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I prefer staking before matches start when I started to gamble as a newbie. I later prefer virtual matches. I left both to staking on live matches which is what I gamble with most on bookies now.

This is just for fun. Let us post and have fun to know which one that most people on this forum that are posting on this gambling board like most.

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I don't like betting on live matches at all,they can go wrong in such a short amount of time.I know of some people who have bought what they call "fast satellites" which are about 30 seconds ahead of the fastest stream and they use them to place live bets on lower division leagues through bet365,they place the live bets next goal just before the goal is scored,it is extremely expensive to get those type of satellites yet they claim that they are making money,I have not seen any difference in their life style so I don't know if they are lying or not,anyway,I always prefer to place bets before the game starts and lately I am only playing basketball over games.

I usually stake before the start of a match. I don't stake in live matches more often, but the virtual match is what I don't like at all. Although, according to my thoughts, live and virtual matches are more fun, virtual matches have a high risk of losing money.

Sometimes, I can stake on more than 10 matches that are supposed to run for like 3 or 5 days. I sit back and wait for the matches to kick off, and I also enjoy watching those matches as they play.

Why I love to stake before a match starts is because I feel more relaxed and carefully take time to predict the result of the match, which makes me more lucky than staking when the game is live. Also, if I make predictions on about 5 or 10 different games, I can equally get some cash out of the matches that go as predicted.

Do not mind anyone. Scammers will be looking for ways to scam people. This is just only a scam and it is better not to buy anything. In-play are happening very fast as the matches are in real life in a way it can not be manipulated.

But I just do not like the in-play in lower leagues because I do not know if ithe matches can be fixed or manipulated.

I prefer in-play, but you are not wrong at all, the match can easily change, but that is gambling. What I like more about in-play is when I just want to choose a strong team to win, they do have low odds, if the strong team do not score like 10 to 15 minutes after the match has started, the odds would have gone up. Then I place my bet on the strong team with bigger odd.

I voted "Staking before matches start" because that was what mostly I bet.

Placing my bet before the matches start can make me to learn decision making, while in live matches you need to overcome with your emotion, timing, and other thing that might make you make a mistake.

Or place your bet on Real Madrid in the last minute, a miracle might happen. :D

The thing though with staking before matches is that you don't know who's player are available, or who suddenly going to sit before of injuries hours before the game. So it will spell the difference between winning or losing.

So for me, sometimes I will look at the odds pre game and see if there are changes during live betting. Specially if the favorite suddenly was not playing good and then they become a underdog, might be good to throw some money on them live betting.

I don't think there would had been possibilities to stake after match has started because there is every tendencies that the match would go biased against your will and you are likely to withdrawal from staking because your lost would be obvious and I don't know what think the casino would let you take advantage of them where the game have to had started before you make your stakes.
But on a contrarily, if you the earlier you bets and stakes is better your bets odds is bigger and the later you place your game and make your stakes is the lower your games odds.

I vote live matches. This is my habit of betting on football. The reason is that I have to first observe the formation and strategy used, I look at the line up of players used by the team. At least I tried to avoid a crushing defeat 😅. In the past, I preferred staking before matches started and just had faith, as a result the club I chose lost, even though the club I chose was in the top premier league, but lost to the promotion team 😅

I think everyone agrees with you that it is better to bet before the match starts because in my opinion it is easier to get higher odds than when betting on a live match, but sometimes I have also tried betting on live matches and usually because I am motivated to make a withdrawal. the amount is less than the minimum, usually I will bet all the money on a live game to win a little to reach the minimum withdrawal.

I know that the risks are very high in betting on live matches, therefore it is best that no one ever tries to do it if it is not because of something very urgent to do, for example, like what I did because I wanted to withdraw money from the site out of necessity, so I tried to place a bet on a live match. to earn money fast and achieve minimum withdrawal so that I can withdraw money fast. But if I'm honest, if you want to feel the adrenaline rush of gambling, you should try live match betting  ;D

If my memory serves me right I think I have seen similar thread on this board sometime ago and am gonna reiterate something similar here to what I said on that one.

I dislike virtual matches they are like a waste of money as your winnings are rather determined by the people at the backend controlling the outcome of the virtual matches results instead of it outcome to be randomly determined based on luck of the player. It's one thing for you the gambler to make your predictions it's another for those behind the tech to determine how the games results will be.

I prefer playing live matches or before they start, for this I am rest assured that my skill and knowledge will increase my chances of winning my games.  For live matches with how the teams are performing it gives me an insight on which team has the upper advantage to either win or draw the game.

This message can't be overemphasized as it's the fulcrum to responsible gambling and I charge every gambler to take this serious because unnecessary losses in gambling can be very frustrating.

I don't betting on lines before the game more than any other strategy.

I have tried different strategy in sports betting and I find it betting on pregame odds very relaxing. When I was new, I tried to experiment a lot and based on my expereince, betting live is pretty much stressful because you could easily be tempted in a wrong line, called it trap, and based on the outcome, I lost most of my bets, so I'm not for it.

I honestly not familiar with football teams that's why I do on live matches (live game betting) and based on the available statistics or data when placing a bet such as total corners or which team will first score by looking at their targeted and total attempted goal versus the other team, it's not 100% effective but I win in some of my bets, so I guess I can live it lol  ;D

On the other hand, virtual football doesn't work for me and I lose every time, I don't recommend it to anyone.

I understand that betting is luck based and no matter the kind of betting you do, if you don't do the right thing and reduce your risk then you will regret. In other words, it is about being responsible to your betting psychology.

I don't like to bet on visuals because it doesn't appear real to me, it looks highly animated and the game is not fun as it is really just meant those seeking quick bet for money yet you waste more money faster than you know. I prefer live soccer bet more anyway.

A real gambler must use all to know which one is the best. Many gamblers refused to play virtual games because virtual game is to dangerous while live matches is preferable but I play till now on stake before matches kick start. Because non the stake before matches, you stake and left the place and only check back who won the match. But for the live matches, you heart would be beating. Gambling is purely for fun just that some people attached emotion in it and turn to gambling Addict. Pregame option is the best.

When I'm on my gambling with strategy mode, I place every bets well ahead of the game as my strategy would depend on the odds I get. When the game is live, the odds fluctuates widely depending on the performance and scoring of the teams. I tend to bet live when I believe there's a better odds for most likely event but these bets are not within my budgeted strategic gambling and are more for the fun involved.
Overall I believe the risks  on betting current odds on live game are higher than a prematch odds as the odds you get for winning team is low and the game could turn upside down anytime.

I usually bet before the match starts, but just for fun. Personally, I don't look for anything special when betting. Usually football is the game that I give the biggest priority to in gambling, probably because of a weekend hobby. Before, I was also interested in following many tactical analyzes and predictions of each match, but now I don't care much about that and enjoy the emotions of playing with my favorite clubs, even when they fail, I feel very happy about losing money on the bet. But to be honest, my gambling only applies on weekends to sports, so I don't have many optimal strategies, because like many people just looking for fun, I am always aware of the level of spending on betting.

I'm a complete "No" to virtual matches, as I find them easier to fix and also harder to analyze. However, for betting before the match and betting on the live match, it all depends on the conditions, if there are 2 matches, 1 hasn't started and the other has, I would prefer to bet on the match that's in live. Moreover, there are conditions that support betting on live matches, for example a strong team that is behind on score. Wouldn't it be more fun to bet on the team that should and makes sense to score next?

I am not really into virtual games, because I feel that they are rigged. I like to stake before the matches are played, because I feel I have a better chance to get the best odds that will favor me.

The in-game betting is just too fast... and I seem to miss out on some bets, because the odds change too frequently to keep up. (This is more so with multiple bets)  ::)

Interesting topic.... I would like to see how other people are betting.  ;)

And that stresses us out which we can't anymore enjoy the game what we are watching. I am personally a fan or few bets per game only, mostly before the game starts because with few games, I believe that I'll be able to do the right research that could give me a better winning percentage.

However, it's still not proven until now, LOL... It's only a belief as I have not translated that to the result I'm expecting, which is profit.

Have you ever thought about how exciting it might be to combine your love of sports with some smart betting? Its the same as making your weekend activity more interesting. It might change the way you bet, even if its just a little research or following those match predictions you used to enjoy.

I admire your self-control for only gaming on weekends and sports. It shows that you know yourself better than many people do. Let me suggest something: just because its for fun doesnt mean it cant be smart! Strategy can help even people who only bet occasionally. Fun and strategic play together could turn those happy loses into even happier wins. What are you waiting for? Sports betting is all about having fun with the game, and knowing a little more about it could make it even more fun!

Indeed, sports betting, especially football, has several types of bets that can be made, for example: Guess the Correct Score, Mix Parlay, Home Draw Away, Total Goals and so on, of course it all depends on the gamblers, their individual tastes, which the point is to win.

If you ask me personally, obviously I often place soccer bets such as Staking points [1], I will lock my bets until the match is over and there are also times I lock them until a certain time, the first set but I rarely do things like that, I happy to dountil the game is finished.

For the second point, I've also done it, but not often, I only do it in the second half, and that also depends on the game and the team competing, the point is Staking often.

Actually there is a high risk of losing money in virtual matches but i enjoy a lot and think more during the match. But if that match is won after i place the bet then that's complete peace of mind. Besides i feel helpless at some moments from casinos when i don't want to stop even after losing repeatedly. Also gambling in my area makes me happy but the amount of money is less and everyone criticizes a lot of things that happen to them. In fact we learn a lot from gambling and sometimes it leads to depression.

Why do I personally don't like betting on live matches is because the odds keep changing and it's so annoying(for me, at least). But the amazing bit is that it's not always like that. Like I just did a multibet on 5 live matches for the sake of experiment

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and, surprisingly, it all went well. But, of course, I prefer staking before matches start most of the time.

I usually bet on live matches because it’s more easy to analyze the game if you already watch the current condition of the game like when the team star is not performing well and other important things that will give impact to the game.

The only time I bet on prematch is when I don’t have time while I’m confident that certain team will due to previous record especially on playoffs and finals of the game since same team fight multiple time in a series of game.

Anything virtual in the gambling world comes with higher risk way of losing money, I don't so it but I have people that do, and they have lost even more money than those that gambles on sports matches before the games starts, I have considered those who are betting to make money as fools, because they will always lose money more than someone who have not too much focus in gambling, either live matches or virtual or other, I don't care, what is the most important is your management with gambling.

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You can't outsmart gambling, you can't always defeat gambling, it's design in such a way that you will lose more money if you are wired by making money from gambling, this is the trick, you need to be abnormal to gambling yourself, learn to take leave when you lost money that you plan to risk for the day, build some discipline in you towards gambling.

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I believe that staking before the matches begin is better but still, none is going to turn your gambling experience around unless you plan to have fun watching the matches, if your mind is set on money making you will not win, luck will come but you want to make a lot of money, remember? This is what will keep you going.

I agree with you. Real time betting can bring more profit as you can sell and buy odds quickly. Static bets are less effective as you have to wait for the end of the sporting event, which is not always convenient. Although here everyone chooses what they like -- speed or gradualness

I prefer to bet more before the start of the matches and if I see another opportunity while watching the game, I can also place a bet during the match, though its quiet risky but if its still on a budget then why not. Live betting is not that easy as you will have to decide on the spot and you have to move faster so you wont regret it. Betting is fun, let’s continue to enjoy it and or course with moderation to avoid any addiction.

I vote for "Staking before matches start."

I usually bet before the game starts. That wouldn't make me rush into placing the bet. Additionally, before I place a bet, I will research each team and only place a bet if I have come to a final conclusion so it is my choice to place a bet. But if I don't have a choice or doubt, maybe I'll wait until the game is about to start. But if I'm still in doubt, I won't choose it if I lose.

And many people choose to bet before the game starts even though they don't vote.

I have never been attracted to virtual sports because they don't look real to me. I also see virtual games as an easy way of becoming addicted to gambling since you can play these games at any time of the day.  I prefer staking on matches before the game because I will also like to concentrate and enjoy the game. Betting only on matches also helps me to control my gambling activities.   

That's why I don't like Virtual bets, you could lose money very fast without knowing. The only time I can consider betting on virtual sports is when most leagues have ended for the season. We just have to manage virtual to ensure that we keep on greasing the wheels of gambling. Gambling doesn't lead to depression it is over-gambling that does. If you gamble with only what you can afford to lose, you will never suffer depression due to gambling.   

I prefer to bet before the matches happen because it gives me more time to examine which option is good to bet and sometimes I bet on mix parlay.

How it's possible? football is the example, a team can play really good and dominating the field, but even they've shot 30 times, there's no one successfully able to score a goal. While the opponent is really lucky get a chance and able to score a goal even though they only shot for 3 times.

I can't proudly say I have made any substantial winning on gambling since I am still inexperience concerned how to choose games I mean matches collectively, so I picked my games before match starts but I don't know if that is the best options though I have tried both side but I mostly noticed that live matches doesn't have the advantage of high odd. That is to say, whenever those matches goes live there odds reduces to 60 - 70 percentage which makes your output  (potential winning) very small especially when you are betting on a single matches.

I often bet before the match starts because I have a lot of time to do analysis and I can do the analysis comfortably and very relaxed compared to analyzing during the match which makes me rush and usually often lose.
and I read that most of the people here choose to bet before the match starts for various reasons, but what is certain is that if the match has not started or an hour before it starts, we can already see the formations used by both teams and at that time we can know where we will be bet and what I say this refers to football betting.

but to be honest, I dont really like betting on virtual football because for me it's not too stressful and looks normal but this is just my personal opinion.

I only bet on live events.
I rarely make pre-live plays but only to try to do a minimum amount of scalping-bets.
benefiting from this series of events with the right experience (especially with a betting exchange) clearly increases the chances of winning/amount you can win.
with a fair amount of training it's not impossible reach decent results.

I never bet on virtual sports and will probably never do so in the future. For me it's all about betting games that I enjoy watching myself. Betting on something that I see, follow or watch the highlights after seems wrong to me. This probably also comes down to that I only bet on sports that I follow regularly and watch. In university I had a few friends that where all about fantasy league sports games and would actually bet money on it. Somehow it never interested me, because there are already so many different live games happening each week. It's also makes it harder to control our betting history if we bet on a wide range of games.

I tend to place my bets before kickoff rather than live.  There's something about having that ticket locked in ahead of time that sets my mind at ease.  Pre-match, I'll carefully look over the recent form, make a prediction, and hopefully pick a winner.  Once the action gets going though I just try to sit back and enjoy rather than stress over in-play wagers and  those can turn south real fast if you let 'em.

Betting before the match starts has always been a better option for me because often times, I place bets during the second half after seeing my games fail. It is to ensure I win at least the smallest return on the odds I choose and to know better incase I have to bet on same match during another match day.
I have never liked live betting because I believe the results are unreal as the matches are played and unless I have so much funds to spend or loose that day, I see it as a perfect waste of good money.

If you are betting before the start of the match then you will get a lot of better odds as compared if you bet on a match after it has been started.

As everything has some disadvantages and advantages the cons of betting for the matches before the match starts that you are just making a random guess and you do not know which team will win hence the bet can go all against you in this case.

The advantage you have with the lower odds if you place the bet after the match starts that you know that which team is winning so even though the profit you will get will be less but the probability of winning that bet increases a lot.

I usually bet on live matches. that's what I do more often. but in some matches, I still place bets before the match. it's like a match that will take place in the next day or several hours. especially when I'll be busy enough with other things that I won't be able to monitor my bets.
Because it's a habit, I bet and then just leave it. unless the team competing is my favorite. I will bet on live matches while watching the game play. some gamblers may have different habits.

Betting on live sports betting is available from there, but here winning is almost guaranteed and if you choose a team before the game starts and place a bet there, then your chances of loss are a little higher but you will get higher odds here.  So of course you need to have a good knowledge of the game and the performance of the players of the good teams so that you can place a potential bet before the match starts. Professional gamblers place bets both ways, sometimes before the game starts and sometimes during the live game.

I don't really like betting on live matches. I find it simpler to predict outcomes in virtual games than in live matches because live events can change suddenly based on the players' mood. Some people excel in both live matches and virtual games. It all comes down to understanding the players. To make accurate bets, whether before or during the match, knowing the players is crucial. Without that knowledge, you might end up setting the wrong odds and ruining your chances if winning.

It is only a fool that will gamble more than he or she can afford to lose, I don't gamble all the time but I gamble ones in a while and my gambling habits is not that much to the extent that I will gamble more than I can afford to lose.
What's the extent of gambling more when you are not gambling for fun and still not making profit from it?
I gamble on sports and table tennis games just because I want to gamble safely.

I think there is merit if you bet on live matches given that you have the actual data that you can personally observe.

Before, I use to gamble on slots due to its convenience and simplicity- you just push the lever, observe the symbols that are being rouletted and check if you have won money. Given that you can bet for as low as 0.09$ in slots in our country, there is that potential that you can bet and win a significant amount of money (which I have experienced in the past).

Though this may be the case, I quickly changed from doing slots to sports betting. I find the entertainment being offered at watching sports betting really worth it especially that I also control the odds up to a certain extent.

i also prefer to stake before the matches start because it's much better in my opinion than having to stake during the live match. by staking before the match starts, it also allows me to analyze which teams have a chance to win and makes me much calmer in determining which team i should bet on. moreover, i'm not a person who likes watching the matches i bet on. it's not that i'm worried about losing, it's just that it's not interesting for me to watch because it might disturb my mind when the match doesn't go as i predicted.

The ability to see the game and judge the current level of play before placing my bets is one reason why I would prefer live matches. It will provide me with some new perspectives on the situation. Even though live betting is unexpected and might go quickly at times, I find it to be quite entertaining and exciting. Since I was only playing for fun and spending time with my friends who are my fellow bettors, I only risked a small sum of money to avoid losing too much and avoid being too depressed about how much money I lost in this kind of event.

Since I don't bet on football games very often, I don't think it's important to take the game too seriously since if you do, you won't have as much fun. Dismay, anxiety over winning or losing, and intense emotion to the point that you're exhausted and no longer enjoying the game are more likely to take its place. Therefore, I would rather keep my peace of mind and watch the game while placing a tiny bet that way, I can observe the game more freely and won't care if I win or lose. If I win it's a stroke of luck; if I fail, I simply believe that now isn't the right time for me to succeed.

i think it depends on the sport. in boxing you may already predict result before the game starts/
soccer games live feels much easier because of the nature of the sport where making a goal is a lot harder but once one team made a point, it is already a good advantage to bet on that team.  the odds may be just 1.40 but i think it's still good than betting a match that you are 100% unsure whether you will win.

Gamblers usually look for a feeling of adrenaline when gambling, I think they should try live betting where it triggers adrenaline which is very good to feel when watching with emotion and sweating, especially betting a lot of money when live betting definitely really increases the adrenaline for the gambler, I often bet live bets because it's easier for me to see the way they play whether it looks good or not everything will be visible when the game is in progress.

I don't really like virtual matches because I believe that kind of match is not real and so many things might be involved. I think live matches is easier to predict and make money since the outcome is not controlled by the casino or group of programmers that might have configured the game in the way that pleased them. It is very important for us to know what we want and how to get it. Gambling is risky and we can still make money if we know how to bet and make winnings. It is advisable when we focus on what we want and the kind of games we want to be betting on..

I prefer live matches and I think with the result on the poll it's definitely clear that most gamblers prefer it as well. The rush to bet on who will win or what score will it be is somehow exciting compare to just staking before it goes live. I've done it before but with live matches my results are even more good compare to it.

I stake before the match. I don't like to do it very early, like some people, but rather just before the match begins. I tend to get excited during the match and trying to bet while watching would ruin the experience for me and the people I watch with. We usually discuss the game before it starts and often if we watch in a group one person makes the bet for all the ones that agree on a certain outcome and we give him cash. If we don't agree, it's every man for himself :D
I never understood fantasy matches and never wanted to get involved in this. For me it's like betting on roulette or dice. There's no fun of watching a real match and not knowing how it ends until it really ends.

High risk betting on live matches exactly with sport soccer betting, usually get higher odds and chance on live matches because we can see team potential win or not and how much percent opportunity for winning or losing. Some time on live matches team with not favorite for win the match after leading few minutes matches live odd drastically drop and loss chance to win with higher odd if put bet on live matches. Usually I put bet on soccer at the weekend and checking all teams before two or three days matches start, give higher offer with odd and difference odd amount getting when  live matches depend one team have lead or losses.
Usually when any teams have managed above two goals odd will low and not excited yet for betting but difference before match begin with odd higher.

I don't gamble more than I can afford to lose and that is why I don't like virtual matches because in few seconds, you can lose big amount of money as the matches don't last long and if you are a gambler that don't have a gambling budget and stick to it, you will lose big. I love betting on live matches as also watch them to entertain myself as it is the best fun that I do have during the weekend. I also love staking my bet before the match and whatever the outcome is, I am pleased with it.

If my memory serves the right information then I only bet on a match before the start like the usual way of going with the odds and other kinds of sports betting is kind of too complicated for me so I didn't even try to experience it once.

What do you mean by virtual matches? Esports betting or is this a different kind of sports betting type?

Am a fan of prematch betting and i don't like live games as they can be so much irritating some times, I prefer making research on the games I want to bet on before actually Staking my cash even if it's a small amount I use for betting I still like to be in the notion that I actually did all the stats and would count on luck to play it part.

Well virtual sport game is what I do with ma spare time when I have some funds I would like to catch some cruise with as this type of bet is just for fun and 99% luck base and nothing more so all I do when I play virtual sports game, I just flip in the cash on different odds and watch the system bring the results as thats all I can do

I am a person who likes to bet before the match starts, because I can be more calm in determining the bet.
In contrast to betting while the match is in progress, this is more troublesome for me.
Because basically I gamble just for fun, so I make it easier for me to do it.

But maybe someday I will try betting during the match, there's no harm in trying, right?
Whatever it is, the most important thing is that it is comfortable for each of you who bet. Don't let yourself be burdened by this game, just enjoy it.

Someone like me will prefer being dynamic, none of the listed patterns you have mentioned that is not good for me to use, it all depends on the kind of game am playing, making bets comes in various ways base on the kind of sports or gaming activities we are into, sometimes i may prefer going with sport bets, virtual games or even bookies as the choice may come and upon the conditions around me as at that time.

Betting on live matches is a bit more common 'coz for gamblers in sportsbetting given that they would have more basis of which team would be more likely to win however there's really not that much of assurance. Anything could happen in an instant.  It just so happened that betting prior to games could give you a  more valid bet. But my friend did experience such things before wherein he tried betting during the game and odds dramatically decreased in no time which caused him a lot. You could be lucky enough to win continuously which is also why it will never be advisable to put everything on a single bet no matter how confident you are of it. Anything could happen in a match and even underdogs are sometimes winning over the in favor.

Ever since love match gsmbling became available more and more people have starred playing with this feature.
I have to admit even though the odds are oftentimes worse as soon as the match starts, it's more thrilling.
So people that okay for fun and don't care about profit all that much will probably use this feature as it's more fun.

It's also something that many people use as a strategy to try and increase their odds of winning. But personally I see this practice as taking some of the fun away. So I don't see the point to it.

I use the both of them depending on the odds available, sometimes the pre match odd are higher than that of a live match odd. So if I want the win to be big I just use select from pre match games and make my stake, but on the other hand if wasn't sure of the performance the player  would put into the match , l  just wait for the game to become live, and after watching the first 20munites I then make my bet despite the odds. And beside you get more chances of winning a bet after watching their performance before making a bet. However the both ways are good for me depending on what I want.

I don't like virtual matches because of the pace at which the loses occur, you can lose all your funds within a twinkle of an eye.

Inplays or live bets are okay. Following the game either via live streams or live scores give you the stats to guide you on your bet but the drawback is that the odds are constantly changing and for that reason you cannot easily bet on multiple games.

I prefer to stake my games prior to kicks off, it gives me the time to research and pick my games while I sit back and wait for them to play.

  I feel like any game that’s going to come will come irrespective of when you stake it. You can bet on live game that is about to be finished and still end up losing the game, this is when you will realize that even the least two minutes of game do matter. Any game that will play will play whether you stake before the match or even 2 minutes before the end of game it’s fanatic to think that you have a sure game. Every game stake is  a potential until the end of the final whistle.
   Whatever strategy that works for you, you should stick to it and try to better with it. There is nothing wrong with sticking to your plan as long as it works for you. Everyone has  their different approach to gambling, as long as it works for you then it’s all good. Personally i love to stake before the commencement of the game, with that have done my research and check stats too this way works for me.

Well I always believe in being versatile while gambling, I actually don't let my emotions lead me that's why I can either bet before a match starts or I bet on a live match, but there are factors I look out for, firstly the odds, for example a match between Manchester city and a lower English premier league side always city would have a low odd before the match but if the game proceeds especially into the second half and city is not already in the lead the odds are increase in this case I can bet/gamble on city to win.

we have the same take on this aspect of gambling. this one for me is i believe a case-to-case basis. it depends on the teams involved and what's the current play of the game. if i am too confident, i can bet before a match starts, but if not, i will try to assess the ongoing match and see if the odds for me is good. because let's admit, we are playing with our money here. so as much as possible you want to have advantage so as to win on your bets.

so for me, you can't have a defined answer here and also it depends on the sports you are betting with. you need to gauge the situation because it is your money on the line. you won't put your money at risk if you feel you are on the losing side, right?

just like for example in NBA, most of the time, i would bet in other betting lines while the game is progressing. sometimes it is interesting to bet while the game is ongoing, after 1st quarter, 2nd quarter and so on.  and then check the odds for the betting line of - the winning margin, will there be overtime, handicap among others. if you are keen on this sports, you will find it interesting to bet while the game is progressing.

I did both the first and second options although I leaned more towards the first option. Actually, the option to bet on this match depends on the situation because I think it is flexible if we miss the bet or see some situations that allow us to believe that it is worth doing.
But for the most part, I stick to the first option by betting when the match has not yet started because with this, the odds are already visible and we must have monitored to bet there, although it is not uncommon for me to miss and even bet when the first half is over or the match is already underway.
As for Virtual I don't really like to do it for betting because in my opinion this is a bigger risk and rather than like that I actually prefer other matches such as esports rather than virtual.

I generally prefer live betting in sports betting because it is easier and more possible to make predictions or bet with higher odds this way. In addition, especially if there is a sports competition that I watch, making predictions and evaluating possible possibilities is definitely a great advantage. For example, before the match starts, if a team wins the odds are 1.50 but after the match starts if this team falls behind 1-0, this odds can increase to 3 or more. This helps to earn much more profits than if you bet before the match, in case the team actually wins.

I do gamble on three categories, but I still prefer to stake before the match starts because some time gives higher odds, while sometimes it gets higher when started already.
 
If I am betting on a match that seems to be between a high-profile club and a low-profile club, I just bet my stake before it states it and free my mind from the gamble. Most people prefer live matches, but I don't really do that much, and the part where I don't really partake in is virtual gambling; I have nothing to do with that.

Sometimes our presences change with the kind of gambling pattern we choose, some prefer to stake on virtual while some other have a preference with live matches and the variation is based on the preference of the players and sometimes the risk appetite they are having at a particular time.

Gambling is mostly supposed to be for fun but some people rather prefer to gamble without necessarily wanting fun but to get money and this increase their greed and cause them to be reckless with their stakes such that sometimes they gamble more than they can afford to lose. I prefer to make my stakes before the match so that I will have enough time to do my analysis and place according to my preference because if I waited till the beginning of the game, it's very likely I would place a bet in a hurry and may not get what I wanted out of the bet.

Your method of betting on the sportsbet depends on the level of fun that you want to have in that particular match. If I want to bet strictly for money without thinking much about the fun that I will gain from it, I used to bet before the game start. I analysis 2 hours to the match and I stake my game and then wait patiently for the outcome. But if I want to follow up the match and have more fun as the much is going on I go for Life matches. Live matches bet gives you more fun and excitement to continue to gamble until the end of the match. That is where the fun lies hundred percent.

About gambling responsibility, it is the determination of discipline and not a voluntary wish. Gamble for fun and enjoy gambling.

Betting live is pure adrenaline, the complicated thing about this type of bet is that the bettor cannot forget that in this case he will always have to make decisions very quickly based on what is happening and it is easy to make wrong decisions when you are influenced by adrenaline and the hormones that predominate in your body do not allow you to reason sensibly.

When choosing to bet live, people have the false feeling that they are more secure about their bets, but in reality the game changes very quickly, an unforeseen and momentary move is not always a sign that a certain team is better, the Pre-game analysis should always remain and that is why I advise investing in simple bets for anyone who chooses this type of betting modality.

I'm not good at online betting.... I prefer to analyze the teams calmly before the game and place my bet regardless of what happens during the game.

Virtue Matches is one place I don't even think about going because it's one of the fastest ways to drink my money out of my pocket before I even realise it.
 
I prefer betting on a match before it starts as a result of me seeing a higher odd when the match has not started than when it has started, and most times I don't like watching my games play as I might get emotional over the game and get the game cashout before it even ends. It's best for me that way, as I just predict and play my own game the way I'm okay with it and don't check the live match more often.

The gamblers will get more confidence from the gambling site after making many winning in the continuous way.But the continuous win was the asset of the gamblers who have their own tactics for the gambling,if the gambler play the random bet in the gambling he will win the game.But the continuous win in such games was not the possible one,So every gambler should take the gambling as the important one.He need to play the gambling after the gambling tactics,he should not more hurry to make the random betting in the gambling site.

The sports betting can be easily tracked by the knowledge of the sports person who involved in the game.The gamblers should decode the player history and make the football betting based on the player’s previous experience in the past games and their tactics against the opponent.

I have often read that we should know how to control our emotions so that they do not affect playing crypto gambling. But most players, even though they know this warning, when they are actually gambling, their response is different. This often happens because they are always overcome by their emotions, and the source is fear or anxiety.

Because of the quick and sudden event, it was only realized that everything was too late. But if we only know how to use our emotions correctly in unexpected situations, we can still handle the events well.

You are very correct with that statement on real gamblers not having a choice when it comes to when best to stake the bet,  most times I use all the formulas mentioned in the ops and it works for me the most time,  but sometimes day when luck is not on my side,  u can still lose using all of them on various matches,  I think most time my first go to matches is the live matches and games that have done far ahead into the second half sometimes when we have 70+ minutes into the game that is when I see it best to stake my bets most especially on matches that already have goals scores at that time.

It works for me sometimes and sometimes I still lose them,  so for sure on a lucky day one can win any game regardless of the method of bet style we choose.

Slots are indeed the best betting games. We don't need to think about this, we just press the botton ...boom jackpot 🤣
What a relaxation. However, there is something lacking in slot games, namely the passion of the game, supporting the club, and the victory that we feel will be multiplied by the euphoria

I also do staking before matches, I was never interested in betting on live games since I do not want to compete against time, while I do not think virtual football really brings out one skill in analyzing match results since this kind of betting is based on one's luck and not on analyzing skill.  It is stated that virtual football result is generated by RNG just like how slot games work.


It is the fun that makes the gambler emotionaly attached.  We cannot have fun if we don't attach emotion to it since it was stated that:



Same thought here.

I avoid betting on live matches because I was not just so good at it and I don't prefer it at all. That is why I am waiting for the bets to be casted before the game starts and that's what I prefer. But because of the feed back of many members here about doing live matches I might get interested on it and will try to find something for myself but not for now. So likewise with the others that have said that they're betting before the matches start, I'm also one of you. I prefer this and it's reasonable for me to do it because I can still gather info and some news if there have been some changes or there's something wrong before the match starts for a player or a team that I like to stake my money with. Although there's no difference as we will still stake during live or pre matches. But you can have that advantage before matches start and you can choose wisely based on your analysis pre-game.

Betting before the game started, this is more exciting and more thrilling for me.
Also, I have enough time to analyze when I place my bet before the game day and that can increase my chance of winning. Placing a bet during the game is not that rewarding and for me, its purely based on luck and emotion.

If you are watching a game and can pay attention to who is playing the better game, live betting is the way to go. Usually, I like to watch the 1st half of a USA football game and make a bet at halftime. You normally have a spread based on the current score and IMO can make an educated bet based off the 1st half. It's not a guaranteed win method or anything, just betting on who's playing better to that point.

Football, this sport has quite lot of matches scheduled every week and of course the many match schedules from various leagues make me bet more on the weekends.
But still, there will always be teams that will make it difficult for us to win, in football betting I always use the multi method because to be able to get really big odd, even though it is difficult, it will be worth betting on.
It just that this is not to be imitated, especially for beginner gamblers because betting multiple times will make have greater percentage of losses, mistake by just one team will make everything in vain and of course we will lose all the money we bet.

My advice to those novice gamblers who want to bet on sports betting is to watch at least the first half and then make prediction that is worth betting on.
That way it will be easier to analyze and make predictions, but the odd that will be obtained is usually relatively low but it is not problem because this can be an easier opportunity to win.

I always prefer to place a bet before matches start for that reason, my full attention is on the game match and I will not think about who I will bet on, for me it is better to know from the beginning who you will choose because it is difficult to change your decisions while the match is on going because you might regret it if you change in the last minute.

This is true and I do actually the same thing, though what I do is I study first the team before the start and I already know who has the advantage but sometimes along the way, the weaker team might have get a little advantage especially in the early quarter or time and that's the time I placed a bet on the team that has advantage with a way better odds than placing bet before the match. It doesn't work anytime but if you hit it, it's a good win actually with a good odds.

Best odds consist in betting before the match has started. If you can predict who is going to win since before the match why would you wait the game start to place a bet, only once the team starts showing some nice performance, consequently decreasing the profit you will make later? It's like placing a bet on the winner of a championship before the championship started or during it. If you are able to identify the winner before, it's much more profitable.

Also, you may think it's better or easier to win by placing bets during the live game, however, it's not a guarantee of anything at all... Sometimes the game changes suddenly from water to wine. And what looked a safe bet becomes a nightmare. I saw this happening this year here in Brasileirão, when Botafogo was winning against Palmeiras (3x0) on first half, but on the second half Palmeiras managed to score incredible 4 goals, turning the game into 4x3 and winning it...

I also prefer betting before the game starts. The amount of money I have allocated for placing bets on sports betting makes me not want to miss out on betting before the game starts. I don't place bets when the match has already started, but I may try later, especially if I place a bet too late before the match starts.

But placing a bet before the match starts requires knowing which team we choose. Usually, we will start analyzing after knowing which teams will compete, and after getting the analysis results, we can immediately place a bet. We don't need to place a bet if we don't know anything about the match because that will make us lose. But some people place bets randomly on the teams that will compete, leaving it all up to the final result. If they win, they are lucky because they only place bets randomly. But if they lose, they have to accept it, and in the next bet, they have to analyze the match before it starts.

How many among you are good in live matches? It seems that majority of us prefer to bet before any match commence.

Even I, I am one of you guys because that is way better to the live matches and odds as I don't think that I'll be able to manage the risk on the actual game.

But before, you have the choice to make and at least get along with the odds if you prefer them or not or to bet or not.

I gamble back then with card games but now it's mostly sportsbetting in eSports like CS 2, DOTA2 and League of Legends, there's some occasional games like Valorant that if I like the players playing, I might go for a bet, I've tried horseracing before but find it tiresome especially when I have to travel for almost a whole day to get to the race track and buy tickets, can't find any decent site that offers them so I did that but that might change in the future.

When I was novice in betting sites I always place my bet before the game starts. But I don't bet at the beginning of the game since I realized that betting on temporary bad conditions of the game greatly increases the odds. So i always try to take bet at the start of the match. However, even though I get some benefits from this strategy, I have to lose sometimes. Live betting gives a better idea of the team's condition and how they will perform on the day. Live betting is exciting. Especially in some matches, teams have such bad performances that many people do not expect. Who place bets before the match, his opportunity will be limited.

But for those who do not have good knowledge about betting in the live match, it is better to analyze the match and take the bet before the match starts. A gambler should gamble the way he feels comfortable in gambling. If you don't want to take risk after the match starts, it is better to conduct gambling by placing fixed bets before the match.

I guess I am not the only one who likes to play live games. For the times I have gambled, I prefer to play live games because they seem to be the best and more predictable games. With live games, you can place your bet based on what is going on, unlike staking before the match starts where you have to bet based on just their previous performance. And if you notice, the odds are usually adjusted based on current performance and live games… this tells how much easier it is to predict.

Live games are fun because the anxiety of waiting isn't there because the worry is over as soon as the game is over unlike with the other one where you bet in advance, you're worried until the game ends. Plus the fun in live games is much bigger because you're cheering together with the audiences.

Currently it's all live sport games and slots. In that way i get fast results and don't need to wait for a week knowing if i won. That helps me plan ahead as my budget doesn't depend on what's happening week or so from now.

I haven't yet tried virtual football and i lack to see any advantages on that. Imho predicting AI results wouldn't require as much skill. But i definitely want to try it. Who knows, maybe AI is slightly more predictable than real matches. I doubt it, but predicting AI matches seem more like predicting dice to me, then predicting real matches based on real people decisions and skills.

Yes that makes sense, because the final result will depend on how the situation is directly, basically it is true and I agree that by seeing or betting live then obviously we will be able to see what happens in the match, of course there is always something that cannot be predicted and for example you bet on a soccer match, if there is one of the opposing players injured for example then obviously from there you will get a bigger chance and a pretty pleasant sensation when the possibility of potential victory becomes greater.

I also prefer to bet live because there are many indications that I can get from something that happens during the match, and of course it will be taken into consideration to change the bets we place.

I think in the past the majority answered this question as “I bet before the match,” because in fact, before there was no other way to place bets, technologically it was impossible only if you were not at the event, and there was a bet taker among the fans.
But now, with the growth of technology, gambling services have made bets varied, and you can bet at any time. I think now most people place bets during a match, because the adrenaline is off the charts and the analytical mind is calmed down, you want spontaneous decisions and easy money.

Most of the time I do early bets.
Reasons: Different timeline.
Especially if there's a chance that I won't be able to make it before the game starts then I would make my bets at night before going to sleep. Most games that I love are played in the morning at my time and most of the time when I wake up some games are already done or I am too busy that I won't be able to watch games. I have kids that need attention from making them take a bath, their food, and going to school. I may not have enough time to pick a team and analysis will be needed so it will eat more time.
I can do that all at night while they are sleeping and I can focus more on checking injuries, rosters, and whatever news comes out about the sport that I bet for.
I guess this question depends on how a gambler can have spare time to input his bets. For me, it's at night time while for others they can do it while the game is being played live. I also like betting on live games because I have a higher percentage of winning there according to my own stats. But like what I said I don't have that capability to do it.

Live game is one game that keeps your emotions high and keep you with so much anticipation because you watch and see the performance of the teams and you get to know to a good extent what the possible out come of the game would be, and that's why even the bookies makes adjustments as the game is on going, the odds are been adjusted.

I personally have better accuracy with live games than when I bet before the game starts because some times on the pitch things do happen and the form of a particular team can Change, in cases where there's a red card or a player is injured, it could affect the performance of the team and they will not be able to perform well again and their odds definitely will change, and there are situation where the weak sides will happen to be the first scorer and they will immediately turn defensive so as to protect their only goal and stay ahead in the game till the end

Many seasoned gamblers have gone from pre-match to live betting. Live betting excites sports bettors by using in-game developments. It need game knowledge and the ability to quickly evaluate and react to live dynamics to use this technique.

Live betting is rewarding but presents new obstacles. For novices, live betting's fast pace and changing odds might be overwhelming. Thus, live betting requires strategy and composure.

Betting, live or pre-match, is personal. One must discover a balance that suits their comfort and sport knowledge. Any betting strategy should include responsible gambling, enjoyment, and strategic thought. The goal is to enjoy betting and make informed decisions.

Here the most popular modality is to stake the money before the match even starts. I do not usually bet on football matches unless we are going through the American cup season and during the world cup anyways.
Actually that is the way most of the people I know were betting during the past world cup, here people were heavily working in spite of the season the world cup was going on, so they did not have time to check on the match as often as they wanted. Live betting was not an option for them.

I have never tried virtual, though I have heard about it, it is not as popular as live betting and staking in before here in my city or even in my country.  Perhaps, as I continue to grow older and as a more experienced bettor someday i will feel attracted to different ways to bet.

When I started with sports betting, I had no idea that a team was made up of players and that good players are greatly missed by a team, so I analyzed the games and placed bets days before the game started because that way I could have higher odds, but what happened was that on the day of the game, when the players who were going to play were announced, then I found out that certain good players on the team I bet on weren't going to play, I got very angry, but I couldn't cancel my bet anymore. bet, and when I lost I would get angrier. So I had to make a decision, which consisted of choosing between betting on a team in advance because it would have high odds but with a high risk of me losing because I didn't see which players would play

Or choose to bet when the names of the players who would play were revealed and take the risk of having low odds. I chose the second option because I realized that a team is only strong when it has its best players on the field, a team is not strong because of its name, what makes a team strong are the players, so there is no point in betting on a team without knowing Which players from that team are going to play, it took me a long time to figure that out, luckily after I realized that I no longer made the same mistake of placing bets without much data and without knowing who would play.

In certain cases I prefer gambling on favorite teams, it doesn't just involve football. I also bet on my favorite professional gaming or esports team every time the world or local champions take place. This is fun because there are many communities there. Betting with rich people is quite profitable, but I think the favorite team doesn't always bring luck. Sometimes I prefer my logic to avoid losing and choose a strong team to bet on. In some bets I still have quite a history of winning. but I don't want to do this often, I just use cold money for fun.

I like card games or games played by many people at once. Apart from that I like to bet on my favorite boxing team. Recently, boxing has become popular in my country and is back showing its professional game. Of course, this would be exciting if it was used as a bet. I don't spend a lot of money here, I just support my team, so don't need to think about money, spending money on my favorite team is what I want. My principle is that gambling is a game, not a main profession.

I like to place bets on live matches most times, especially when I'm just in there to catch fun. Live matches give me a different kind of vibe, especially when the game wants to play in my favour.
 
If you are the type that follows up on matches, you will enjoy placing bets on live matches, and most times I place a bet on a game before it starts and also when the game has started. It's only when I don't have time or enough money budgeted for gambling that I don't place a bet on a live bet.
 
But most times I just don't give time for betting aside from sports betting before it starts because it gives me a higher chance of making the right choice, and I might end up winning the game.

The football was the most favourite game in the sports bet in most of the gambling site,only few people will look into the other games like tennis and basketball.The cricket also available in the gambling site by allowing the local league of many countries into the gambling site.If you surf the history of the player involved in the.One can do the betting in the cricket betting on many small local leagues.The betting on the sports bet will be the benefit one for you until you play the game with the knowledge about that players.The random betting in the sports betting will be void and never give you more money to make in gambling site.

Gambling on favorite teams reflects a balance between personal preferences and strategic decision-making. While the emotional connection to favorite teams can add an extra excitement to the betting experience, you acknowledge the importance of logic and strategic thinking in avoiding losses. Betting on favorite teams, especially in esports, can indeed enhance the overall enjoyment of watching the matches, especially when it deepens your engagement with the community and intensifies the thrill of competition. The social aspect of sharing your enthusiasm with like-minded individuals further contributes to the overall experience.

Favorite team doesn't bring luck, but at least there is knowledge about their capabilities to win. It needs a balance emotional attachment with a rational assessment of the team's current form, performance, and competition. Choosing a strong team based on logical considerations is a wise approach to increase the likelihood of success in betting. Having a history of winning in some bets indicates your ability to make informed decisions, considering factors beyond personal preferences, when choosing teams to bet on.

Staking before matches start - I do this most times especially when you have a good knowledge of the team.

 Live matches (in-play)- Rarely, there is always too much pressure and the my judgement may be clouded. Serious caution is taken.

 Virtual football - Never.  I have heard many scary stories about people getting addicted  and spending all their monies here. I Amy be their next victim. I therefore don't even let it cross my mind.

If you do not watch it, there won't be pressure on you. But if the game is not favoring you and you are watching it, there would be pressure on you. Although people gambling with live matches will most likely watch it because the result may be of short time to achieve.

Someone can be addicted to any. I know someone that was addicted to in-play matches. But I can understand what you are saying, virtual matches are short and addicting.

I never thought Virtual Matches are good for betting, to be honest I don’t know if these matches are been played by real people like Playstation or Xbox or just bots that plays and it’s up to luck. I would like to get more informations about that before trying it as a new thing to me.
Talking about the I gamble, sometimes I share my predictions on this section especially LaLiga or UCL prediction topics. I stake before the match and while watching the match I do some side bets or bet more for my preferred team.

The most profitable matches for me are when Real Madrid, Barcelona or Manchester City playing. I would have set a bet before the match, and I like when they lose in first minutes of the match for another chance to bet more with higher odds. The last match I did this technic is when Real Madrid played against Napoli, this last one scored first so I set more bets for Real Madrid, at the end of the match I ended up winning good money.

I think that different types of gambling are good in their own way and give different effects during the game. If I want to think in the game and use my full analytical skills, then I go play poker. If I just want to have fun, then of course I’ll go play slots where you don’t have to think at all. Slots in general are designed only to relax and give a feeling of travel. But if there is a football or hockey cup in the world, then I prefer gambling. I also like to bet on teams during the international Dota 2. This is probably my favorite event, and I will never forget how the guys received millions when they bet on Team Spirit.

Betting before matches starts seems a bit dangerous for sports betting, I don't feel like the handicaps are real anymore after consecutive losses from the past months. I'm placing my bets on mid game on live matches because you can see the actual team there, their play, injury reports, live handicaps, etc. I always bet on NBA, and I can say that live betting is way more exciting than betting on pre-matches, if you know you know.

I've got an issue with ESPN on news about the every team injury reports, it seems like it is not accurate anymore, do you guys have other channels for this one? trying to bet on a live match.

On any sport that I stake some bets on, I prefer betting before the game starts and analyzing the teams playing. This way, my brain is somewhat getting trained in doing some analysis that might help me recognize and build some patterns on my own to be a lot more profitable. In NBA though, live match betting is what really is the real deal IMO. There's just a lot of value on betting in in-play games, especially if it's in the second half of the game. But yeah, most of my bets are still before the match starts, and never have I tried betting on virtual matches.

I think that’s for both methods or options, you’ll still get worried till the game is over. What I can rather agree with is that when you gamble before the game starts, you’ll have a built-up anxiousness. Even before the game starts, you will already be anxious. But if you gamble while it’s going on, you won’t have that pre-game anxiousness, and also, you will be more confident based on how the players are playing (this will even make you more optimistic). But I guess we’re all different people, so I’m speaking for myself.

I know the feels, man. It is like we are organized. Same goes when we have a duty for work or class at school tomorrow. We prepare the stuffs that we will be needing at night so that we won't rush after we woke up. It gives you a peace mind if you do things this way.

Another advantage it can give to us in sports betting is I think we can get a better odds or high odds, though the chance of winning for it is much lower. It's fine anyway, even if the results are not great because at the first place, we already accepted it and winning is not really our main aim but it is about enjoying the game. Winning is only just a bonus but it surely can increase our happiness.

Most people do that. There isn't a very large percentage of sports bettors who bet on games when they have started, mainly because the odds are cut after the match starts and you don't get a higher reward anymore for winning.

The results can surprise you sometimes. You won't even believe what has happened when you see the favorite who was leading at first lost the game and you lost your bet. I say that because I have experienced it. These days, I completely stopped placing bets during the match hours. This somehow helps me to keep my blood pressure under control. Sportsbetting has not made me rich but contributed enough to be sick psychologically.

I always thought that one could never get addicted to virtual games because they are not that much fun. Maybe because I've never done it. What you said is surprising for me, to be honest.

When I started gambling, it was on football, which was my first ever game I got involved in, and I like placing my bet even before the game starts. Most times, I even place bets on games that are still to start in the week, so this way I have more time to either reshuffle the game if I want or replace the bet. It's just how I like placing my bets.
 
On the other hand, I also place bets on live matches, but this is not something I do more often; it's just on some occasions where I enjoy the game by streaming and watching it, which makes me place a bet to predict the outcome of the game within my selected time.


Even with the fun, we still don't allow the game to rule us; we take control of the moment and keep the wager within the limit.

At your last paragraph, if only gamblers will listen attentively.

Gambling doesn't have manual but I personally, I love to bet and make all decisions before the game start because you will likely have considerable amounts of odds as to when the match has already begin. Most often than not, odds are more appealing when the match time is not less than 24 hours especially when the players that will be available for the match will not be available to the public. I'm not sure if you observe very well, once it's 15 minutes to matches and they announced the squads from both teams, the odds trunk immediately especially when an expected player doesn't show up in the game.

The least I have never tried in betting is Virtual, I have seen people lose all they had in that sh$t and regret later, I have seen police men come around to pick a guy for refusing to pay up after playing virtual, so many complications I have seen in virtual games and that's why I haven't gave it a try to date or should I say I'm sacred of turning the next victim of gambling addiction.

First, let me say that ive actually gotten used to the tradition of staking or betting on sports before the match starts, though I still bet on live games at times, but I only do this when I find a very good opportunity to do so, and under proper guidance as well.
But overall, betting on games before the match starts is still the best way for me, as it allows me the opportunity and time to do a proper research and game analysis to better my chances of winning my bets.

And on your second question, who in their right senses will be gambling with more funds than they can afford to lose? I mean, doing this is also a very bad practice and could lead to financial problems which is what sensible gamblers try as much as possible to avoid in gambling.
No gambler should ever be gambling with more funds that they can afford to lose, I do not practise such and I always advise other player to always practise gambling with funds they can afford to lose only.

I like to bet on matches before they start, and I do it regularly every weekend. The reason is simple, because for me football betting is entertainment for myself when watching football, especially when my favorite team plays. I'm not used to live matches because most of them always lose, in essence it all depends on each person's strategy and doesn't have to be the same as other people's.

For me, gambling is not just about how much money you are ready to lose, but gambling on games that you like or that you are good at, usually games that you like have a high winning percentage. I took this lesson from my friend, he doesn't understand much about casinos, he understands but only a little. so he never tasted victory where all he got was defeat and defeat.

Same as me, but just that most times when a match starts to play it's odds usually reduce, which is why I do always prefer to place my bet before a game begins (i.e only for those games that I'm slightly 60% confident of it's possible outcome),  whereas, for games that I'm not too sure, I always prefer to place my bet while the game is live, not minding the odds, inasmuch as I'm convince the game likely to go a certain pattern as predicted. Whereas, most times, I do stake high on an already winning side of the match with the mindset they will continue winning till the end of the game, and this strategy has 80% always worked for me.

We are going to get more odds when we stake games before the match started. It is a good way to accumulate more odd and make more money than to wait for the match 5o start before we bet on it. Gambling is very challenging and we need to focus on how make money than to relax and take less risk when we gamble.

Sometimes betting on virtual games can be profitable too if we know how to make our way to making consistent profits. Although there is no kind of bet that is easy except when we know how to find our way to making consistent profits. Whether we better before the match or doing the match, once we are always making profits we can go for anyone.

I mostly stake the bet before the match starts, but typically only because I’m not sitting around watching games at my computer where I’m able to place bets. On the rare occasion that it does happen I do enjoy live betting and taking advantage of swings in the game to get different odds in. On more than one occasion I’ve gotten bets in to where I’d win no matter the outcome, which is cool.

If the match starts already and no goal, as time goes and no goal, the odd will be increasing until there is a goal. If a less strong team first score, the odd for the strong team will increase. So it depends.

If you play it too much, it can take than give. One thing I hate about sport and virtual betting is the low odd for the strong teams. I prefer casino games but which is also very risky.

I bet more when the match hasn't started compared to live matches and virtual football is something I've never done and considering doing so in the future.
Betting before the match starts is better in my opinion because I have time to analyze even though it is often wrong but betting on live matches seems to be a matter of luck because often I do it based on my feelings when watching the match being run, and also betting on live matches requires patience and also a fast internet connection because the odds change very quickly and a slow connection will prevent us from getting attractive odds because they have changed again quickly even though there is not much difference.

I usually do it before. I usually don't leave the live feed of a match after it starts so betting live doesn't appeal to me that much not to mention I hate having to think about what to bet since odds change all the time in live betting. I have tried it before though and as I said, I didn't like it that much. As for virtual betting, I think I tried it a couple of times? Probably less than 10 but yeah, it just didn't appeal to me that much.

I kinda switch it up with matches that I think can be really close though. In those cases I do live betting instead.

It's not always like that. Look at this live match, for example:

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/12/30/Ibg4v.png

A half of the game is over, the score is 0:0, and yet you can bet on the draw with 3.05 odds!
I'm not saying it's a recipe for making money, but betting on live games can be fun, trust me on that. :)

I am not a gambler but I prefer to bet on some teams that I support as a supporter. For example Argentina for Football. And since I am not a professional gambler I prefer to make a bet before starting the game for actually doing some fun.

But for professional gamblers, I think it's better to bet after starting the game and based on the situation.

I don't think that's necessary and it depends on the situation a professional gambler can understand when they need to make the bet before the match starts and when they need to do it after the game starts. Generally, one should make the bet before the game starts if the game is being played between two teams where one side has a high lead against the opponent when it comes to gameplay and general standings in that sport because you know they have a higher probability of winning and you will get higher odds if you make the bet before the game starts.

However, if there is a game that is being played between teams that are of equal strength, you might think of making your bet after the game starts so that you can evaluate the gameplay of the teams and decide which one has a better grip on the game today and make your bet accordingly.

I'm not a professional bettor as well, it's just what I think and what I would do in both situations. Every individual can have a different approach to their betting strategies.

No, no, you are doing it right, mate. There are some drawbacks of betting on live games. Like when it's easy to predict the win of a team then bets are either not accepted or the multiplier you get is around 1.01. Like, how much you have to bet in order to win something decent? $2,000 to win around $20? It's not funny, it's stressful, right?

Hmm, that's right. And if luckily a miracle happens you could lose the 2k to win just a 1.01 odds. But if you place the bet before starting the game and place the bet on the right place (the biggest team) you may get at least more than 1.50x odds. :)

Staking before matches start   
Live matches (in-play)

I could switch between the two basing up into the situation on which there are games on which it is already that running and i do able to see on who do have the upperhand or most
likely to win then i do make out those bets but of course it would really be needing on having other considerations aside on leading score etc...

Most of the time i do make out those bets before the the game starts on which sometimes basing up into that particular moment and
according to my mood. There are really times that i dont feel on doing something.

It has been my norm to always stake b4 d match start because then I usually have a calm mind and enough time aswell to make my picks and make sure to be careful and very decisive with my picks because at that point I'm not in a hurry to in anyway stake or get my picks knowing I have the luxury of time.

If I wait for a live game before posting, chances are they I will make hurried picks and they may turn out not what I wanted because these picks weren't really rational enough, they were just random and solely dependent on luck with out much analysis, even tho I know much analysis does not guarantee winning but then it gives you an edge of the others who made random picks and have to stay luck dependent meanwhile you had conscious decision and so you are luck dependent on an average percentage.

The first two options for the game was easy to the gamblers,because the before predictions also need of the gamblers should have been more sports knowledge.The previous prediction results may changed,because we can’t predict the game of the players before the match,every match player game will be changed when they had some health issues in the real life.Most of the time the health problems will affect the same players on the match day,So sometimes the live match betting will be chosen by the gamblers to escape from the game loss,the first half itself define the game on the particular day.

I mostly place pre-live bets overall because I don't always have the time to watch every match I bet on and with the help of good timing, you can catch some good early and late odds that could give you a slight edge.

My experience with live betting has been volatile and it's easy to lose a significant chunk of your bankroll if you suddenly have a disastrous day.

Virtual sport is an option I don't recommend, even though i've never placed a bet. I've seen others fall for it countless times and lose their money unnecessarily when they can wait the next day and bet on better matches.

Usually, it depends on someone's habits in placing bets because I know there are friends of mine who will place bets when the match is almost starting. They are still calm and have not placed their bets because they already have the option to bet. But other friends place their bets long before the match starts, and they usually collect a lot of information, compare it, and then choose the team that has a chance of winning. Even though the results of each friend's predictions will not always be correct, at least they have their own analysis and stick to that analysis to then place their bets.

I choose live matches (in-play) because I like the thrill of betting, for example, on NBA matches. My favourite in NBA betting is that while watching, I can bet anytime I want, but of course there is a limit to the time where I can place my bet. Still, I like it more than anything else because I also like to play basketball and I'm getting exhausted from the game. Also, those card games I like more live, and I see that real person do the shaffle. I get entertained, and I also get thrilled by the match. The bonus is that I can do it anywhere and anytime, so if there is a live game, I will join, but of course if I still have funds to gamble.

I also stake before the match if, for instance, I have to do something or I'm at work, so I can still play bets before the game and only monitor the results after the match.

     -   Your style is okay for me, and I actually like it too. Like you, I am not a professional gambler, but no matter how I gamble, my priority is always to have fun. Then it's probably normal that you bet before the football match starts, right?

That's why, whether you're a professional or not, it's the same in the end, and it's the same gambler, winning and losing often. Why do professional gamblers say he doesn't lose often? or because he has skills?

I prefer booking on live games than virtual games , live games are real live events which can be easily predicted based on the form and quality of players the team has, but as for virtual it is automated, and programmed and since it's a programm you can't easily predict the outcome, which makes it very difficult.
And virtual betting takes more resources as the matches are played in seconds,  and when you lose you can rebet again and in the process loosing money, but for it will take an hour 45mins for a love bet to be loss or 45mins depending on the option booked.

But I noticed about all games is that it is good to use just little amount of money to gamble because all these betting sites are existing to make money from their customers. Staking before match begin, virtual betting, live betting, casinos and others are just done by the gambling site with odds that are not favoring the gambler. That is why you will see gamblers more likely to lose than win.

There are many live bets that are going on and you may be selecting many of them one by one and staking them one by one. If you also stake on live bet, it may take just few minutes sometimes when you would have won or lost. Live bet may not necessarily take 90 minutes.

I do stake before matches having done all the pre-matches analysis thereafter pick my accumulated bets, I bet mostly on strong team to win a weak team, both team to score, over 1.5 etc all odds accumulated to maximum of 3.00 to 4.00, I am aware of betting on lives matches inplay for instance first half draw, no goals by either sides etc my problem with inplay betting is that I would prefer accumulating my bets but due to time factor that is why I prefer placing my bet before matches thereafter close my App to perform other tasks or concentrate on watching TV when my team is playing a match, though I do visit LiveScore or Flashscore to monitor the scores of my bets, I also bet with the amount of money I can afford to lose.

The systematic reasons to place stakes before the game starts is basically not just a destination for the newbie.
The earlier you places your bet the better chances you stands to secure higher odds of the game else if you places your stakes lately at the approach of the games kickstarts has you the tendencies of the game odds reduction.

It depends. As the match is approaching and if a club is not using one or two of their key players, the odd may not reduce. Another thing is that if an in-play began and no club scored yet, the higher would be the odd.

The disadvantage of what you meant is that if a club do not later use their first 11, the match might go against them. It is good to place bet closer to the day of the match, after you have known the full names of the players that the club is using.

You can get more than 150.00 odds and win, I can tell you that from my own experience. Look at this bet of mine:

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2024/01/13/3Fsj3.png

Once I made a bet with over 200.00 odds, but cashed it out when the win was 43x of my bet, and you know what? The last match ended as I predicted and I realized that I could win 200x of my bet if I didn't cash out.

And also it's so hard to place a multibet on a live match because odds keep changing all the time.

Looking systematically at team in match will be much better than predicting from the start by just looking at the match history.
By looking at team statistics when the match starts we can see the strategy and line-up of players.
Of course, this is much better way of generating betting predictions and we can be more confident in betting because the predictions are based on what is currently competing.
I always advise those gamblers who like sports betting to be able to bet when the match has started and of course the aim is to be able to increase the chances of winning from the predictions made.

Indeed, when betting before the match starts or after the match has started it will only give us lower odd, but when we place bet early the odd can be quite large.
But as gambler, do we only care about odd ones shouldn't we be able to have greater chance of winning?

I often bet on sports matches and the best way is to make predictions by looking at the statistics of each team that is competing.

Prematch and live game are good to bet on. I do make betting most on prematches but also place some live bet base on the outcome of the match during the match. Imagine a match where I expect over2.5 still playing 0-0 after half time. I may play a live game of over1.5 on them since by that time their odds will be highly encouraging and the chance of winning that great odd is high since it a game that almost everyone is expecting more than 2 goals.

Hearing about how you started betting before the game, then moved on to video games, and finally settled down with live betting is interesting. Find the way that you enjoy the most because they all bring something different to the table. It's more fun to gamble when you find your best way to do it, whether it's the strategic thinking behind pre-match bets, the algorithm-driven excitement of virtual matches, or the making of decisions in real time during live betting.

While I used on staking before the match starts, I realized on the way that betting on live match is entertaining too.

Especially in basketball, on NBA, there's always a case where a team is downed 20+ points and will still end up winning at the end.

In here, obviously you can expect a good odds at these team that were downed by big points and if you were able to ride on betting on it and face the risks, you can take home a good profit in return. We really need to watch these games live to somehow able to analyze if these team who are downed by many points have the chance to bounce back later in the game.

That was before the match had started, right? If after half-time of the game the score is 0-0, the odds for over 1.5 will not remain the same. Rather, they will drop compared to what they were before the match had started and will be not that attractive. Also, scoring 3 goals in the last half is not something unusual, so, you might still win with your initial bet. I wouldn't change anything in that case, to be honest.

I think live betting is entertaining on all sports as this also happens in football when a team is down but will still win the game or go home with a point from drawing the match. There are some matches that when you're watching it you'll have a feelings that the small team will win the game regardless of them losing at the beginning. I love betting live games when team as Manchester United or Liverpool's are playing as they'll always find a way to win their games or draw regardless of then losing.

Manchester city and Arsenal also have this ability to comeback form behind but it doesn't happen everytime but when it happens and you bet in favour of it happenings then they win, it's always a good feeling. I started gambling on life game and I found it more entertaining than betting before games starts. Regardless of losing your bet on live games, the entertainment is always worth it as you get alot of excitement watching the game.

Betting during live games is fun, because the odds are changing so quickly after a goal and we might be able to take advantage of a comeback. The problem for me is that my live bets never seem to work out. In general I would say that I am doing fine with sports betting as long as I place my bets a few days before the match. In many cases I tried to protect a bet or increase my payout by betting during a live match, only to end up ruining my initial bet and making a loss. These 20+ points comeback stories are awesome to watch, but whenever I bet on it doesn't seem to happen. I know it's not very likely these underdog stories are turning into success and that I should only bet very small, but still I can't break even. In football and basketball the team that is behind needs to take more risk to still win, what can just lead to them losing more. Which is why I took a break from live betting and try to enjoy the match, believing into my initial predictions.

Gamblers do prefer liybe bettings and this is common with the lovers of sport bettings, you will understand this more better in this kind of betting, while some that would like to risk their money on gambling and specifically interested in betting itself would also prefer the virtual bets, they stake their money and if lucky they win, but the live bets has the highest numbers of gamblers because sport bets constitutes most gamblers percentage of bettings in gambling.

Personally, I think sports betting is just the best gambling platform and like you stated, betting on live games are fun do even when it sometimes backfires. Two days ago during a game in the CAF African Cup Of Nations, I was watching a game and while it was still goalless, I saw that one particular team was performing better and looks like a team who were gonna win the game. I opened my sports betting account and funded it some money, staked on the team to win and they won the game by a lone goal which confirmed my gambling winning.

Other people find passion in staking on other games but I prefer sports betting and will always do because they're more relatable to me than any other gambling platform.

You have done it all and I must that you have all the experience when it comes to sports betting. On my part, I must say that I stick to my betting before the actual match, I rarely bet on live matches and I entirely avoid the virtue matches to avoid fooling myself. I resolved to do this based on my experience and smartness after carefully studying how sports betting works, and I believe that it is the reason why I have a happier betting experience than an average person.

Virtual matches have their flaws and they are discouraging to me, while live betting could alter one's psychology since you are being moved by the moment and live happenings. I don't think the smartest decisions can always be made in that condition. Enough mistakes could be made through this, so I avoid it as I do not like to bet under tension, especially when the initial bets have already been lost. But betting before the actual match gives me the benefits of calmness and not of sentiment based on what I currently see. I speculate with a lot of criteria, so it is actually what I wanted to do that I do. Thankfully, it often works for me even as I manage by bettings and accounts rightly.

Actually it depends on matches. If I'm confident enough about a game then most of the time i like to stake before start of a match. When my prediction goes to right direction slowly, then odds start reducing as usually. So better to stake first. But Sometimes i do stake in live matches if i see their winning possibility. but i avoid Virtual football matches, these are waste of time. I already joined such games and it's discouraging me to join with it  cause there, you don't need to have skill but totally depends on luck and at the end of the day, you'll found yourself in lose. Cause you can't beat the bot at all. So i always select such games where results are depend on skill most of the time.

It's actually an interesting approach to live betting. I like it. When a team is losing, especially after half-time, the  odds for it to win will be quite attractive and if yo feel it will win in the end, you can win with a good multiplier on your bet, if it comes true. Sometimes it's not the case, like this match here:

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2024/01/27/kf10v.png

Ipswich Town is considered so better than Maidstone United that people think they will win at home even though they are losing currently. But in most cases you right, it's worth betting on the underdog when you it will win.

Lolz, your question in the end of your post is rather child-like, let me assume that I sure do most of the times, gamble more than I can afford to lose, do you think that if I were to answer this question, I would answer in the affirmative?, of course not, if not for anything, to avoid being looked at as a weak gambler without discipline and self control.

Anyways, that is to that, now, back to your enquiry, I would say that, for me, I do engage mostly in live games, while I also do at times, place bets on matches some times, hours, and even days before the match starts, this I for mostly matches I am confident I will win, but for those matches I am not very sure, I usually will watch the game for a bit, seeing how both teams are playing, I did be able to determine and guess which team is likely to win, so, I will place a bet on that team while the match is on.

And let me say that, betting on live matches can be really fun, most especially on days where friends are around and you guys are all watching and betting, a good way to pass the day to the next in laughter and happiness, as long as one doesnt go staking an amount he or she can not afford to lose.

I have been involved in both pre-match betting and in-play and I will say my preference is on pre-match betting. The reason is that I prefer to research and check the stats of a game before making an informed decision about the game to get the best odds. I also don't have the time to bet on live games my time is always planned so I place my bets before the start of the game. In-play is characterized by changing odds and a gambler may not get the best value for his stake compared to betting before the game.

It happens that some particular games we play or have in perspect for betting with will remain unsure to us than we the match already started and we were a able to see the way the pattern goes and then we quickly strategize how we are going to bet and stake for the match, this is mostly  being applicable to sport bettings, but we must not forget that not all the gamblers were being involved in making this decision while gambling, most like to plan their games and strategies for playing their bet even before the game begins.

I've been reading about staking in gambling for a long time, so suddenly I'm curious. All I know is that crypto staking is only in CEX and DEX, but I don't think that it can also be done in gambling, or maybe it's because I just didn't notice it. Other casinos have staking features.

What kind of casinos have staking like that you are talking about? I would like to try it somehow so that, at least if I don't play gambling, I have a crypto that is staking the staking on a casino platform.

Of course live betting can provide entertainment to bettors, especially in football betting because we really want the team we are betting on to win because when we see a live bet it can entertain us while enjoying the match, but sometimes when we see a live bet on the team we bet on losing, we also sometimes get carried away by emotions because we also experience losing bets, therefore if we decide to place a live bet and watch it, we also have to be ready to accept whatever the result is, whether it's a win or a loss.

The clubs you mentioned are top PL clubs so they will definitely always be bookies' favorites to bet on when they have a match scheduled. I myself prefer it before the match starts on the same day at H-hour so I can analyze it first. Which players will be included in the main squad and seeing who is injured will make me more confident in betting.

For me I have the both gambling on the living match and also the before starting the matches actually it depends on the the teams and also the conditions of match performance. Like when between team I have the knowledge that one of the is much stronger and also players are in form then the confidence says to bet before the match start. And the other one the performance of teams. I don't prefer newbies just one option they can take the both chances with their knowledge about sports and the teams.

I too prefer pre-match betting, but sometimes betting on live games is so much fun. Like, look at one of my recent bets:

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2024/02/03/vwTiJ.png

When in the second half of the game the score was 1-1, I bet on the weaker team winning in the away game, and they won! I will be still doing pre-match betting most of the time, but once in a while I'm gonna spoil myself with live betting too. :)

But it would be highly recommended to be able to bet directly on matches that have already started, this can optimize each gambler analysis to be able to create much better predictions.
There are several things that cause the favorite team or the top team to lose and this is why it is very important to be able to watch it first a few minutes after the start of the match, that way we can make predictions based on the performance of the competing team.
Many failures will occur when predictions are made haphazardly and many gamblers experience losing bets when they do not carry out proper analysis, especially beginners who will make these mistakes more often.
I myself, if it were possible to bet earlier, predictions would be made earlier too, but I would only make bets like this in certain matches and this also aims to get more decent odd.

Every gambler has their own abilities and I sure they have their own way of betting which will be different, but for beginners I would highly recommend predicting better when the match has started and watching it in few minutes.
This will be very helpful and of course make it easier for them to get predictions that are likely to bring victory.