Does knowing your sport and teams really make you better at betting on them?

[TimeTeller]

~snip~
Sometimes I have lost bets to follow my feelings and not the reason, I think it is best to use all the knowledge tools you have, some intuition and of course have some luck.

Exactly, that's also your personal emotion, I guess because even you know that there's a weak on their team you still pick them just because you like them. You should always have a comparison between the two teams in each match, their disadvantage and advantage as a player and also always seeking information regarding the injured list, this will I guess will help you to predict who will win the match.

Knowing your sports and team will always have an advantage over without knowing everything just only guessing. But if I guess if the luck is with you at any time, that's a good sign for you.

Small details in sportsbetting will really help you determine which team is going to win that match.
I do agree that knowing simple info like the injured list, will assist you in evaluating the strength of the team.
Even if you have favorite team, still you need to be familiar with other teams as this will help you big in the betting game.
For me, I can bet on the opposite team of my favorite, if I know that they do have high chance.
But of course, you are still rooting for them, but you need to be smart in sportsbetting if you want to earn money.

[South Park]

Knowing the details about the team may increase your winning percentage, but it can't guarantee you a win. But you can do better in sports betting if you check the team properly and you bet on that team. I have seen many gamblers doing well in sports batting because they bet in the right way.Those who bet a little more carefully in sports betting have a better chance of winning, because there the player can take the bet using his own knowledge.

Of course, no one can guarantee a win... And no one ever wins in all bets, it's just unrealistic! But knowledge always helps... For example, if you know that a soccer club will not play the main striker or defender, or someone was injured... All this will increase your chance of success!

We will know because it will be announce or there are rumors on that and bookies are not stupid to not adjust the betting line. In all type of major games, most data are available online, whether free or not, you can access it and you'll know what's going on in a certain teams.

Correct, the only way to take advantage of information like that is if somehow you got insider information and you got to know that before it became public, but very few people have that kind of information available to them so the best way to improve your chances of winning a sport bet is by designing your own system that can tell you if the odds you are being given favour you or not, this may seem complicated but odds not only move depending on the chances of winning, the odds also move because people are betting too much on one side of the bet over the other and casinos in order to balance their books begin to offer better odds for the other team to encourage sport bettors to take that side of the bet.

[XZERO1]

Watching every game.
Being updated on every news. Injuries, sudden absence and a lot more.

I have been watching NBA since I was a kid but there is one thing I had learned. Everything will change in just a manner of time.
Players, rosters, coach, management and trades.
All of this could affect the performance of one team and you will need to keep track on that in order to have a higher winning percentage.
So yes, it's a big deal to know everything when it comes to sports betting.

That's very true, NBA and Football match results can change with very minor changes in team formation, injuries and any other small thing that can shift the sentiment even for a bit.

I know some people that only rely on odds and don't have any clue about the sport itself and I wonder if that way you can be any successful on mid/long-term, I only placed bets on a few occasions on teams/sports that I don't have any information on them and I lost on most of those bets so I can not possibly imagine how does that work out in such unpredictable sports like NBA and Soccer and because of that I just stick to teams that I know about their history and follow their news instead of betting on some random team winning or losing the match.

[molsewid]

Watching every game.
Being updated on every news. Injuries, sudden absence and a lot more.

I have been watching NBA since I was a kid but there is one thing I had learned. Everything will change in just a manner of time.
Players, rosters, coach, management and trades.
All of this could affect the performance of one team and you will need to keep track on that in order to have a higher winning percentage.
So yes, it's a big deal to know everything when it comes to sports betting.

You are right, knowing your fav team is highly recommend, there are instances that when new rosters came the emotional effect of it in each team can be change too maybe that team can be stronger than recent one of their team will need some time to figure out and get familiarize with each other, I rather bet on the team that has no change in their roster and came from recent top teams so I don't need to be worried too much on their capabilities and strengths.

[seleme]

Knowing the details about the team may increase your winning percentage, but it can't guarantee you a win. But you can do better in sports betting if you check the team properly and you bet on that team. I have seen many gamblers doing well in sports batting because they bet in the right way.Those who bet a little more carefully in sports betting have a better chance of winning, because there the player can take the bet using his own knowledge.

Of course, no one can guarantee a win... And no one ever wins in all bets, it's just unrealistic! But knowledge always helps... For example, if you know that a soccer club will not play the main striker or defender, or someone was injured... All this will increase your chance of success!

We will know because it will be announce or there are rumors on that and bookies are not stupid to not adjust the betting line. In all type of major games, most data are available online, whether free or not, you can access it and you'll know what's going on in a certain teams.

Correct, the only way to take advantage of information like that is if somehow you got insider information and you got to know that before it became public, but very few people have that kind of information available to them so the best way to improve your chances of winning a sport bet is by designing your own system that can tell you if the odds you are being given favour you or not, this may seem complicated but odds not only move depending on the chances of winning, the odds also move because people are betting too much on one side of the bet over the other and casinos in order to balance their books begin to offer better odds for the other team to encourage sport bettors to take that side of the bet.

It is very complicated and tough to bet on the match with 90% confidence if there is no inside information. I have heard about the Italian mafia who controls the fixed matches and they sell this information on the local blogs 1 hour before the match. Knowing your team doesn't add a special advantage for gambler, it is never guaranteed to make a profit if the match is fixed in either way.

[dunfida]

Knowing the details about the team may increase your winning percentage, but it can't guarantee you a win. But you can do better in sports betting if you check the team properly and you bet on that team. I have seen many gamblers doing well in sports batting because they bet in the right way.Those who bet a little more carefully in sports betting have a better chance of winning, because there the player can take the bet using his own knowledge.

Of course, no one can guarantee a win... And no one ever wins in all bets, it's just unrealistic! But knowledge always helps... For example, if you know that a soccer club will not play the main striker or defender, or someone was injured... All this will increase your chance of success!

We will know because it will be announce or there are rumors on that and bookies are not stupid to not adjust the betting line. In all type of major games, most data are available online, whether free or not, you can access it and you'll know what's going on in a certain teams.

Correct, the only way to take advantage of information like that is if somehow you got insider information and you got to know that before it became public, but very few people have that kind of information available to them so the best way to improve your chances of winning a sport bet is by designing your own system that can tell you if the odds you are being given favour you or not, this may seem complicated but odds not only move depending on the chances of winning, the odds also move because people are betting too much on one side of the bet over the other and casinos in order to balance their books begin to offer better odds for the other team to encourage sport bettors to take that side of the bet.

It is very complicated and tough to bet on the match with 90% confidence if there is no inside information. I have heard about the Italian mafia who controls the fixed matches and they sell this information on the local blogs 1 hour before the match. Knowing your team doesn't add a special advantage for gambler, it is never guaranteed to make a profit if the match is fixed in either way.

There's no such thing about 100% winning.Lets cross out that mafia and fixed matches and go talk with probabilities of some upset where everybody will really not expect to happen that way
and this had been seen in lots of cases that not all favorite ones will really won the game even though most likely they will but not a guaranteed one.
In the mention of fixed matches then i wont really be minding much knowing that these informations doesnt really come out casually.

[Shasha80]

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I only placed bets on a few occasions on teams/sports that I don't have any information on them and I lost on most of those bets so I can not possibly imagine how does that work out in such unpredictable sports like NBA and Soccer and because of that I just stick to teams that I know about their history and follow their news instead of betting on some random team winning or losing the match.

I like your thoughts on choosing teams which we do know about the history and the news. Instead of choosing randomly and analyzing based on
the team's win or loss, because sometimes to truly succeed in sports betting, we need as much detailed data as possible in order to do
the analysis correctly. This is what I love about sports betting, compared to other types of gambling games. Because to be successful
in sports betting we have to do research and analysis properly and we don't need to rely on luck.

[2double0]

I think no, it will not make us know about our enemies and their proper strategies to win. Putting much focus on the rival team, it is possible to know whether our team has enough strategy and energy to win or not, and we may decide which way to put our money as it isn't necessary that even after knowing about our team to throw away our money by betting on them.

[OgNasty]

I'd like to think my sports knowledge increases my ability to gauge a winner, but you never know I guess.  It's possible that casual betters know just enough to get them in trouble.  I think doing research on the event is probably more important than knowing your stuff.  Who is out, who got hurt during practice, who is going through a tough time personally, etc...  These are all things that are probably more important to a bet then knowing a large amount of information about the sport.

[Reatim]

That is a Big factor to win but it is not an assurance , you can at least study and must have knowledge of the opponent also because the game does not compose of your team but the team they will go against also.
There are gamblers that is fanatic on the team that they are betting because they love the team no matter if won or lose.

[Xinarae*]

Gamblers usually rely on their team to place bets they love their team and try to win their team at any moment. This makes their betting game better all together to make an accurate prediction for the game, which is the basis of a winning bet you need to have mathematical knowledge have an idea about the theory of probability and mathematical statistics and know the details of bookmakers. Playing means playing against another person it takes knowledge and experience to defeat them and move forward not only is the popularity of sports among the teams declining but it is also becoming more and more ubiquitous as it has become particularly noticeable with the advent of internet technology.

[Silberman]

The more information we manage to get about the teams, the better our bets should be. In my opinion investing time into research and staying up to date on our favourite teams will pay off. If we are a big fan of our home team it happens naturally that we are well informed
We just need to make sure we are also looking at the other teams. Also once information about the sport gets published we should assume that most betters are looking at it.

The information we get is important but it is even more important to be able to process that information relatively quickly and be able to give specific odds to that information, after all the odds move for a lot of reasons and some of them have nothing to do with that information and instead have to do simply with the way the casinos have to balance their books, if you are able to find a discrepancy between the actual odds of an event happening and the odds being offered you are bound to find good bets in which you have a slight edge over the casino.

[Botnake]

That is a Big factor to win but it is not an assurance , you can at least study and must have knowledge of the opponent also because the game does not compose of your team but the team they will go against also.

Exactly, we should know that and we need to understand as a gambler.

For beginners or newbies in gambling, they maybe think that winning is easy but those who are consistently gambling would prove that it's never easy, even those who are really profitable in sports betting, their journey is not easy and they also have losing moments in gambling.

There are gamblers that is fanatic on the team that they are betting because they love the team no matter if won or lose.

And they'll lose overtime because no one succeed in this kind of strategy.

[rodskee]

I think no, it will not make us know about our enemies and their proper strategies to win. Putting much focus on the rival team, it is possible to know whether our team has enough strategy and energy to win or not, and we may decide which way to put our money as it isn't necessary that even after knowing about our team to throw away our money by betting on them.

And if we are not that assured then better to not bet at all because if you only new one side in the match then how can you analyze the outcome?

The more information we manage to get about the teams, the better our bets should be. In my opinion investing time into research and staying up to date on our favourite teams will pay off. If we are a big fan of our home team it happens naturally that we are well informed
We just need to make sure we are also looking at the other teams. Also once information about the sport gets published we should assume that most betters are looking at it.

actually it is "Teams" and not Team , we must Know the team we are betting and the team they will be opposing .

two parties must be studied for us to have a bigger chance of winning but of course not 100% sure.

[michellee]

I know some people that only rely on odds and don't have any clue about the sport itself and I wonder if that way you can be any successful on mid/long-term, I only placed bets on a few occasions on teams/sports that I don't have any information on them and I lost on most of those bets so I can not possibly imagine how does that work out in such unpredictable sports like NBA and Soccer and because of that I just stick to teams that I know about their history and follow their news instead of betting on some random team winning or losing the match.

It is not easy to rely on the team's odds if we do not have much information about that team. They can beat the other team if the opponent can turn back and get more power from their player. But if we only use that bet for fun, that will be no problem as we do not chase for the winning, and we consider that we gamble with our money and hope we can win because of luck. You can win in that game, especially if you have luck, so you can continue to use that method and hope you will be lucky in the next match.

[Ucy]

I reckon it does but it largely depends on the sport. Having knowledge of the game gives you some advantage and if not, well that's reality and fun side of sports betting.

Anyone who thinks they will make their way to an easy profit is on the wrong track to say the least. The key is to make small profit and at the same time learn the flow of sports betting.

My advice is to think of it as sports investing rather than sports betting. It may not be an instant benefit at the start, but likely it will make a great impact on proper mindset when it comes to sports betting.

Ofcourse. It's important to have the right knowledge & skills in order to be able to predict the outcome of matches right & consistently. Knowledge and skills can help a bettor win and earn consistently ...without them it will be hard to win consistently unless maybe you are cheating, getting helped by someone or something.

[Natalim]

I reckon it does but it largely depends on the sport. Having knowledge of the game gives you some advantage and if not, well that's reality and fun side of sports betting.

Anyone who thinks they will make their way to an easy profit is on the wrong track to say the least. The key is to make small profit and at the same time learn the flow of sports betting.

My advice is to think of it as sports investing rather than sports betting. It may not be an instant benefit at the start, but likely it will make a great impact on proper mindset when it comes to sports betting.

Ofcourse. It's important to have the right knowledge & skills in order to be able to predict the outcome of matches right & consistently. Knowledge and skills can help a bettor win and earn consistently ...without them it will be hard to win consistently unless maybe you are cheating, getting helped by someone or something.

Sports investing is a very popular words in sports betting, these are the words use by those who are selling their picks through subscription, though they are right that we should consider it investing but for me it's wrong to rely on their pick to succeed in sports betting or investing, whatever you call it.

[AmoreJaz]

I reckon it does but it largely depends on the sport. Having knowledge of the game gives you some advantage and if not, well that's reality and fun side of sports betting.

Anyone who thinks they will make their way to an easy profit is on the wrong track to say the least. The key is to make small profit and at the same time learn the flow of sports betting.

My advice is to think of it as sports investing rather than sports betting. It may not be an instant benefit at the start, but likely it will make a great impact on proper mindset when it comes to sports betting.

Ofcourse. It's important to have the right knowledge & skills in order to be able to predict the outcome of matches right & consistently. Knowledge and skills can help a bettor win and earn consistently ...without them it will be hard to win consistently unless maybe you are cheating, getting helped by someone or something.

Sports investing is a very popular words in sports betting, these are the words use by those who are selling their picks through subscription, though they are right that we should consider it investing but for me it's wrong to rely on their pick to succeed in sports betting or investing, whatever you call it.

for me, it is better to do your own homework in sportsbetting. some really are subscribing on this kind of service. but there's always advantage if you do know the sports and the teams involved. ill be more confident to place my bet if i know the teams involved. but for some, maybe for those who dont have time or relying in those individuals who have good reputation with their picks, they are availing for the sake of comfort. but in sportsbetting, it is known that the more you know your sports and the teams, the higher the chance that you will win your bet.

[jossiel]

There are gamblers that is fanatic on the team that they are betting because they love the team no matter if won or lose.

Those are fans but just chose to gamble and they will never change their decision no matter what handicaps and situation has changed.

They are die hard supporters and that's how it goes. It is not a questionable strategy because there really are people that do that and higher chance of winning has been experienced.

[milewilda]

I reckon it does but it largely depends on the sport. Having knowledge of the game gives you some advantage and if not, well that's reality and fun side of sports betting.

Anyone who thinks they will make their way to an easy profit is on the wrong track to say the least. The key is to make small profit and at the same time learn the flow of sports betting.

My advice is to think of it as sports investing rather than sports betting. It may not be an instant benefit at the start, but likely it will make a great impact on proper mindset when it comes to sports betting.

Ofcourse. It's important to have the right knowledge & skills in order to be able to predict the outcome of matches right & consistently. Knowledge and skills can help a bettor win and earn consistently ...without them it will be hard to win consistently unless maybe you are cheating, getting helped by someone or something.

Sports investing is a very popular words in sports betting, these are the words use by those who are selling their picks through subscription, though they are right that we should consider it investing but for me it's wrong to rely on their pick to succeed in sports betting or investing, whatever you call it.

Investing or neither simply sport pick following it doesnt matter on what its called since it could really be just the same which i dont see for it to be worth and i would rather make my own bets and own selection rather thanon relying my funds and winning chances into someones decision and analysis which you cant even know if those are indeed best ones or not but somehow it isnt really bad for you to make out some reconsiderations
that these might be helpful towards your own analysis too but to know that these tipster or analyst would really be having some charge which it isnt really that appealing at all.
Bet on your own and you will able to indulge the thrill and excitement towards your bet since you know that you do pick it yourself.