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Sports betting has been very unpredictable lately, and most of my single bets and parlays have been disappointing. On paper, the teams I picked should have had the potential to win, or at least some of them. However, they all ended up losing, far beyond my expectations. Granted, sometimes historical results, statistics, performance, and other analysis aren't guarantees, and anything can happen.
And I wonder if there's a different approach to betting on the next game, since what happened in the previous game could have the same result in the next.

Disappointing for you who lost, I gamble my bets on unpredictable and in some cases impossible matches, I always play small amounts in any gambling business, I enjoy betting on teams with very high odds, with matches that are difficult to win.
I tell you that when I guess the unexpected result even from the bookmakers I realize with little of the winnings that allow me to play for weeks, "be careful" my way of playing is all strange, it does not guarantee winnings it does not guarantee an annuity, but it guarantees pure fun.

Lately for you, but to most of us who are well informed on the reality and happenings around sport betting and sport games like football games or basketball and other sports, this are all unpredictable game's that is the reason why we mostly say that those gambler's that win in this bets are lucky and not based on their skills alone.

Just take some time off from betting and relax, then after some days, you can start to bet again.

Do not bet with the amount of money that you can not afford to lose, this is very important. Bet with small amount of money that will not affect you at all.

All I think is that you just need to relax first and not think of your losses.

I understand what you're saying, I'm a player who most likely look at the stats, performance and historical result and conduct my conclusion who will won or what could be the outcome of the match. However, we know and you experienced it first hand, that even though it has a huge impact, we can't solely rely on it. I've been watching NBA yesterday and looking at the live odds, it was Sacramento vs Wolves, and in around 3rd quarter I've seen that the players of the Sacramento is on fire and tried to place a small bet that they would won (there's a small point gaps) and if you're going to base on the rankings and h2h the Wolves has an advantage, and due to this I go with my instinct and after one overtime, the Kings won the game.

Sometimes relying on the stats alone is not enough, if you have time to check the live match yourselves you'll see some shift in performance too but not always of course, in reality there's no way we can really predict the match and sometimes we can lose consecutively even if we follow our strictest rule or analysation.

One thing about analyses in sport to determine what the outcome of matches could possibly be is only letting people think that they can make more analyses to win money in sport betting, but it will be later that they will realise that sport betting is beyond that. I have tried this before but I was losing more than what I won as I continue to bet. I guess OP is using high amount of money to bet and he needs to change that, else nothing will change. Losses may not change but losing small amount of money can not be worrisome.

Isn't that a good thing?

If everything is predictable, then perhaps all gambling businesses and sports bookies will have a problem when it comes to profits because the gamblers know what is going to happen.
I guess what we can do is just go with the flow. There are times we are just having a bad losing streak, and we do some conspiracy theories that have no facts to back them up. But I bet all those are just superstitions because we want to believe in something that is unexplainable.

The NBA is becoming unpredictable, too, and I actually like it because it is proof that the sport is not doing anything illegal behind the scenes.

Honestly, this is what makes the game more exciting. If winning were guaranteed, no casino would be operating. Sports betting is full of unpredictability, and anything can happen at any time. That's why we need to approach it responsibly by betting with only amounts we can easily forget about without thinking of getting them back. It's a normal part of the experience, I've faced the same thing too, but I don't feel pain because I know that luck plays a significant role in determining the final outcome.

even if the stats and recent form look solid sometimes the results just don’t follow. I think too much reliance on past performance can backfire especially when teams are coming off fatigue, travel, injuries or just having an off night. You can try different approach like checking player availability closer to game time, avoiding parlays unless they really make sense & placing smaller more strategic bets instead of chasing big payouts. Sports betting is still unpredictable but adjusting the strategy a bit helps reduce the stress. Good luck on the next slate hope you bounce back soon.

I'm surprised to hear the OP talk only about his recent bets, which were disappointing. Should we understand that everything was going great before? Is it really possible to win consistently? It seems to me that the number of bets will have a negative impact rather than a positive one. You can play occasionally and win occasionally, thereby justifying your success. But the more you want and the more often you play, the more you'll lose. Sports are unpredictable. People aren't robots acting according to a script. There has always been and will always be a unique game plan, which develops not in advance, but as you play.

That's what gambling is all about, you can not be right always, there are periods when you would just encounter much losses and you will just be wondering what's wrong, I think that's normal, I do experience it too some times but I don't complain because I already know that even the teams we expect to perform well and make us win our bets can also underperform which will automatically cause us to lose our bet.

I do not calculate it but I think I am slightly losing in sport betting this year, although not an amount of money to be worried about as it is not more than $30 to $50. Since I have been betting, the overall can be losses but not in a way that it would be a losing streak for me.

Even people that are addicted do not lose consecutively in sport but the odds are in ways that is not favouring people that are betting in a way that losses is guaranteed. You are very correct.

Sport betting is unpredictable but it is not disappointing to those that know what sport bet is. If he is not betting for fun, he should just stop betting. Betting is not bfir someone like him.

Was there a time this has not been happening, that when we gamble irrespective of the game played, we are not left with the higher chances of losing more than winning, this shouldn't come as a surprise to us in sport betting, if we gamble and won, then we should count it  privilege and also if it does not occur to us as we have wanted, then we switch to having more of fun in it than choosing to be disappointed for loosing.

I know many people are disappointed that the favorite team lost and made many bets failed to win even though they had done an in-depth analysis, but this is a bet you have to accept this kind of reality and not all the time the favorite team will win.

Approach? If your bankroll is depleted it is better to take a break and that's what I did --- because last night lost another bet so tonight just watching will not bet, rather than continuing to force and eventually losing can make you very disappointed.

Your experience is the same with most gamblers. It shows that past records cannot be use to predict the future. Gambling is a game of luck because you're predicting about the future which you don't know what the outcome will look like. I gamble for fun and don't expect any win in order for me not to feel disappointed.

People usually rely on a string of positive results, which is actually a very small sample, to think that they are good at predicting, and in the end things fall into place. Not to mention that even winning bettors go through losing streaks. I think OP has a wrong mindset. I think that instead of focusing on the results, he should focus on himself.

There’s nothing wrong with focusing on results since I believe OP just wants to be profitable in sports betting. What’s wrong is that most people don’t focus on the long term, so when a losing streak hits, they act like it’s the end of the world.

But if you’re disciplined and realistic, you know losing streaks happen. It won’t surprise you, and you’ll stay focused on your long-term goal so it won’t hit you that hard. That’s exactly why bankroll management exists, and it needs to be done properly, like not betting more than 5% of your total bankroll so you can survive those losing streaks.

When you play a lot you're just bound to make your way to losing money faster. Gambling on sports has a huge house edge and even if you end up making the right predictions it's something that you'll get caught up with in terms of the odds. Even making right predictions more than 50% of the time the odds aren't necessarily on your side because you won't be Winn 2x every time. Usually there's a house edge above 5% in sports betting and sometimes it reaches even higher.

My last bets have also been pretty bad
In the last two months, I think I lost more than I won
Several surprising results happened and I lost my bets
I once bet on the league leaders, playing at home, against the team in the relegation zone (17th out of 20 teams), and the leaders lost  :o

I once bet on a team with an incredible winning streak, and when I bet, the team lost

It's part of the life of a bettor, hehehe
But it's bad to have a losing streak.

That’s just temporary. Everyone goes through that kind of experience, but that’s where you have to reflect on yourself and try to convince yourself that things like that really happen. I know it’s hard to accept because we always want to win, but if you try to accept the truth and be realistic with your chances, you’ll eventually accept it.

Don’t let that feeling discourage you from sports betting. Take it from me, I’ve been doing this for many years and overall I’m not even profitable, but I still love it.
Learn to love the game and you’ll forgive yourself, lol.  ;D

As for parlay, i can truly understand your stress due to the how difficult to settle it as a win. It's normal considering the more legs, the more difficulties. However, if we're talking about straight bet, then i'm wondering in what league you mostly betting and what team.

If you're always betting on Arsenal to win in EPL, Bayern in Bundesliga or Barcelona and Madrid in La Liga. It's surely you pocketed so much money as those are teams rarely lost.

If you're feeling stressed, then take some rest. However, you must never take straight bet that involved very high risk like betting on MU on their game against Everton, otherwise, mental health will hit you so hard.  :D :D :D

you have a very similar experience i saw in this thread.
 Sportsbook for me feeling like a charity lately (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5566171.msg66079254#msg66079254)

That means you’re not the only one experiencing that. And honestly, it doesn’t matter what game you’re playing as losing streaks are inevitable.

I’m guessing the reason you feel upset is because you’re not betting according to your budget or your limit per stake.
So my suggestion is take a break before you make a bad decision and end up chasing your losses.

That is about uncertainty. Sports betting although you can predict, will not guarantee you win. There is still a chance to lose even if you see the potential to win. Anything can happen in the field so you must remember that and not place a big bet if you are not ready to see the loss. The approach you can take is still the same and hope this time you can win. But again, remember that there is uncertainty behind that so bet only with the amount you can afford.

But that's sports, you just can't predict the outcome of a match with certainty, because there's no guarantee that a popular team will win forever - even a team considered weak can spring a surprise. So if you experience a particularly bad loss, it's best to simply take a break from betting and continue betting another day, rather than forcing yourself to bet again, as you might lose again.

Basically, betting on sports is very difficult because it is not always the case that our favorite teams or favorite players will always meet the target that we will bet on, which will make us win the bet. So when we bet on sports, of course I think it is very risky. We have to bet on that risk, but many times when we bet on many players, many people win the bet. However, I think that betting on sports is very risky, so I bet on very few sports, but those who are used to betting on sports are of course very experienced in that matter, many people win by betting on this sport even with a lot of risk.

Sport games are very unpredictable, and often they have shown us how true that statement is. Most importantly, Champions League games are the most unpredictable games. I don't bother betting on them because you can never be so sure of the favorite team. I won't be surprised if either Arsenal or Liverpool loses today. I would rather focus on domestic league games.

You shouldn't be surprised at this, sometimes they may come more frequent in this manner, that is why we cant predict playing and what the result could be at the end of the game, if we cant afford to take the risk and play, then we should not go near it, sport bets is much interesting to even play than many other games, yet we should know that we cant know it all, we have fun and also exercise on our knowledge about how things are in sport bets as we gamble.

Sportsbetting always for known for its excitements and have great potential for those are having good knowledge and also able to do work about these events because now it's going on another level with many sites are providing good analysis of data about them. Because of these, many peoples are now adapting sportsbetting as professional.

Usually few games always gone on wrong side and people feel disappointing still it's always providing a good way of having fun when going for wins. Last night few surprising results in Champions League brought shocks with big profit for bettors. OP believes it's unpredictable but if he is able to spend some time and also do work on analysis and all related data, surely his view is going to be changed soon because this will be giving him good return of investment for sure.

You can never guarantee that changing your strategy will produce the opposite result as it did in the previous game. Most gambling results depend on luck. You can just keep trying to win but you may do a lot of research but if luck is not in your favour then you will be disappointed. In recent times many gamblers may have bet on the match between Barcelona and Chelsea but although Barcelona is ahead statistically between these two teams the result was opposite and the goal difference was also an unexpected bet which was one of the reasons why gamblers lost. But if you bet in any other match and you are in favour of the strong team then the weaker team can win against the team you are betting on. This is the real observation of gambling. The team you are backing to win may lose due to poor performance and you may lost the bet.

I agree with you. I think the OP is just realizing it for himself because as for me, it hasn't change. It is still the way it is which is why we must see gambling as a fun activity for entertainment purposes and not as a means to earn an income. Seeing it as the latter is where the disappointment and regrets comes when there is a recurrent loss and all. Despite saying this, I do not judge people who see it as a means to earn an income and are going about it in a responsible manner. We all have rights to hold our beliefs and act accordingly.

Its always that be on us on which at the time that we've been doing multiple approach when it comes to strategies but still ending up on losing, then the primary thing that comes up into our mind is that we will be changing up our strategies and on the time that it do ends up on having that winning result then we will definitely tell into ourselves that it was indeed that being effective and you would be continuing on using it all the time and if it do happens that it would be giving out that negative or losing result then you would be doing the same all over again. Its never been good that you should be that expecting something positive anytime at the time that you do make out some bets.

Results is never been that a guaranteed thing and if it was, then all of bettors are already that rich but we do know that this isnt how reality works. As for the talking about being disappointing then of course there's no one will be happy at the time that they will be losing money. Also, being unpredictable is what makes it that thrilling and enjoyable because you dont know on what would happen and you are betting into your own favorite team.

However, sports betting also involves a factor of luck that can affect your bets. Because on the field, the matches sometimes do not go as we expect. A team's performance can sometimes drop drastically, even when facing an opponent that is not actually favored. Sometimes I try to choose a different market for the bets I place. There is nothing wrong with the analysis method you used before.

Yeah, many believe that sports betting is a game of skills but looking deeper, it leans more on the game of luck too.  One good example is @OP's experience.  I don't doubt @OP's analyzing skill, but due to the unknown variables of the sport, @OP prediction is messed up when this x factor or unknown variable kicks in.  I look at this random variable as the RNG of  skill-based game and acts the same thing as the RNG in terms of influencing results.

Sports betting has always been disappointing if you think about it, the reason we feel that way is because we expect too much a lot of times, our expectations drags us to a point where we feel disappointed when we end up losing but you mustn't forget that you cannot predict human activities correctly most especially sports, anything can happen at the end of the day, your predictions can't always be accurate

That's why it is called gambling, even with statistics and analysis, you'd still need to factor in the unexpected/randomness that comes in the match.

There really isn't a "different approach", it is just part of the game and it will happen again no matter what approach you try.

You can't predict the future that is the beauty of gambling right?

Assuming the strong team was beaten by a weak time and we think this is just a one time thing and the same weak team go on and keep up theiur winning momentum with other stronger  teams too and this is how the champions rise in sports and this is inevitable so you are seeing a downfall of an existing team and new champion is on the rise then just accept and start taking risk with them.

Does it matter, OP judgement must have been because of yesterdays Chelsea vs Barcelona or Mancity losing to Leverkusen, it doesn't make sense to stop betting on a major competition like the Champions League cause of recent bad outcomes, meanwhile some gamblers were profitable from the same market yesterday.

Every fixture is unpredictable, learn to cope with your losses, it is no big deal if you are gambling with a convenient amount.

What happened in your previous game may not happen in your next bets, though there are times when sports betting begins to become more complex especially when the season has gone far a bit. I will advise you to use a different approach in your next bet and also try the previous approach so that if they eventually follow the previous pattern, you will get them and if they change pattern, you will still get them. This is why following a particular sequence is not good for sports betting, you should learn to also bet in opposite of what you presumed will be the outcome of your bet. That notwithstanding, if you see that your bets are becoming too bad after many attempts and using different strategy, you can go on a break for some time.

I don't know why you captioned it lately but personally I think it has been so just the mere fact they you have been more on the lucky side to get your predictions right or closer to correct before now while others might be getting it right now you could be on the other side.

However my single bet fail few times in the parts days but I could relate to why they failed it's understandable and I don't question any of that occurrence either because basically when things used to be cool I didn't ask why felt I was luckier. Additionally, humans vary in minutes so what you expected of a team may not happen.

I don't really expect much even though I try my best to come up with a good betting strategy i know that sports betting is full of surprises qnd anything can happen. I lost some money yesterday on the bet i placed on Manchester City, it wasn't even a straight win i just predicted that they would score 2 goals but they ended up not scoring even a single goal, it was a disappointing turn out of event. Today might not be any different

That is true, it's the same for me as well. There are some leagues that look more competitive, like Serie A for example, where you may feel like you are getting shocking results if you expected one or two teams being at the top and rest away, but they are pretty close, aside from that most big leagues are quite predictable, NBA too, f1 too, those are the sports I follow and all of them are quite predictable at the moment.

Maybe he has been changing something? Like maybe he started to bet on parlays or something? That would do it, when I started to bet on parlays for the first times, I realized I was losing a lot more often and even the most sure looking games ended up being a loss at times making me lose a lot of money.

There was no time it was predictable that you will bet and win because if it was so, everyone would be winning hugely and I'm sure no casino will like to continue in business like that where even their house edge will be taken away from them. So what I think that is happening is that sometimes it is seasonal for winning streak and losing streak. At such time, no matter what you do, you will not succeed. I believe many gamblers go through this. What I do in such case is to relax and take a break from it and then come back next time. You don't need to chase your loses but allow the lose go and you can regain whatever you have lost the next time at it. It is better gambling with clear heart than having at the back of your mind the feeling of recovery.

That is gambling and they have to know that the gambling is all about trial you are predicting what will happen when it has not happened and there is every possibility that you are prediction may be wrong so when you lose in gambling it don't have to blend anybody and they don't have to blame yourself because you are not seeing the future or rather the future is the one seeing you, I don't get upset whenever I lose in gambling because I know that there is no accuracy in prediction so it can happen at any time for you to win or for you to lose so this are two major thing that is important in the gambling I will have to know and also put it in consideration.

Historical record cannot determine the future basically over the time every team struggle to make a difference including hard work, involving improvement. I guess the only common relationship presently about historical matches simply shows how the team still remain at the top but, winning consistently might be impossible reason why you should not depend only on strategic pattern most importantly the budget must be limited.
In a competitive season where every team is trying to be at the top, I don’t expect much from any team so I don’t get surprised even when bet don’t go as expected rather take a break and observe the major dominating club.

I was just telling my friend this few days ago, I have also noticed how difficult it has been to win, the season has been filled with a lot of losses and it makes me question my strategies but you must realize that it is part of the game. No one promised you a win in sports betting, even with all our strategies and analysis it still doesn't mean that winning is guaranteed in any bet that we decide to place

Has Betting has ever been so predictable, one of the objectives of casino is to see you lose and that's what you are doing here already. Don't get mad, you have to work on your skills and find an hedge that works for you, don't gamble what you don't understand, don't play a game because everyone is doing the same, you have to find what just work for you. For example, I can bet on win or draw in a match and you can bet on straight win, if the bets win then we are both on the same line.

If football doesn't work for you, please try Basketball. This seems easy for me when football is hard but don't stress it, don't over think if its not working give it a rest and try again when you are back again stronger. There used to be a time I was frustrated about my life that I was gambling and I was losing and it's because that thing was affecting me. I let betting rest for a while before I came back after my head has cool off and things went better than before.

I thought we all agreed that even a 1.01 odd game can lead to you losing parlay? ;D If that’s true then it means that all games have always been uncertain and difficult to predict (not unpredictable tho).

In cases like you’re experiencing I tend to shift away from that games, imagine a top team losing to underdogs consecutively, it will make the whole thing annoyingly unbearable and when that frustration sets in I’ll simply just call it a day and wait for the season to go far in before I start gambling again. That period of waiting is for me to see if there are things I overlooked that made my predictions wrong…

It’s not a must that I bet on all of them so once the league isn’t going well for me it’s a clue for me to look for something different to bet on or just call gambling a quit for that period until I’m confident again in my prediction ability.

You are not the only one experiencing it, sport betting being unpredictable didn't just started today but long time ago maybe you where just lucky all those while to be wining more, but now you have hit the reality of gambling Which involved more loses than win. The fact is that you have been picking the wrong fixture thats why. If you have picked the right fixture you would have won, reverse would have been the case of your explanation. But however you can't give up. Every day is for the thief and one day is for the owner of the house as the parable says.

It will be like that if you can't keep up with the happenings of the sports. You will surely lose more bets if you are not updated, so the more you know the sports, the better your chance for your bets.

Knowing that "anything could happen" should be able to put a pause in you not to expect too much for your game to play according to how you have predicted it. Sport games have always been hard to predict no matter how easy we think it is based on the few correct predictions we get. I have always considered it not to be an easy one, although this week has been something else.

When we think something is easy, that actually makes it harder for us, because that kind of mindset makes us lazy in analyzing the game. Overall it’s really hard, and our record will show it if we’re tracking our bets. There are games we win that feel easy, but for sure we can’t do that consistently.

That experience is normal. Even professional bettors go through losing streaks, so how much more for typical gamblers like us. The best thing to do is learn how to manage losses.

It has been this way right from time you just need to learn how to adjust to the times, there's nothing new about the unpredictability of sports most of the time we lose bets that we were really sure about, that's what makes sports betting fun. The fact that we cannot always get it right makes it entertaining. The disappointments is always part of the game you must be ready to accept it cause nothing is guaranteed

Unpredictability is exactly why sports betting stays interesting, even the most solid stats, form guides, and trends can completely collapse in a single game. A lot of us can get stuck thinking the next result should correct what happened previously, but teams don’t operate like coin flips.

One thing that helped me is shifting from trying to “predict winners” to hunting value instead, especially on bet105. Instead of forcing parlays or favorites that look good on paper, I look for odds that seem mispriced relative to the risk. Even if I lose, at least I know I made a +EV decision, not just a hopeful one.

I mean its a bet and for sure you can't predict the outcome of the game accurately with just using the statistics, performance or some kind of analysis, yes it is going to increase your chances but there are still a lot of factors that is going on that you can't accurately check, Like maybe it just wasnt a good day for a player, maybe his not on his 100% that time that is why he can't perform, maybe he has a lot of things in mind or something like that these are just the things that you can're really measure accurately so there was no way we could expect to always win.

Sportbetting for me is better rather than just going on some kind of slot game on gambling websites, since its a sport, its entertaining if you are also a fan of the sport since you are watching the game as well, then the statistics and analysis is also going to be easy since you are also a fan. Its not base on just some kind of code which there is always a chance of getting rigged. Sport betting is a real depending on l,uck so there is also always a chance of losing.

You said lately?? Sport betting has alway been unpredictable, The once you picked may have the potential to win but couldn’t, that is why is unpredictable so you don’t have to be so disappointed, sometimes checking stats and being good at analysis won’t guarantee winning, so the best is to alway bet with what you can afford to lose so that if it doesn’t come out as one planes you won’t get yourself so worked up or blame yourself for losses , and sometimes that same game can still come out the best in next matches , so it’s alway a game of luck , some people can still be so lucky with their picks, so in sport betting nothing is guarantee everything fit enter and everything fit still cut anyhow .

I understand that feeling completely. Sometimes we put together the perfect bet, look at statistics, history, everything…everything, and even then the game turns around out of nowhere. Football is very unpredictable. I think the best approach is not to try to correct what went wrong in the previous game; each match is a new scenario. The important thing is to adjust your analysis, to bet only when it truly makes sense and not out of frustration with a past result.

You are far from the point. Quitting at the moment doesn't mean you won't come back later. We always use the term in gambling more often.

Knowing when to quit for a while, especially when betting on those teams. They have shown inconsistency, so as a good sports bettor, it is preferable when you either avoid that club during UCL week.

Sharing the specific game that you place your bet or league which the sports done will be helpful to analyze further the general overview of the sports you are betting.

There are times that team perform unpredictable if they recently undergo major changes or the season is just getting started since some team still do some adjustments.

In my personal bet, nothing seems unpredictable. Favorites frequently win and some upset do happened but in a very small ratio.

I want to see or hear times when betting results were predictable and cheering. Because I cant say that sports betting is unpredictable only lately or today. Sports has never been constant. There are exceptions in teams and players, but even they can not show stability all the time. Moreover, it was mentioned many times, that on a result impact many factors, not only players and their performance during event. Unpredictable results and instability tell us that world is changing and that is great.

What happened to you, OP, has also happened to most of us. Sometimes, our confidence is killing us and is a reason for our big losses. Just like betting on all the favorite teams doesn't guarantee winning, either.

This leads to the idea that gambling is unpredictable, no matter what. No master for this, and if we are not lucky, we can't win. As we talk about "prediction," this means that it can be right or wrong.

That is why we keep being disappointed every time we lose, because we are already expecting a win. And this is wrong.

You are the one making the mistake if you are actually betting based on historical results, statistics, past performances and so on, and this is because all of this things or stats were never a guarantee or ever used to be a guarantee of winning when we bet based on this stats, for me, winning sports betting has more to do with how lucky the gambler is than how accurate he or she tries to bet based on past historical event with the teams playing.

And one other thing to also consider is the fact that when it comes to gambling, there is always that time, moment or period of time when the gambler simply goes into natural losing streak, what this mean is that the gambler just keep losing no matter how hard he or she tried, in such a situation like this, you simply just have to take a break from gambling for a while, it helps reset things up that by the time you come back to gamble again, things can be either significantly different or a bit different.

Well, I think you're partly wrong, or only partly right, if you want to put it more positively. Sports betting does have a small window of opportunity where skill can lead to long-term gains. If someone becomes a long-term winner, the best way to know is to analyse past results and see if they have been positive. It's not as if it were a purely luck-based game.


Here, we would need to see whether the poor results of the OP are simply an indication that he is not a successful bettor, as he believed, or whether, within his capacity for success, this is simply a bad streak and he will be able to continue to achieve a majority of positive results in the future.

It is okay to say that many bets are becoming more unpredictable and often more disappointing for some bettors, especially for those expecting consistent wins.Having said that,this doesn’t mean all bets are bad,or that no one can win.Instead,consistent winning has always been hard.It implies that bettors need even more discipline,realistic expectations and more success plan procedures to have a chance to winning.

What do you mean? What sample size are you comparing against? It seems to me you are just bad at picking winners, you might just be on a losing streak but when I'm bad at something I just tend to stop doing that thing. Take a break, go find another game to play that doesn't drain your wallet - there are so many free to play games out there of every variety that can take up your time instead. Alternatively you might just be being too greedy, if you're constantly going for 3x+ type bets then you maybe need to get a better understanding of how strongly those odds are weighted against you. It's always worth comparing what the bookmaker is offering versus a peer to peer betting platform as well, to see how close they are.

If we're talking about football, I'd probably agree. Betting always has a lot of randomness, but over the last couple of seasons, it seems to me that randomness has increased. Football is turning into something like the NHL (I don't follow them, but I've heard they have a more or less even competition, with no super clubs guaranteed to crush everyone else). I think this is happening because the calendar is overcrowded, and it won't be like it used to be, where a favorite would destroy an underdog with a score of 4-0 or higher, because the favorites are saving their energy for other games.

I don't think betting one game can make a gambler disappointing in betting. You can be 100% sure about what to bet and be disappointed and bits not because of what you did but the result of the team you played that made your bet turn to loss. To reduce this kind of problem, don't rely on one single bet, you can strategies and make your game two or three depending on how comfortable you are and how much you have to lose so you don't regret if there is loss later.

If you have 3 bets on your mind, put money on the first bet and stake, then review the second one and remove some games, and then the last bet, round everything to 2 odd and put money on that one too. You are now having 3 bets waiting to be play, if you are very skill with predictions, even if the first two didn't make it the last one will win and you will be able to recover what you have spent on the entire 3 bets, better than having no cashback.

I think OP dropping this thread because he’s probably frustrated with his recent bet results. Losing streaks can really make you question your strategy specially when teams look good on team standing but still lose. I feel like he just wants to find different approach or get insights from others so he won’t repeat same mistakes in next games. That happens to lot of bettors, including me not just him.
I also think OP placed bet to Liverpool and Man City... Liverpool lost to Nottingham and PSV. Man City lost to Leverkusen. lol

Sports betting has always been unpredictable this is what makes it a sports.if all the games were going one-sided how can sports be interesting and fun. Sports betting was supposed to be this way were the small teams will cause upset . One thing I have realized is that most Gambler's always go the conventional way of picking the teams that appears to be favorites going into the game. Things are changing in sports, football for an example small teams have started to build their teams and is now challenging the big teams they wants to proof a point against the big teams. Nobody should do the mistake of using statistics of past results of matches to make predictions of a game that is yet to be played it doesn't work.



That sport betting is becoming unpredictable is actually an opportunity for gambler's to win big. Because when you take the risk and gamble on a big odds which has the ability to cause an upset you smiles to the Bank. So instead of lamenting about how games are becoming unpredictable see it as an opportunity to capitalize in.

Gambling i all about risk-taking. I sports betting, you shouldn't always bet on favourites because anything can happen. I have had a different experience from OP. My bets on the English Premier and the UEFA Champions League have been profitable.

I went for games with the highest odds and the game between Liverpool and PSV Eindhoven and Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund gave me the biggest wins in the UCL. While the EPL match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest made me win big since I chose the biggest odds.

Sports betting is never guaranteed even when the odds is giving you a sign of the team that tends to perform better and prevail in the game. Matches are unpredictable and even teams you thought don’t have a chance for victory can come up with the best of performance and win the game. This is not about it happening lately, maybe it’s just a coincidence that most of the games you’re betting on happens to end up this way. Gambling generally was not a bet on assurance even when the odds are clear that a team has the better chance and odds of winning the game, you just have to play smartly and risk only what you can afford to lose. As a gambler, expecting disappointment is natural because not all games played can give you the predicted result on the game.

If you've witnessed irregularities in the results lately, that is, unexpected results, the best strategy you can use is to choose the teams that are most consistent with what is expected of them in recent matches. Although that won't guarantee you a win, it could give you better results since those teams would be doing what the statistics predict they might do.

Just take a break and come back later. Do something else for a week. Read a book, play a video game maybe. Whatever it is that will keep you away from making bets. If you keep chasing your losses, you’ll be in a much worse shape. When you come back, you’ll notice that you just had a very bad losing streak. Still though, if you happen to win a few times arter you return, don’t get too excited about it because chasing wins is as dangerous as chasing losses. There was actually another thread about it somewhere in this board. You should probably take a look at that too. When people get caught in a winning streak, this time they think they unlocked god mode. Of course that’s a thought they have just before they lose big money. “Famous last words”

If you bet on the Premier League, you'll see a lot of unexpected things happen, such as Liverpool's slump in form, Arsenal's increasingly solid lead at the top of the table, and various other unpredictable events. It could be said that betting on the Premier League this season is quite difficult to predict, as teams you consider stronger can lose to bottom-placed teams.

Therefore, in conditions like these, it's important to manage your bankroll more effectively and only bet on matches you're prepared for, as the outcome can be the complete opposite of your analysis. At least have a little skepticism when betting, so that when the results don't match your predictions, you won't be too disappointed.

For me, this already is "normal"... because here the Brazilian championship (Brasileirão) is one of the most balanced of the world, so it is normal to have this unpredictability in bet.

So, if even in European leagues it is difficult to predict betting based solely at history and statistics, then the scenario here is much worse... it is normal man, scenarios like this really do happen sometimes and the way to go is to lower the value of your bets and "learn" from the new of patterns. Do not try to chase these losses, because i think if the pattern has already been broken, the pressure on the teams and players increases even more, and the unpredictability only increases... my advice is that you stay more in the background until you see things align again.

That’s right because every gambler should always have it at the back of their mind that gambling is ordinarily or naturally unpredictable, and when you have and approach with that mindset, I’m not sure if the gambler will be disappointed when things fail to go according to their predictions. Another thing is limiting their expectations whenever they place a bet, you know what they say about expectations being the biggest cause for disappointment, this is actually true because when a gambler bets with less expectation, And by less expectation I mean, having the consciousness about the possibilities of losses too, then I don’t think there’ll disappointment should they lose the bet.

Being disappointed could come in any form, as long as we can be able to play any game of our choice, before now, some would come to complain that they ha e been loosing more often because they are unable to play the game of their choices, but now that there's free access to gambling and no barrier, everyone can choose what is best for himself and yet we see complains about not winning and always loosing, regardless of the sport or game being played, then chances are almost the same, we risk to lose or win in gambling.

Which sports do you bet on? Was it on football betting?

Results like that are pretty common, and you shouldn’t be surprised by those kinds of upsets if you’re betting on 1x2. That’s why I sometimes choose other options like BTTS or asian total to avoid situations like that.

If you’re planning to bet bigger, it’s better to focus on just a few matches. Don’t rely only on general statistical data, make sure you also analyze specific issues, like whether any player is having problems with the coach or with other teammates. That’s just one example, and you can dig deeper into anything that might cause a match to go badly.

It's always been.

We think that because we're good in analysis, we can become more of winners, I don't think so. That's just an added way of trying to win the games and the bets that we're making.

That's why it's very unpredictable even if you're so sure that you're going to win, your money is in the hand of the team that you've picked.

And even with 1.01 odd, you will never know if that's going to make you that small win because it can also have a twist of your lifetime.

It has always been unpredictable. Statistics or any data you gather will only help you analyze your pick, but they don’t guarantee a win. Even the ones you think are sure wins aren’t guaranteed, because at the end of the day, it’s all up to luck. Being profitable in sports betting isn’t only about skill, it’s about luck as well. Honestly, for me, luck plays the biggest role. If it were easy and skill alone could make you profitable in sports betting, many would have achieved it, but in reality, it’s not that simple because you also need luck.

Boxing, basketball, football, tennis, and all other sports are all unpredictable. A star can be beaten by an underdog.
We all know that it can happen even if the odds are in favor of the star athlete.
While that can be disappointing for real and there's a need to recover that loss you've made there, accept at first and look for another game to bet on.

I also felt the same way, I should have won but ended up losing badly. I became a little traumatized when placing bets when a big club played against a small club, so now I focus more on big club vs. big club matches, so there is only a little manipulation, we know the results are much purer.

There are always surprises happening for some of the big clubs in the big competitions so it is still difficult to bet on 1x2.
I have felt several times especially when this week's domestic matches in the EPL, especially big clubs like Liverpool, City and Chelsea who did not get satisfactory results to be one of the losing factors that I felt this week.

But fortunately the Champions League did not really make me feel lost because some of the bets I made on BTTS and Over paid off because after the poor performance I preferred to bet on BTTS and Over which did allow to provide more interesting opportunities.

It is very difficult to have it sir, using the data is just a form of looking for the most likely team to win with historical conditions, but it is true that it does not guarantee victory because whatever happens depends on how things are on the field, everything can happen and the ball in the field is round, rolling based on the legs of the competing players.
Prediction is just an expression to see the future from what we have in the past, but we will never know the future, that's why betting predictions are always expensive.

You are not alone in this recent defeat.

It has always been unpredictable, but it is worse now. Now the big teams lose or draw much more. A reason for this is the FFP rules. In the past, there was a big quality gap between the big teams in the league and the mid-table teams. An even bigger gap between the big teams and the low table teams. Now, even though there is a gap, it's not a big as it used to be. Now the big teams cannot afford to have the best players in every position. This has made every team bold, and they face any team, no matter how big the team is, with the mindset that they can win.

There is also the theory of more matches these days, and that makes teams rotate players a lot, and the players suffer from fatigue a lot, so they are not at their top level regularly. This can make them drop points against smaller teams.

Those underdog matches really hits different when we have bet for the bigger clubs/teams and yet, in the end they have lost.

I'm not sure how it goes with the others that are invalidating the feeling of those who are disappointed with it. Knowing that sportsbetting is unpredictable.

But someone has done their research and made their analysis well. It just so happen that it didn't go accordingly to what they have expected.

Well, that shite happens.

The game has gotten bigger and bigger. Back in the days, there were teams you would just regard to be in the football business, like these teams are not about winning trophies but, they focus on developing young talents and selling them off in the transfer seasons while maintaining a fairly good league position in their leagues.

The game is much different now, these teams are playing for trophies and promotions, active in the transfer windows and looking to build a better and better team.

With that being the case, you can as well expect a more unpredictable results and underdog moments in sports.

Bro, if you check my bets. I'm mostly losing than winning, sometimes I break even but I think that I'm losing more money than winning. I know that it's very disappointing when we've exerted the effort in the games we've bet for. But this is gambling, it's still 50/50 in chance of winning or let's say the losing part is having more chances to happen than of winning. Protect your peace and heart so that you won't be disappointed if you lose the bet that you've made because it's not happening 100% even if you have the most accurate analyzation.

Sport betting sometimes easy to predict but often too hard to gets profit from this game because our analysis will not always be working well and i think that is how sport betting works that although you were bets on the strong teams which on the paper those teams potentially will gets easy win but the outcomes could be unpredictable and i think that's why to earn profit consistently from this game is very difficult and the method always bets on the strong teams to increase potential winning is not always works too because sometimes the strong team will lost or slipped

Calm your nerves buddy, in gambling there's no guarantee, even if statistics, performance and other yardsticks of evaluation points to a valid prediction, still it isn't a guarantee for victory. This is another criteria to validate the fact that gambling is about more luck than strategy. You're getting overwhelmed from you loosing streak, I suggest you take a temporal break from gambling, maybe a week or so to clear your head and get in the right mood to gamble again. A lot of people I know won from this week Champions league, including myself and it isn't about our strategy, but we were lucky.

When you start feeling this kind of way it is very important you take a short break and refresh your mind, return to a positive attitude towards gambling and engage again, going on with this overwhelming state would only result in chasing your losses and we sure know it doesn't end well.

Try to improve your analysis so it reflects on your results. You don’t need to win every bet, you just need more wins than losses and you’ll end up profitable. Bankroll management is the real anchor here. If you’re serious about sports betting, act like it, because that’s the only way you’ll ever make serious money from it. If we go in thinking this is easy money, that mindset will slap us back later. Most likely the opposite will happen.

What you’re experiencing now is just the early phase in sports betting. Eventually, as you get more mature, you’ll see the reality that it’s not always winning and not always smooth.

My bets for yesterday was productive and I am hoping for today's bets to be productive too so that can await the weekend games to bring more luck to me. This is not a time for me to regret my gambling activities even when I don't spend too much time predicting before I stake on games I like to bet on. All I want to be seeing is winnings and I think I've exhausted my losing season.

Are you for real, did you just say your losing season is over, as much I know that you are happy because of the fortune you made according to what you said, and i know that wining and losing season do not have fixed periods when they are meant to occur, I will only advice you enjoy you win and be happy, although I understand that you might be cracking some joke with the statement that your losing season is gone, I believe as a gambler that has tested loss, you should have had some experience about it, may be you would have known that losing can occur even as your bets are alive, am not wishing you bad luck, but that's the reality we need to acknowledge, am a gambler, I like to realistic at all time.

Even how good your understanding and how deep you deal with your analysis, that's the term things happen and upset is not impossible to happen, though it's really dissapointing seeing your betslip in red but there's nothing you can do but to try finding the right adjustment or also if it's needed taking some time to rest and reassess maybe there's a need to change up the pattern that you are following maybe there's a new way of approach when placing or selecting the bet that you'll going to take.

The chance of experiencing is always there but it’s not a regular scenario on sports betting. Sometimes those upset is only happening due to the heavy favorite moves the betting line further while in reality the odds shouldn’t be that way if it’s based on actual winning percentage.

If you will seek value bets over the traditional way of betting using the favorites, this upset will be minimized.

The only danger is bookie will limit/restrict you.

You are saying lately?
Or it's now or of recent that it's just hitting you hard, because sport betting have been unpredictable right from time, and these are one of the reasons when i gamble on sport betting,i only gambles on goals options, not by choosing a particular team to win.

Just imagine how Manchester City lost to Bayern Leverkusen on their own turf in the immediate past uefa champions League game, a game that almost all gamblers will be expecting them to win easily, but those that played Manchester City to win will lose their bet, while those that played the game over 1.5 goals or under 2.5 will  be on the winning side, so if you want to register some winnings in sport betting now, I will advice you to gamble more on goals than winnings.

That’s right. While it’s okay for gamblers to have expectations when they gamble, it’s important to make sure that those expectations are realistic because randomness can overturn those expectations at any point in time, and this is just the nature of gambling, it’s very much possible to reduce the uncertainty, but it’s impossible to completely eradicate it. Sometimes a loss doesn’t always mean that your reasoning or your strategy failed, not at all, most of the time, it’s the game doing what it’s best known for. And at this point what really matters is how you respond to such scenarios. When those losses begins to affect your confidence then the best thing to do at such point would be to take a break. It is not cowardice, it’s simply a way to clear your head and avoid making emotional decisions at that pain in time.

In sport bets, after which you must have tried all your best and make sure that you placed the right games, then you will get to discover that a single team spoiled the entire ticket for that bet, such could be that the favourite got defeated by the underdog, which are rare occurrence, but do happen and make people lost to an extent in disappointment, that is why we should not stake much while playing our bets.

That's how sports betting works the results don't always go the way we expect. Many things can happen on the field, even things we never expected while we pick the stronger team. I also can't blame myself for the decisions I made, because they were based on my analysis and the feeling I had at the time. If it ends up losing, I can still accept it even though it's a bit disappointing.

Sport betting can be hard to win in some instances if you are not making use of big capital that can give you bigger winnings without betting on too many matches. For you to get a better odds with high multipliers, you will have to bet on risky games to have higher odds. Also you will have to add more games to your stake so that the odds can increase and give you a bigger floating winnings after all the odds have been emerged.

Yes, upsets do happen and that's why only a few can understand the frustration when you've bet for the favorite and yet they lose.

Others are mocking and telling it that it's a gamble, while that's true but it cannot be settled and don't recognize the emotion that OP has shared.

Most sportsbettor don't even share their losses and they're not willing to do that.

I don't think there is ever a sports bet that should have been won one way or the other.  That's the beauty of the game.  Anything can happen.  If you are traumatized by the outcome of your sports bet, that is a clear sign you are gambling way too much money.  Take a step back and remember that gambling is for entertainment.  If you are becoming traumatized by it, you definitely aren't doing it right.  Take some time off and when you come back, try placing small bets and rebuild the love for gambling that likely got you into it in the first place.

I don't want to speak for all but I can tell you that I have won money this month that has covered all I have loss this month and the money I had is fair. I saw people make money 2 days ago from champions league, if you are one good gambler you should be among this people that made money this past days since it looks like you are focus on football, some people are killing it in Basketball too, you just need to pay attention to the teams and their performance.

This isn't the best idea but if you gamble as group, it is helpful sometimes. There are certain group of gamblers that dedicate their life to betting, we have them of X and also on Telegram but the problem with some of this guys is that if you are not close to them, they don't show all their games to their followers, some are special to them and their homies.