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when you are placing a bet, do you tend to look at other people's bets? does looking at other bets make you feel more confident or more anxious about your own bets? are there any benefits into noticing which are the most famous bets? just to see which one is the favorite or you do not care and you just want to mind your own business?

You can easily make some analyzes yourself and know what people will bet mostly on. When I was using bet.com, there is a place on the app that do show the percentage of people that go for win, draw or loss for each matches. That will be proportional to the total number of people that bet on the match. I do not follow that for my own predictions. What people are voting for are what I know they will vote for. Also similar to prediction sites.

I don't need to look at anyone's bet before placing my bet, because I do my own research and analyze the match and come out with my own predictions. I bet based on my predictions, which is one of the reasons why I love to watch the matches.

If it happens that I want to look at anyone's bet, the bookie has the odds and I am cool with their odd on the favorite club. Sometimes, I follow the bookmakers. Maybe, those that bet on parlay might consider looking at other bets.

This does not work for me, when I look at others bet and repeat what they predicted, I end up failing with them, instead, when they predict exactly what I analyze, they end up winning with me. That has been my case so I don't care and bother looking at another players bets, I focus on mine regardless the risks, the outcome had always been benefiting for me.

I often discuss popular matches and bets with my friends. They also provide their thoughts and predictions, but I don't really care or consider those things. Although it is very possible that my predictions and my friends' predictions are the same. But when it comes to making bets, of course, I rely more on my own thoughts. Honestly, knowing more about other people's predictions can indeed influence our thinking about the bets we are going to make.

No, there is no reason for me to take a look at other's bet because I have my own analysis and once I place a bet then there is no point to know about other's bet.
What I used to do is not knowing other's bets but I look for other's analysis/opinion about the match just for comparison to my own analysis/prediction but it will not change my own decision.
Simply because I'm betting with my own money, so winning or losing is my own responsibility, if I follow other's bet but the bet is a lose then it will be a big regret for me.

I don’t worry about other people’s bets. There is always someone on the other side of a bet so I don’t see the point in caring what the other bets are or who made them. Just go with your gut and make the best decision you can with the information available to you at the time. That’s all any of us can do.

I have friends that wins so much, I do ask them to send their bet to me when they are done placing it, I use it to cross check my bet I don’t always make changes but yes I do feel confident when ever I see we play the same option.
It is not important to ask for other people’s bet but if you can easily get a bet of someone who has a good win record then you can run that person’s bet over yours.

This is a very correct topic, because many people, almost 99%, are influenced by other people when adjusting their opinion.
I don't mean the influence of influencers or some analysts on our bets. I mean the influence of our friends who love betting like us.
For example, if you have a debt that was promised by an analyst, then in any case you will listen to his opinion about a specific rate, and if it differs from yours, then this will create doubts.

when i want to make my prediction i dont want to be distracted by other games. what i do is that i make my own prediction separately and also bet on other peoples game on another ticket. at times i play my own prediction then mixed up mine and other game on another ticket. i have fallen victim of "near win" that was disrupted by adding other peoples game. it has happened to me countless times and i have decided to focus on mine before playing other games.

it makes me lack confidence of my own game.
it makes me lose concentration
it makes me anxious

although at times i feel more confident too in other people games than mine. it is just a kind of not straightforward, the feeling is a mixed feeling.

I don't look at other people's bets to compare mine because I take out my time to analyze. Some bettors get distracted by other people's picks after taking out their time to predict games. Everyone cannot have the same idea, it's dangerous to adjust your games because of the comparisons you are making with another bettors picks, this can distabilize your game. Always learn to follow your instincts

It is important to know the ratio of all bets, and this is exactly what we see in the odds 99.9% of the time. When it comes to individual betters, it may be interesting to follow their bets, but they may not always be relevant to you as they may be part of a larger pattern. For example, you see a bet, but for the better it is just a hedging bet. In general, it is sometimes interesting to look at other people's bets, but it has no practical meaning.

Checking someone else's bets might be helpful or unhelpful.  There are times I have won by copying people's bets, and in some cases, I have regretted my actions. My confidence increases when I see that someone's bet is similar. It shows that I might have done my analysis well. I can be anxious if I check more than one person's bet and they are not similar to mine. But I have learned to mind my business because favourites don't always win.

Yes.

It makes me feel both. But having some other people did the same bet is mine gives me more confidence. Although if I see others did an opposite bet, I don't feel bad and that makes me feel more thrilled.

I guess one benefit is that you'll get to be with the herd by betting the same as the others. But it's not that important at all when you know how to bet and which to bet for and you're making your own analysis per bet you make.

No, it just makes you anxious about the results. It is your money so take the responsibility on your own and if things go wrong then you got no one but you to blame but when your bets are influenced by someone either a influencer or a celebrity then you will likely to blame the person if you lost the bet and even it is not going to affect that person will create stress on yourself and probably lose your temper over other things.

I do look, but it doesn't really affect my decision on who I'll bet on(I usually just bet on who is the favorite or the athlete that I like, it doesn't matter if they are the underdog). I guess I just do it out of curiosity. If a gambler gets anxious about their bet because of other poeple's bets, maybe they should focus on their bet and stop unnecessarily stressing themselves.

I tend to visit a private community of gamblers to see what they bet every week. Sometimes they have good ideas that I could not think of and this helps decide what is worth and what is not.

When the markets open for some games, sometimes the odds are very high for a moment and that's the moment to bet on. I don't want to miss a good line because I didn't know about it, so looking at other bets can help me find them. :)

This is me at all times but it's not going to hurt me and waste my time if I happen to compare my bets with the others. Or whenever I have no decision yet on which one to bet and I just want to see what the others are betting like. As a bettor, we're also researchers and looking at the bets that have been shared to us is part of the research that we do. And so, it's not going to make someone little if they keep on knowing others what they did have bet for specific matches that we're following. This is a community that for every sport that are on the bookies, shared bets are typical.

I don't, except if a friend of mine bring his own to share ideas from me, looking after others bet shows a level of incompetency in what we are doing and also indicates pop nosing on others affairs, especially when its not being appreciated by those we are trying to look at their bets.


How do i know when am not found doing it.


I prefer minding my own business, be it online or physical casinos, we can share ideas, but am less concern about what others are playing or anxious whether they win or lose.

I look at other bets for analysis but I do not care for famous bets or not. There are some accounts I follow on social media that give very good tips on some matches and I use that to help my research, mostly if it is on a sport that I am only starting to get familiar with.

The bets of others may make me feel less confident on my picks, but that is only because I can be overly critical and it will ultimately not influence my decision on what games to go for.

- Jay -

It's an interesting question, and I really enjoy seeing other people's bets, especially here on the forum
And I think that's one of the goals of this board, right?  ;D

I like to see the bets that users here make mainly because it's difficult to find all the good bets for the games I bet on
I often see users making multiples that I hadn't thought of, or good odds that I had overlooked

Or even when you post a bet and someone comments on something useful that you hadn't thought of
I think it's very worthwhile to share bets here

For me, I only look at other people's bets and that's it but for making decisions on what to bet is that other people's bet have nothing to do with it and I prefer betting based on my own analysis on which team would win. I'd mostly do not care about other's bet and mind my own business and get on with it. I have tried doing what others did without research and I only lose most of the time although it's just a bonus fund I got which is an additional funds to what I have deposited. Following others won't make your chance of winning increase.

Betting is not something where you can learn something by following others or increase your chances of winning. There is no need to look at others before betting, by doing so you will only be blaming them and maybe creating confusion in your mind. If you are inexperienced in betting, you can improve your betting skills by looking at others' bets and learn the strategies. But there is no benefit in looking at others for betting. Because betting depends on luck and your luck and its outcome will not be the same. So prioritize your own desires and spend money on betting for your own happiness.

Especially when it comes to sports betting, I prefer to trust my own bets and decisions. Conducting thorough analysis and finding accurate information is both a challenge and my favorite part of sports betting, especially football. Besides, I love football, and betting provides a unique viewing experience.

Winning or losing isn't the most important thing; what matters most to me is my satisfaction with the analysis and other factors that give me confidence in the outcome of my bets and also increase my knowledge, which makes for valuable conversation when hanging out with friends who share the same hobby.

i don't really like to look at other people's bets when determining my own, because this is my bet, and i believe i should do my own analysis properly before placing it. also, when i analyze my bets myself, i have more freedom to decide which factors to consider before making a decision, and at the same time, i get to keep learning and improving for the future. that's why i don't want to copy other people's bets without understanding the context behind them and then end up regretting it when the bet loses. i would rather accept a loss that comes from my own analysis than blame someone else’s decisions.

For those people that gets satisfied in knowing the bets others, I guess that they're feeling a satisfaction within that. It's because that they'd feel a validation upon seeing others did the same bet as theirs. But if not, this gives them the challenging part why others have bet oppositely or against their bet. And to know if it's important, maybe it is for those who are playing with strategies by knowing others bet and if that gives them the thought that they did a good bet because others are doing so and giving more confidence on themselves, it actually helps if that's giving you a sense of accomplishment even if you haven't won the bet yet.

There was a time that I was focusing on other bettors predictions, then at last I ended up losing my bet due to the fact that I was not yet familiar in making my own prediction. However, as is stance now I normally do my own prediction and place my bet because it is only when you don't know how to make your own research that you would easily depend on someone prediction, without that gambling is more better when you make your own research and bet on them.

I really don't like looking at other people's bets, especially before I play, which is when I might see a bet contrary to mine and it could make me doubt my own choice. Sometimes the other person even explains why they chose what they chose and if their argument is solid it could influence me to change my play. Besides, this is uncomfortable because if you stay and they win you'll regret not having listened to them, or if you change and your initial bet wins it will be the same, you'll regret not having changed your play, so I don't recommend it.

The early stage that I got into gambling i was doing some little comparison with other people's bets but not like I look into theirs to know what to bet on. But along the line i came to understand that it isn't necessary and sometimes you may be better off than th person and that mindset alone gave me reasons to believe in myself and my bets so right now it's not important to do so.

If you doing the best with friend, example in Landbase. Mostly you will betting the same with him, ridding the moment together and lose & win together. But, If you betting alone sometimes you use these kind of data for againts other. Example, in Baccarat there has some pools % how much money in the pools and there has some psycology from the user (casino could cheats) they bet againts the choose are really having a bigs pools.

Nope.


I never look at other people's bets in first place, so there is no question of being influenced.


I do not care, I like to mind my own business.

I don't look at other people's bets. In my opinion, analyzing games personally and being confident that I've made a good analysis is very important. Looking at other people's bets can reveal a lot of insecurity. Now, something I do is look at the news about each team and how sports journalists are giving their opinions on each team and their players.

Then, when I analyze the games based on all the information I've found, I memorize what the journalists said. As soon as the game ends, I do a self-evaluation and compare those analyses made by the journalists, to further improve my analysis for each game.

I always respect my own work more, especially in gambling, I give the most priority to my own prediction. I never give priority to the predictions of others. The reason is that even if I lose with my prediction, there is a hidden value and that value is that I have gained experience. Now if I lose with the prediction given by others, I will have a lot of regret why I believed his prediction. So in any case, one should give priority to one's own work because what one can do can never be bad, it must be good. And especially in gambling, if one can take bets by making one's own prediction, then there is definitely more entertainment.

No, I don't think that it is important to know what others are betting, we are very different in terms of how we analyzed games, maybe we have the same bets, but it doesn't mean that you are being influenced by others. And if you look at other bet, it might complicated things.

You might want to change your bet because of that and so you might have a change of heart. However, what if you copy those bet and unfortunately you lost? And your original bet hit it? Definitely you might regret your decision. So just stick on what you know, so that you won't blame anyone. And if you win, then you will feel great and so it will boost your confidence to do your own analysis the next time. I'm talking about sports betting here.

Yeah, Ill peek at what the crowd is up to, but Im not about to let that run my game. If everyone was piling in with me? Sweet, I get a nice ego boost. If not, well, thats just better odds for me - who doesnt love that. Trends are cool for information, but thats it. I am not going to follow the herd; I am going to find value.

Before I place any bet, I do always make sure that I do my analysis well before placing the bet, so after placing the bet, I don’t have to start checking other people’s bet, it’s of no use because even if I can check their bet, it doesn’t change anything. If have done my analysis, and have made up my mind, I don’t always change it no matter what people will say. When you betting and you decide to check other people, then you won’t really be comfortable, because you just going to be seeing different people saying different things, so it’s just better you just do your analysis and place your bet, don’t listen to anyone.

Yeah I'm this type of gambler that like minding my business, though I was going with this practice of looking at other people's bets to see if my prediction is similar with the one out there, then I don't always trust my prediction I use to trust thier prediction more than my own prediction. This is how I have been doing back then but I some point i realized that I'm even more perfect than most of this people that claims to be an expert in terms of gambling prediction, because when I checked my wining records I mean the ones I have been wining from my own prediction and my wining history ever since I started making use of thier prediction then I find out that I have more winings than them, so even since then I started minding my business.

I do not look at other people's bet aside from when I view it against my own will while surfing on the internet.  And when I don't I feel any different. Those famous bets do not faze me at all because I know that what they can do, I can't and even when they lose, they'll still be balling very hard. Therefore I tend to mind my business.

It's not important to look at other people's bet before you place your own bet, if you did your research properly before making your prediction, you will not have a biased feelings even when you see other people's predictions and you might not even care about anyone else's predictions. The place you will have more chance to even see other bettors predictions is at the physical bookmakers shop and I hardly visit the bookmakers shops in my area, I so much agree to my own predictions more than comparing.

Users are mainly doing these things, they fix their eyes on the users' bets just to check how they do it and also compare it with their own to see if they are missing any part so that they can cover it next time. Most people follow them blindly and place their bets, but you know there is a trick that can make a user a fool and fall into a trap. Users think that the popular bets will give them high rewards, and they follow their fellow users, but these bets are just created to generate hype. When 80 to 90% of people are on one side, the bet goes in the opposite direction. In this case, I would say to check other bets too, but don't follow them blindly. In fact, if you make your own analysis and then place a bet, it will yield you better rewards than a money loss.

If you do have the money or budget then you can actually do this but since not all gamblers would be having the extra money that they can allocate into or lets say that you are betting on your own choice and you've been betting on what other bettors be doing. If we do tend to zoom out then there's no sense that you would be trying out to bet on opposite sides on which the thrill and excitement on doing up bets isnt something that present when it comes into this aspect. There's no point on making out some bets when you are trying to cope up all of those possible bets but if you are trying out to make some experiment and since its your money that being used then it wouldbe that up to you on what you would gonna do into this aspect. Whenever I do make out some bets then i never look at on other bets or choices but rather I would be just that focusing on my own and wont be liking on getting distracted at this time.

Looking at other bets or whatever their choices doesnt give out anything to me when it comes to emotional aspect. I do just that simply tell to myself "nah, I'd win"  :D

If you are going to look at other people's bets to confirm if you are doing well, then it shows you are not confident in yourself. At this point, whether you look at other people's bets or not, it really makes no difference.  You don't have confidence in yourself, neither do you have confidence in the bets you want to copy. Luck is the only thing you are relying on. But it is good as a gambler to be able to make some analysis by yourself.  Some games require some level of skills and knowledge, enjoy the process while hoping to win, you shouldn't miss out on both.

Looking at other people's bets means one is not sure about what they have analyzed, and even if one wants to look at other people's bets, they need to understand that gambling is unpredictable and not to depend on the predictions or analyses of other people's games.

I'm not against looking at other people's bets, but it shouldn't be a tradition. As a gambler, I think it is important not to rely solely on other people's bets; one should be able to play to see if there will be luck to win.

Crowd sourcing can be effective for figuring out a rough opinion of odds, especially if you were comparing two football teams for example - you can probably tell that two giants in Europe, each at the peak of their respective football leagues, will have similar odds especially if both have been playing recently, which would probably end up with a 50/50 chance each could be the winner. However there are other markets where odds pricing does not seem to be as effective, such as when it comes to horse race betting - I've seen many horses that have a strong chance of winning be priced at 9x+ which suggests the bookmakers have collectively misjudged the odds. If you want to see peer 2 peer markets, which tend to be tighter and remove some of the margin added by bookmakers, then go to somewhere like smarkets.com

Comparing bets sometimes when you aren't sure of a team's performance is absolutely not a bad idea, as it gives you the opportunity to hear from other people side of view why they think team club A or B will win the match. But on the contrary, I usually don't allow such comparison affects my emotions or how I feel, since I know for the fact that in gambling anything can happen, and likewise a weak club if lucky enough could win, and vice versa. Hence, as a gambler, it's always good to develop the habit of taking full responsibility of whatever decision made while placing a bet, whether it turns out as winning or lose.

This would only make me confused so I don't bother doing it, I'm sure of my predictions, this doesn't mean that they are hundred percent accurate but I know that there's a high chance of winning when you I analyze and do a well detailed research on the games I bet on. Comparing bets isn't always advised, you can't tell if the next person is a good bettor or analysis as hard as you. It's better to copy their bets and stake differently instead of combining their picks with yours

It is not true, looking at other bets doesn't mean you are picking confirmation from someone else, but rather comparison, what matches your bet and popular opinions on the event, in as much it shouldn't alter your prediction already in mind. Don't you have peers you discuss gambling with, it is fun discussing about betting before the event begins, when its time to bet on the event i do it alone and take responsibility of whatever is in my parlay.

I also make use of that stats being provided by the bookmakers... different bettors vote on the options of the game either win, draw or straight win...this has been a guide to most of the predictions I make but sometimes people can get it wrong because I have lost sometimes...in some bookies it's designed in such a way that the bettors can comment, I use most of the ideas dropped by people in the comment section to compare my selections before placing my bet

I often do this on my favourite sports, like horse racing, to check if I got my analysis correctly. Bettors exchange notes and analysis on some sports they like to boost their confidence in case they hit all their bets. There’s nothing wrong with this; it’s a natural part of double-checking to see if they missed something, especially in sports betting.
Gamblers have different behaviours and characters. Some kept their bets, others are opening their predictions for discussion.
The most important thing is to respect every bettor’s bets; it’s their money anyway, and they put time and effort into their bets.

It is not important, but i don't mind doing it, i have placed the same bets as my friends sometimes. As long as i am not buying the bets, then i can of course get tips from people or certain sources. It does not matter who or where i get a tip from, it wouldn't influence my stake, that's another important thing to point out.

There are people who get tips from sources, i mean free tips, and they suddenly become too confident and stake with an amount they cannot afford to lose, that's bad gambling habit.

I think when it comes to bets, it’s not important for a person to compare his bet with the other people’s. Why is that? We’re individuals with differences, and everyone has his own methods on how to play the bets, and that’s why even if a person tries to know the others bets because he/she wanted exactly what the person had, it will make him waste his money on the bets.

Because what if this person that he/she tries to know his bet on all the predictions is wrong? I don’t think there will be any other options for the person; that's why it is good for us to be very cautious in whateverwe come to do. It will be much better if we can work with our own suggestions for the best way to get the best outcome.

Looking at people's bet, before placing my bet is what I don't encourage, I place my bet on what I want and move on because most times, people's choice are not my choice although, the records are clearly there for people to see, it's now left for you to decide what you want.
But when the game looks a bit tough and confusing, I will look and try to study and understand the game before placing a bet, because in some rear cases,  I try to seek help when am not too sure, and I just really have to play the game.

I don't look at other people's bet to make my own decisions but I look at other people's bet that has a good history of winning in gambling for conclusion of my bet. I used them for confirmation base on my own ideas that I have use to select my bet. Sometimes, I just bet what the things I have selected and go with what I have initially and then use other bets to make comparisons to my own bet and stake another money with it just to be sate with with a I have risk with the casino.

I feel like if you do this most of the time, you wouldn't grow enough balls to make decision in gambling. What are you going to do the days they don't bet or don't have similar games like yours. I may copy other gamblers ideas and tweak it to my own idea to bet but I will not let others idea to confuse me me more. This is not even a standard practice of gambling, some of the guys other people looks upto sometimes copy my bets to stake just to make wins from my games too because it's not every of their own bet they do win.

Not really that important, but all my friends shared our bets, not really to know who’s better, but to check what we have overlooked or missed.
We do this here in Bitcointalk; we share our insights and analysis on various sports. I guess it’s part of being in a gambling community to share our experience and knowledge, which builds connection and camaraderie.
Just check out what gamblers do on offline betting stations and cockpit arenas, and you’ll get the idea.

That is true, it is not important because you have your own bets. But sometimes, people are looking for others' bets so they can gain insights on what to do. But it doesn't mean that you will rely from them every time you place your bets. Because it is not a smart move for yourself. You will have your own instincts which bet to place after knowing others' bets. And it is better to follow your instincts so you won't regret later on. Definitely, it is free to check others but at the end of the day, you need to weigh your options and choose what would be best for you.

Confidence is a big word that can't be fit in there just like that.. infact, I can't find anything really working out with merely looking at the outcome of other people, cause even though we decided to bet on the same odds, but at different intervals, we'll both have very different outcomes 9 out of 10 tries.

Anxiety is also only a weapon that the casinos can manipulate you with. They don't cause the anxiety to happen, it all builds up in you  but they're very good at using that as an advantage against you -- "a troubled mind is a lost one"

Certainly, there are benefits to some extent. Assuming you just came live on the game and you don't know what the previous outcome was 30 minutes ago; you can look out for things like that to help.

Similarly, my friends and I often share opinions about betting, whether it is sports betting or slot games. To be honest, I don't really care to consider it, and the same goes for you. I don't think it is beneficial to follow popular bets or kinda similar of it, and I am more confident in my own bets, which are essentially my own desire for genuine entertainment, at least for me. However, I don't want to interfere whenever such discussions arise, I usually just offer my own personal opinion about my own bets.

I tend to look at other people's bets before to see if we have the same bias but it was too stressful when our judgement are different. It influences me before that I follow them without analyzing their plays.

But now I stick to my own plan. Gambling is a game of luck after all and I believe anything is possible in gambling. Just like when I'm sportsbetting, there are times that the underdog team win.

Minding your own business is the best. If the person is well known to be a lucky winner often when he places bet, I may take a risk to check out one of his trades if i have been on persistent loss throughout the day or week. The reason why you can’t relent on someone else’s bet is that; they’re also prone to error like you and have also just placed the bet and waiting if luck will shine on them. No one is so good in gambling that following his footsteps will give you consistent result. Everything here is just trail and error. The moment you decide to start doubting your bets, then that will mean you’ll always focus on people’s bet which may even cause you more losses than what you may have lost using your own format into betting games. Don’t just start it, trust and believe in yourself to be able to win games you’ve bet on.

if you always do what the majority does you are doomed to lose. you have to do your own analysis and place your bets accordingly so that it makes sense.

for other people's ideas to be considered reasonable, others have to be able to make money and make successful bets. but we know that a large part of them only lose money from gambling.

gambling should only be about you. it should be about your own analysis, your own money and your own bet. if you bring other factors into it, you will start making excuses when you lose and you will melt from the inside.

It is only fun to like minds who derive joy from trying each other's opinion. I have seen players laugh over the results of a betting code prescribed by a friend. On the other hand, some get physical about it, which is not advisable. So, whether it'll work or not in relaxing the player's instinct, checking if other people's bet correlates with ours makes no difference in the results. Hence, going the tough way, of having not to go with general opinion is much better. Since nobody is sure of what would be made out of a match.

For real, you really don’t have any reason to know what’s on your friend’s bet or someone else’s bet. Maybe you might have the idea of people making better predictions than yourself but, that’s hardly the case most times. Recall that gambling is a game of luck and even the individual you would want to depend on is hoping to get lucky on their prediction. Worst case scenario is when the individual’s bet is entirely different from yours, you wouldn’t want that.

This isn’t a quiz that you need to copy other’s answers to ensure yourself that you are answering it right, but this is gambling where outcomes can never be certain or hard to predict well. So I don’t care other people’s bets, at the end of the day everyone will lose lol.

But honestly, this will only create confusion on your part especially if you are still a beginner in gambling. You will end up comparing, and then leave your own analysis and copy other’s bets, and that’s when you start losing because your own bet may have won, while the other bet comes out a loss.

This is something I avoid, not that I don't like the bets that other people make but this can actually weaken myself and make the situation less objective because I tend to look more at other people's bets as a reference.

If it is possible then I avoid it a little to make me confident in my analysis and intuition in the end.

But it is inevitable that there will be a sense of curiosity about something like this even if it is only a little but over time it can also become a dependency in the end.
By seeing this in the end I prefer not to care too much or see other people's bets and give more of my own instincts to bet because apart from this making us incapable slowly in the end this condition actually makes the level of objectivity decrease slightly.

I don't think it's very important to watch other people's bets. If you can do your own analysis, then there's definitely no need to watch other people's bets. What do you do when you see someone else's bet if they are inexperienced or maybe they have made a wrong decision? That is, if you take your own bet after checking and analyzing it, then if you face losses later, you cannot blame anyone else. It is definitely wise to bet yourself.

Since it doesn't increase the chance to win in betting, I personally never try to know the best of other people. What's for?

We can do analysis ourselves, it can be more accurate than other people analysis. Moreover, we can be proud with ourselves if we win the bet because it is our own efforts. If we follow other people bets, we won't proud it even if we can win the bets. Even worse, we must very regret it when we get a lose because of following other people bets.

That's why we must bet on something we are familiar. It will make use easier to do our own analysis before we place the bets.

Sometimes I do this just to compare the amount of bets that each other player wages. I also compared the frequency of their bets and their patterns whenever they loss in order to learn from those mistakes. The funny thing is- most gamblers tend to bet equal amounts throughout their bets with high volume and frequency. For example, a gambler would tend to bet $100 on color red (Baccarat) for seven (7) straight times.


Yup it makes no sense but you also get to see the perspective of another gambler from this method.

There will be times where the gambler would bet consistent amounts for hours. Then suddenly you would see that they will drop their bets 50% from their first bets. It makes it more entertaining for me to see those gamblers but at the same time it does not affect my experience at all.

Exactly. Copying other people’s bets will not even guarantee you winning in the end, so it’s only a waste of your time and efforts. Just do your own analysis and stick to it, if you win, you’ll win, but if not, then learn from it and do better analysis the next time you bet.

Gambling is a betting game, you bet what on what you think have high chances to win, not betting using other people’s analysis.

I won’t say it’s not important but if you’re sure of you analysis then I don’t see any reason why you would want to look at what other people are betting on, if you’re the type that’s not that confident about yourself and things you do you would easily be influenced by what other people are going for and that might lead you to take a decision that you’d regret in the long run.

Sometimes, it’s not bad to go against the crowd - there are times when you would go against the crowd and still win your bet, and if you keep looking at what other people are betting on before you decide if you can go ahead and bet on your game then you’d make a whole lots of mistakes.

Well, if you don't have confidence in your bets then you can do that i.e.requesting other gamblers' bets for evaluation.
However, it could wrongly influence your decision sometimes where the opposite might happen and you were right initially...maybe that could change your mind towards standing on your decisions anyway.
There's nothing wrong with it actually,It could still help with making rational decisions as well but just don't rely on it too much..
As for me , I love doing my things my way but I still pay attentions to other's opinions regarding their bets if they did share it  :)

No, I usually have my own analysis for my bets & even if they lose, I learn from them. There's no point in following what others have placed.


In theory it should make you more confident, but in practice, from my experience, it makes me more anxious.


Of course there are, by knowing which bets are most popular, we can determine the odds & reverse public logic. Remember how Argentina was defeated by Saudi Arabia in the WC?

I often mind my own business. After all, the odds are already explaining to me how the majority thinks. The odds are basically reflecting the overall sentiment.

At the same time, however, I also find value in other opinions especially those coming from solid and serious enthusiasts. I also listen to their explanations especially if their bets are on the underdog.

There were countless of times when my earlier decisions were somehow swayed because of other people's opinions. But when I've reached my final decision, I very seldom change it.

Surely sometimes I look at other peoples bet and sometimes I don't. You know..betting is by luck and you can't be %100 percent sure of the one that will win. Sometimes my prediction fails me while others don't fail me. While at time other fail me and vise versa mine wins. So it's hard to conclude on the one to be treated seriously or not. What I do is that I bet on games on predicted by my friend when I Start losing in a strick from my own prediction. But when I also noticed that my prediction is becoming  better and I winore often than my friend prediction then I switch. It's just a matter of a more profitable place to The other.

It is great question because it highlights psychological and strategic aspects of betting. But looking at popular bets can give you confidence by confirming your own choices it can also cause anxiety if your research leads to different conclusion. Main benefit of knowing most famous bets is to see which way public money is leaning which helps you understand how odds are set.
Smart bettors use this information not just to follow crowd but mostly to find better value in bets that are less popular because their odds might be inflated due to hype. So you pay attention to other people bets depends on your style casual bettors might enjoy following crowd but more serious bettors use it as just one piece of information to find edge.

It's helpful to know at times, but it's not extremely important because i've seen trends where the public is getting decimated on specific markets. Seeing what the others are betting on could give you a boost in confidence, or make you think again if you think there's something more about the match that's not included in the stats.

I also see a few sportsbooks share these popular bets, and sometimes they'll encourage you to place the exact bet by having it premade with slightly boosted odds.

I do not check other people's bets but sometimes I did. I want to know how much their bets but not follow what they did. I don't feel anything because that is just seeing their bets and will not interfere my decision. I know we have different money to place a bet so that will not be a problem for me.

I don't know if there are any benefits or not but for me, that is nothing. The important thing is we have our own decision and know how much we can bet. We don't have to trigger because of their amount to bet because we will have different initial money to bet.

I get your point but copying others' strategy or analysis doesn't always mean you'll lose, and using your own analysis, whether as a novice or an experienced gambler doesn't also guarantee that'll you'll win either, I mean there are times that I copied some selections from a friend and ended up winning at the end of the day, even though the wins weren't that huge, it was still a win. Gambling outcomes are just unpredictable, you never know when that win will come, whether it's from your analysis or the next person. You might even copy someone's analysis, make a few modifications and then boom, you end up winning and the person you copied from ends up losing. That's just how it is.

i agree with you that we can only do this when we have money to allocate into different games or perhaps diversify our games, but i dont normally do this, i only do it occasionally and not regularly.

well it doesn't have to make sense to you but to me since its my choice and my money here, and secondly i dont bet on opposite side but i pick games that are not in my ticket to add on my existing one already and not betting on the opposite. moreover its just and experiment or trying out lock since gambling is all about luck you never can tell which one is going to play out.
 

When I was betting before, even now, although I don’t rely on other people’s bets, I still check them out. I look at their perspectives, analysis, and insights. You know, it’s not a bad thing. It’s like getting a second opinion, you never know, it might help or highlight something you missed. For sure, others are also curious about what others are saying, even if they do their own analysis. If you’re into sports betting, it's like, that’s really just part of the whole process, at least for me.

My luck in gambling is not always the same. Sometimes when luck goes completely against me, I try to follow others and see what others betting are on instead of relying on myself. I try this until my winning streak returns. I followed a gambler and placed bets there and I won. Then I did it again for a few days and lost. I think it is a strategy. And in gambling, a strategy will not always work, you must be strategic. Following other people's gambling is not a bad thing if you can win. But you should not rely only on others without doing your own research.

It makes sense to check the bets of other people, too. You're right that it's not a bad thing to know what they are up to and which games they have bet on.

And yes, this is part of sports betting. You're trying to get as many details as you can before you place any bet. That's being responsible to make sure that you have bet on the right thing.

It's not just you that does this but seeing others say that they're also doing this so, it's a norm for most sports bettors.

I sometimes discuss matches and bets with friends and in the process we can compare matches that we want to bet on and anyone of us can take tips from another if they want. It's not important to know other people's bet but I sometimes compare my selections with friends before placing my bet it's nothing serious and I'm not obligated to copy their selections. Most times I go with my own analysis and I accept whatever outcome that I get. Whether it's your own analysis or not the most important thing is that you should make the final choice by yourself because it's your money.

Sometimes I see my friends' bets, or friends sharing their betting information. Such things are common if we indeed have friends who often meet and they are also bettors. Seeing other people's bets does not make me more confident if the bets are the same, I will still use my own method. I don't take my friends' bets seriously before I make my own bet. I'm just afraid that other people's bets will influence me in making my own bets, if I win, it might not be an issue. But if I lose, there might be feelings of blaming others.

the only time when looking at another persons bet looks good is when after looking at their bet is sinks well with your prediction or gives you an idea that there is something to take from those. if not, for most times, it is going to confuse you even the more to think that your predictions are not good enough and that you need to make some adjustment that will end up causing you more loss than win since you are going to do far more comparison than necessary. if it is a completely luck based game, it is best to know that my luck isn't same with yours so focusing on your guts will always win over trying out other peoples opinion but if it is a game that requires analysis, you can just look at what other people are doing while you stand to make the final decision.

Previous year I have asked quite a similar question here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5481750.msg63506612#msg63506612) and got mixed answers.

Whenever its possible, I do look how people bet and play. The amount the bet influences on my decision how much I am ready to bet. When everyone around place large bets, I start to feel discomfort if I play low bet or low risk strategy. A feeling "if this guy risk and have big wins, why cant I do the same, as we are playing same game, have same opportunities against casino?" appears. But, I cant say that all that give me any benefit or I start to gamble more successfully.

I've been involved in sports betting for over 20 years, but I've never paid attention to who others were betting on, what they were betting on, or how they were betting on which match. I've always placed my own bets.

Occasionally, when discussing matches with friends, I've placed a goal bet on matches I thought would end with an over or a goal-scoring streak. Other than that, I've never paid attention to what others were doing.

What makes someone a gambler is when they can analyze their bets by themselves, not by looking at others bets before they make a bet.

There are a whole lot of match games to bet on each day. Every one of us picks and bets according to the ones our guts ask us to bet on. We don't really have to ask our friends for their own bets before making a bet because they might be having different games from the ones we are betting on. Even if they are betting on the same games as ours, our bets may not look the same because our game analysis is not the same. We have different opinions about match games

For me, other players' bets don't matter because it's just their opinion and it shouldn't influence my decision. If you could have access to all the statistics of the bettor you want to follow and you could see that he is a successful player and wins most of his bets, then maybe it would make sense, but if it's just a bet from a player you don't know much about, then I don't see the point. I am used to relying only on myself because I know my statistics and I understand what I can achieve in betting.

For sport betting it's important to look at other bet or to have someone besides you who would help you to analyzed a game if you aren't that good with predictions, but if you are a full time sports watcher it would be that easier for you to know how to make analysis since sport betting especially is entirely a history based analysis and also checking formation and head to head line up and how you have been following them up. Again, in gambling it's important to also stick on the games you know that would give you winning than jumping from different games to another without even making winning, stick to the game you knows more better.

It is not right to start gambling with the mindset that gambling is a part of life or that you can make a lot of money by gambling. Gambling is basically for fun, not for making money. From my point of view, there is no need to follow others to manage gambling because each person's means of money or strategy will be different. To manage gambling in a disciplined manner, it is wise to plan your own money and apply strategies along with research. Managing gambling in a way that allows you to have self-control over yourself can protect yourself from big mistakes or risks.

When you have the opportunity to see the bets of other players, it is a very good opportunity to also test your strategy and analysis, because by seeing the bets of successful gamblers, you can adjust your bets to get a better result.When you have access to such information, you tend to play more often because your confidence in making a profit is higher.

In early days of sports betting, I was really addicting to this checking others betting slips and then deciding about own stuff, but this give me some big loses then I change my strategy and have own stuff which always helps and give better results.
Now I understand few things always keeping work and having stuff for sports betting give better results because stats and search always works for you some work and good results never go with others because they have their own way of checking and strategy which never works for you.
Even now I personally feel never go for paid tipsters because if you have time then you can go better from them which are taking money for nothing just waste of time and money nothing more.

I like banking on statistics, there are obviously some people in my friends list that are more successful in their bets than myself which I've observed after months of taking account of their wins compared to mine, so I now leverage on their predictions. I don't compare it with mine, I play mine as well as theirs to increase my chances on success. I request they send their games over after booking so I can play it myself and I don't see it as a bad idea.

If you can bet with friends, then there is an opportunity to do good analysis. Many times, despite having your own knowledge, you can make mistakes in taking the right decision. In that case, if you can take help from friends and get an idea of their position on a particular bet, then it can be good for gambling. However, that opportunity will not always be equal. Because the bet you are placing may not be made by other friends.

Looking at other people's bet will either make you lose confidence on your own bet or the other way, still, whatever happens won't change the cause of the result in the end, copying what others are doing doesn't makes you a better gambler, you will still probably lose more and win less.

Some gamblers don't know how to do good analysis on their own and they are not new to the game, it's a part of irresponsible gambling because you could have predicted better than many others.

The reason why some gamblers will never find their true self is because all they do is watching other gamblers and doing the exact same thing as them, meaning they don't even know they are doing, I see this happens alot in sports bet.

Yes, sometimes I compare my bets to others. I just wanted to know if my betting strategy is correct or different from theirs. I actually feel confident when knowing we're the same. Of course, this doesn't mean it will increase our chance of winning. But at least we know that we're in common and in the same track.

Maybe we think it was not necessary, but for beginners, I believe they have to do this. It won't make you win, but it's a way to evaluate our analysis. A way to gain ideas on how other bettors do as well.

That's very correct, if am making analysis  I do it alone unless if luckily I was with my friends and then we can start sharing tips and making comparisons, apart from that, it's either I predict the games by myself or take predictions that my friend came up with and staked on it. If I don't have time to make analysis, that's when i take games from my friends but if I have free time for it, I don't  do that.

If you don’t have trust in your bet and you have second thoughts about your analysis, you will want a second opinion to check if you are right in your analysis or if you need an alternative bet.
I often do this when I’m unsure about my bets, but only with friends who share my interest in betting and are willing to share their bets.
It’s good to improve your analysis, and it strengthens your friendship. It’s not essential, but it’s worth sharing and checking how and what they bet.

Why would you even do that?
You don't know what the other guy track of wins or losses is. There are millions of bettors out there and not at all in the last place, odds are the results of the people wagering on a game, so the bigger the sample, the closer it comes to the actual percentages that the odds have.
So, what would be the point?
Oh, following a known tipster with 2-3 years of tracked bets, wins and losses, that's a different thing.

And the worst type of mindset people can have is when they see gambling as a source of income, because people who have that kind of mindset, the end result is not usually nice because they depend on it so much that without it they can not even feed themselves self because there dependency is to much when it comes to gambling but at the end of the day there is no sign of winning and the only time gambling is fun is when you are winning but you can not be winning every time so this is part of the reason why gambling can the same time be stressful, it should not be a matter of do or die, and when you don't win then its not a crime actually to take a break instead of gambling all hard.

I don't. Well, there's a story behind it.

I used to look at predictions on the internet, and after having a losing streak following all their predictions, that's when I realized that I should just make my own predictions.
After that, I don't really look at any predictions anymore. If I were, my bets are already locked in and there's no way I am changing it even if I feel like his predictions are better than mine.
We should sometimes trust our own instincts and analysis because there's really no assurance at other predictions  too.

In sports threads like boxing, NBA or soccer, users are sharing their bets. Its not really important but if you see it as important to know what your fellow coiners here are betting, I think it would help also your decision.

I tend to look at the bets of the users in the thread and compare my analysis and whether we match ideas. If I see one that I can agree and there are more of us on that side, our bets must be good.

Of course, I don't pay much attention to other people's bets I focus more on my own analysis and strategy. By relying on our own analysis, we can feel more confident in our decisions. I don't think there's any benefit in looking at other people's bets it's better to focus on the round or game you're playing. This gambling game depends on how you perceive the odds and the situation you're playing. If you feel your chances are slim, you shouldn't force yourself to continue playing. Conversely, if your chances are high and you're confident you can match your opponent's bets, If you focus on or watch other people's bets, it will certainly cause anxiety and make you lose concentration on the game.

Actually watching others wagers might play with your head, social pressure makes you have a herd mentality and social influence pulling you to make decisions you haven't accessed. And other things like confirmation bias and you thinking you have control makes you feel assured because other people bett the same way or because you think it works like that but in reality it's just an illusion. I think peer pressure influences your free choices, your understanding might become vague when you are following the herd. Better trust your own inspection, not everyone's bets.

For a smart player cross checking other people's predictions can help adjust analysis. To some, it wouldn't be considered peer pressure to copy others, yet, allowing their decisions change our outmost choices isn't right. Players should stand their ground while analyzing games and shouldn't bend or change their games because of what other people predicted. It leads to regret if the game doesn't play as planned. Gambling is fun and reduces blames when we stick to our gaming method at all times.

If I had to answer many questions, I would say that I never follow other people's bets and I try to give the utmost importance to what I understand myself. If I bet on sports betting and in that case, if I follow someone else's suggestion or bet, and if he is less experienced than me, I follow his bet, then I will not get the benefit. Rather, I don't have time to waste on what others have bet on and I try to move forward with what I think is good. If I face losses on my own bets, there should be no objection.

Other people's bets are based on what they have analyzed, what they believe, and are often placed on the teams they support. Bets are personal, so why would I base mine on other people's bets? If I follow the most “popular” bets, I will be betting on what others believe and not on what I believe, and then it will lose its appeal. I don't like to be wrong, but that's how I learn to better analyze my options.

I don't need to see what others are doing before i can play my own bet, gambling is what should be a personal decision by us, we cant go by what others are doing and still applied same as our own pattern, except we don't want to be independent about the way we gamble, because i can see the way some have seen so dependent on others in gambling, the more the reason you see how they sought out for ideas, odds and other information about gambling from others, while some will independently engaged on this and gamble all alone without any help from a third party influence.

I won't lie, I do look at other people's bets though not physically but online, any time I want to bet on any sports game, i usually take out time looking at the casinos bet log so as to see what other gamblers/bettors are betting on, or who exactly they are betting on.

A couple of times, I've noticed I ended up changing my mind concerning a team I wanted to bet on after I saw in casinos betting log that majority were betting on the opposite team I was going to bet on.
While on some other occasions, even after looking at the logs, I still go ahead to bet on the team I have initially wanted to bet on because I am kind of confident that the team would win.

So in conclusion, it's not all that important to know other people's bet, but at the same time, knowing can help us understand perfectly well what other people are saying concerning the game, this will help us rethink every decision to make sure we don't end up betting wrongly.

This is actually a matter of different gamblers' thoughts, it won't be the same for everyone. I give my opinion, I'm not influenced by anyone's bets. I like to do my own research, and this also gives me confidence in my own abilities so that I can be confident in winning bets. But after I place a bet, I discuss it with my friends and try to understand how they think and also get an idea of how accurate my bet might be. In fact, if you try to get everyone's opinion before placing a bet, you will get confused.

If you pay attention to follow the bets of others and lose, you may regret it. At that time, you may feel that it would have been better if you had lost on your own intelligence. It is best if you bet according to your own analysis. This will increase your confidence in yourself. You can be better at betting in the future. Moreover, you cannot always bet by following the bets of others. Not everyone has the opportunity to bet at the same time. If you follow the bets that others have placed, then the odds will not be the same. If you do not rely on others, but on yourself, if you observe properly, your own gambling experience will also increase, which can be beneficial for betting in the future.

Hmm, actually, it's okay to reflect on other people's bets or even follow their decisions, but the important thing to remember here is that you must be able to accept whatever the outcome. Don't blame the people you follow just because you end up losing. One reason I say this is because it's not uncommon for some gamblers to blame other gamblers when they follow other people's bets.

So, the point is, we must be responsible for the decisions we make, just like the approach to gambling in general, which is always recommended. Honestly, I often gamble based on my own beliefs. I don't care whether other gamblers bet more on team A or B, but of course, you are free to make your choice. The key is to be responsible, whatever the outcome.

Checking other people's could also lead to a win, so it's just risk-taking. These days, several tools (artificial intelligence tools) and prediction platforms (on social media) can assist gamblers with quick bets. Whether you do your analysis by yourself or you copy from other gamblers, you just have to be willing to take full responsibility for your actions. Blaming someone for our losses because we copied their bets is a sign of immaturity.

You are right that there’s no guarantee in other predictions but surely there are odds that can tell how closer he is to the actual likelihood of his bet happening. It can be helpful to just assess our own bets compared to others but if following others has made you lose then it’s good you took the decision to instead focus on your own.

You can get lucky from anywhere; whether you predict by yourself or you check what is trending.  Gambling is a game of luck, so you can't exactly tell what will work out.

It is neccessary also to note that is is never important to know other people's bets. Yes, you can know but not neccessarily an important thing to do. If you make it important, then it means you as a gambler does not believe in yourself, other people's bets validates what you do.

Some gamblers are like that, but that is not the right thing to do. At least in some days, do your thing and own it without attributing your loss or win to anyone.

You know, the problem is that they all feel like these things don't add up sometimes... They feel like they can only be influenced by themselves, but not anything else that's happening in their environment -- But trust me, this can mess up your mind; when your mind gets messed up, that's just the beginning of your failure.
Maybe peer pressure can come in if it's a physical casino where people tend view the outcome on a large screen -- especially when they know you've been gaming for a long time without a win yet?

My honest take on this is that I prioritize my own bets over any other predictions or bets from sny other person famous or not; Influencer or celebrity. What I can however, is to play some pf their bets in a separate slip and I would most likely review via gut feelings. So even if my bias is to bet on team 1 to win and someone famous is backing team 2, I'm always going to go with team 1 even if they end up losing. The side bet I take from time to time is mostly just because I want to keep an open mind without necessary risking my independence on my own bets.

I think it is better not to pay attention to bets being placed by others, to be honest. It only messes up with our own confidence onna choice we should suppse to have already taken before approaching a betting place or website.
Betting and gambling can bring serious consequences of we are not careful on what we are doing, and it is important we are all the sole responsible ones for those consequences, not leaving room for us to blame someone else for an outcome which did not favour us.

Though, it would be completely different to approach a betting place having the intention to burn some money for fun and place a bet based on the bet of others. That is valid and usually, when that happens, one is supposed to be even more careful with the amount we are putting at stake.

I don't follow the crowd if that's what you're asking about but I don't mind having some comparisons with my friends when we're gambling together. But if I'm gambling on my own, I don't have any business with what others are picking.

Even with the comparison with my friends I don't get easily influenced because it's hard for me to change my picks. Before the picks were made, I have already made different research and decided my picks are the best option I can go with.

We have to learn to believe in ourselves because there aren't that many good options out there, if they were then they'll all be rich from winning and most likely won't be sharing the secret with you.

Lets just say everyone has their own style of betting and markets they understand better, and there is nothing wrong with knowing what games works for other people...who knows maybe those  markets are your golden ticket to financial freedom as you could learn the markets and learn how to flip accounts from zoo to mansion.

To be honest, sometimes I want to do sports betting and there are matches of other teams outside of the ones I know, so sometimes I check other people's predictions, even compare their opinions and look at the previous statics of those teams and then place a bet.
And here I don't actually follow any specific person, I try to analyze as much as I can myself. However, there are some websites or platforms that don't have the support to get a little more insights. Otherwise, it is difficult to understand which players were previously injured in the team or are not in the squad due to injury. And I think these things play a good role in match prediction.

No, it is not good to know other bets before the submission of the game, the present game is being discussed and analyzing the match in other to have ideas and from this interaction one is able to figure and understand the game, and that is why some person prefer knowing others game before placing there's.

Knowing others game or not will not change your games out come, rather at times makes you not to have confidence in the game you must have selected, therefore just go ahead with your game to see how your luck and confidence works for you.

if you are still starting on a particular league it might be the best idea to still look at what the public or the community thinks only to compare it to yours and see where you could possibly get out of others bets that could apply to you

I do not really cares but if I get the opportunity to see what the bet of other people look like I usually do not mind and that is because I could grabs some.idea from.that, seeing what others are betting on, I can  tell if there's is a good potential qirh a particular pick from which I will  make a decision about what options will be be for me on any particular game I.want to place a bet on.

For the first few days I had to look at others because for the first few days when I was new I took help to bet, besides now I can analyze the matches and bet myself without anyone else's help.

When I analyze my own matches and place bets, after placing a bet, when I ask the other person which team he has bet on, if he mentions the team I have bet on, my confidence in the bet increases a lot because I feel like I have been able to make the correct analysis, which everyone is hoping for.

I think there is no system to know which is the most famous bet, but for me the most famous bet is all the matches that are played in football and cricket. And here it is advantageous to know how to analyze football and cricket matches well. Now I always prioritize my analysis and I participate in betting by prioritizing my analysis.

True. It will be helpless to copy the bets of other people. Unless it raises the chance to win in bets, it is much better to trust our own analysis and place our own bets. Also, if we always copy other people bets, we become lazy to do own analysis. This will lead us to have no understanding in betting. How to enjoy betting if we have no understanding about it, right?

Sure, we bet on something that we assume to have a higher opportunity to win it. Even if it is basically about luck, but we must have some considerations before we place the bets. So, analysis also takes a part here.

I think everyone has felt what you are describing. People tend to look at others; we all depend on socialization, and especially as beginners, it is easier to trust someone's predictions. However, having received a negative result, we can learn a good lesson to start acting independently and motivate ourselves to better study the teams that we prefer. I often bet on local championship games; of course, everything is a little simpler and, to some extent, predictable here, but thus, sport always carries a lot of surprises.

I used to discuss about my bets with friends just to know if they have this same game to bet too as it makes me feel more confident that I actually picked the right games but these has made me loose potential winning games multiple times so I stopped asking or discussing about my bets with anyone because if I do, it's either they make you feel like you have chosen the wrong games or they discourage you, so now I just mind my business in regards to my bets and if they choose to discuss their own bet with me I simply make up my mind never to change my bets. Discussing my bets with others will only make me anxious and less confident,  right now I don't let anyone influence me because it is my money and I'm the one who would take the responsibility of my betting results.

If you draw parallels between trading and gambling (and betting), you can find the answer to this question, because both of these activities are very similar, although their deep essence is different. The fact is that traders, when trying to form their forecast, turn off information from all influencers in order not to be exposed to information "noise".
This also works in betting and gambling - if someone wants to form their own opinion, it is better to do it without influencers.

For example, I would not refuse if I had access to such information from experienced and successful players, and this applies not only to bets, adopting the experience of people who were able to "hack the system" is useful for developing your own strategy for success. Examples of good working strategies will allow you to make fewer of your own mistakes.

Knowing which bets are most often chosen by bettors might make us more confident that our bets will go well, but the most frequently chosen bets are usually on the favorite team, so it's not something special because without looking at that, as bettors, we will also tend to choose the favorite.
If there are bettors who are not sure about their choice, then copy betting can be an alternative, but this is not a guarantee of winning, in fact it is better for bettors to learn to analyze themselves so they don't depend on anyone.

It seems to me that copying bets does not make sense, even if it allows you to win some money, you will not be able to repeat it again without someone's help. And free good forecasts do not exist on a long-term basis, they can be given only to attract you and then sell these forecasts. And if you place bets yourself, then you have a chance to learn how to do it and learn from your mistakes, accumulate experience and maybe one day also become someone who can make good forecasts.

There was a period I was taking tips from some fella in deciding my bets but it got to a point I realised I was making much losses and even having many spoilt tickets in my parlay bet than I use to when i was doing it all on my own. Had to get back to my self dependence in analysing and predicting my games I want to bet on and it's been a differently improved result ever since. That's why I don't even give attention to online punters predictions either.

Well, it's just for no serious cause, if you made a very accurate prediction that took you time of research before you finally arrived at your prediction, you might not even care to check anybody's bet because you will already feel confident that your own bet will be more accurate.  Maybe everyone would not trust in their own prediction but I do trust mine than anyone else.

Gambling like bet is not far from luck but one can't completely get it right all time though it may not work for everybody but with one of my encounters in one bet I win is as a result of some one bet where I predicted home to score two but the next person who book same gave them just a goal though the old small but if I hard maintain without changing of mind the game would have cut because they only score a goal, gambling and sharing ideas help in winning if one hard the opportunity to looked or even hear from next gambler analysis about the bet.

Even as I don't completely agree with you about the similarity of gambling to trading, you have made a very important point for which I agree with you that you need to shield yourself from noise as a gambler to make personal and clear decisions. Since gambling involves money, one must own up to the responsibility through the decision making process to avoid shifting blames.

You need to have a high level of self-confidence, then you will be sure of what you are doing, and insecure people always look for support from other people. It is more difficult for such people, because the opinion of other people plays an important role for them, and they will ask other people's opinions before they make a final decision. In part, I myself often ask my friends' opinions when I need to make an important decision, but this does not apply to gambling, because no one from my circle is into it, so when it comes to betting, it is always my decision.

When you make your selections, I believe they are your choices so I think it is necessary or will I say adviseable to look at other peoples bet when you have already make your choices because it can make your feel that you weren't right on your preferred selection, this may even make you feel that you were wrong which may lead you being very stressed out emotionally for no reason not knowing that no matter your selection or anyone's selections what must be must be, I mind my business and even though I decide to look other people's bet I don't care about them because I have got some understanding about bets so I don't feel anything at all, sometime I can look at other peoples bet after placing mine but the highest thing I can do is to place theirs as well but I what I will never do is to regret on my own selection nah nah, no one knows this bet better so I don't giving for that.

Why do we need to check others bets? You will already have an idea to the approximate number of players betting on each side by simply looking on the odds value on the bet option.

Sports betting is a game to prove your analysis whether correct or not. Checking others bets is not even related to your bet while it might give you confusion and false interpretation on your bet due to your emotions.

It better to focus only on your bet.

I agree with you, it is very natural to be confused by other people's bets in sports betting, but it is never reasonable, always believe in yourself and make betting decisions based on your own research, no matter what decision another gambler makes, can it ever be certain? Even the decision you make is never certain, so there is no such thing as certainty here, so don't expect too much from anything, you have to decide to bet with money according to your ability to take the risk of this uncertainty, and make betting decisions based on your own research, not on others' research, this is the right decision.

This is optional, as it can be inspiring or lead to doubt about your bets. I recommend not viewing it, as it can become a bad habit, even if you're viewing a famous person's bet, which is recommended.

Use it as a reference only, where you can review and reconsider your betting beliefs after viewing it. I hope it doesn't influence you.

Looking at other people's bet has really made me lost a lot of money in gambling, there was a day I went to a betting shop and when I reached their I started predicting and after predicting I decided to bet on it but I saw another person that was predicting too and I decided to look his prediction, when I look at his position I discovered that there was a match we both predicted different outcome and I asked him if his sure of his outcome and he said he's very very sure and that he's prediction will work so I decided to follow him, that was a very big mistake because the match ended up playing the way I predicted it at first.
This was not the only incident that I have experienced such a thing so I vowed never to look at other people's prediction whenever I want to bet a match because it causes me distraction.
If you want to play or bet on a match predict it on your own don't look at other people's prediction because it's my lead you to make a very big mistake that you will end up regretting.

Seeing friends gambling what else friends win big and also see other people gambling, of course these factors can be motivated by us gambling more powerful than them, in fact we continue to lose.

Even so, we need to understand, seeing other people gambling, it does not mean we have to be like them, but the point is that gambling returns to every individual, you yourself and me, motivation certainly comes from others, not only in gambling, other activities are also the case.

Normally I don't place my bet based on other people's opinion, I love doing my own findings or analysis on the game am betting on so that I can be able to measure their both strengths and weaknesses to enable me make a perfect and accurate prediction, but at the end of the day, it is only in  football games that your analysis will play out, but in the case of casino or other gambling platforms, it's more of being lucky, so looking at some one's bet makes no difference.

Looking at other people's bet does not mean that you have understood the strategy that the person used to make his analysis. It's good to look at someone's bet that you believe understands the game better than you do, because he might get something right which you don't know. I do this once in a while, when I am with my friends whom I know are better than me in football analysis.

It is not necessary for me to know other people's betting because it is the full right to each of them.
Gambling is not offline. So it's not necessary because it tends to be alone without public places.
Even if gambling online in public places via smartphones, it is also very bad in my opinion to see other people gambling even if just to know the bet played on slot gambling.

For me there is no benefit because in sports betting I only make my own analysis before making a betting decision.

In fact, I follow these exact same things in my sports betting, first checking the community or other platforms and then comparing them with my own analysis. If I find a match, I place my bet. Because if we blindly place bets by relying only on a platform or community, then the fun of betting is gone and at the same time, it is not an income source. Even if we come here to invest by listening to people, that is not a wise thing to do.

However, sometimes I face complications because there are many types of people in a community and each person's opinion is different, which often leads to confusion for me. However, as a solution to that, I compare the predictions that I see the most of the time.

Yes, it can really cast doubt on the decisions we've made at the outset, which ultimately only leaves you confused about which decision to make when yours and the person you're watching are in conflict. Essentially, it can disrupt our confidence. After all, no matter how good the analysis or predictions of the person you're watching are, they still don't guarantee victory. We'll only know the answer when the game is over.
So, in my opinion, it's much better not to look at other people's bets; it's better to trust our own analysis, regardless of the outcome. ;)

Anyone can win that is what the beauty of sport so if we think that a team or the player will likely to win against a strong opponent then just go with it which not just give the juicy odds but gives an extra thrill while watching the game and every move from the underdog will look like an event, not sure how others see the game but to me that's how it feels so I enjoy it and even if I lose the bet I just convince myself that the team tried hard and the bet amount is not that big so I can sleep over it. ;)

Of course, knowing about other people's bets could give us very valuable information about the possible distribution of money flows within the betting line. But, of course, this knowledge would only be valuable if we knew a lot of accompanying information: how many people bet, on what outcome and, most importantly, what amounts. The bookmaker has these numbers in front of him and this gives him certain advantages. However, we can also see this indirectly through the movement of the money line. It can also be added here that even if most people bet large amounts on some outcome, this does not guarantee a favorable outcome of the match for these people. The element of chance will still be present everywhere.

I feel like especially in sports betting this is very helpful. Its good to know who all the money is being bet on but also its a good way to see who the good underdogs to bet on are. If a high profile better posts that he's putting all his money on one team or one player and they are the underdog then that bet carries weight and is obviously calculated! Pay attention to this stuff and the results of them. When you feel confident enough use a professionals bets as a way to help you place your own bets

Same here. I don't usually concern myself to the other people's bet, I just mind my own business and focus on it because that's based on my knowledge and understanding on the specific game. Moreover, what's the point of being curious if you decided already? it can only bother you to switch if you're not confident to what you chose.

I used to imitate others when I was beginner gambler and trying to learn more about gambling. Some gamblers' bold decisions tempted me to imitate those gamblers but I am still a beginner and I think a lot when taking risks in gambling and I end up losing most of the gambling games. While betting, I try to learn the strategies of those experienced gamblers and implement them with my own financial flexibility. To get positive results in gambling, you should control your emotions while gambling and stop gambling for quick profit. Don't try to imitate experienced gamblers. Follow the process of betting in which they do it and apply your own strategy based on your financial capacity.

I think I watch other people bets in casino platforms that allow you to see other people bets. I like to watch especially high rollers parlays that are a maximum of 2-4 games and the total odd rarely is over 4 as I may like to copy such bets of course at a much lower scale comparing my bet to theirs. I have not been very successful by copying other people bets but maybe because I was not careful enough to also evaluate myself their game choices. I will start by being more careful to the bets I copy and only go copying bets that are placed in sports I know. For me this is an important feature that the casino offers and I am happy to keep using it hopefully to my benefit.

It should start with the fact that successful players will not share their bets with you, this will be done by those who aim to later sell their predictions for money. If players share their results, it is usually only the winning bets, while they prefer to keep quiet about their losses. This could work if there is a community of successful bettors who share their predictions and show their bets, but I think such groups are closed to the public.

I have fallen a victim towards making wrong bet based on the fact that I looked at someone's bet and change one of my game result. After the match ended, I regretted my actions because all the matches came out as predicted but only the one that I changed cut my slip. My friend that used exactly what I predicted and didn't change any of the game, won his bet. It was a bad experience.

You're right. When you're overly influenced by other people's bets, you might be overwhelmed by too much information, which can lead to confusion and uncertainty, which can influence your betting decisions. By focusing on your own analysis and strategy, you can make more independent decisions and not be influenced by your opponents or others' decisions. This can help you develop confidence in your abilities. When you focus on your own strengths, you can develop and implement a consistent betting strategy. This is essential for building discipline and increasing your chances of long-term success.

No, personally, when I bet on sports, I don’t look at other players’ bets. First of all, because I don’t know how to use this information to increase my chances of winning.

What can information about other players’ bets give me? Can I be sure that these players are more informed and smarter than me? In my opinion, in order to be successful, it makes sense to copy the gaming strategies of only the best players. And in this situation, it is almost impossible to distinguish the best players from the mediocre ones. At least, I don’t know how to do it.

At the same time, I know the main rule of cryptocurrency trading - the market very often goes against the crowd. Therefore, when I bet on sports, I rely solely on my own analysis and my intuition.

In this situation, information about other players’ bets can only prevent me from making the right decision (or, more precisely, the decision that I personally consider right).

When we place a bet, we conduct an analysis based on some initial data, it doesn't matter if it's gambling or even trading. Usually, we study some information and make a decision based on it. For example, I like to listen to the strategy of people who are more successful than me, you can learn working and proven analytical schemes from them. If you are lucky enough to see the bets of successful players, why not study their strategy? This does not mean that you need to completely repeat their bets.

It is possible that if a bettor is lazy and looks for reasons to blame others for his wrong decisions, then he will listen to other people's decisions on sports betting. And all this in order to then remove responsibility from himself (consciously or unconsciously).

Therefore, whenever someone heard my decision on an upcoming match, I tell such a guy: "But the final decision on your bet is made by you and only you, my friend."
This relieves me of responsibility for this bettor's bet.

I only do this when I'm not sure about the bet that I picked. It's notice when I'm gambling through teams I don't have much experience on and maybe I'm using that particular game to just complete my picks and add to the money that I'm supposed to win. I do this in sports too that I'm not that familiar with. I just like to gamble in all types of sports and not only football. Their choices though doesn't just overshadow mine but I'll do some research too to make sure they aren't leading me to a wrong path because although I mightn't have the experience on the sport or teams but there are some bets that'll just look wrong when you look at it.

That has happened to me too but it was long time when I was still learning how to predict games by my self, so I after I made my analysis and came up with my games, I decided to make some adjustments based on the games of my relative but what happened was that I lost the bet due to the games I added from him. Like I said before, if a bettor actually took his or her time to make analysis and came of with good prediction, there's no need to check another persons bet.

I have done something like this some time ago, sometimes it does help success because I have won bets from other people predictions but I also do it because the teams I want to bet on are not very familiar to me, but of course this does not have to become a habit because in any case it is better to place bets according to your own predictions, this will make us more confident in the future or even if we lose it will not make us blame others.

This is a very common thing or we often encounter some gamblers who doubt the bet they choose even though their choice is correct, just because they see other people immediately change their bets, from cases like that you have to see why people choose the team with very logical reasons not on the basis of other luck, because some gamblers always follow other people's bets just because they want to try the luck of the person they see not on logical reasons in making their bets.

I've also experienced a similar bet because I wasn't familiar with either team, and I followed the person and researched the match. Indeed, the team I picked had a slight advantage in the previous match, and it was only because of that slight difference that I placed a bet. The result wasn't as expected, as neither team scored, resulting in a draw. Worse still, I canceled the bet and placed the bet mentioned above. The canceled bet won, and it's a lesson learned, and it's better to choose what I believe after doing my research.

This practice is very common in the gaming house, where there're computer monitors open for the next person to see or peep from, it quite doesn't make much difference, but whenever in doubt, another person's prediction can be useful in finalizing our own decisions.

That ugly experience made me to only focus on my predictions which is one of the reason why I take more time to make researches and analysis on any match that I intend to place my bet on. Sometimes, we underestimate our prediction skills and miss our luck, because we feel that the other person is better than us in gambling.

I don't look at others, that's why I don't look at others because if others win money by betting and on the contrary if I lose money then I will be more mentally broken and even if I don't want to, my mind will automatically get bad. Now maybe I am saying that everyone's gambling strategy is different so the results will be different, it is normal but my mind will not accept it at that time then I will think why I am not able to win where others are winning. When it comes to betting then I always give more priority to my own skills and strategy. To bet usually you need to know about two sides and even if I don't have any idea about the team I will bet on, I should have a complete idea about the team I will bet against. If I have these ideas then I believe that I will be successful in betting and the wins and losses of others will not affect me at all.

Of course, if I had a friend who bets on sports and always wins, I would (gladly) get acquainted with his tactics and strategy of the game.

And I would use this knowledge in practice... Of course, provided that he agrees to share such important and exclusive information with me.

This is, in fact, the simplest and most effective life strategy. Find a successful person and use his experience. It is much easier than using the "trial and error" method.

However, in reality, I do not have such a friend. Most of my friends either do not succeed in sports betting, or perhaps achieve success, but do not brag about it.

  Tbh, I peek at other people’s bets sometimes, but mostly just for fun. Seeing where the hype money’s going can be interesting, but it’s not something I’d trust my bankroll on. The crowd loves “safe picks” that end up flopping way too often.

If my bet matches what most folks are doing, cool, it’s a little confidence boost. But if I see everyone piling on the same side and my gut says otherwise, I’m happy to fade the herd — that’s usually where the juicy odds are hiding. At the end of the day, I’d rather stick to my own homework than ride the hype train straight into a loss.

This is very true, often times these folks are underground like Satoshi! But perhaps one day their will be a completely open and transparent platform on the blockchain or something that will allow for this kind of thing

I haven’t shared in this experience but, it’s mostly from a long time ago, when I still valued having to gamble in bet centers and had friends that shared my fantasy. You always get to share what you’ve got and predictions which leads to taking yet another bet, trying to get some games from your friend’s prediction or have it completely randomized only to divide them into two multi option bets, have a stake on it and bet away. Most times, you fine that one game that would guarantee a loss split both ways.

I think it is absolutely counterproductive to know other people's sports bets because it can be very confusing. Especially if you have already thought of your bet exactly, but seeing the bet of a debt, which, in your opinion, is quite experienced, you will begin to doubt that you have the right bet and so if you change your bet and lose, then you can quarrel with this friend, because he brought doubts to you.

Yes, for someone that usually visits the betting centers and if you also have friends that you go with, it's possible to get influenced by their predictions because definitely in such a situation the friends would want to work together and get a certain prediction which the other person can say that a game might be bad or that you need to add a game, it's that game that might lead to more profits or a lose. Now that I can bet at the comfort of my home, who cares about other people's prediction?