Are there any truly safe bets in sports betting?

[Lanatsa]

No, none at all because betting is a form of gambling risking money to make a desired gain. It is not actually good to rely on strategies and luck when betting. Gambling should only be for fun and excitement and nothing should be put to serious where it can make a negative impact on a gambler. As we observe those who were truly became addicted to gamble are mostly having debts due to their activities. It is not a good thing to pay debt without gaining asset or somerhing.

you are right. For my perception, if you treat gambling just like a game, then it hasn’t any bad side or side effect. But if you take it seriously, and become addicted. It is bad for yourself, your family and your society too. Because the senses of an addicted person do not work properly. He quickly became involved in various crimes. So, just take gambling as a fun or game. Don't be addicted on it. It causes mental stress too.

A very severe mental stress on where you do got to the point on where your decision making factor is highly affected and these causes careless actions which would really lead

into more severe problem.Dont let yourself get addicted if you don't like to experience hardship not only on finances but also in other aspects as well.Treat as a fun way of spending your time

and don't make it as a primary thing in life.If you do then consider yourself an addict.

Gambling never has protection.  Don't gamble if you think about safety.  There is always the risk of gambling and that is the eternal truth.  If you are afraid to take risks, do not look back.  There are many strategies in betting.  My strategy here is to have the highest idea about the team you bet on or the game you bet on.  Otherwise you would never have won the bet.

Gambling outcome could really be only just having 2 neither you do lose or do won that's why its really needed for you to know on which one is the best choice and basing of with your
experience and knowledge then you can really point out which will be the best pick.

Its suicide that you do just simple bet without any analysis of a certain game.

[johhnyUA]

Are these bets as safe as they seem? Would you go for this strategy or not? Why?

It only looks like that this is "safer". In reality, odds like 2.5-2.9 are often win, so another side with 1.1-1.2 will lose such games. It's not enough just to look odds and bet to some outcome. You need to know a sport which you're betting on. Because sometimes books calculate odds in a weird way, so strong team will get winning odd like 2.1 and more weak - 1.2 . In that case you will lose your money pretty sure.

Knowledge is the strongest weapon and the safer way to get money in betting. Not odds

[kayvie]

It is a good strategy but only for the short term. In gambling, no one can really say such thing as an obvious winning especially in sports betting.

Are these bets as safe as they seem? Would you go for this strategy or not? Why?

As I have said, it is a good strategy but only for the short term but not considered safe since we cannot always guarantee your winning even if you bet on an obvious winner, there will always be a chance that your bet will lose. I'd rather not go with that strategy.

[dimonstration]

It is a good strategy but only for the short term. In gambling, no one can really say such thing as an obvious winning especially in sports betting.

Are these bets as safe as they seem? Would you go for this strategy or not? Why?

As I have said, it is a good strategy but only for the short term but not considered safe since we cannot always guarantee your winning even if you bet on an obvious winner, there will always be a chance that your bet will lose. I'd rather not go with that strategy.

Odds were still odds as they're no really safe or guaranteed in gambling especially in betting. The safer is when we do know the event, the team or the players backgrounds. Odds can help in indicating the potential and can help us in determine in what event we should focus and do study on which to bet since we can still discover more about the game when we do research and identify some winning or losing points of both sides.

[finaleshot2016]

It is a good strategy but only for the short term. In gambling, no one can really say such thing as an obvious winning especially in sports betting.

Are these bets as safe as they seem? Would you go for this strategy or not? Why?

As I have said, it is a good strategy but only for the short term but not considered safe since we cannot always guarantee your winning even if you bet on an obvious winner, there will always be a chance that your bet will lose. I'd rather not go with that strategy.

Odds were still odds as they're no really safe or guaranteed in gambling especially in betting. The safer is when we do know the event, the team or the players backgrounds. Odds can help in indicating the potential and can help us in determine in what event we should focus and do study on which to bet since we can still discover more about the game when we do research and identify some winning or losing points of both sides.

True, sports betting is a 50-50 situation because there are many factors to have a win on this kind of betting. There's a chance for you to have a winning streak but it's not a long-term strategy because it only works for a certain time. If we study the teams, it will give us a chance of winning but it's no guaranteed to win unless you are betting to a team that is obviously gonna win.

Experience also on the sports might help you where to bet because you knew their strategy to win the game and you have your basis which is good and bad players.

[TedMosby]

betting with small odds didn't work well with me.
I usually take small odds to multiply my mix parlay bet.
but, still lost even for a bet with 1.0X of odds.

in your case, 1.15 of odds means that you have to win 7 matches in a row before you can lose again.
I usually found a small odds on a match from "out-of-nowhere" league.
which means that the chance of match-fixing to happen on that match is high.

[iamsheikhadil]

There's no guarantee that the stronger team will win all the time because sports is really very much unpredictable. Even the weakest teams have won over the strongest due to luck or even by playing good with strategies. I have had an experience by betting on a cricket match where the odds were 1.09 or around it, and I lost that bet and lost $100 in an instant and couldn't believe. It's okay and safe as long as it is not it's just like any other gambling!

[MFahad]

Are these bets as safe as they seem? Would you go for this strategy or not? Why?

It only looks like that this is "safer". In reality, odds like 2.5-2.9 are often win, so another side with 1.1-1.2 will lose such games. It's not enough just to look odds and bet to some outcome. You need to know a sport which you're betting on. Because sometimes books calculate odds in a weird way, so strong team will get winning odd like 2.1 and more weak - 1.2 . In that case you will lose your money pretty sure.

Knowledge is the strongest weapon and the safer way to get money in betting. Not odds

I think no bet is safe. Even if you have a lot of knowledge about the teams, the prediction may go wrong because not always the stronger teams wins. Sometimes a weaker player or team do win and an upset may happen.
The betting also depends much on luck than anything else like knowledge etc.

[n0ne]

Are these bets as safe as they seem? Would you go for this strategy or not? Why?

It only looks like that this is "safer". In reality, odds like 2.5-2.9 are often win, so another side with 1.1-1.2 will lose such games. It's not enough just to look odds and bet to some outcome. You need to know a sport which you're betting on. Because sometimes books calculate odds in a weird way, so strong team will get winning odd like 2.1 and more weak - 1.2 . In that case you will lose your money pretty sure.

Knowledge is the strongest weapon and the safer way to get money in betting. Not odds

I think no bet is safe. Even if you have a lot of knowledge about the teams, the prediction may go wrong because not always the stronger teams wins. Sometimes a weaker player or team do win and an upset may happen.
The betting also depends much on luck than anything else like knowledge etc.

This is the truth with sports betting, but for some reason it is always good to give importance to gather more information regarding the game before selecting the odds. Always go with games that are played between equally strengthened team. With this you get the chance of minimising the loss, even when the prediction is believed to be going on the opposite of our thoughts.

[LogitechMouse]

If the series is a complete one sided like in NBA where the Raptors-Nets are a one-sided then maybe it can be considered as a safe bet.

For me, still I don't see it as a safe bet because an underdog team can win against the favorite team but the chances are low though. One thing more is that, on the side of the gambler they aren't contented with the winnings they have after risking a huge amount. No bets are safe in sports betting because anything can happen.

[Ucy]

Are these bets as safe as they seem? Would you go for this strategy or not? Why?

It only looks like that this is "safer". In reality, odds like 2.5-2.9 are often win, so another side with 1.1-1.2 will lose such games. It's not enough just to look odds and bet to some outcome. You need to know a sport which you're betting on. Because sometimes books calculate odds in a weird way, so strong team will get winning odd like 2.1 and more weak - 1.2 . In that case you will lose your money pretty sure.

Knowledge is the strongest weapon and the safer way to get money in betting. Not odds

I think no bet is safe. Even if you have a lot of knowledge about the teams, the prediction may go wrong because not always the stronger teams wins. Sometimes a weaker player or team do win and an upset may happen.
The betting also depends much on luck than anything else like knowledge etc.

Depends on what you mean by "no bet is safe"
The very knowledgeable/skilled bettors will likely be consistently successful/profitable bettors than unskilled bettors betting based on luck. This can be tested and proven.
I will likely be consistently profitable bettor betting on olympic sprint races (for example) if I know alot about the sprinters...which includes always gathering enough and updated data/information about them. I believe same is obtainable in football betting.

[bitzizzix]

Are these bets as safe as they seem? Would you go for this strategy or not? Why?

It only looks like that this is "safer". In reality, odds like 2.5-2.9 are often win, so another side with 1.1-1.2 will lose such games. It's not enough just to look odds and bet to some outcome. You need to know a sport which you're betting on. Because sometimes books calculate odds in a weird way, so strong team will get winning odd like 2.1 and more weak - 1.2 . In that case you will lose your money pretty sure.

Knowledge is the strongest weapon and the safer way to get money in betting. Not odds

I think no bet is safe. Even if you have a lot of knowledge about the teams, the prediction may go wrong because not always the stronger teams wins. Sometimes a weaker player or team do win and an upset may happen.
The betting also depends much on luck than anything else like knowledge etc.

Whether or not a place to bet is safe depends on intelligence and good research in betting, and indeed a strong team will not guarantee winning the game and the win will win and will turn things around in a good strategy and can read opponents.
Luck betting only follows your conscience which is sometimes right and you also have to accept defeat if it is wrong and have to be consistent, so it all depends on intelligence and seriousness in doing research in betting and experience.

[Questat]

If the series is a complete one sided like in NBA where the Raptors-Nets are a one-sided then maybe it can be considered as a safe bet.

No, how can it be safe?  We don't even know which team would win, it's just that Raptors won as they are the favorites, and favorites won most of the time.

Meaning, they don't win all the time and a possible loss is a definition that safe bet does not exist.

[Wawa2013]

That's why sports betting is called a 50/50 chance of winning, because there is no safe strategy in sports betting.
Even having knowledge of the team or players who will play, does not guarantee that our bets are safe. If our luck
is bad, then choosing a strong team can make us suffer losses, because the strong team was defeated by the weak team.

[Kupid002]

If the series is a complete one sided like in NBA where the Raptors-Nets are a one-sided then maybe it can be considered as a safe bet.

For me, still I don't see it as a safe bet because an underdog team can win against the favorite team but the chances are low though. One thing more is that, on the side of the gambler they aren't contented with the winnings they have after risking a huge amount. No bets are safe in sports betting because anything can happen.

The odds is also higher in the under dog team which can also be the reason why people will try to bet in them. It can also be reversed if there are mistake happen with the favorite team so any time game can be changed even how you sure you are getting no one knows if there are miracle that can be happen .

[Questat]

If the series is a complete one sided like in NBA where the Raptors-Nets are a one-sided then maybe it can be considered as a safe bet.

For me, still I don't see it as a safe bet because an underdog team can win against the favorite team but the chances are low though. One thing more is that, on the side of the gambler they aren't contented with the winnings they have after risking a huge amount. No bets are safe in sports betting because anything can happen.

The odds is also higher in the under dog team which can also be the reason why people will try to bet in them. It can also be reversed if there are mistake happen with the favorite team so any time game can be changed even how you sure you are getting no one knows if there are miracle that can be happen .

Exactly because we are just talking about chances of winning here.
An example, let's look at the odds of the Lakers vs Heat game 2  in https://www.oddsshark.com/nba/odds

as you can see, the opening was -4.5 now the line is up to -10 already and therefore the ML has also change.
Last time I checked, if you bet on hit, you will win x5 of your bet, so that's a huge return if Heat will upset the Lakers in game 2, we need some luck here.

[ethereumhunter]

That's why sports betting is called a 50/50 chance of winning, because there is no safe strategy in sports betting.
Even having knowledge of the team or players who will play, does not guarantee that our bets are safe. If our luck
is bad, then choosing a strong team can make us suffer losses, because the strong team was defeated by the weak team.

Maybe we can make more than one strategy, so before we place the bets, we can see if the match will change or not, and if the match doesn't have any change, we can use the right strategy. Knowing much information will help us analyze or predict which team will have a bigger chance of winning. At least, we can know what we can select. But yes, no safe bet in any gambling game, which makes us careful to use the money to gamble.

[STT]

Theres no safe bet where you can put it all on just one bet one game and walk away like its for sure but some teams are so consistent that you can bet them over an entire season and be sure of the win very often.   I'm not a fan of picking just favorites and following them forever, a quality team that still has doubts expressed in their odds is ideal because a favorite wont even pay much on a win which is where the danger begins from winnings not covering potential losses ie. poor value bet.    This would be foolish not safe imo but each to their own, I like low bets on under dog upset games and some would say the same of my strategy.

[ChrisPop]

Through my experience I've found out that small odds does not mean a safer event. Sometimes it is quite the opposite. You end up taking more risk for a measly reward. For example, on a $100 bet on a 1.15 odds event you would only get $15, but the real odd should have been around 1.50 (there are techniques out there to determine the fair odds). So you are actually betting on a high-risk event for a measly reward.

[adzino]

Through my experience I've found out that small odds does not mean a safer event. Sometimes it is quite the opposite. You end up taking more risk for a measly reward. For example, on a $100 bet on a 1.15 odds event you would only get $15, but the real odd should have been around 1.50 (there are techniques out there to determine the fair odds). So you are actually betting on a high-risk event for a measly reward.

Huh, what do you mean the real odds should have been around 1.50? I don't place bets on sport and I am no expert, but as far as I know the casino at first sets a line based on each teams previous performance. And then people start placing bets and the odds keep on fluctuating to keep the bet amount the same of both teams. If you bet on a winning team at almost the end, you will receive an extremely small amount of profit (almost negligible).
And there are no "safe bets" in any kind of gambling activities. If anyone claims they know a strategy or a place where you can gamble risk free, they are lying and trying to scam you.