"NEW NORMAL" Betting

[Chrystora123]

The certainty of the vaccine is still gray.. we can't wait until the vaccine is found in order to start a sports match.  I see some countries have relaxed "LOCKDOWN" because it is no longer effective and submitted "NEW NORMAL".  I read that the English league will start again, this is the best news;

BRING IT ON Premier League fixtures in FULL: Dates and kick-off times for remaining 92 games of 2019/20 season

billions of dollars have been lost (betting, broadcasting rights, tickets, and merchandises) because sporting events have been postponed waiting for vaccines to appear. sports matches without spectators must be done (to support "NEW NORMAL" & and slow the spread of COVID-19)..

I was very bored watching the old football match and then repeated so on and so on sports TV stations .  so that the "stay at home" program is effective, entertainment (sports matches) must be continued..

[bittraffic]

There is UFC sports that you can bet and it's happening almost every week. You can pour out all your gambling funds there the probably 3 fights of it.  Sports is not just Football.

The lockdown keeps us bored and that I just keep watching youtube and even the old MMA fights just to review which fighter can win in the next match. Tomorrow there will be a match between Nunez and Spencer and more under card.

[aioc]

Sports and gambling will always be sports and gambling and promoters and gamblers will always find a way under strict circumstances, Bob Arum so far has done it in his weekly boxing matches, others are now following, life must go and so are sports because this is the lifeline of many people, so many are depending on it, we cannot just look at it while it's dying we have to do something.   

[Tipstar]

Not just sports, the current stand still is affecting every economic aspects. China was the first and only country to significantly reduce the case and open up. Taiwan and South Korea also did some impressive work in containing but everywhere else the things are still out of control. The curve may have flatten but opening up may bring another wave of virus. So, for most country it would be balancing between opening up and preventing the virus. Our society is not going to open as they were in 2019. The games on empty stadium may last longer than we are thinking.

[mindrust]

Daily death numbers in the graph is going lower and lower while daily new cases are still going up but not so wildly. These are happening because quarantine works.

If we don't take this seriously it will look like this:


(this is from yesterday, ~1500 people died in Brazil and 1k in USA)

for every country.

(looks like Spain either ran out of old people or they started to take it seriously)

edit:

source, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

somehow i forgot. thx timelord.

[adzino]

The certainty of the vaccine is still gray.. we can't wait until the vaccine is found in order to start a sports match.  I see some countries have relaxed "LOCKDOWN" because it is no longer effective and submitted "NEW NORMAL".  I read that the English league will start again, this is the best news;

BRING IT ON Premier League fixtures in FULL: Dates and kick-off times for remaining 92 games of 2019/20 season

billions of dollars have been lost (betting, broadcasting rights, tickets, and merchandises) because sporting events have been postponed waiting for vaccines to appear. sports matches without spectators must be done (to support "NEW NORMAL" & and slow the spread of COVID-19)..

I was very bored watching the old football match and then repeated so on and so on sports TV stations .  so that the "stay at home" program is effective, entertainment (sports matches) must be continued..

Even if the vaccine is out, it is going to take months before half of the population gets vaccinated! So, maybe we have to wait for like another year for a medical end to this pandemic.
As far as I know, most of the sports event are supposed to resume. NBA seasons is about to return and will pick up play really soon (probably by the end of July)!
So what is this "new normal" betting you are talking about?

[harizen]

Better than nothing. Others might say what is 1 year of waiting for the vaccine to be made but that statement is not as simple as it is. Just look how hard the pandemic virus brings to the economy within just a few months so what's more for a year. And besides, and experts give us a possible timeframe period and not an accurate date when the vaccine will be made. It's likely that even for 1 year, no vaccine will be made (although I hope it's not).

We have to accept that we have to deal with the "new normal" starting from now. Really expect big changes in all sectors, businesses, and industries including the sports industry. As long as the strict guidelines are followed, I'm sure it's not risky to reopen as others think.

We also need to do our part in terms of maintaining safety measures and health and not just to point out that these reopened industries might just lead into another infection. Stay at home if possible and let organizers bring the entertainment directly to our household.

[jossiel]

I usually read the word "boring" because of the covid19 but we can't do anything with it. And let the boredom strike us as long as we're safely staying at our homes and those athletes and teams that we're longing to see to get back again in action so we can bet.

I have no problem to wait until everything goes back in normal or even in this new normal. As long as the players, athletes and staffs are safe first. It's a serious fight against the virus and good to see that some matches are coming back soon so let's all be happy with that.

[Timelord2067]

@mindrust you should always give an acknowledgment of where you source your graphs. In this case, they came from https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/



What's alarming is the return towards vertical for both graphs.  Fortunately, the number of deaths has dropped to 11% from an earlier 21%.



(Second image shows top ten countries for death tally).


In any case OP, I think that people may have turned to online betting platforms during the Lock-down, however as various codes of games (for example Rugby League here in Australia) come out of mid-season hibernation and resume play I think the various gamblers will shift back to gambling on the games they know and love.  If gaming platforms are savvy enough, they will tap into that potential additional revenue that can be generated from live game gambling.

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[dothebeats]

Well, here's to hoping that AstraZeneca develops the vaccine formula just right since they are planning to ship out 2 billion doses worldwide by September: https://bioprocessintl.com/bioprocess-insider/global-markets/az-aims-to-ship-oxfords-covid-vaccine-from-september-using-bardas-1bn/

As for sporting events, most leagues are already planning to return, and while there may not be some audiences on the benches, the sport, action and thrill remains the same IMO. Also, most countries are already easing quarantine restrictions and are gradually reopening their economies. It might be risking yet another spike in the graph but I guess that's far better than having the people starve at all, and people will eventually develop some form of immunity to the virus so there's that. Big leagues will resume and we can finally watch our sport again, and we must be thankful that they brave the uncertain outdoors just to bring us entertainment to alleviate our boredom.

[mirakal]

Bored in the house as well, of course I like to see my favorite sports will resume soon, but I know it's not the main reason why government will be soon allowing sports to come back, it's all about the billions of dollars loss and our economy can't stand this pandemic if the government will not be making money from these big tax payers, therefore I agree with the new normal, let's bring it on.

[Saint-loup]

(looks like Spain either ran out of old people or they started to take it seriously)

edit:

source, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

somehow i forgot. thx timelord.

For Spain, maybe a spanish member could explain it better than me, but AFAIK there have been some issues with their counting...

I was very bored watching the old football match and then repeated so on and so on sports TV stations . 

You really spent hours of your lifetime for watching old football matches? 

[Lanatsa]

Well, here's to hoping that AstraZeneca develops the vaccine formula just right since they are planning to ship out 2 billion doses worldwide by September: https://bioprocessintl.com/bioprocess-insider/global-markets/az-aims-to-ship-oxfords-covid-vaccine-from-september-using-bardas-1bn/

As for sporting events, most leagues are already planning to return, and while there may not be some audiences on the benches, the sport, action and thrill remains the same IMO. Also, most countries are already easing quarantine restrictions and are gradually reopening their economies. It might be risking yet another spike in the graph but I guess that's far better than having the people starve at all, and people will eventually develop some form of immunity to the virus so there's that. Big leagues will resume and we can finally watch our sport again, and we must be thankful that they brave the uncertain outdoors just to bring us entertainment to alleviate our boredom.

There are lots of them who do try to make the cure or vaccine but there still no sign on when it would be available and if its already effective.

We have seen lots of them are still on test phase and creating one would surely takes a lot of time and lets hope that it wont really that last long because numbers are rising on daily basis.

In the topic of launching sports events or reopening the economy then its understandable because we know on how badly affected into this industry where losing billions of revenue

and if they would wait up even more further then it worsen even more the situation thats why they would force up to to resume but into a new normal protocol which would be a considerable

option than doing nothing at all.We have seen successful ones in spite on having no crowd.

[Finestream]

It's probably more on the new normal way in handling sports, but for betting, nothing has change a lot since we can still bet online anywhere.
The new normal might exist longer as vaccine are not expected yet this year, and we are just talking of expectation here, we never know if this vaccine could really prevent and cure the disease.

As a sports fan, I'd love to see sports to resume  with their new initiative to fight covid-19 so this would not be halted again.

I am pretty sure that if one major sports event will resume, the others will follow, so I'm looking forward on seeing that soon.

[ralle14]

There's a few soccer leagues that already continued their season and it's not just to slow the spread of the virus. They have to finish the season to give a fair chance to those teams climbing out of relegation and the top teams fighting for promotion. Imo it would only be boring if you're limiting yourself to only one sport because like they've mentioned other sports are starting to come back as well.

[chaser15]

It's difficult to think that all industries will wait for that vaccine before considering resuming or re-opening as what I also trying to point out on one of my created threads here.

Even the vaccine will be made, expect several months after the successful creation before it can be available to all countries as it's not easy to reproduce and distribute. While waiting for the vaccine, which is currently on progress, it's good to go back to business while following the safety health guidelines. We should not allow the virus to just freeze all business.

As for betting, no changes at all. We can still bet online even in the new normal just like we always did before.

[Twinkledoe]

It's difficult to think that all industries will wait for that vaccine before considering resuming or re-opening as what I also trying to point out on one of my created threads here.

Even the vaccine will be made, expect several months after the successful creation before it can be available to all countries as it's not easy to reproduce and distribute. While waiting for the vaccine, which is currently on progress, it's good to go back to business while following the safety health guidelines. We should not allow the virus to just freeze all business.

As for betting, no changes at all. We can still bet online even in the new normal just like we always did before.

Yes, we can still bet online but the change is that only few sports are available to bet on. So if you are not familiar with that sport, you have to wait for that sport to have their match. Unless, you are also willing to learn about the sport that you do not usually bet on.

[Gozie51]

I think the major reason that different governments are opening the system including sports and soccer is because the reality is that covid-19 is not being eradicated anytime soon and so life has to start again with living with it.

It's difficult to think that all industries will wait for that vaccine before considering resuming or re-opening as what I also trying to point out on one of my created threads here.

Even the vaccine will be made, expect several months after the successful creation before it can be available to all countries as it's not easy to reproduce and distribute. While waiting for the vaccine, which is currently on progress, it's good to go back to business while following the safety health guidelines. We should not allow the virus to just freeze all business.

As for betting, no changes at all. We can still bet online even in the new normal just like we always did before.

Talking about betting, you didn't have live soccer to bet on especially from European country leagues while the lockdown was on as you know. You could only bet on visual soccer

[maydna]

It will be normal soon, and you will have the opportunity to bets for your favourite sports again. Meanwhile, you can visit your favourite gambling website to play gambling, and have fun while you still at home.

The vaccine itself still being developed so it can release soon to cure people in all country. While the vaccine still at the process, many countries consider to open the lockdown, and the government apply some new rule for their citizen. They hope their people can obey that because that is important for their health.

I don't feel bored while I stay at home because I have many things I can do with my family. I think that will depend on how creative are you to do something different every day so you can kill the boredom

[Wexnident]

billions of dollars have been lost (betting, broadcasting rights, tickets, and merchandises) because sporting events have been postponed waiting for vaccines to appear. sports matches without spectators must be done (to support "NEW NORMAL" & and slow the spread of COVID-19)..

Then again, even without any spectators, there would still be money lost right? I mean, tickets and merchandises take up a huge part of the profit of the sports matches if you remove broadcasting rights. Still, I guess it's better than nothing though, they can still sell the broadcasting rights and probably makeup merchandise that could be delivered to certain areas, but still, that's a huge loss. I just really really hope they do this properly. I've been missing my fair share of leagues right now.

It's difficult to think that all industries will wait for that vaccine before considering resuming or re-opening as what I also trying to point out on one of my created threads here.

Even the vaccine will be made, expect several months after the successful creation before it can be available to all countries as it's not easy to reproduce and distribute. While waiting for the vaccine, which is currently on progress, it's good to go back to business while following the safety health guidelines. We should not allow the virus to just freeze all business.

As for betting, no changes at all. We can still bet online even in the new normal just like we always did before.

It's difficult to think yes, but they have to, or at least, half the normal rate of work they normally have. We'd be entering a state of something like stagnation or something. Following safety health guidelines doesn't guarantee that the spread would stop. Seriously, just in our place, social distancing is an imaginary thing. We are human in the end, without adjusting to the new norm, more and more cases would probably crop up whether we like it or not.