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Most times we are caught in between placing our bets on our favourite teams to win and not there present form, this action according to analysis shows that it's one of the reasons some persons don't win a sport bet, no matter how hard they try, a team that's not in form or getting the results shouldn't be on your sports betting slip, because they might continue the poor run of form and hurt your ticket, a friend once adviced me never to put my favourite team on my ticket, unless they are in form, am a Manchester United fan but most times I bet against them as long as my ticket is concerned I don't have a favourite team.

I can be a fan of a club and decide to bet that the club would win. Some people are betting with small amount of money and they will not consider losing it. People can be different. I am not the type, I bet with the money I can afford to lose but I still wish to win. I do not bet because I am a fan of a club and expecting the club to win. I do not even have any club to be a fan of. I prefer analyses and go for the club or team that has the most probability of winning.

We have favorites because we become a fan. People from Manchester tend to favor Manchester United because obviously, they are from the city. I also support fighters and boxers who are from my country regardless of how they have declined in terms of their ability and they have lost several times due to their age. But because he is a fellow from my country, he got our support.

It's different when you wager some money for the sports match though. Being a bettor, you can set aside that personal favorite because it's not just about being a sports fan anymore but also about winning the bet.

We have two types of bettors, those that bet for the money and those that bet based on their sport for the club playing, I have seen many betting along both line of betting, secondly if you want to compare the ratio of those Betting based on being a fan of the club and those betting just based on their chances to win regardless of the club or team.


As for me I bet on many team at times without knowing even their previous performance based on the fact that I am not concern with the team but my winning possibility.

This is very true. Emotions can very easily creep into our decisions in betting. I'm currently in a English Premier League pool and I'm an Arsenal fan. I do not think I've ever bet against Arsenal since the beginning of the season, but I have repeatedly predicted City or Liverpool to lose or draw even when all the odds suggested the will not.

Best option will be to not get on your favorite team or their rivals.

- Jay -

I often bet on teams that are in good form because it's clear why the chances of winning will be very large but what happened recently to Liverpool made my bets disappear several times because they did not show their great performance, this is often my mistake because this is the favorite team but obviously we have confidence even though it has to lose.

It's different when I look at Manchester United because this team is not so consistent but you can bet against the direction they are still said to be reasonable, but if Liverpool since losing to Atalanta the slump is starting to appear.

I always try to separate club affection and reality when I place a bet on a sports team or on a sports. For a sports team I did not allow my affection to cloud my sense of judgments while Manchester United may be the club that I love when it comes to sports betting I'll become very realistic about it. I try to put myself in the best position to win by placing a bet on the team that I know is most likely going to win. If I place a bet on Manchester United when I know they won't win just out of club affection then the loss is on me. The same thing goes for sports like boxing where I place a bet based on the favorite or popular boxer rather than for realistic reasons. Sentiments should be left for banters.

I get it - we all wanna back our teams.  But if you wanna win at sports betting, you gotta think with your head, not your heart and  sure, Man U's your squad but if they're slumping, maybe leave them off your bet for a bit.  I aint saying you gotta bet against them! Just, you know, play the odds.  Put logic before loyalty when there's cash on the line. 

Look no judgement if you do bet against your boys.  I won't tell anyone! But I get it stings, so just don't rub it in when youre celebrating your winnings down at the bar.  :D

I don't consider sport betting a thing of club inclination or sentiment as it has not respect for your affiliations. If you can't flow with the realities of the season or game then its a lost bet already

Me too, I’ve learned a valuable lesson in separating emotion from strategy. It's important to prioritize the team's current performance over personal affection.

I'm a Liverpool fan myself, and there's nothing worse than wanting them to win so badly that it clouds the judgment on the bet.

Betting for value, not just for my favorite team, is key to long-term success. I've learned the hard way to analyze form and statistics before placing a bet, even if it means going against my team sometimes. Betting should be based on performance and statistics, not personal bias, or affection for a team.  I keep analyzing teams objectively and making smart choices based on their current performance rather than personal preferences.

You have been able to separate emotions from gambling, which is why you are able to bet against your favorite team without remorse. There are gamblers who would never bet against their favorite team and would prefer not to bet at all.

Choosing to bet against your own team is also like having the intent that you are gambling more to make money than to have fun. Why do I say so? Because where is the fun in betting against one's team?

You should always do one thing for yourself as a gambler you don't need to be emotional carried out because you know that your club can't win and you go include them in your list of winning then what do you expect as a result? Automatically you are losing and you also lose your funds so what do you do at this point, only select a team or clubs that would allow you to win your bet and that is gambling for you, you don't have attached emotions because your team is playing except you know that your club can beat the opposite that is when you would give them winning.

Bet with your head, not with your heart. That has always been what I have been told, doesn't matter if it's your favorite team or not IMO. What matters is statistics and how the teams you are planning on betting have been performing. Use all the information you can gather to your advantage and make the best calculated bet that you can.

If you wanted to win money then you should look without biased though. Of course, when we see our favorite teams as let's say underdog, then we might be as fans, sway and put some money on it. But by heart we think it's not a good bet and the result might not be in our favor.

It's a very expensive lessons to learn though, maybe in the beginning as "fanatics", we might be doing it and think that it is right. But if you look closely and analyzed, as a sports bettors it's might not be good for us in the long run. So we should use our logic in magic our bets if our goal is to make money in sports betting.

Do not bet when you are tired. Do not bet when you are drunk. Do not bet when you are heartbroken. Do not bet when you have too much affection for your club. These are some of the rules on betting. I consider them a common sense way of managing betting risk. There are very simple. In my estimation though these are rules that are meant for beginners because anyone who has been gambling for a long time would have learned this from experience. Club affections will lead to a loss.

This is nothing but just a poor decision to bet on your favourite team when it is losing or not in good form. Sportsbetting is all about analysing the game and place bets accordingly. It’s not about placing bets on favouritism. In sports betting, you place bets to make profits, so that should be the only goal that you need to set on your mind. For this reason also, I place the bet during mid game, as at that time it’s almost predictable that who will win the match.

One of my hard and fast rule is to never bet on games related to my fav team. It often leads to irrational betting and betting with hope instead of facts and statistics. Best to stay away from it and bet on anything else.

This your claim also is why some gamblers are too confidence on their bets and they got the shock of their lives later, saying no way in hell that this is possible whereas it is already in the past.

There is one thing I know about football, and few other sports, even the most fitted club, team or fighter can be defeated by a weak person or team, some people will say the past data of a club is what will determine how they will perform, that's a big lie, you can never know.

To all football fans on here, how many times have you seen a weak football team beating the hell out of the pro teams? I bet it is not one time, but many times in the past.

My point is, even your analysis will not safe your ass from losing money, this is gambling, there is no different here, risk only what you can afford to lose, even if you believe that your team will win, you have no crystal ball to pip into the future, no one does.

It is acceptable to receive input regarding the prohibition against including teams that are not in their best form in the betting list which includes teams that are in their best playing form.
I don't always bet on the victory of my idol team Liverpool if after analyzing various aspects it is not possible for me to win during the match.
Here what I want to convey is that there is a separation between being a team supporter and betting.
In the betting list, not all bets are 1x2, but a mixture of 1x2 and over or under.

It is the way to go bud, favorite team should never be the reason why you should keep losing money for no just course, Arsenal is my favorite team and I can't count hoe many times I bet against them in the previous seasons of the premiere league when they were not in a good form, I think one thing some gamblers that are obsessed with football clubs favorism is that, those players get paid, regardless of how they play, whether they win or lose a match, at the end of every week or bi-weekly for some, they get paid their salary, and it's actually foolishness on the part of a gambler to bet on a club, or team all because they at a favorite, when it's absolutely clear that that team won't be able to beat their opponent, you still go ahead to bet on them, they lose the match, you lose your money, and by the end of the week, the same players get paid their salary, while you who lost your money because of them is yet to recover that money 😂..

If I am asked, when it comes to betting that involves staking money, with the chances of losing that money, there should never be a thing like favorite club or team, just bet on whom you know have better chances of winning the game, not who is favorite, in the previous world cup, I can count how many times I bet against my country, and I am honestly not remorseful about it.

I have no problems being a fan of a particular club but I do have problems adding them to my ticket predicting in their favour when I simply knows that they are not in their great form or perhaps their opponent I'm the very match is in a good form more than they are. Any seasoned gambler knows better never to attach in emotions when making his bets, to have a better chance of winning your ticket in football bets you must work with knowledge and information about the team's/league you want to bet on or against and not acting based on emotions because you will never win a single ticket any day.

Some of us gamblers need to set records straight before we start gambling for instance making sure of what we really want e.g when betting we need to stste our position because misplaced priorities can lead to losing of money constantly,  i have seen so sport bettors who just give they favorites team a straight winning ticket simply because of them being a fans of those clubs, even when they favorite clubs are not doing well as expected for them to win the game.

This line of thoughts have lead many into losing they bets at that point so it is important to choose between your favorite clubs and the money you are staking.

You are right on this one also, I think I goof sport bettors shouldn't have anything like favorite clubs since you are betting for the winning of your ticket instead supporting a club.

In sports betting there should be no favorite teams and all betting decisions should be made based on an analysis of upcoming games and the teams' chances of winning/losing. Betting on your favorite team will not allow you to adequately assess its probability of winning due to the bias of your bet in their favor. You always want your favorite team to be the winner, and even if they are not prepared for the upcoming match, you can ignore it because of your expectations, which will certainly have a negative impact on the results of your bets. In other words, it is necessary to separate the bets from the fandom.

Absolutely agree, friend.
Me too thinking that it's dangerous to get attached to a certain betting team.
It is better not to have favorites, because such personal sympathy can interfere with rational thinking and betting. When you support one team too much, it can close your eyes to the real situation and the facts that are important for successful bets. Bias can lead to loss of money and disappointment. That's why I try to stay objective and analyze information, no matter which team I like best. Ultimately, in betting, it is important to trust your analysis and logic, not emotions and bias.

Of course, many people bet out of affection for their teams. Because of this, there is an effect that the player seems to know more, but this is just an illusion of how much he disliked the team. A player cannot know about the delicate relationships between players that occur in the locker room and in their personal lives, in communication when television cameras are not pointed at them. For example, 2 attackers on the same team had a fight and one would not pass to the other in the game at the most decisive moment, but would prefer to shoot himself with the risk that he would not score. I gave just one example, but there are hundreds and thousands of such moments, so it is impossible to know everything about the team.

And the main thing here is that those who love their teams and are ready to part with their money, then this is absolutely normal, because when watching the game, the one who bet will experience vivid emotions, experiences, and if luck allows him to win, then he will be absolutely happy, even if it was small bid. It turns out that the player simply pays for it in the first place.

We should always check the roster and the health of one team before we make our picks. It's part of analyzing the game before we take the risk.
Emotional bets. Being a big fan of a team. Yes, that could hurt your bet slip especially if you are making a parlay. I think it was discussed many times in the gambling discussions about how it is not right to make an emotional bet.
Just like in Game 4 of the Denver Nuggets versus the LA Lakers series, I bet for the Lakers because I was so sure they could win that game as the Nuggets might try to take some rest. Well, they didn't really take a rest but they still lost and my bet slip won. I am a Nuggets fan but I didn't let my emotions get the best of me. This is gambling, our first priority is to win and we can be a fan again after the game.

This is evidently true as I’ve been caught in between coming to any logical conclusion when considering a bet between a fanned team and it’s stronger opponent. Let’s not forget that, the strong team doesn’t always wins but rather, the best team as regards a particular fixture’s brilliance is whom triumphs at the end of the play.
This makes it easy to have that glimmer of hope that, your team could turn out to be the best team in that day, even if you know they aren’t the better team here. It could further more, push you into other markets that isn’t exactly based on wins, like the goal market and some double chance options or handicap options. It does influence reality betting in a way as, you really need to be a fan even on your team’s worst days and that includes, not having to bet against them.

Yea man we're all aware that the strongest team doesn't always win in the game of football as there could be some twist of luck for the weak side to win the game but, outside a twist of fate when using current form based on statistical data of the two team's performance lately it will be silly to still bet in favour of a fanned team when it's apparent they will be losing that game. In sports betting like football statistic and current form of a team goes before luck in determining a game end result.

In this case, except you're thrusting your bet on a glimmer of hope which means you are intentionally taking bigger risk for a bigger odds in the anticipation that your team could maybe get lucky while the stronger team experience a hard luck even when playing at their very best. We have watch some games resulted this way and am sure that's the flicker of hope you and I don't see most often. For the success rate to it is extremely low.

You should always be separating emotion from judging risk involved in placing a bet. This can leak in when placing a bet on the team that you support, so you'd have to account and be aware of that bias - but don't need to exclude yourself altogether. As long as you can recognise that trap, it can actually be a bit advantage to bet on your own team, depending on your wider knowledge of the game, it could indicate that you are closed to the game than most other people placing bets and may be able to distinguish a profitable opportunity that others overlooked.

I myself have experienced this.I try to bet on the strong historical teams of a certain league without taking that much into consideration their performance.I am afraid to bet against them,as I think to myself one cannot simply bet against a big team even when this big team is not in the best of their performance which as a consequence makes my bets all losing ones.In this context when a certain well known team or your favorite one is better to not bet at all.

Naturally, people bet on the team they like. Still, they also analyze how their current form is going. What percentage is their ability to win the match? Who is playing in the past few days, and who is playing now? I am also a big fan of Manchester United Fan Club. Coincidentally though it is true, I also bet against them most of the time.

Responsible gambling could be seen as when you can successfully combine pleasure and profit. To enjoy gambling you should have the intention to enjoy your game and also make some money for yourself. I know some gamblers who will always place bets on the club they support because they see it as a sign of loyalty. Regardless of the form or performance of their club, they will not bet against them. My club has lost form over the years and I have stopped placing bets on them because I have lost so much money because of my support. For now, I always engage in analysis of games before I engage in any prediction.


There are no hard rules that one shouldn't be emotional and bet to support his club in some cases. A gambler might decide to put in a few bucks on his club as a sign of support. After all, gambling is unpredictable, the game might turn out favorable. The advice should be not to consistently be loyal to your club even when you know they are out of form.

Favoritism in sports is a common thing and in the European countries this fanatical nature is well documented as is in baseball games in the United States. These are part of the league thing and bookies are the only ones getting rich out of it.

Many sports betters start out as sports enthusiasts, this is a difficult path to take for them, because of the emotions involved here being too intense to channel them towards something profitable. If they get emotional and dont use the calculative intuition of being a pro gambler, they risk losing money.

However this is tough for club lovers.

Manchester United is one among inconsistent teams in this season.

Actually if you bet in Manchester United match and you value their form before make a bet, you're in loss.

Who were expect Manchester United can beat Liverpool and Aston Villa? who were expect Manchester United can't beat Burnley, Coventry City, Brenford, Bournemouth etc?

See, "analysis" doesn't work here, you need a luck.

I always have a rule that I never break, that rule is that I don't put feelings into my sports bets. When I'm doing my analysis of the games, I don't think about the teams I'm a fan of, I'm just looking at their performance in the season, the h2h, the performance of the last 5 games, the squad and the news about injuries and I evaluate how much money I'm going to bet . Even if it's a game that involves a team that I like and am a fan of, I still don't include feelings during my analyzes and bets. If the team I'm a fan of meets all the conditions that I always put forward to bet on a team, then I'll bet on the team I'm a fan of.

as I'm a fan of real madrid, psg, benfica, liverpool, juventus, it happens that in many games I bet on some teams that I'm a fan of because after spending a lot of time analyzing the game I come to the conclusion that the team that I'm a fan of will win the game, this has happened a lot in cases involving PSG and Real Madrid in their leagues. In most Ligue 1 games involving PSG, I bet on PSG, in most games involving Real Madrid in La Liga, I bet on Real Madrid because they have better chances of winning. Now the cases of Benfica, Liverpool and Juventus, I rarely bet on them

It is difficult for people who bet on this type of sports gambling, especially football, if the game is not mastered. This is no different from people who are not interested in football matches who bet because they are involved.

For those who have a team they like in one of the leagues and a hobby of football in general, it will make it easier for them to bet on this bet. He can analyze several matches to place bets on what type of bet he thinks can be close to winning the bet.
We don't have to place a bet on the team we support like you do on Manchester United because when Manchester United's performance makes it impossible to get the results you predict, it's certainly not good to put it in other bets.

For example, a league has entered the end of the season, those of us who like football can analyze which team we can choose which has a big chance of winning if we bet and on what bets it is worth betting.

When it comes to gambling, we should avoid using favorites to place bets. It's a game and we can't just play using our love for one team or club as when they run about of luck, we end up losing our money. Gambling shouldn't be don with any feelings no matter what. We have to be smart enough to avoid such. They we always be our favorite team, even if they are losing or winning so that doesn't mean we should always bet on them to when even when we see clearly that they have little or no enough odds to win the match. I bet using my speculations not favoritism.

This depends on the performance of your favorite team. Before betting, of course we will look at the performance of the previous match and in various other aspects, including injured players or substitutes. If it's good, there's no harm in fighting for your favorite team. Indeed, the nature of this gambling is difficult to predict, sometimes when you see a team's performance that is not good, sometimes in the final result of the match they can win.

If it is your favorite, you've got that bravery to bet for them. But if you're wise and still a fan of that club that's beloved to you, you'd analyze and check if they're winable or not.

There are types of gamblers that don't care about the odds and news about the club, they're just an avid fan of it and it's embedded to their hearts and they'll bet no matter what the condition is.

While the opposite one, want to be sure where his money is going and making sure that it's going to be profitable and looks at the chances and analysis before placing a bet.

Even though, your favorite team is unbearable in the tournament, you will not predict for their favour? you will continue to lose in your prediction because many people used the results of a team to predict,  and their prediction will surely come to reality which am use to such strategy in gambling.

If you know that, your team are not doing well like what is happening to some teams that performed well last season, but they are not doing well in this season, you can ignore such team as your favorite team, and predict for the team that you know they are doing well from the beginning of the tournament.

Use performance of any team to predict against their opponents and you will continue to get it right like the way some gamblers use to get it right with their prediction these days in the gambling center.

At the end what matters is the main reason why you are making a bet, if it is just to get some fun then supporting your favorite team is a good decision, since what could be better for a fan than their team doing well and earning some additional cash in the process? However if the reason you are making a bet is to try to beat the casinos, then without a doubt you cannot allow your personal feelings to get in the way, and if your favorite team is not doing well, I do not see anything wrong with avoiding betting on its favor or even making a bet against it.

It will be wrong to put your team on the winning side on your bets when they are not inform and they are playing against a team that is in form. Do not mix emotions with gambling or you will keep losing. I know some people that can never bet against their team, they feel that their team has a chance of winning any team that they play but that is not possible when the team is having a bad form. You can remove your team from the betting slip if you know you can not bet against your team to lose and will always be in support of them. Some fans are very loyal to their boyhood club but let us not be the reason why we are not winning when we are gambling because we intentionally make the wrong bets just to favour our clubs. You are the one losing when you bet in that way because the teams still get paid in spite of them losing the game but you are the one losing your money.

I agree with you on this. You end up losing, they get paid . As far as your money is involve don't get emotionally attached to your club especially when they are performing below average. This will help you big time as having  a clear judgment before placing your bet will shade you from fanbase addiction. Nothing is wrong, you are still a fan but doesn't mean you support them while under performing jeopardising it with your Money . This is a right Nugget everyone should practice because many have been caught in this Web.

It depends on every individual because a lot of people wouldn't get against their favorite team because they love them to an extreme level and can't do that, but some people would do it because they think practically and not emotionally. When you are driven by emotions and you know, you better not bet in games where your favorite team is involved and you know that your team isn't in good form and hasn't been performing very well lately.

In my opinion, we should keep emotions and emotional attachments aside if we are involved in sports betting because if you are doing it for money and profits, you will need to take some hard steps which would surely not be easy, and if you think you can't do that, sports betting might not be suitable for you.

Your friend gets you a right advice. Because there is no guarantee that your favorite team will always win, for example, suppose my favorite team is a team that is at the bottom of the team ranking and I support them a lot, now is it possible that I support that team by gambling? Time to win over betting by choosing them?  The answer will be no, I will also suggest that your friend suggest you who is placed your tickets on those clubs who are in current good form.

That's true, even if they are our favorite team, they shouldn't always be our pick, if your goal in betting is to win, of course it's better if you look at the current situation of the players because the team we support won't be able to do it in every situation to  win. If you're only looking or doing for supporting your favorite team that's why you're keeping placing your bet, then go, there's no one stopping you and there's nothing wrong with the advice your friend gives because he's only thinking about the possibilities that can happen if you're not assessing the situation.

I don't think it is a necessary to putting bet the one team what you are fan, I don't know about the others peoples about it what they really do. But In my personal opinion I think this is not the proper way to gambling on sports betting. Before placing a bet on sports match you have to always make a analysis and then put your fund on that team who have more chances to winning not on that team who who you have supported or fan

How much do you love your favorite club as long as you are betting on it, still think carefully about the risks you will accept, indeed betting on our favorite club shows how loyal we are to that club and it can also raise enthusiasm for the club itself because we believe that they will win the match and not disappoint the bettors who bet on them, but if the previous performance of the favorite club has been inconsistent or tends to be bad, it is better not to take the risk of placing bets on our betting slip because this involves losses that we will incur. Winning and losing are normal things, but ensuring our bets win will continue to be the main priority.

We can still support our favorite club but don't involve any betting and still enjoy the sensation of the match, there is no need to regret even if we don't bet on our favorite club and if you are still determined to keep betting then you have to be prepared for whatever will happen if its performance is unstable. and you can also see that the opponent he will face is a top or bottom club. If it's a bottom club, I don't think it's a problem if you want to bet, but if it's a top club, don't expect your favorite club to win easily.

For me its ok not to bet or bet against your favorite team its not that you're betraying them you are just being practical if your favorite has no way to win against the opposing team because its a strong team its your hard earned money and you have the right to make profit out of it, you're not going to enjoy the beating of your team but at least you won some bucks.

When the time comes that your facing a weak opponent or your favorite has a good chance to beat you cvan still beat on them, you should avoid betting to play just become of blind loyalty, its better to not play at all if you are betting to lose.

We must differentiate a true gambler from someone who has a fanatical love for the club. Because even though a gambler has a favorite club and will play, he will bet according to the reality or conditions of the two clubs and also with the results of careful research. And if their favorite club is in bad condition, then they will not bet on their favorite club and will choose a club that is in good condition and also has a chance of winning. Because this involves money at stake and also the poor condition of the club which has the potential to lose money, and gamblers only want to win, not lose and don't care about their favorite club.
And there are also non-gamblers who only bet when their favorite club is playing and will bet on their favorite club whatever the conditions, but they only bet when their club is playing and do not continue gambling when there is another match. And they also don't mind winning or losing because they only use the money they can afford to lose a small amount but sometimes they are lucky, because there is a friend of mine who is like that and only supports his favorite club. And he doesn't like gambling and all forms of gambling, and only does it when his favorite club is playing even he often bets individually.

If you want to financially support your team, it should not be on bets but the physical awareness that can as well be beneficial to your supporting team.

While you are betting on behalf of your team to win all because of passion and love for your team, know know that they are not aware of your bet and they literally don't care if you betted on them.

Be warned that some matches are fixed so you can do much believed in your team to win a match you betted them for but your team organizers and the players would jeopardize the ego by playing to loose while you expected them win.

That's why sports betting should be as objective as possible. It's all right to have a favorite team or to even bet on it even if it's the underdog for as long as you bet moderately. We sometimes bet on our favorite teams or national teams even if we know that they're probably losing. It's our way of supporting them as bettors. But we should be risking small amounts.

But it's also perfectly all right to forget about our favorite team especially if we prioritize winning over anything else. As for me, I sometimes bet in order to cheer. Most of the time, however, I bet to earn.

You can put them in your ticket but the point is not to bet in their favour. I understand that some fans would rather not put their team in there instead of including them and betting on option not favourable to them. But this is like a business that you want to do or a job you want to carry out, you rather employ able hands to help you achieve result.

So you can include your club in your betting slip but don't be emotional and sentimental about the option that you are betting on them. If you know that the team against them is better in form then bet them to lose  ;D

But if supporting a club is also your priority, will betting in favor of them mean you're officially supporting them? This makes me wonder if any casino ad on football clubs includes a clause where the club earns some fees from anyone who bets in their favor, although that is unlikely. Even if they did, I don't think the amount of fees will surpass the initial deal of buying the ad slot on the player's shirt. I read somewhere that buying those slots costs from 5 million euros to more per year, depending on the team and so on.

I'd argue that not touching games of your favorite clubs is probably better if you want an easier time to control your impulses. Especially if you're passionate about them and don't have any prior habit of emotional management.

Does this connotes gambling for fun? If yes then there is no pleasure in it since you are gambling to make money and not fun, many people gambling for fun hence most times they plays their club to win irrespective of the club but what more, as gambler when choosing a game or matches you should always put yourself in place to win than to lose when you gamble.

I'm kind of struggling to understand what you're saying here, but I think I got you.  The is a lesson I learned early on from Fantasy Football (a form of gambling).  My first year I draft Brandon Jacobs as he went to college with me (former NFL star player) as well as Pierre Thomas (went to HS with my x/gf and we use to hang out a bit, also a stud NFL player).  Since I had an "emotional" attachment to the two of them, it really hurt me.  Now I'm saying they weren't both great players, as they both are two of the better running backs in NFL history, but they could have been drafted lower, and by playing with my heart and not my head, it cost me. 

This is why I often bet AGAINST the Chicago Bears as I know that team so well, that I won't let my fandom take over and bet on them just because they are my team.

Bet with your head, not your heart!

I'm not a blind follower of a team and a gambler should be practical in his approach, if I bet I base it on my analysis of the strength of opposing teams, not on my affection, but on other gamblers who still believe that their favorite team can upset the stronger team it's up to them to prove it if he has a lot of money he can take a chance but it's not practical.
There are ways to support your team but not to the point that you need to lose money.

That's a good idea when you don't really pick favorite teams, you don't what it may bring of your give 100% of your trust with them. Placing bets with your preferred players or team for the game won't give an exact target since each match had their differences between performance.
Moreover, analysis also provides us an overview but don't be too confident with because the actual game play will prevail after the end of the game.

The loyalty shown by the fans towards their favourite club is one of the thing that has been followed for very long which is also good as long as we are not losing any money for our love towards such sports. It's always important to think rationally and make bets based on statistics or just don't bet at all if the favourite team is not likely to win against the opposition, just show your support in the actual form not to some betting provider.

This has something to do with bettor's bias. There are times a bettor would go with his favorite team regardless of the odds simply because it would make him/her happy believing that much to what team or which player he truly believes to put the bet on. Sometimes I tend to do this as well, for fun. I enjoy the game more with these kinds of  bet and that includes accepting the tendency of losing. In sportsbetting, injuries come often. This is why some star players are not able to play on crucial match ups and there's nothing we could do of it but to accept and wait for the player to win and continue.
There's always a chance to lose unless you'd be pulling your Bets and just watch the game for 'til it ends.However there are people who enjoys handicap because it coud generate them big profit and that's the objective we all want.

I agree with you that when it comes to betting, one should not bet because his favorite team is playing, when he knows that they are in a poor form, believing that they can win the game. That is a wrong bet, and this is where some gamblers go wrong, and they will bet on their team that is weak to win a strong team. This is why you need to be real by following up the teams current records and past results on head to head of the two teams involved, and the current form of the players and clubs, to avoid you from making a blind bet.

I cannot allow passion lead me astray. Betting is about practicality and not passion for the team.

If there is a crowdfunding for the team to fix buy new players, pay the coach, renovate the stadium, buy some equipment, I will wholehearted be involved in it. I will champion that cause but when it comes to sports betting, I won't put my money on my team when their performance have been abysmal.

I will always put my money where my mouth is and not where my heart it. My heart will lie to me and fail me as it has done many times. I don't trust it ;D.

I do agree that if you are looking for something for your own club and you wish that they win and you bet that, but they lose, that is a bit your own mistake, doesn't matter if they were the favourites or not, that is not the point here at all. I think it is quite obvious that you need to end up with something much better with time by trying your best, and you would only be able to do that if you know what you are doing, and the best that we could do at this point would be just focusing on other teams.

I think it is clear that we are not going to end up with anything that will take time, and we shouldn't really consider the situation changing all that much, we just need to focus on what we could do on the long run without a doubt.

There’s a lot of bettor who are loyal to their favorite team regardless of their current status and we cannot blame them for betting with they as they have more confidence with their team even if its not in a good condition. Personally, I will not compromise my money with my favorite team especially if they are at the lower standing and if they are going against the stronger team, though I will still support them but placing a bet might not be an option for me.

I mean there's some bias but definitely not because of me loving the team one-sidedly, it's just that their performance has been so dominating in the past tournaments that I always bet for them regardless of their opponent. Honestly, if all you're going about when sports betting is because you want to "support" your team, then that's the complete opposite of what you're supposed to do. Heck, they're not even related at all even.

If you're going to bet on something, think about it and not feel about it lol. Even guessing might be a lot better than just letting your emotions get the best of you.

Any gambler who is gambling on club is just wasting his or her time. As far as I know gambling is all about making wright choice between possibilities and capabilities and not just gambling on sentiment. Whenever you want to secure more winnings you must totally remove your mind from your club otherwise you run out of lost in several occasions. I myself don't even put my club in my ticket except for the one am very sure they will deliver

People betting on sports based on emotion are perhaps the most major source of income for casinos. If fans of a team that know alot about their team were also betting against their team if they knew there was a weakness or for example were betting just on goals instead of their team's win, then they would have been having much better chances to win. Instead I know many people that just bet on their team winning whenever they have a good feeling. Well, it's not realistic to always expect your team to win.

The realistic outcomes is to also expect losses sometimes, especially against other teams that are bigger. But people too biased towards their team will often not consider this option, much to their determent though because it only just puts them to a disadvantage compared to other gamblers especially also as the odds are against their favor.

This discussion keeps coming up in the gambling board, although it is worded differently but the question remains the same.
 As a Gambler and a Die-Hard Fan of a Club Would you Bet Against your Club (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5454100.msg62305010#msg62305010)
 Feelings on losing the match and the bet  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5489736.msg63835120#msg63835120)
 Can you stake it all put of over confidence in your club  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5489620.msg63830998#msg63830998)

Bet with your head and not your heart. The latter is never reliable and will fail you. Prediction in sports betting are made from detailed analysis. If your club does not seem to be the better side of that fixture, its not betrayal to bet against them. If you’re a emotional person and can’t bet against your club even though it’s obvious they are the losing side, I suggest you avoid staking those games.

Emotions are everywhere but I think they are more triggered when something which is adrenaline rush is involved like for example in betting. Odds in gambling can sometimes be deceiving, so it's fine to not follow them sometimes and go instead on what our heart says. I didn't say mind because it's more science-based and the result of our research will likely be matched by the odds that are shown on our screens. Can't understand the last thing that you said there.

So, if we won't bet on them, then to whom we will place our bet? I think it's telling that we won't play gambling at all. Gambling is still about taking risks. This is the only way for us to earn a profit if we are lucky or knowledgeable.

Betting on your favorite team when they are underperformed will only make you loss money, in terms of betting you wanna win so still betting on  your favorite even in terms of them losing doesn't make any sense, you loss or win the players get paid while you become disturbed. In essence let be free and open minded while betting or gambling.

Emotions control our actions sync with our minds. The heart has no role to play when it comes to our actions or thoughts, it an illusion. If we wanna have control of our emotions so it doesn't lead us then  train and build your minds. Emotional people don't build anything always work in stance of decision.

Honestly being sentimental won't favour one in gambling. When playing gambling one needs to be real and predict accordingly base on the performance of the teams. When supporting a team to win in gambling just because it a favourite team and not by the performance of the team it just an easy way to lose and with this character it means the person is not just ready to win gamble.  I know gambling is unpredicted but betting accordingly their are high  chances of winning because the knowledge that people have about a team is a good advantage for winning.

When playing a game it is important to have a better understanding by knowing the stronger  team , though it my not a guarantee to win a   game but predicting based on the performance for the team matters so much.

Exactly, that's why I dont believe in betting in your favorite or idolized team, I get it everyone has its own favoritism and fan when it comes to sports but I think those feelings should be separated when it comes to betting, because the topic here is money idolizing your team even seeing that they are at disadvantage is not a good thing, if you will only going to support the team you idolize then you shouldn't even place a bet if you know they are disadvantage, be rational when it comes to gambling, step aside your feelings because it may sounds bad, but money is money you risk your money to bet on a team then atleast pick or bet on the team or player that has the higher chances of winning so that you will be able to win the bet, imagine you bet in a several match where the team you idolize has the low chance of winning then you are just wasting your money.

That would be a crazy action you do since not all the time our favorite team would have great chance to win since for sure there are more better than them. Also there are instances needed to consider since there are a lot of factors need to watch especially the teams stats and rosters condition. That's why before betting I always try to get some news about the team since for this we can get the good insights about which team is good to bet since for this we could able to get more higher chance to win. Although we can't guarantee to win at least we use our brains or critical thinking to do good bets rather than being a fanatic which gives us huge risk to lose our money and also which doesn't give anything good experience especially if we don't learn for those mistakes we made.

ThIs is a very realistic view of how gambling should be at times, the biases we do apply to Gambling sometimes ends up to our own detriment because we neglected reality and followed our emotions, I mean a team that's weak is weak not minding how much you love them, your love for your team shouldn't blind you from seeing the reality in the fact thst they can sometimes be too weak to handle a particular team except you are Gambling for fun and you are sure you are not going to have any emotional attachment then you can make such choices not minding the form and strength of the team.

Loosing your bet because of such will definitely be a reoccurrence until you accept the fact that your biases shouldn't be your stands for which you will make your predictions less you may end up loosing more funds or better still when gambling avoid your favourite team totally that way you will be able to avoid certain losses due to the picks on your bet slip.

Sometimes we are faced with a choice where we have to bet on our favorite club or not at all, especially when the condition of our favorite team is not as optimal as we expected, it will be a difficult choice, where do we need to bet against them? or not at all.
I myself think that if my favorite team is not performing well and I see that there is potential that the team will lose, I will skip the bet and choose to bet on another match. Because in my personal opinion, it's just uncomfortable if you bet against your own favorite team (even though I've done it before) but as much as possible I will avoid betting on it. It's true that when betting we need to separate feelings and logic, but that's just my personal preference.

In situations like this, a serious gambler will keep his emotions aside and still place his bets irrespective who is involved. OP is right, many gamblers complain of not winning their bets because they attach their emotions to virtually every games they play. Let me ask you a question. What if there is a very high chance that you are going to win your bet on the  game you are avoiding to place bets on simply because you cannot bet against your favourite team, when it is already clear that your favourite team was going to lose?
What if the chances of winning this one bet are higher than other bets?

There are many ways to show support for your club and betting against them will not stop them from losing. I have learnt a long time ago to always separate my emotions from business. I do not gamble often, but when I set out to gamble,  I mean business and I will not allow club affection ruin my chances.

Of course we all have a favorite football club, that's for sure, but the club as a support is not used as a source of income in gambling, for example fans of the Man United and Arsenal clubs, If we stick to our favorite club, of course it could be fatal, our club could lose, unless it's possible against a club that doesn't have any weight.

I often place bets on sports, especially football, of course I have a favorite club, but I have never been fanatical about betting my money on my favorite club, I have to assess the strength of the opposing club, because it is gambling, not bigotry, consideration and professionalism in gambling is better, rather than having to rely on a blunt knife.

You can bet on your favorite team if your team is capable of pulling an upset I have done this on my favorite basketball team and they sometimes upset a strong team, the only time that I do not bet on my favorite team is when they have a very slim chance of beating the opposing team, like if their strong or star players are out of the game.
But there are blind followers of a team and they will bet even a small amount as a show of support, I don't think I can do that even if I have excess money if there's no chance of winning then I let it pass, I have no obligation to bet and lose money I'm not that rich.

If your favorite team is not in their best performs, you will not have a chance to wins and that can makes you wastes your money. If you see that conditions, it's better you leave that match and just watch it so you don't lose your money. No matter if you are fan or not, you must be wise when you wants placing the bet so you can place a bet in the right team. That's why you must analyze every time you want to place a bet so you don't pick the wrong team and have a chance to wins. The team that is under perform can't gives you the chance to wins instead will lose your money so you don't have force yourself to place the bet for that team. You can wait for a while and checks the other match and maybe you will gets other team that's on their best perform. If we can be wise when selecting the team, we will gets a chance to wins.

This is the mistake most people make in betting, don't bet with such emotion that your club that your that's not in their peak will win when you already know that it is impossible for such to happen as you planned, gambling should not be a game of favouritism, being a fan of a particular football team does not matter, what matters is current form the team you are selecting to win a bet.
That's why I don't bet on my team, I only bet on other teams, even though am convinced that my favourite team will win, I wouldn't still bet on them because it will look like am supporting a team at the same time waiting for my bet to end as I expected it and thats not bet in reality, as a gambler there are things you should avoid doing and those things are chosing a team based on you affiliation with them, lookout for current performance, league position, number of games won before you can bet.

Actually betting on favorite teams is nothing wrong, even your favorite teams is weak and you compete against unbeatable teams.

There's always a person that sit on weak team's tribune and cheering the team, it's not free since they pay the ticket in order to watch the match.

The only thing it's wrong to bet on favorite teams is when you're really looking to make money, so you can't accept any lose in any single of your bets.

That is the choice of the individual whether he wants to listen to his heart or his mind.
The heart will always say to bet on the favourite team but the mind will tell us to bet on the opponent since they are better for the particular match.
So it depends from person to person because some listen to their heart and some do what their mind wants them to do.

Some individuals are just too passionate when it comes to their favourite club, to the point that they'll always bet on them no matter the consequences, they don't care if the team is in a good form or not, whether they're without key player they'll just stake their money on them and hope they win, we'll I see that as a normal phenomenon for some humans, once they're deeply in love with something, sometimes it's very difficult for them to be again it.

 Well everyone is not meant to be same cause a person like me would  not bet on my favourite team to win, when I'm not quite sure they'll win the match, I'll rather not lose my money on them whether big or small, but would only support them as a fan and hope they win, the only time I could consider betting on my favourite team is when they're playing against arch rivals cause sometimes believe that a team would always be extra careful especially when they're facing arc rivals or playing a debut match. For instance the El Classico, London Derby or Manchester Derby.

When it comes to betting everyone has their favorite team. Betting on these teams is not a bad thing, but most gamblers do not want to participate in betting on anything other than their favorite team. Whichever method you choose first pre-qualify the matches of the day because it is difficult to find the best option among hundreds of matches. Your instincts deceive you. You can check out all the groups and select the ones you need to think more about. After analyzing these teams in depth I determine my best bets.

Even though they are very loyal to their club, if they see their money disappear because their favorite club, which they bet on, loses, can they still accept it? This is related to money, it doesn't matter if you are very loyal and reluctant to turn away from your favorite club, but when it comes to betting, always think about not taking higher risks, always think about club opponent. So if your favorite club loses, you are still happy because you won your bet. It may seem selfish, but is there anyone who doesn't think too much about money for the sake of loyalty to the club? I will think neutrally when it comes to betting but for clubs I have a favorite club.

I can't stop thinking about people who waste opportunities just because they choose their favorite club to bet on and without seeing the opponent they will face. Their loyalty can't even be bought with anything and they are willing to spend money just to watch it live and place a bet at the club, it doesn't matter because it's their own money but thinking about it makes me frown because I'm not that fanatical with the club when it comes to money.

I get that most people's goal is winning money with their bets, but I have said several times before that this is not always my approach.

Depending on my mood, I will bet for my favourite team (especially if they are in form) or against them, and I explain why: if it is an important match they can't afford to lose, if they win I will be happy even if I lose the bet, and if they lose but I had bet against them, I get a little consolation prize. Yes, I know, that can be some kind of sin for many fans, but it is more reasonable than seeing your team lose and, in addition, lose your money (double fail).

But don't take it at face value. I usually bet for them. It is simply that I am flexible (even fickle sometimes :P).

I have a personal favorite team in football, and depending on who's playing against it, I'll make a bet. If the chances of winning are slim, I'd rather not participate, even though it's my team. Last week it was playing against a team I'd consider to have had a similar performance, so I decided to go for it. The match ended in a tie, and I lost my bet. My point is that when it comes to money, I don't have a favorite one; I go where there's money to be made.

My main goal is earning money, entertainment is important, but in these cases comes second.

It's not most to bet my team, sometimes when I'm predicting a game I usually see my team but I won't bet on them. When it comes to betting I don't know if I do have team, but in reality my team is Manchester United but I don't bet them always.

Cause I know they're trying to keep up to their standards, this season I use my money to bet so that I could meet up myself, but my so called fan they're making their money while playing so won't see white and say it's black.

I can be loyal to my club when I watch them playing, but they can't be my favorite while I bet cause i see winning chance then wouldn't win no. I can't lose while my club don't even know if I exist at that moment, i usually see my club playing when i predict but i go where i won't lose
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Their are so many ways to show support towards my club I can boost that this my club. Any where I'm I can boost of my club even fight for them lol. But not when it comes to gambling.

I won't let them make me lose my money, i know how my club are. So I can't bet my club when i come across them while I see that the opposite team will win.

i agree with the fact that anyone shouldn't wager on their teams to win. I keep wondering how proud one could be - even at some point, their teams performances over the past weeks might be as awful as any bad team in the championships.

But I'll certainly disagree with the last point of yours; if a team loses 3,4 or 5 times in a ROW, there's a possibility that they'll either struggle for a walkover, or win the match atleast. Every team's performance is determined by their position on the league table.
Assuming I'm a fan of one of the teams in the English premier League,; first thing that comes into play is understanding my team's performance at the time of play.  I could then decide whether or not to wager on 'em.

Betting for a club affection is another story. You are betting to increase your chances of winning and not to support your favorite team. Although majority still bet on their favorite teams, but if you are seeing them most likely to fail in their present game, then why risk your funds betting on them when you know that they’ll be losing in the end. Know your ultimate goal why you are gambling, with that you will be aware what’s going to prioritize, your feeling or affection towards them, or the profits you will gain when you bet on the highly winning team.

Whenever I place my bets, I try to be very objective with my picks. Your friend's advice about adding fav teams as selections to a betslip when they're in form don't always work. For instance, Liverpool has been in-form for most parts of the season and have consistently been a winner in my slips until a few weeks ago when the losses started creeping in from that Man Utd loss in the FA cup to the recent loss against Everton that ended the title aspirations. In sports betting, there is no foolproof strategy. It works sometimes, it doesn't.

If you are a bettor, do remember, at the end of the day, your favourite team doesn't care whether you lose or win your bet. So as much as possible, better take care of your own funds and think if betting on your team will give you profit. Otherwise, don't bet on them, instead, just watch their game or bet on the team you think will win. There's nothing wrong on betting the opposite team, because that's your money. And at the end of the day, your profit is all that matters. But you are still fan of your favourite team.


That I can very well agree. Besides, your favourite team doesn't even know your existence. So why care for what they have to say? Take care of your own and you will thank yourself. But definitely, you can still cheer for the team you are rooting for.

Indeed, we frequently find ourselves drawn to wagering on our beloved teams without regard for their present standing. Yet, studies reveal that this particular oversight is a primary contributing factor to why some individuals fail at sports betting despite earnest efforts.

In actuality, teams that are underperforming or have unfavorable outcomes pose significant risk when added to your sports betting roster. There is always a possibility that they will sustain their negative streak and consequently thwart your wagering slip; thus prudent advice would be abstaining from such teams unless in good form.

One of my friends once gave me an interesting piece of advice. He told me that I should never include my favorite team, Manchester United, in my bets unless they are in their top form. Despite my loyalty as a fan to Manchester United, I usually opt to bet against them on my betting slips. This helps me keep emotions out of the way and make logical decisions when it comes to betting.

True! Is really hard to bet against your favorites right ? And when you do it , you wish you win your ticket but on the same time you with your favorites to win so that's why for me , I almost never gamble on my favorites ( expect G2 Cs2 team because M0nesy is one of my favorites players of all time from esports  8)) but besides this I stay away from putting money on my favorites but also gambling against them because in that way you can enjoy those games and be relaxed.

There is also the other category where people will always bet on their favorites and it's nothing wrong but that involved a lot of emotions but also some adrenaline rush whenever the game is on the edge.  ;D

The advice that you received from your friend is a good one, since many people find it difficult to keep their emotions in check and if they were to bet on any match that involved their favorite team, it is obvious that they will give it preference over the opponents, even when the evidence clearly indicated the other team should be the one favored to get the win, still this can be difficult to do, because if you are betting on several other matches, many sport bettors may feel it is unfair to leave out their favorite team out of their betting slip.

dear mate, to be sincere in sports betting i do bet for reality and not club affection, i only attach affection to club only when i did not gamble, there is virtually time for everything because when you bet for affection even with a smaller amount you will not be happy when your club finally make you to lose the game. Affection will make you not to consider the odds even when they don't have any potential of winning, but when you are betting for reality, you will do some critical analysis, and check the winning potentials before placing bets. I don't attach pleasure or affection when it comes to gambling unless when am watching matches without bets however, i gamble for reality and not for affection.

Yeah but betting could also be a fanfare activity, I can recall a time when I actually placed a bet in Chelsea to win cause I just hated the other team, it was a single game and I won, forget about the winning tho, Im just trying to reflect that we could also bet in support of our team, I know people that do it, you have a point tho but at same time I feel betting is a game of luck and no matter how you try to just predict strictly you might also fail, I lost a bet today with two games cut, I was an 11 odds and tho the teams that cut me was the once I had a feeling would but based on their form and league positions i left them, so the truth is you don't know what to expect from the start untill you have gotten there.