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Hi guys and ladies...

Like we all know. or maybe some of us already know, Stake.com has this feature that allows a bettor to copy other user's bet, It doesn't matter and you don't actually have to know who owns the bet you are copying, what important is that if you copy another bettor's bet, and that bettor's bet wins, you win as well, amount you win you already know depends on the amount you stake, so also, if that bet losses, you loss as well.

PROCEDURES

Its easy,

https://i.imgur.com/orDMstP.png

--Just tap the "All Bets" or "High Rollers" tab .

https://i.imgur.com/gjd3m2p.png

Click any of the "Events" as they are being updated in real time, the bet slip will pop up for you to review..

https://i.imgur.com/wiFZO94.png

After reviewing and you like the game and would like to copy, just scroll down and click the "Add _ Bets to my Bet Slip", set the amount of money you wish to stake and place your bet.

Now, the above tutorial is not my reason for making this post as i believe a greater number of us know this already, i just decided to to post the tutorial for users who might not know how to and wish to try the feature..

My reason for this thread is actually me wanting to ask if copying bets from unknown bettors is a good practice ?
I tried this one time and won actually, though the odd was pretty low and i staked a very small amount as well, but then, i tried it again the next day and lost, though not anything significant...

So for you, is copying bets online a good practices? have you tried it and won before? would you try it when you really want to bet and have no idea where or what sports to bet on?

LEts discuss.

It's still better if you know the game first. Not a good practice if you are doing it blindly.
It will still pop out in your bet slip and will have time to review it, that means you know what you pick and who are the possible winners of the game.
It's not different with picking it on your own. It just gets the job faster rather than choosing yourself.
Now, there are instances where gamblers do follow people and their bets, in this example if I am right, it is Drake who is mostly sharing his bets to the public and in social media.

For me the practice of copying other people's bets, in my opinion it is a bad practice, but there is an exception: If the team/club we want to bet on really has a good chance, it's entirely possible, for example, you have experienced the first way of winning and the second losing, of course the second opposing team / club has changed.

However, if you are betting professionally copying sports bets from other people, especially famous people, it may not be a good practice, for me it might be more professional to bet based on our own predictions and analysis, we will know our shortcomings and mistakes when we lose and vice versa we can judge the opposing team's victory whether it's the first match, second match and so on.

For me, not all other people's guidelines can be used as the basis for betting for us, we must also look at the team we want to bet on, not necessarily the team you want to use as a guide can bring us luck, because this is a bet, of course anything can change during the match.

Imho it's not. You just blindly trust a random person's picks and you don't know if that person knows the game(s) or not. You can as well just play dice.
If you know the games and can take a look if those bets do make sense, maybe - but then you can do without looking what others do.
So no, I think that it's not a good practice.

I don’t see it a good practice either. Copying does not guarantee profits, so for what reason you have to do that? Good thing if you know that bettor well and you know he has been winning in most of his bets, so might as well try your luck too. However, if you ask me that copying guarantee consistent profits, of course no. That is why you have to trust your own self if you bet, especially if you have a good knowledge on that certain game.

Gambling is risky. The risk is the same whether you are making the bets yourself or copying from others, so in my humble opinion it is better to create your own bet with the odds you think are more favorable and then see what happens, because copying another persons bet does not mean you will win, you can also lose, so why not do it yourself.

"If you want something done well, do it yourself", but if you have studied  a bettor and noticed their bets and pattern results in far more wins than losses, you can copy their bets on days you do not have time to study the odds, but doing it yourself is better than allowing another persons pick decide what happens to your money.

Copying bet is good if you keep on winning, but if you’re like betting blindly and make you lose everytime, then you have to decide for your own bet and trust your self. While most bettors always think and analyze first, some just simply copying bet and lose eventually. The reason why I always think copying bet is never  a good practice, aside from you lose your self-confidence, you become dependent on others to chase your luck.

This seems to reinforce the lazy attitude of many gamblers who dont wish to do research and place bets on their gut feeling or emotions. Sports betting is an EV+ game and can be used to make good money unlike dice, but if done in the wrong manner, it can end up being a EV- game at any time, like this.

Just because the site is offering an option does not mean it might be good for you, like the "Max Bet" option previously seen on Primedice (hidden by default now) - it was like YOLO option for frustrated gamblers.

Reminds me of copy-trading to some extent. Some players may have found this option profitable but the basic remains same, this is betting down without doing research from our end, hence a risky step.

I personally don't see any thing bad about but it shouldn't be a habit on depending on people for the odds. But I have seen people win on numerous occasions from people's bets. Infact people even pay for what they call Sure Odds, so if it brings more profit than your own judgement then one could still with it. Although there's no fun in that and some people love to add fun to winning.

I think it is good if you know the bet you are copying. Do not just copy blindly. At least you have the basic knowledge and can tell if the bet is good or not. Then you are can make a good decision if you copy or not.

It is a good way to find some good bets you might miss if you are just betting on your own. You can just scroll through the bets and you might find events that you have missed that you can bet on.

I hope you can know whose bet you are copying so the person can develop a reputation. Like if you know this person is good in NBA, then you can copy his NBA bets because you know he has a high chance of getting the bet right.

I don't think it's a bad method, but before I take someone's advice, I'd also like to know their thoughts on the subject. So, for example "Milan will win the match" is good advice, but I would also like to see an explanation about "why and how they win". Otherwise, such things would not be an effective sharing for me. But still, I think it can be improved and become better. I have no doubt that the stake team will make this practice even better...

@Fivestar4everMVP, this is a new thing for me, for some reason I didn't know this feature was in Stake, even though I've been playing there for a very long time. IMO, this is a very good feature to implement, especially if we don't know anything about those matches. Maybe I will try this feature in the matches this weekend, thanks OP, this is useful for me.

I wouldn't recommend copying bets from other bettors only because they appear in the feed and without knowing why they took that bet. I remember doing it once because I saw a user that shared his winning parlays and decided to follow him with a small bet after he posted his new parlay which ended up winning but that doesn't mean it's good. There's a lot of information available out there for us to use so it's better to take your time and decide than to just copy someone's bet.

Nope! It is not a good practice to be honest! It's very similar to copy trade functionality that some forex and crypto brokers offer. But people hardly make money there. Gambling should never become a source of money because that's when it ruins your finances. As long as someone gambles for relaxing, that's fine because that's when your finances stay under control.

Personally I would never recommend to try out your lick based on some third party. Gamble as per your knowledge rather than depending on someone else.

This feature of copying bet slips will be favorable to people who are lazy and unwilling to learn about a game. It encourages lazy people to still bet regardless of if they know a game or not. It can be a wrong approach to betting as it discourages you to learn about a game and encourages you to become lazier. I know and have  heard of cases where people copy bet slips from people that they know but hearing about people copying from unknown people sounds too desperate for me. I'll habe doubts and will not be comfortable staking my money on a bet slip that I got from someone who I have no personal relationship with and cannot attest to his ability to stake games correctly.

I didn't even know Stake has such options because I mostly play slot machines and only my leftover balance after I finish playing slots I usually play a multi ticket with a lot of games in it and really high odd,of course 100% of the times I have lost my bets by following my instinct and knowledge.

In this context I think it would be better for me since I play a lot of games with little leftover balance in sport betting to follow some high roller like that guy with 25 games in his ticket,if he hits it big,I am going to hit it big too and if he loses I don't care for my little balance lost,so in the end a very nice option to have.

Gambling is a risky business that involves a lot of cautiousness because it involves an investment of money and regardless of the saying that being lucky plays a vital role if you must win but your knowledge of specific information and match history will be a bonus to the bettor because it makes you have better selections in your bet. In this case, copying a bet from an unknown bettor is wrong for me because in taking my selections I always cross-check each selection before adding each team to my list the bettor which I copied from may not have the time to make a certain analysis of the teams before adding to his list and this may affect the outcome of his winning but on the other hand, I have come across some people who has won big in gambling by copying the bets of unknown bettors so it all depends on the choice of the individual but I will always prefer to place my bets.

You are absolutely welcome mate, I am very glad the thread is helpful for you, I knew a small number of players wont be aware of this feature, its one I was also very glad when  I discovered it, but like almost every user have commented here, the feature is most helpful if you don't use it blindly, like the two times i used it, i used it blindly to be honest, because I didn't have any idea what i was betting, not even the game, but I still copied it anyway , and luckily, one of it went through, and the next day, I returned again to and i used the feature blindly again but this time, I lost.

Yeah mate, its a very nice option to have indeed, most especially for the purpose you mentioned about, its very good for people like me that don't know much about football and some other sports games but would like to bet and don't mind loosing the bet amount, like two times i tried it, i knew absolutely nothing about the game, I just copied the bet and staked 0.5 usdt, it went through and i won 3 usdt( if I still remember correctly), the second day, i did the same thing but this time choose a multi bet slip( about 10 games in one), i staked 0.5 usdt again to win over $10,000 usdt ( odd was pretty high), eight games went through but two didn't, that was how i lost it  ;D ;D , pretty close I must say, for a game I have absolutely no knowledge in.

I didn't do this that doesn't mean it's bad maybe some people have done and copied random bets that I don't know, while I prefer to believe in what bets are made myself, even though I don't know or don't have a match so I pass it not to follow those who don't know who are.

I don't know if this practice is good or not but as long as I've never done it before, maybe you can try something new? because for me the choice of bet is up to ourselves.

I've known for a long time, sometimes it's useful if you follow single bets, but for parlay it's better don't do it with huge amounts. There will be serious gamblers with parlay bets and there will also be gamblers who are just looking for luck with high odds. Honestly I also often do it for fun in parlay, but the average copying bet result is lose because not analyze it "blindly", but this is good practice.
I mean before making bet, in parlay you can analyze it and throw out one or two team, which you doubt that bettor choice.

I copied several times the bets of other gamblers and realized that they are just as wrong as I am. So I do not see the point of doing it.

It seems to me that this function is used mainly by newcomers who are just beginning to understand the betting and have no idea who to bet on. But it makes no sense to do it all the time because it will not exactly add to your experience. It's the same as if a kid wouldn't draw his own pictures and would only copy someone else's.

I love betting on games which I understand that is why I don't need to copy anybody's game to gamble on. If you are copy from someone's already played game it is a 50/50 possibility of winning and losing just like you experienced OP. When you play games that you understand winning becomes the target.

Some persons that don't have an understanding of the game but will want  stake on the game can copy someone else game. Gambling is done for entertainment if you copied someone already played game is like you are not having fun but throwing away your funds since your winning relies on a third party. The question is how do you know if the copied game was played by someone who understands the game ? Sportbets are the games that you can copy from when you look at the odds but sometimes it turns out the other way round.

For me it's not a good idea to copy the bets of others. Maybe you will be tempted if you see those huge amount of bets of others, but it's better to bet on games that you can follow and understand. Perhaps this is a practice by others, but what if you lost? definitely, you might blame yourself for just blindly copying the bets.

Yes, I will say that sometimes I check for other bets and I'm amazed with how these whales bet, big amounts. But I see a game that really turns out to be messy and the result? it really f**cked up their parlays.

It’s certainly not a good practice because you are increasing the chances to lose from your bets. You don’t know if that bettor is still a newbie and is still starting to explore in gambling, so there are high chances that he’s just also making a random bets which means you’re just putting yourself in a bigger risk of losing. It’s better if you bet from your own. At least if you lose, you have no one to blame and you will learn eventually from you losses even if it’s a luck based game.

Unfortunately this sort of functionality on a gambling site is ripe for abuse and cannot be independently verified, so you could be following some rigged algorithm that has been set up by the casino / sportbook. It's not like the "clone trade" feature that has become popular on a few web platforms like Etoro recently, where you could at least get an idea of the buy and sell points of real stocks as somebody is trading them. You are relying on the company, the one entity that stands to gain when you lose money, to be totally unbiased and balanced. Even with the theory that they're making profit regardless, it is still way too risky to put a serious amount of money into copying what could easily be fake bots in this way.

It is not a bad practice if you know what you are doing. Sometimes you will have a double decision about a particular bet and will be confused on what to do. At that moment, seeing other people's bet will be a good help for you. It does not mean that you will copy everything, atleast it will give you some clue on what to include in your own bet.

Just like copy trading, it helps when you that is the bettor has good knowledge of the bet you want to include. You don't do it blindly.

Yes. There’s always an advantage if you know the game personally because that means you know where to bet with bigger chances of winning, and not just following random bets out from unknown bettors. Although there are instances that you get lucky too out from copying from those unknown bettors, but it’s rare to happen because most of the time, copying bets will only make you lose more especially if you only copy from those beginners in gambling.

Copying is never been good yet this do really remove out the general essence of doing gambling which is for entertainment purposes on which you are really that tending to bet on which one you do
prefer.If you do really make out some copy bets then pretty sure you would be definitely be regretting if those bets did really lost up.Nothings beats if you do really enjoy up your betting
rather than on totally following random bets and on random person.It cant really just give out that kind of good feeling whenever you do lost money.
Its never been a good practice and you should really be avoiding on doing do.

But isn't it that you don't know what you want to bet that's why you are going to copy it from someone? so generally it's a bad practice already. If you don't know then just simply stop and never bet. And how can you have some fun and entertain yourself if you are going to copy someone's else bet?

The only reason why someone will do this, is perhaps out of curiosity, maybe you just wanted to try it and if you win then good for you. But you shouldn't do it that often and rely to other bet slip.

Not a good practice if you're completely blank on the game that you're betting on. At least have some knowledge on the game before betting on it. Even if the one you shadow is a successful bettor, it's better that you know why they came up with that decision, and maybe you might not even need their bets to use as a reference in the future. At least, even if they stopped betting you already know how to make decisions alone.

Well we cannot say it is a wrong thing to do especially if you have bigger trust with others' knowledge of this game. It is fine as long as you are ready for the consequences. There is only one goal, which is to earn profit in gambling and that includes disregarding who played for your end. In such method, you'll have less enjoyment, so if you're okay with that then feel free to do so if you are really that eager to win. On my end since I am not a hard bettor, I prefer playing and creating my decisions alone 'coz even if I lose with my predictions, atleast I have enjoyed it a little more than asking which team should I bet my money with.
Well, we cannot blame those users who are using this method. Studying or learning something would consume huge amount of time and money as well('coz you won't be able to start right off the bat). I'd say this is a smart way more of a "if you cannot beat them, join them" idea. Regardless of the method, what's important is to fulfill your goal (either to enjoy solely or make profit).

This is similar to a copy trade, copying every trading activity from the trade leads and in the copy trade we can first see each win rate and ROI of the lead trade that we will choose to follow and the lead trade will get profit sharing from every profitable trade.
 
The question is whether in gambling there is a win rate information, ROI of the bettor who we want to copy the bet? If not, then we choose carelessly, one more thing is there also profit sharing that we have to share with the bettors we follow? If there is then this will only be useful if the bet is big.

Maybe this will be useful when there is a match where we find it difficult to see what will be the come out but still it would be wiser if we also tried to do our own research and compare which person's choices are most likely to win, or also useful if this is the first time betting on the sport so have no idea at all what to choose.


You've followed it and won but at low odds then that's normal because almost all of us can know that the athlete or team with low odds is the favourite bigger chance to win

I haven't tried going through what you described above yet, but following someone I thought he had good predictions once just preferred to stop, and try to believe in my own predictions.

I think this is not a good decision. We have the ability to make our own strategy as compare to copy others.
We should not follow the others. And I think one time if the bet hits it will not come again on same time it will come after some time.

And if you are a regular gambler so you can understand or can make the strategy for your self instead to follow or copy others.

Copying bet is good for those who do not have an idea of the result and they may copy the bet from experienced gamblers. It increases their probability of winning. It is good to copy a bet from someone who has more winning ratio than to just randomly place a bet.

Also we need to realize that if we copy bets from anyone, still we are responsible for our wins and loss. I have seen people that if they win a cop bet, they are happy but if they lose the bet, they want the person whom they copy the bet be responsible for their loss. This is not how it works. No one is responsible for your win and loss in gambling.

You are very lucky to win on your first try, even though on the second try you lose. It's just that we have to realize that Parlay is a type of game that has very little chance of winning. Don't be too pushy to copy bets with big odds (sometimes that's what breaks you).

As I said before, that I will try to copy other people's bets on this week's match for the big leagues, hopefully I can also get a win on my first try.

If your goal is just to play and test your luck with that gambler, you can copy it and see the results later. But it will be even better if you master the game so you can look at the list of events, choose the gambler, and copy it. But even if you copy it, you don't have to risk a large amount of money like the gambler because there is still risk behind it. Only betting with money you can afford is the best advice for anything you will do so that if you lose, the amount of money will not be too much and vice versa.

I nearly tried copy trading on eToro but decided not to proceed. But this is cool! If there is copy trading and mirror trades then there should also be copy-betting. I haven't checked it yet but I do wonder what will be the requirements for those you can copy-bet. It should not be huge rollers but huge earners based on percentage. I am currently bleeding with my sports betting, so I would gladly try copy-betting on sports. Maybe there's a small incentive for the profit like 1% to 3% for every correct call.   

For me I don't really see something wrong with copy betting, if you're really coping from a profitable bettor or maybe a good bet tipser , for instance the experience I had with copying trades in Cryptos /forex trading was a good one, because I choosed the right person to copy.
So bringing the senario here in betting will be profitable too, if you do due deligent or access on the historical performance of the bettor to see if he has been a profitable gambler.

Every bet is a trial of luck but for gamblers who know nothing about betting they can start from there while the progress into making their own prediction because if predicting games were that easy every gambler should be doing fine through gambling. Even the bettor's slip that is copied is an attempt to win the house and not a sure odd.

No, I would never do that, because if I will, I would be reliant to that bettor and I would not improve as a sports handicapper. It's always better to study our own, evaluate our strategy and improve based on our own effort, not from other people. As a sports bettor, I always dream of becoming a consistent one, but I cannot do that if I will not spend time to study and learn from my experience.

Well if you were to view this kind of practice from a different perspective, perhaps it would actually be useful in increasing your odds of winning. We know that many people create their own strategies in increasing their odds of winning. Some people become very good at it. The better you become, the more people notice and everyone starts wanting to copy your bets.

I agree that copying the bets from a single person sounds like a bad idea. But two (or more heads) are better than one. So what if you were to "scan" through the best bettors bets and copy the bets that they all agree on? Would this not up your probability of winning?

It might not, or there might not be enough good bettors making correlating bets. Who knows?

Some people prefer doing this , but they mostly place their bets after those famous personalities who are known to win big from betting. Personally, I view this as a risky move especially if you'll just copy a bet rrom an unknown bettor with no reputation and credibility to uphold. They might end up messing up and you'll instantly lose your money.

This way is widely known in trading as well. There are people who like to do copy trading and they mostly follow those people that are really good at trading to make the most out of their trade. But it's still so much better that you personally know how betting works and how much risk you are putting your funds into, so that you won't do the blame game afterwards.

Copying bet is wrong, if not wrong but it is not a good means to bet. You do not have to bet on what you do not know how it is, it is the simplest way to foolishness because this is what do later result to some people thinking they can pay for someone to help them predict and they are scammed.

When betting, if you want to follow someone and copy their bets, you should always look for someone that is known for having good results. It makes no sense following an unknown player that you do not know wjat his winning ratio is. Folllowing someone unknown and that you do not have any information about is the perfect recipe for disater.
if you want to copy someone's bets, at least pick someone that is assertive and has proven sucess

I would not copy someone else bets or decisions. Why I should even risk my money, specially with using unknows persons decision? Inst it be better to give that person your money and if he wins, share the prize, but if he looses, bully him and ask for repay? :D To me, a person copying other persons bets means that person is afraid to take responsibility. Being irresponsible gambler is bad. Such person always blames others for his own bad luck.

I prefer to choose bets from what I like rather than using the copy batch facility from other people because my analysis with him may be different. But maybe some people prefer to use copy batches because they don't need to analyze to find teams with a chance to win. Win. And if it is to practice placing bets on sports betting, it can be done but the important thing is that we must be able to do our own analysis rather than relying on others to choose the team. But before we use copy bets, we must try not to use big money.

Ok gamblers, i have another testimony, So today, i decided to try the copy thing again  ;D.
but like previously, i decided to stake a very small amount of money, in the amount of just 0.5 USDT
So just like an hour ago, i went to stake and copied a random table tennis bet i picked from the events list, staked 0.5 usdt and placed bet and left, it was a multi bet though.
i just logged back in on stakes now and discovered all the games went through and i won 3.3 usdt from my stake of 0,5 usdt.

https://i.imgur.com/k1tzUSp.png

 Now i wish i had staked like 100 usdt atleast  ;D ;D ;D

And for the records, i know absolutely nothing about tennis, its a blind bet but it went through luckily.

^^ Good for you though, yeah still base on your luck as to who is to copy who and take your chance.

But others might not be as lucky as you in their first bet and lost and then blame themselves for copying others and not betting for themselves. I guess still 50/50, maybe I would say that you practice it like a couple in a week and see how it goes for you. It's really tempting how big other gamblers are betting as if they really knows that they are going to win, but there's no such thing though.

Since Stake.com is offering that option I don't see anything wrong with it, it takes it at your own risk or bet at your own risk always, Stake is offering you the option for bet comparison and if you have no idea about the matches then copying another bettors bet is not a bad idea, I also have friends who've been doing this but he does this if he is not sure of the matches and he is doing good, of course, you must admit that there's a good and bad side on it, and it's not a guarantee that you're going to win.

Stake is a gambling site, it offers copying betting, I know some other betting sites offers that too, even there are some betting sites in my country that is offering copying bet. But could you think of it that betting site can not do what will not help them, they make people to copy one another just for them to just make money. Some betting sites will also give you some predictions, but it is just nothing good than for the betting site to make more money as you bet more. I will just like people to know that copying someone's bet does not mean the bet can not  be lost.  Like I said earlier, copying bet is not making any sense, do your prediction yourself and bet yourself, but before you finalize your prediction, you can use prediction sites to know if what you bet is almost the same as theirs too.

Gambling sometimes is a game of luck. Copying another person's stake might be one of the easiest means of playing games but it makes you depend solely on luck to win because you don't know if the stake you copied was from a professional or an amateur. I have the opportunity of staking and winning from games I copied from persons that we perceive as very skillful in games. I have won and sometime I also lost.

You might be very fortunate to win using someone's stake sometimes you might also lose. I think this practice would be suitable for newbies in gambling or those that have limited time to analyze games before staking.

The feature of copying bets makes people to be lazy and careless bettors.
I think it is always better to bet in our own way, don't instantly follow others. I never tried this way since I disagree with the idea, I don't want to bet because of being influenced by others' bets. When I have no idea to bet, I prefer to not bet on any sports. Following others isn't my style, it is not my effort and I wouldn't be proud even if I can win in that way.

It is not copying the bets of other bettors but copying the strategies done by others.
I personally won't follow this way since no guarantee to win in the same way.

I guess it never hurts to try especially with low stakes. $5 - $10 for a parlay doesn't seem too bad financially, it's more like you're buying fun without expecting much to win. But of course, own choice will be more satisfying when we actually win it.

I agree with you, so I don't think it's the best way to win but it may have been done by people who are lazy to do analysis.

Totally removing the real essence of gambling on which you cant really be able to enjoy the bets you had made since you had just been copying it on other bettors but if you could able
to bare that thing then its your choice but honestly it does really get the entertainment that you do seek.Nothing beats out if you do really make out bets basing up with your own
analysis and preference which you would really be feeling up the enjoyment and thrill whenever you do see on whats the outcome of the bets that you had made,
Although its not always that bad to copy as long you do enjoy it then thats how it works.

Certainly not a good practice because you can never get lucky all all the time from copying bets regardless if you know or not the bettor. You also need to have your own pick based on your good analysis. Although there’s always no assurance in gambling and losing will always be inevitable, but you can always lessen the risk of losing if you bet from your own research and analysis like we always did in sportsbetting.

Copying a bet isn't just all about copying. If you don't know the game and the bet itself then you're copying on the air without knowing what you're up to.

But if you're aware of the game where you're copying your bet then that's IMO a fine thing to do. I've got friends who are copying each other with certain sports and bets and I find them that they're happily doing it.

No blaming when that bet didn't go what they're expecting. And for me, I don't do this as I prefer to have my own bets.

Some used to copy bets to know about other gamblers opinion on the same event. Through this it is possible to get a conclusion on selecting the odds. As OP have done few copy bets and won, even without knowing anything about the games is luck or the coincidence to copy the bets from the expert. Maybe he could've selected that particular person's betslip just because he have placed big money on each event.

Whether it is copied bets or our own selection, if we're lucky we'll get the best out of it. According to me copybets can be suggested for gamblers who prefer multi.

I'm in that side of saying that it's not a good practice for your own sake. But there's nothing wrong if you've seen some good results doing that because we're all for the better result.
Whatever strategy we do, the legal ones, that's what we want to do so that our gambling experiences will be as good as the others who have been sharing success stories to the community. I also understand the thought of defeating the purpose of what actual gambling is but it's like just adding the risk to the copier from where he has copied those bets. Because the reality, is no matter how good or best the person you're copying your bets, time will come that there will losing bets no matter how hard you both try.

it is still best to place your own bets to sports you are really familiar with. it is your money at stake. so whatever happens, they don't care about the outcome. it is always on your prerogative if you want to copy unknown bets. on my part, just bet on sports you think you do know best. you also have no idea if that bettor knows what he's doing or how familiar he is to the sports.

Yup and that's what I do.

I don't get into sports that I don't know but even if I do that, I still make sure that I have a knowledge to the sport itself and to whom where I'll be placing my bets.

Sometimes it's tempting to copy others bet but there's no integrity to myself by doing that. Especially, when I do not have the background of that person even if it shows good records and numbers for his stat.

Your money your bet that's all there is, I don't see it as a bad or good practice if you think the bet is what you think will win your game then go for it, but sports betting can yield a good result if you are doing your own analysis and just confirmed your bet from the other bets, I prefer to do my own bet so if I lose I have no regret since you decide on your own analysis and will do better coming from that losses, sports still no guaranty but having your own analysis can build your own insight on the game for a specific scenario in the future.

I rarely copy bets from other people, if it's strangers or not I still want to make up my own mind. What I do like to do is getting inspirations and see what other people bet on, but after that I will try and figure out why they bet like this and if it makes sense. During university we had a football betting group, where 6 guys were pooling their money and one friend of mine placed the bets. He was spending a lot of time reading about the different leagues and had a good edge on making profitable bets. This only worked for me because I knew him well and I could trust him. Otherwise I would not put my money down on someone elses bet. A few weeks ago we had another thread here about celebrities like Drake sharing their betting slips publicly and of we should follow his bets. I think it only makes sense to place small bets on someone else's idea.

I don't see anything wrong with it, you have a choice to copy or not, I bet on horse racing and there are tipster choices on the horse racing programs you have a choice to copy or not, and there are instances that these picks are not good and correct because even in sports betting there are no perfect bets, but there are tipsters where the winning average is good so it's better to pick the right tipster to copy or follow, but in the end, you have to follow your own analysis and just compare the other leads to your own.

Copying a bet from other people's own is like an amateur game play because there's no how you can know or have the confidence that the game copied will eventually make a win, doing this only benefit the gambling casino because they will have their commission on every game played either winning or loosing but you as a gambler, should you relent on others efforts in building your own game? Awhen you're not relying on anyone's money to gamble the game you intend to play.

It doesn't matter if it looks like an amateur game because we are just playing around with sports betting and trying to find out our level of luck. But it would be better if you could analyze each team to find a team with a chance to win so that you can win some money. The gambling casinos are obviously the ones who will get the bigger advantage over the gamblers because the gamblers are playing at their place. So we have to adjust to everything so we don't lose, even if it's by using a copy of the bet.

You can apply other bettors' bets but there's no guarantee that you could win the same amount as them because first of all, gambling always relies on luck so it will be an advantage if you will apply your own effective strategy so you can decide based on your game flow. Familiarization with the game is too important so you can create concrete moves to have a better chance of winning. Following others' bets is a risky thing since you don't know if that bettor is familiar with the game or if he's serious and focused on it.

have not tried it but I feel like by doing this kind of strategy you are basically leaving everything to luck.

yeah, why not, I mean it is not a bad idea especially if I have no idea what to bet on or what sports to bet on. but if I know the sports and at least have some knowledge about it I'd like to pick my own bet rather than copy other's bets hoping that they would win.

This is just like on some trading platforms where you can copy other trading activity however you can check their stats to make sure they have a good grasp on what they are trading on. However, in this scenario, you'll be copying someone's random bets which are gambling itself as you don't know anything about gamblers' stats. This will be a much riskier way of gambling, but no one will judge if you do so since it's your own money, you'll be risking.

Just as you've said, it's better to gamble on sports betting on those you know and have made on your own research as it'll have a lower risk since you have made a decision based on the data you've gathered. I don't mind copying others' bets on some sports that I don't know or if I'm torn with the research I've made.

I personally would never plagiarize someone else's bet, which doesn't necessarily win either. it could also be someone just picking a team at random without any clear research.
although gambling is like betting on each other's luck, for me it would be better if you bet in a way of research that is closer to our own luck.

You can view the stats of the user who made the bets that you want to copy if his profile is in public mode. You can determine whether the user is professional base on his win rate and the size of his wager volume in the casino. Typically, whales with high bank roll and win rate always analyze carefully there bets especially with parlay bets.

I agree that many users there is just choosing random bets that’s you should avoid hidden profile user and focus only on bets of public user with good stats. I always using copy multi bet whenever I have spare money available on the casino to save me time on choosing matches. Parlay of multiple match is already requires too much luck that’s I just trust random guy on doing the lucky pick since I just bet my extra money.

Great comment bud, you comment shows you have experience with the topic being discussed, indeed, from my experience so far, I discovered that majority of account I try to copy their bets are hidden accounts, there is no way to look at their stats and bet history.
And it also a good advice you've given, I agree with you.

To the general house.. Copying bets from other gamblers will not or should not stop a serious gambler from doing his or her own research and betting on other games based on his or her research, like coin_trader said, copying bets should not be done with your main fund or be seen as a major betting, like what is when I need to do some quick betting and absolutely don't mind loosing the bet, I can decide to look for some multi bets from high rollers and  bet maximum of 0.5 usdt on each I pick, I pick a maximum of four most time, that makes my total bet 2 usdt, it is true that a bet like this solely depends on luck, so also, loosing 2 usdt in a bet once or twice a week is nothing compared to what could won if luck shines on me.

It is not a good practice in my opinion.
It is better if one is fully aware on where one is putting one's money and why, actually I have discussed this matter before on other thread; if one want to sport-bet ideally learning and getting involved in a sport one legitimate enjoys can increase the chances on betting without the need to relay that choice to others, specially if they are anonymous or unknown bettors.

But thanks for this short tutorial, anyways. It is good to learn about this kind of functionalities.

I didn't know it had this feature, I confess that it's the first time I've seen it so I can't comment on whether or not it's copying bets from these guys from stake.com; we have to separate things, one thing is copying bets from these guys from stake.com which are bets made by people who have somehow some reputation as winners, i took a few minutes to observe them and most of them even get the bets right, another thing It is very different and copying bets from people or random sites, anyway, even to copy bets it is necessary for the person to analyze each game they are copying, having their own opinion is something necessary in the world of betting or games

No because copying bets from unknown bettor put us in a place that has no certainty.  It also weaken our self steam and game analysis which is very detrimental to sports betting,  In short copying bets online makes us dull.



Yes and it was a disaster.


I think I have enough bad experience copying other bets so I will gladly pass than copy someone's bet.

There’s always a risk on doing this especially you are not familiar with that bettor, but you can always confirm their bets before placing your bet, it’s just that some gamblers serve this as a guide for them. If you are going to copy someone’s bet, make sure that their percentage of winnings are high and don’t expect too much from this since the bet might be just a guess for him. Betting can easily be understand, just continue to analyze and you can get good result, i still prefer to bet using my own analysis.

Yes, I do it in poker all the time. It's a good option especially when you don't want to bet at a high roller table but see how good some of these guys are and want to follow their moves.
When a casino allows you to shadow bet a good player at a table, you can simply back his game with your own money and make a lot and it's easy to see if he's good by his stats and the amounts that he's betting.

I don't think i"d do it at sports unless I knew a history of a player and see that he's consistently scoring. When I bet on sports I prefer to make my own choices.

^I agree with this opinion which I think is not right.
That is not a good practice to copy bets someone else to random people because you have seen it on the internet because it could be misleading people who followed you on social media. It could this will happen, you will win once but there could be more losses, or it could be, it is betting against your bet. Instead of doing this which is I think the best solution is having your own research and study on betting, because it becomes convenient way when you know you are betting your own predictions either win or lose nothing to blame is yourself.

I haven't heard about the futures before on stake.com, that's pretty nice futures, but to be honest I won't encourage anyone to use the future, why will you just follow other people's prediction just like that, whenever we are doing something, we should learn to do it ourselves, we don't have to wait till someone feed us, why will you copy someone else's bet, that means you are following the person blindly, if you really want to be a gambler, learn to do your analysis yourself and don't depend on anybody. The highest I can do is to compare my analysis with someone's own but I won't copy someone's betting slip.

Getting that bet option from unknow source will just make that gambling bets more risky. I'm wondering why some gamblers are too lazy to understand how betting works which is this can be an easy analysis and will only take some minutes before they can a good result. Copying the strategy of others are also not my thing because I know how to bet and looking for the good odds will always be my priority. Well, he will realize that mistake if he already lose the money, that's the costly way of learning.

I stand on the existing protocol to agree with you that gambling is all of risk, but i want you to understand that both coping of someone prediction and also making your own prediction doesn't give you a hundred percent assurance that you will win a bet, because i havw come across of some people who bet with someone instructions or directions and win the bet, but it doesn't not mean that the instructions is going to be perfect all time, gambling is something that the percentage of losing is higher than the percentage of winning bet. So i believe that gambling is luck either you copy or you predict personal if the luck is for you, definitely you will win

I think there is no problem copying other bets when it gives us the win.  Besides, there is no written rule that copying others' bet is a sin or is bannable by the casino or sportsbook.  Although I have no experience copying other betting strategies, I am open to learning or doing it if the need arises.  But for now, I would enjoy my own strategy and analysis no matter what the result is.  It is better to lose with our own effort and analysis than the copied one because we can decipher our actions (for betterment) but not others.

I don't do that I only copy bets from people I know like in boxing and horse racing but if you don't know whose bet it is then there's a risk out there, you can win or you can lose or win doing that, I can only do a comparison on my bet and all the other bets but trusting my money to other people is like betting in a dice game you never know how good the bet is, so it could go the other way, although I'm not saying yours is good or bad.



It's not a good or bad practice it's copying at your own risk and many casinos and betting platform allow this, I remember in horse racing they openly endorse specific horses to win in particular races and it's legal.

There's no wrong on copying yet its your choice on doing so but come to think that betting along side with other bettors does really remove out the real essence of thrill
just like the rest been saying above and on the time that you had lost your bet then it would really be leaving out that kind of regret.It isnt a good  practice imho.
You could follow others bet if you wanted to but sooner or later you would really be noticing that it wont really be such ideal nor a good thing on doing so
specially when you are on the situation where you are losing that much.

There are good and bad to it, and it's completely legal, casinos allow it so they can invite more players to bet as they have the option to bet using their own analysis or decision or from other players', you understand the risk involved like you are not guaranteed to win here, I have not tried to copy other people's bet I prefer to lose on my own bet it's more exciting betting on your own bets than the other bets, but if you prefer to bet using other people's bet its better to bet on bettors that bet with a huge amount, they will not bet that huge if they are not backed by good analysis.

they may have their reasons why they are betting big. but don't assure yourself that if you follow these high rollers, you can also guarantee your winning, because it is not. you can't blame them if you lose. so it is still better to bet on your own as you have no reason to blame anyone if you lost it. or if you follow them, make your own analysis also. don't bet blindly. check if there's good reason why they are betting big on that particular line. if you know the sports, would be easy for you to spot such reason.

This really depends on your knowledge on the game itself- remember that some bettors have a specific amount for betting.

Are you familiar with the martingale strategy? You might copy the betting system of a person not knowing that he bets double whenever he losses a round and this might interfere with your strategy or fund management. Like what most have mentioned, it is still recommended if you develop your own strategy especially if you are not familiar with a current game.

Didn't expect that but yeah, it might interfere your fund management if you carelessly copying someone's betting style. So, it depends if someone is aware of what they are doing but if not then they might lose or win depending on who they have been copying but most of the time they would still lost.

I won't suggest copying someone's betting style if they aren't familiar with the strategy the other bettors been doing. They might end up losing the same and just like what the majority said, develop your own strategy or watch closely those random bettors you are copying if they are really winning or else you will be copying someone just to lose at the end.

The point is that there will always be people betting on the different possible outcomes for a same match, so after all you still have to be lucky to copy the right predictor among the alternatives around. It's not different from betting by yourself. I think it's an interesting concept that may turn the gambling activity more entertaining for the gambler who wants to have a different experience from the trivial one where he builds his bets as he wish. Sometimes we want to follow our instincts, but on other moments we simply want to follow someone's lead and enjoy the winnings with them, almost like a 'team'.

It is still not a copy bet for me because you did not copy all of the bets; only your bet and the user's bet are the same, but both of your bets will be different in the next round. I understand your point, but in a copy bet, all of the user's bets are copied to you, so it's kind of like you're copying someone else's luck. I would definitely give it a try because it sounds intriguing, and if I could replicate someone's lucky day, Lol.

I wouldn't say it's "bad", copying is something done by people all the time really, and in this case, where the platform allows it, the only responsibility left is about the money spent and nothing more. I also wouldn't really call it a case of "coinciding" bets since that's rather different from "copying" itself. If you're comfortable with leaving your money with someone else and letting them spend it then I'd say copying is completely fine (since that's what copy bets really are at its core).

The only case copying a bet would go wrong is if your personal belief refuses (but for some reason still did) to copy a bet, especially in cases where you have knowledge of the game itself and can make your own bet. Though that goes to be pretty subjective imo so it's a case-by-case basis, not really something I (or we) can generalize imo.

Copying bets from unknown bettors is a good practice for people who want to gamble but do not know what to choose.
Although this can give risk by selecting an unknown bettor, we can expect to make wins if they win.
It would be good if we had knowledge from the match and then we could check all bettors and copy their bets.
But you need to be careful to select the bettors because we do not know anything about them and do not use too big money to bet.

I do not really think it makes too much sense to copy the bets of someone else, it seem to me that some people are trying to do something similar to what we see in trading in which some traders copy the trades of the whales trying to get the same results, but just as this does not work very well in trading the same happens with gambling, so either people learn to gamble just for fun or develop their own system they can employ to try to become profitable, as this does not seem the way they can achieve this.

It's similar like you're never trading, but you're want to start trading and just follow the fake signal on telegram. It's dumb idea, how you can bet someone when you aren't familiar with the sport, team or the fighter? if you're already familiar with the sport, you must know and have own prediction which team or fighter will win. I wouldn't feel satisfied if I bet a team or fighter when I think they don't have capabilities to beat their opponent.

There's nothing wrong with copying a sports bet, but you have to be familiar at least a little bit with the match on which you are betting.
I personally haven't copied other people's bets, because it seems riskier than placing my own bets.
Copy trading is a thing in platforms like eToro, no wonder that some gambling platforms have implemented copy betting. I don't believe that copying other gamblers would increase your chances of winning more money. Gambling is supposed to be fun, when you make your own bets.
Relying on someone else's luck (or sports betting knowledge) kinda loses the fun part of gambling.

This is actually a nice initiative to me and the truth be told that, there are times or days we wish to stake a bet but really don't know what to bet on and seem stocked, but with a feature like this very one, I think it's a welcome development because you literally don't have to bet blindly as you said but you also have the choice and option to review each games before adding it to your bet.
Just in copy trading, when one has to pay a commission to the original trader if the trade is successful, I don't know if same applies here, where we have to pay a commission to the original bettor if the game is won.
I also want to know if the accuracy rate for a person is calculated and displayed along with previous winnings to atleast give one an edge on who to copy a game from.

This is a good initiative though it has been existing in the world of financial market trading before now, yet it's good to see it in gambling too. But before anyone is so excited, one should first know if it's transparent because companies these days could do anything to make more money under new schemes. I believe the bettor should be sure that those they want to copy must be accessible before and after each bet.

In other words, their history of betting must be auditable by the people who copy them so that the casino will not be playing pranks. Anything outside this is no-deal for me.

Copying bets because we do not know what to choose is stupid imo, it is even better to not gamble at all than risking our money on others especially if the one we try to follow is unknown person or just because we are a fan of him/her. Copying bets is fine if we know who is the one we try to follow, lets say he is a proven and well experienced sports bettor.


This is the best thing to do, at least we do not do 100% copy without doing anything else. We should analyze the bets ourselves as well, if we think that the bets is good enough after our own analysis then we can go for it or maybe we can change something with the bets.

Obviously not a good practice because when you say unknown that means you didn't know the person and his play style but it's okay if you already observed some of his play on the past and then you found out that the majority of it a win. That is better than if you know the person well but his bets are mainly losses.

Copying bets in gambling can be the same as copy-trade in trading. A lot of traders mostly inexperienced ones are also doing it. It only seem wrong to the eyes of the other because they think those people who are doing it are not trying on their own but they are only depending on someone's ability. Well, what can they do? There will always be people who are like that who are lazy.

It might be stupid but somehow it could help you decide on which team you will be betting on especially since you are allowed to choose which anonymous gambler you can copy the bet on whether they are a high roller or not. For me, I think if you compare it to trading, it is more like copying an anonymous trader, but you can choose if they are a huge trader or not.
Still, it is riskier since you did not analyze the game itself and just blindly based your bet on the decision of other people. I think this works great if you have already made your research however you are torn on which team you're betting on and check out others' bet as a tiebreaker or decision breaker.

The major thing that make people to copy some one bet is in two way. One reason is the person is always winning his stake then you can believe the person know what he is doing and will always win more and not to be losing all the time. The other reason is if you have not been winning your bet. To always lose bring you down and you lose confidence to yourself and when you see someone that is winning you can beg to copy the games and bet. I notice that people who are winning alot also hide theirself from the people wanting to copy the games because they say if more people copy the game may fail  ;D

It will be a big risk to copy other bettors' bets because it's like we are relying too much on their gambling decisions not unless you've been playing on the same casino for a long time and you know that the bettor that you're following often wins. You can do copying at least once but you can't do it continuously because there's still no guarantee that the gambler that you're copying won't lose. It's better to analyze why he's always winning and apply your own strategy later on. You can't rely on someone else's decision all the time.

there wouldn't be any difference in copy-trade in etoro but the fact that anyone could lose even the high rollers means you could also lose.
but you maybe able to learn from it because these guys wouldn't bet big amount if they are also not well informed about the team they put their money on.

if we can only see the winning rate of the highroller it might just make you breathe easy copying his bet. unfortunately, we can't see it.

If you don't know what to bet on then better if you don't place a bet at all or you better do some research first. Copying bets from someone else is not always the quick fix for this. If you want to bet right away but you are not well prepared then maybe all what you want is to try and test your luck. If that is the case then you should also avoid copying bets as that could kill the excitement that you are feeling.

It's good if we will pay late or pay only once the bet is a win. That is for us to avoid being scammed. Winning rates are likely to be posted as well because that will serve as a guide if who among the bettor has more skill but we should also check out the other bettor because not all times, the leading bettor can win.

If you bet by choosing to copy bets from unknown bettors to get a win and make money, that's stupid, but if it's just for fun, it's not stupid because that person is willing to risk losing his money by placing bets from bettors who unknown.
It all comes back to our goal in betting and what we want to get from betting or copying bets from other bettors.

By analyzing bets and placing bets from bettors with a high success rate of winning, we can be sure we will also win with them.
But often, it is difficult for us to decide to copy bets from other bettors because they have almost the same experience as the others.
They provide a good betting record throughout their career so it takes us some time to pick them up.

It's not a good practice. What if the owner of the bet that you're copying has no idea on the game and just place his bets blindy? You'll face the same result, lucky for you if it did win but what if not? Sports betting is not entirely based on luck because you can do something to maximize your chance to win and that is by having knowledge on the games that you'll bet on. So why copy the bet of others if you can exert an effort to know the games and gain idea. Maybe there are gamblers who are fine to copy the bet of others but for me I prefer to use my own knowledge about the games that I'll bet on.

Right! It's not really a good practice to copy a bet from an unknown sources or bettors, we're old enough to know why it isn't and it is not highly recommended to bet blindly. There's no difference at all because your bets and theirs are both not guaranteed to pay-off, so, if you're just copying others work and make a bet from it, it's much better to stop and find another suitable game or sport that you know, so that you can make your own analysis and enjoy the thrill waiting for the outcome.