge about chess. Just let people tell you cocky as they are your haters of what you know about chess. If I remember correctly, there's a thread about chess where magnus is mentioned. You like it or not it's better you share since there are some people who come here and wanted to get updated on what sports or esports they like. Just don't mind them saying that you sound cocky.

Well, one thing why chess is never get much attention on this forum is because it's a Bitcoin forum and all about crypto currency and I don't know if there's a Bitcoin betting on chess match since I haven't read a single thread about them in here. Which is why we rarely some people talk about a certain games for gambling. But if you do have a certain knowledge about chess and you are too knowledgeable, I think it's time for you to create a chess match speculation in this forum. No one is being cocky here as long as your point and intention is pure and don't let them judge you just because you're different.

You are right but still some are creating thread for chess but not that many will discuss about it. I think cloudbet have chess matches that you can bet. Anyway, I haven't tried it on cloudbet yet but what I know is that cloudbet have chess matches that you can bet even tournament matches. As far as U noticed, many of forum users are betting on ball games like cricket, basketball mostly. Maybe most of us here are not fond of chess game.

May I know why you had choose of chess game instead of other game for gambling. Because in chess, you will have only one option.But in other game, you may have huge option to bed your money. In football, you can bet on particular player and you had a option of 11 players who is playing.

well, some people like chess and maybe the results of this last match weren't so hard to predict...

now, how does it work on betting on specific players?
I understand you could bet on how many goals a soccer player will make or defend, but what about the ones in the middle of the soccer field?
you got me curious with this one.

Congratulation...always go for what makes you happy and don't mind what people will think or say. I like football very well but I don't mostly gamble on it because I've know myself that I don't always have luck when it's comes to football gambling. I have lost some few dollars on it which makes me to zoom out. I just see myself not having expected luck on it.

Not only there is no guarantee the martingale system is going to work at all, in fact it is a mathematical certainty that you will eventually lose your money if you use that strategy, after all people think that if the odds of losing an unspecified number of times in a row is something like 1 in 10000 then they will never lose, however the chances of something happening changes depending on the amount of tries that you actually go through, so if you actually make 10000 bets then the chances that you will lose that many times in a row are close to 100%.

I'd like to mention both aoluain and myself in the Rugby (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5265288.0) thread as having more wins than losses over the last twelve months.

Really? I think I will check it out to see if getting along will earn me some luck. I've not been looking at the forum for forecast or related gambling games since I don't always depend on other person's predictions to make few bettings. I am preparing myself for this year big win so I will be looking at different games I can try my luck.

Did someone name JSRAW here? You can follow him if you are looking for betting in cricket matches. He is quite active in most of the cricket discussion & as far as I have observed his post; he used to post with insights. That's what I like about his post because they are helpful for betting if you have little knowledge on cricket.

What is this? I do not get to be added to the list of NLF experts? This is preposterous, this is outrageous, this is...

South Park ended last on the Football Fantasy League in which they participated...

Well, I kind of see your point ;) LOL

Congrats again, Ekeler beat my ass at the end.

Maybe you'll be added soon if you keep sharing winning picks. I guess those people who are on the list don't proclaim themselves as experts but the community sees that they are contributing by sharing their picks. I can't say much about other sports as I only follow the NBA games and I can say those names I saw really shared valuable tips.

Sharing your results is good and okey buy many persons are still disagree with the idea of the posting result rests here. Result you post here can later help somebody to improve their game. When you post your result here, there is possibilities of helping someone to improve or kick off their gambling skills which might end up bringing results.

you are right, I think only a few people understand and have extensive knowledge in terms of cricket and it can be said that @Jsraw is one of the forum members who has insight into the game of cricket, in my opinion, compared to football, basketball and boxing,  cricket is a sport which may only be popular in a few countries, indeed cricket is included in the list of world sports but it can be said that not everyone watches and knows about that game like people know football.

Even though nit everybody that would like to keep an eye on Cricket, once it's giving a good result, I think it's a good idea that we'll should not keep always keep our eyes on the pleasure we get from the playing and participating but to go for what will add more funds to our portfolio with good and interesting results. Cricket is good game anyone can bet on and earn good profits.

I am sorry hehehe. I will add you to the list. You are certainly one of those people who was very helpful to me. I reckon another person that everyone should be listening to is tyKiwanuka. He is very up to date with his information and very intelligent in his replies in the NFL thread. He is also a very good Eurovision researcher hehehehe.

There were also some people who have been suggested in this thread who appear to also be very informative and very intelligent. I will read their post history and might add some of them in the list. However, in other sports like cricket it would be hard for me because I do not know the sport hehe. I might need help on this.

No need, it was just a small joke, I also learned from you so we are even, after all we were both newbies when it came to Fantasy Football so when you asked a question and someone else answered it I also learned from it, lets just hope we have better results next year, quite honestly if it was up to me I would be ready to play in another league today, but unfortunately this is not possible.

I also agree that tyKiwanuka should be added to the list of experts, they know a lot about the NFL even if they have been away from the forum for some time.

You are right, not all the time we have the same luck, one day we can wake up enlightened and with great luck that only in a few moves we can make a great winning streak, 'but other times we can have our mind at 1000% and we can still lose everything, nothing is written in this, gambling is like that, many times by leaving everything to chance you win more than playing with reason or patterns, in the case of poker it is different, because it focuses a lot on the technical part and I think there are more possibilities of achieving good results if the main theory we have is applied well.

This is why I do believe that being a gambler we should not only stick to our skills because luck is still there, and be confident enough and expecting to always win on the area that you know in yourself you are very good at it because if it's not your lucky day then man this will surely not your day. Being an active gambler we would definitely be going to experience losses and winning. So it is better that we already have a skill to ourselves to accept any circumstances, losses, and failures because this is all part of the game.

the thing is observing the difference between skill games that have a luck component and pure luck games
I prefer the former
each person will find their way on a different style, this is life
it's nice

Looks amazing with an expert in gambling sub forum because almost of them not only have knowledge with one sport kinds only but several of them can manage almost three until four sport kinds. I think beside as their hobbies they are really an expert in gambling forum because they always watching and keep checking information about sport competition. Looks like @Trofo can understand with tennis, football and esports so looks amazing skill having he can manage three sport kinds, I only understand with football and not really understand about esport and tennis.

However, I use expert because those people know what they are saying and sharing in the gambling subforum. They are really following all those sports and they will give much more intelligent opinions and evaluations than others to help you with your own opinions and evaluations. This is very much similar to those traders in social media who share their charts. They might share intelligent analysis that might help you, however, profit is not a certainty.

Hey, congratulations to the both of you. Not easy to get wins betting in any sports so it's not something to scoff at right? I don't go too much in sports threads since I am not a sports guy but I know sports when I see one and I appreciate the skills behind it. The closest I have is watching basketball but that's been a long time already.

It’s good that there are people who are willing to share their ideas and insights whenever there is a game and when there is a news regarding that game. It was discuss here as well solve some question on what happen in that game or how come it happens. It’s been long since I do sports betting but whenever I do I mostly check related thread first here in forum and see whether there is a news regarding that upcoming event.

I post my wagers placed *before* games begin (including the odds and wager amount), so it's not too hard to verify that my bets are more successful than not.

These still falls under prediction and there's no two ways about it; it's either it comes or you loose matterless of the number of years you've spent to study the casino booklets, fixture,head to head and what so ever ... Even the players sometimes can't guarantee a win from their club untill it happens(I'm talking 'bout football) not to talk of a mere fan who sits behind the restriction line and watch them play to thier failure or to their success.
 I'll say that all your prediction sometimes are LUCK and few other times, it comes by comparing the teams present form with the other, this is your perception because most times, Aston Villa wins several matches against man United.
Prediction works but it is not all in all

That's the good thing when you belong in a group where they really help each other out like even in just a simple sharing of ideas and knowledge these are already a great help to newbie gamblers. I've never been into gambling sub-forum but base on what I have read on the comments this forum is somehow a great one to join with. But so far here in bitcointalk especially in gambling forum for me is quite full of learnings already because everyone here are very cooperative to share their knowledge and ideas to everyone.

In the end, isn't that what this thread is about?  Which of us is able to give predictions which translate into winnings?

It does fall under prediction but my point was that there's no certainty!
Some dudes out there will be like; "I'll give you sure games to stake huge coins and win but you've to pay me first" ,...now I keep asking myself, why don't they stake thier own coins to earn very fat since they're so sure about their predictions?
Why do they still come to sell thier predictions to regular gamblers just for peanuts? These questions still made to understand that in predictions, they're no certainty!!

Anybody that choose to be giving signal about a particular game means they are doing well to keep an eye on the game with much familiarity. I've known some guys who are real football fans and they are always giving signal about soccer because they are good in it and always have important updates to pass out. They more time in put in something will determine the rate of result, but only when their is deligency.

It's not a signal but anyone is free to share their picks whether they're good or not in the sports that they're sharing which also includes esports. Anyone who's familiar or not can have their own share freely if they want. Technically, only a few really are the experts while the others are just giving what they pick and why they've chosen those picks.

Once you started to know those people that are sharing freely good picks, you'll eventually going to see how accurate they are and you're going to be choosing them as your great pickers and you'll be their follower.

Thank you for at least proving my point.

I am putting my money where my mouth is, and my predictions aren't behind any kind of paywall.

Well, i don't have much experience in this area, as I post and participate a little bit in this area of gambling.

In my opinion and the users that came to my mind are the experts are @stadus and @wheelz for the NBA subtopic (which I am most active in this part)

This thread is about who shares valuable information and also the quality of their analysis and opinions after the information was given. Giving the correct predictions is certainly also important, however, listening to people who closely follows the sport and who knows what he is talking about to help readers in their own analysis is more important, I reckon. It is similar to the saying give a man a fish hehe.

I added you to the list and @aoluain. I knew you are a quality poster from the beginning, however, I am not very familiar with rugby. I had to read through the thread slowly. Presently with NFL season ending, I want to know more about this sport hehehe. Thank you for this thread!

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5265288.0

That's the best thing about this forum not unlike to other forums that I know that people do not really care about you and worst is that they will ask for a fee if you want information in regards with betting. Those people only think about money money and nothing else.

I like the op's idea, this saves us time for scanning each of the pages of gambling threads just to know if who is the user that are more knowledgeable when it comes to this game. we can then ask those users publicly or via private-message for a second opinion if which they think can play better, if we are not really sure of our own picks according to our own research.

Accidentally found this topic and found out that "I am an expert in UFC" :D

That is totally wrong. I am not an expert, I am just a fan of combat sports. I am just a guy that has a different opinion, and likes to look at the fighters on a different angle. I am proud that someone finds me as an expert, but please, dont take my posts in 🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5139347.0) as a financial advice. I am just there to show that obvious winner can become a looser in a second, to show that "there are not safe bets in gambling" :D

I second that @stepwilli. This forum indeed has a good and positive purpose, truly incomparable to others. I really love the energy that has been given out here, uplifting each other, and having the goal to succeed together through sharing what one has knowledge about. And having these sub-forums has been truly beneficial for all of us, and especially to newbies who are really clueless for most things here, because now we have information on the specific users to ask for our questions and their opinion.

You are right, it is for this reason that in my particular case I see poker as the best option to use the skill accompanied by a luck factor, because strategy can be applied, especially when it is PVP, however it is for me more option to win like this that in a roulette or even in a slot game where you give yourself totally to the luck factor, it is generally difficult to have the luck necessary to make certain movements, and the slots are totally enjoyable, but as I have said on other occasions I see slots and not as a source of making money.

yes, it has to do with the vibe we want in life for that moment too
poker is cool but also something you have to think, hide feelings and play in a way that is not as relaxed as other games that don't rely so much on skill.

When it comes to gambling subforum there are a few users I love to get some points from because most times I use them in my bet prediction and most of the times I am lucky. Because gambling remains what it is there is no 100% guarantee so it doesn't come out profitable at all times but in few cases I get lucky with it. CLS63 is one of them

it's nice to find experts and people who gets predictions right a lot, but there's also value on the knowledge of the masses
sometimes the average of the collective guesses is more precise than one person guess.

I wonder why we don't see so many prediction markets for gambling...

For me that is the advantage of being joined and belong to the group or platform that composed of a members who are really into that specific thing like gambling. I mean, in this kind of forum, members are very generous to share ideas, knowledge, their experiences and most especially important tips they have learnt from their past experience. This is what we called, surround yourself with a people who have the same hobbies like you because for sure you will gain a lesson from them.

Yes, in fact did you know about pokerstars.net? there in its beginnings they left excellent guides to all public to be able to play poker like a professional, and despite all that, I still think that this way a lot of theory and a lot of knowledge is handled accompanied by skill, it has a lot to do with the luck that you have the person who plays, I have a friend that whenever he plays a tournament if he doesn't win it, he is among the first 3, sometimes I think that what he has is a talent, I don't know how he does it, but he succeeds.

I agree with this, mate. While I believe OP posted this with good intentions, it could do more harm than good in some ways. Having the list of names posted and labeling them as experts could be burdensome to them because people would have high expectations about them since they are "experts" and are good in that field. It could give them a sense of responsibility and obligation for those people who would follow their advice and predictions when they shouldn't because I guess they do that in a regular manner and with no weight to shoulder on, with no responsibility to anyone. Because after all, every gambling may it be in any form involves risk, luck, and chance which people differ from one another.

If someone would really want to win their bets, they should do in-depth research about what they are getting themselves into. They should possess good analyzation skills and they should always be on their guard in choosing and deciding because it involves money. I agree with your statement that someone could also browse some threads or even articles to keep them updated with the current happenings as well as to be informed of their next moves in the gambling industry.

I have been looking for such people to follow their post and most of their predictions, I know it's not financially advisable but I applied caution. I will carefully follow most of them to make my bet.

Actually it is not wrong because indeed they are also quite competent in their respective fields but this should not be used as a reference either because even though they are experts, they also have their own predictions.
I also always see them in giving predictions and not infrequently apply the same thing to my predictions but only if the predictions are the same as the predictions I have.
I do this to convince myself to make a bet

yes, this happens on all subjects in the physical and virtual realms
putting people together with common interests and skills will help knowledge to develop faster, it's quite interesting

they also say that if you're the smartest on the table it's time to change tables.

Indeed. Anyone is capable to be an expert in a certain field particularly gambling. Investing in yourself by fueling up your knowledge would be of great help if you want to be good at it. These people that were mentioned were knowledgeable because they exerted effort and time to know what they have to know about sports for example to make a calculated and strategic prediction on who will win or who has the more chances of getting the game. They are nice to help the newbies as well as to those people who still need guidance when betting. Their predictions might not be always right, but they could be a tool for others to base their decisions to. Of course, this still comes with a risk so we should still be responsible for our decisions. After all, they are not Gods, so let's not give them the burden of being a know-it-all.

yes, I heard about pokerstars
but they don't take crypto, right?

I like the idea that "hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard" but on the other hand I'd also agree that some people are "naturals" for some skills like math, persuasion, or even hiding feelings.

Well said mate, those persons who voluntarily shared their knowledge, expertise and predictions are not God's and they probably make it correct and make it wrong at the same time. They are also same with us who of course continue to make themselves knowledgeable about that said gambling or what else and with that being said we should do the same thing as well on ourselves so that we can personally assess whether it is good to follow their predictions or suggestions or not right. So let's be thankful to their volunteer insights and leg's be responsible to ourselves also.

Man, there not so much such persons here. Too many of them already left this forum and there only few left.
In my previous post here (somewhere on first pages) i gave a list of those who is still here and whom i read personally. But yeah. it's nice that they still here and we can read them

Look, really what you said is true. If a certain person wants to specialize in something, he needs to study a lot about a certain subject that he wants to delve into.
I believe that this forum is a perfect place to exchange experiences on various subjects, as we have users who are experts in gambling (soccer for example), others in the sub-topic of basketball/NBA, economics, mining and several other relevant subjects that we can cite as an example!

Even if the predictions aren't totally accurate I think it's nice from them to share their views and guesses regards games' results, because they could simply bet and make profit quietly without revealing any hints to anyone.
I agree with you, let's be thankful and take the responsability for our own acts when betting online without blaming someone else's opinion for a loss we might have betting on a wrong result.

No, they don't accept them, but yes, you're right, I'm also in favor of the fact that one can learn these things and be at the level of people who have some kind of special talent for poker, in addition to having some knowledge and experience great goals can be achieved, I have not reviewed it again, but the guides they give there are level 1A, I know that many current players have read and learned these guides well and that has guaranteed them great success, because there are some technical issues that They take into account at the time of the game that it usually helps a lot, I think that the rest is already psychological and usually depends on the type of thinking of the player.

do you think one day they may 'cross the bridge' to web3 and start to accept crypto as a way of payment too?

interesting to think about it, skill will only take you to a place, mindset and psychology will take you to the other side, when it comes to poker, but this stands true to many sports at professional level as well.

Yes I don't understand why you still haven't listed tyKiwanuka. He's one of the biggest expert in sport betting I know. He's certainly expert in almost all sports available on sportsbooks but from what I know he's mostly active in threads about soccer, cycling, NBA, NFL and Eurovision here.
RHavar is the expert of provably fair gambling games, but buwaytress and Darkstar_ are missing in your list too IMO.
It would be interesting to know the expert list of those guys BTW.

Experts for tennis, NHL, MLB, Formula One and cricket are also missing in this list but I don't read threads about those sports very oftentimes unfortunately.

Thanks for the mentions, ralle14 and Saint-loup, and to bbc.reporter for making this thread -- I might prefer a list of usernames, and precisely what it is that makes them an expert.

Also, if this is about expert gambling or at least tips, rather than sporting knowledge? I personally feel the distinction is important. I'm less of a knowledgeable person in say, African football, than in European, but I actually had a better season gambling-wise in the former, and even am familiar with which team would be the favourite on paper, yet be completely unfamiliar with the players or coaches or styles. This distinction is also important in this particular subforum -- anyone who's had the patience to scroll through some of the megathreads understands about half the shitposts there aren't from gamblers (a sweeping statement not backed by evidence I admit).

To comment on Saint-loup about suggestion of player lists also, I think a great idea. My list would be absolutely about gambling and less about sports (technical) knowledge, and as such, and this is not exhaustive, top off my head, and absolutely personalised to myself =). If I had to make a proper list, it'd be much longer, but I thought rather than name everyone I think knows a thing or two about gambling, why not just put the guys I actually do take or have taken hints from?

These guys are all, also, high rollers. Serious money where their mouths are, so to speak, if they don't mind me saying so!:

_DarkStar

• knows where is safe to gamble on sports and on casino, has old-hand information and insight on site owners, which to trust, and background.

SyGambler

• expert sports gambler: horse-racing
• another old-timer with dice-type crypto casinos with insight into a lot of goings-on behind the scenes

Trofo

• expert sports gambler: tennis, European football, deep insight into Balkan teams and athletes
• has relevant and current information on promos across bookies

sportsbet.io aka Steve

• expert cricket gambler, and actually plays cricket at a professional level
• has industry insight, naturally, on the business side of things

@buwaytress. I checked their post history. I trust your suggestions, however, they are not very active in providing information, opinion or share a prediction except for trofo who is in the list already. But I will add them as the gem whisperers hehehe. Experts who are not very active but gives rare gems in the subforum.

@Saint-loup. Agreed on tyKiwanuka. I will add him as another gem whispherer in the gambling subforum.

Having the knowledge of sports and doing predtion of matches are different things. Even if someone have good knowledge, it does not mean that you will be able to predcit hte match results correctly.

You don't need to be an expert in any of the sports. However you should have interest in the sports being discussed. Sometimes i do come across some generic spam comments in the gambling sports discussion thread, which is anooying.

Haha fair enough. I guess perhaps they or some of them aren't using the forum as much as they used to for those purposes, or were/are active on other platforms.

I still do hope the list is more a "who's who" and why. You come across a lot of personalities here but so few actually bet or have advice, insight, tips you can be sure they back up with money. It's damned easy to become an armchair "expert" here (just look at the European football megathreads and you understand) but until you put money where your mouth is, counts for very little in my books =)

e.g. as I said, I wouldn't consider myself an expert, but if I make big calls, I can tell you why, and I can prove I made the call with money on this thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5011930.0) I've maintained for over 3 years now. Proof of my luck, rather than my expertise, perhaps, but proof nevertheless ;)

You can't predict accurately on sports betting if you didn't have enough knowledge on the sports you are betting. You are mixing up the physical knowledge to principle knowledge because there's 2 types of knowledge in sports, The one that good in the actual sports by playing it physically while the other is through understanding the principles and strategy of it to determine how to be good on that sports which is sports analyst does. What will be your basis on betting if you don't have any idea on what you are betting, Having an interest means you will do research on it and continuously study the sports by repetitively watching it until you determine who's team are good or not then based your bet with the stats, roster, strategy/style and many more elements that measures effectiveness in sports.

All the user mentioned on this thread has deep knowledge on the sports they have interest that's why can give a thorough analysis as there contribution here.

Well I guess having the knowledge about sports betting or just the sports alone can give already a person the access to formulate his own predictions. I mean in the long run while he engage himself into sports he can develop this kind of interest about self prediction but not in a way of expert prediction. And let's always keep in mind the meaning of prediction, meaning we're predicting a certain event to happen without the assurance that it will going to happen or the end result will tally on your prediction.

I agree with you, for example, having knowledge about a coin already gives such person the ability to predict on the outcome of such coin maybe in price or other developmental aspects.
Likewise on sports, Having knowledge on a type of sports already gives one the ability to predict on such sports, predictions doesn't necessarily need to be correct or come out as predicted, what's important is that one does not predict blindly or with zero knowledge on what he or she is predicting on, that's what's really annoying.

That is the whole point of tips, at least for me. I want to see reasoning behind the tip and then decide for myself what to bet on. For instance we often have similar reasoning for games where bookies favor the stronger team way too much and you opt for better paying ML on underdog while I opt for safer both to score option.

I would love to see tips like that for basketball. There is so much money too be made on under/over but I don't follow and can't analyze properly. If you are watching every week you know who is playing defense on whom and you can see when the line is set up wrongly.

Even if you have an excellent knowledge in sports, I still don't think you can now predict accurately. What if the two teams that head to head are both good? can you be able to predict if who will win? and there is also what we call good luck and bad luck, it can happen to you when your betting or can happen on the teams that are playing.

If you don't have a knowledge in sports or sports betting, you can still get involved by availing such tipping service or you can also look for the post of the persons mentioned on this thread because they are all experts. I think the title of this thread is kinda different. I am expecting that op will say "we need to have a separate board for the sports threads" but I support this too because there are now too much of them.

This looks like a rhetorical question. Gambling is a lucky game. You can only follow an expert to learn, guide and direct you what to do and not to win. Winning is by luck. The so call expert can lose thousands of games. So who is an expert in a Gambling game is unknown. Nobody is an expert in the gambling profession. A newbie can win an expert of 20 experience gambler in just a few minutes. But gambling is meant for experience players.

Your prediction is one of the most important thing gambling. There are different experts of gambling in the world, you can follow the on social media to learn more. The following link can Also provide some experts in gambling.
https://www.gamblingsites.com/blog/11-best-gambling-experts-18474/amp/
But remember, gambling online is different from physical game. Although there are similarities. Online you can predict and left the scene of the casino or sport betting site and checked back later. But in the physical game you play the game by yourself.

It is interesting, I always read it regularly from that page, the information is very precise and a few days ago I was in one of the traditional casinos in my country that now they have them legally when for more than 17 years it was illegal, I realized that the difference that is established from online casinos is something else, physical casinos, even the way of thinking, acting is different, of course, sometimes when you lose concentration, that if they bring you food, alcoholic beverages, music, all of this is an environment that makes you feel in your brain that you are a winner and that you will not lose, I think that is a plot that physical casinos have a great advantage over online casinos.