Betting small amounts on a lot of matches or big amount on couple of matches?

[michellee]

I would say go all in in couple of matches than spreading across small amount on a lot of matches. I'm talking about experience here and this is my personal opinion. At least you will have to known early if you have lost already instead of waiting for other matches to complete to see if you have won. Specially if you do a parlay, it will just take one loss and your win is completely scratch. So just parlay 3 matches bet big and then wait for the outcome.

But that can not always work for him because we know that sometimes one method can not work for two people. Maybe he can spread across a small amount in many matches, so he can have a chance to win. But that will depend on how good he chooses the team because he really needs to have more information to bet in many matches. He can use another method in which he can think that it will fit with what he wants.

[Natalim]

I would say go all in in couple of matches than spreading across small amount on a lot of matches. I'm talking about experience here and this is my personal opinion. At least you will have to known early if you have lost already instead of waiting for other matches to complete to see if you have won. Specially if you do a parlay, it will just take one loss and your win is completely scratch. So just parlay 3 matches bet big and then wait for the outcome.

But that can not always work for him because we know that sometimes one method can not work for two people. Maybe he can spread across a small amount in many matches, so he can have a chance to win. But that will depend on how good he chooses the team because he really needs to have more information to bet in many matches. He can use another method in which he can think that it will fit with what he wants.

Yes, probably it works to him but it's not guaranteed to work with others.
Everyone can choose his betting technique but there's only one way to tell if such technique is working, and that is if we are profitable.

The profitability I am talking here is long term, not short term as short term does not say consistency, it could be only due to luck.

[carlisle1]

I have been gambling a lot these days with soccer matches but I'm not enough lucky to make a profit. Howeber, I'm not into huge loss. It's very tiny amount if I check all the previous P/L.
I don't bet big amount. Usually, I bet $4/$5 worth of BTC on a lot of matches; sometimes I win and sometimes I loss. But that can't make me any profit.
Should I go for bigger amount of bets on few matches or stay with current strategy (placing many bets of small amounts)?

Whenever i gamble i only allot small time because of my time schedule so i prefer betting with small amount at first but when my time is up i do it one bet all in,because i have my budget when i play.

But if you are Playing with the desire of enjoying and trying your luck?then better bet small for the team you don't familiarize and bet high on your own team.

In this you will save your chances at least for a couple of betting .

[Botnake]

It depends on you and how much experience you have gained so far. You should start with a small amount bet, because it is very dangerous to take the risk of a large amount in the beginning. As you said you bet a lot of small amount, and later you see the difference in the amount of profit/loss. This means that you have less knowledge about sports bets. So in this case, I do not think it would be right to take big amount bet.

Control your greed and try to gain experience. You need to gain more knowledge about sports bets, which will help you to get an idea about a team in advance. Then you can start betting with a big amount and take risk.

Experience may help but not really a big factor as I know a lot of people who have a long experience gambling, knows almost everything but they aren't still winning, so what you really need is skills, and with skills you can always be confident staking a high amount even with high risk.

[ryap12]

For me the best way is do some research and only bet on SURE WINS. That way even if you bet big or small, you will profit. Don't bet when you have doubts because that will only count as lose. I suggest you bet on Basketballs as they are easier to predict due to strong teams being assembled.

[Maslate]

For me the best way is do some research and only bet on SURE WINS. ~snip

I'm cutting the rest of your statement. I'll focus on the sure wins thing. No, it's impossible, you can say sure win but in reality you can't achieve that consistently if you are true to yourself.

[AicecreaME]

Very confusing decision that circles in our minds. Mostly, the situation is that if you bet smaller amounts, you'll win 6 out 10 bets, while if you bet bigger amounts, you'll win 3 out of 10 bets (if you're lucky), that's why you'll get confused which is better. But since the results will always be the same that you'll end up a loser, I'd rather bet smaller amounts to enjoy how long it will last.

Especially if you only have small funds and you just wanted to have fun while hoping you could be lucky to make profits out of it.

[Botnake]

For me the best way is do some research and only bet on SURE WINS. ~snip

I'm cutting the rest of your statement. I'll focus on the sure wins thing. No, it's impossible, you can say sure win but in reality you can't achieve that consistently if you are true to yourself.

That's what I think sometimes, I think it's a sure win but most of the time I am wrong.

In sports betting there are odds maker, they make the market of betting odds and most of the time we get lured thinking that a certain odds is gonna give an easy win, that's the reason why the public loses as they can easily get lured by the line that is considered as a trap.

[carter34]

Should I go for bigger amount of bets on few matches or stay with current strategy (placing many bets of small amounts)?

This depends on you. It depends on the kind of staked you are. But if you are betting small and winning also, that should be better for you. What matters is consistency but if your present practice of betting is not working for you, then you can try another option you know.

[ScamViruS]

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Experience may help but not really a big factor as I know a lot of people who have a long experience gambling, knows almost everything but they aren't still winning, so what you really need is skills, and with skills you can always be confident staking a high amount even with high risk.

You are right too. But sports betting requires both experience and skills. I have observed that from my own experience, I have been involved in sports betting for many years. As I have seen during this period, experience is more useful.

Because before betting on a team you need to know a lot of information about that team in advance, which new and inexperienced gamblers cannot find out. There are always risks involved in gambling, but your experience and skills can reduce that risk.

[dimonstration]

Very confusing decision that circles in our minds. Mostly, the situation is that if you bet smaller amounts, you'll win 6 out 10 bets, while if you bet bigger amounts, you'll win 3 out of 10 bets (if you're lucky), that's why you'll get confused which is better. But since the results will always be the same that you'll end up a loser, I'd rather bet smaller amounts to enjoy how long it will last.

Especially if you only have small funds and you just wanted to have fun while hoping you could be lucky to make profits out of it.

This will depend on what is our mood on that day if we have plenty of time and limited budget then dividing it to make several play will be fine, but there is a lower chance to earn big. So whenever it feels like you gonna win or have such momentum in winning then trying out to put bigger amount can be  a good decision or the latter will happen still depend on our luck and strategy of what we play

[mardaed]

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Experience may help but not really a big factor as I know a lot of people who have a long experience gambling, knows almost everything but they aren't still winning, so what you really need is skills, and with skills you can always be confident staking a high amount even with high risk.

You are right too. But sports betting requires both experience and skills. I have observed that from my own experience, I have been involved in sports betting for many years. As I have seen during this period, experience is more useful.

Because before betting on a team you need to know a lot of information about that team in advance, which new and inexperienced gamblers cannot find out. There are always risks involved in gambling, but your experience and skills can reduce that risk.

Indeed. Skills cannot be maximized without experience and vice versa. Being familiar and knowing information about a team is also an edge in sports betting. And from here, you can now decide whether betting several small amounts or going for big amount on particular matches is the wiser decision. I also agree that odds are sometimes a trap, and odds do not give the same results to everyone.

[iTradeChips]

Possibly feasible to bet big on a couple of matches if you have lots of confidence, then you might be able to get more profit. I mean you spread your bets on many matches and of course the more matches you bet on the more chances you can win, but without the big money requirement for a big win then I do not see why you still need to do that approach. Much better to stick to some and few matches but bigger bets. But you must know very well the capabilities of the competitors so that you cannot simply make guesses, and bet based on your calculations see who is more skilled than the other.

[Shasha80]

I always use the betting strategy on couple of matches with big amount, compared to betting on a lot of matches with a small amount.
Because it is more effective to generate profits if we only bet on matches that we are sure will win. But indeed the risk of betting using
big amounts is very large, because once you experience a defeat it will result in our capital running out.

[Lanatsa]

Possibly feasible to bet big on a couple of matches if you have lots of confidence, then you might be able to get more profit. I mean you spread your bets on many matches and of course the more matches you bet on the more chances you can win, but without the big money requirement for a big win then I do not see why you still need to do that approach. Much better to stick to some and few matches but bigger bets. But you must know very well the capabilities of the competitors so that you cannot simply make guesses, and bet based on your calculations see who is more skilled than the other.

Having multiple bets on small amounts isn't a bad idea either yet this one can provide out profitability depending on to those selections of lines that you had made.

Having lots of bets doesn't mean that those are just pure guesses or random handpicks.I can also be either those good picks and might really result into several wins out of those scattered bets
which could always be profitable but as mentioned where op haven't seen this method to be effective.

In this case then you wont have any option but to try the other way around.

[chaser15]

Based from my personal experience, I highly advise that you bet on small amounts but on increasing increments.

For example, if your initial bet is $5, if you lost on the round then your next bet should be at $10. The reason on why I recommend it because it has the potential of recovering your losses given that you win in a round.

What you are telling OP to do is a martingale form of betting.

But you didn't provide enough details on how it should be done at least properly.

Doubling the amount after a losing bet is fine but you have to take note of the odds. Not all the time, you will see a fair odds to make your martingale effective. OP can pick instead to play on parlay or make a decent single bet amount. And at some point, there's a minimum bet. It's not wise for me to do martingale form of betting in sports betting.

[MickLichz]

Possibly feasible to bet big on a couple of matches if you have lots of confidence, then you might be able to get more profit. I mean you spread your bets on many matches and of course the more matches you bet on the more chances you can win, but without the big money requirement for a big win then I do not see why you still need to do that approach. Much better to stick to some and few matches but bigger bets. But you must know very well the capabilities of the competitors so that you cannot simply make guesses, and bet based on your calculations see who is more skilled than the other.

Having multiple bets on small amounts isn't a bad idea either yet this one can provide out profitability depending on to those selections of lines that you had made.

Having lots of bets doesn't mean that those are just pure guesses or random handpicks.I can also be either those good picks and might really result into several wins out of those scattered bets
which could always be profitable but as mentioned where op haven't seen this method to be effective.

In this case then you wont have any option but to try the other way around.

It's better to analyze first the situation and strategize before deciding of which method can be effective like for example if you know that you have a small chance of winning then don't bet a large amount of money just stay in small amount in case you lose the amount will not hurt you too much and for example you are confident to win then bet a large amount and if you win and want to bet more then back to the first method. In short to minimize the loss of profit don't bet a large amount in a row.

[iamsheikhadil]

I think it's best to bet small amounts on many bets with lower odds because sports is many times predictable.

So, in a game where you place 30 bets on 1.01x odds, you will easily win 1.30x because at 1.01x you are very very less likely to lose.

So it's best to play that way instead of placing a big bet on 1.30x where the tables can turn around and you might lose that bet!

[harizen]

So, in a game where you place 30 bets on 1.01x odds, you will easily win 1.30x because at 1.01x you are very very less likely to lose.

Easy and simple to say but is that actually what will happen? That's not a good mindset.

Can't believe someone will risk an amount for 1.01 win in return. A $10 bet for $0.1 return lol. It's way more risky compare betting at much higher odds. I mean, they are just throwing away their money here and not worth it in the long-run.

We should make our bet worth it. Even at low odds, there is chances that you will lose especially at 30x consecutive bets.

[qwertyup23]

Based from my personal experience, I highly advise that you bet on small amounts but on increasing increments.

For example, if your initial bet is $5, if you lost on the round then your next bet should be at $10. The reason on why I recommend it because it has the potential of recovering your losses given that you win in a round.

What you are telling OP to do is a martingale form of betting.

But you didn't provide enough details on how it should be done at least properly.

Doubling the amount after a losing bet is fine but you have to take note of the odds. Not all the time, you will see a fair odds to make your martingale effective. OP can pick instead to play on parlay or make a decent single bet amount. And at some point, there's a minimum bet. It's not wise for me to do martingale form of betting in sports betting.

Oops thank you for the clarification as I did not read thoroughly OP's message. I do agree with you that the martingale form of betting is not that effective when it comes to sports betting, given that the results are relatively longer to realize compared when you bet this kind of betting in a card games. Although this may be the case, I still recommend this kind of betting outside sports betting due to its odds in the long run.

Again, thanks for the clarification for this.