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

[maydna]

It definitely will make you better, if you just bet on the team without the knowledge that their players are bad then it means you are going to lose a lot of money. When it comes to sports, you just need to learn the basics, overanalyzing the game will be detrimental in your decision making process. Coaches play some part too, if they are famous or not is a big deal, they can strategize into doing a comeback.

If you bet without a knowledge on the sports, that's betting blindly, if you bet with knowledge on the sports and the teams, that's normal betting.
It doesn't mean you'll win right away or even increase your chances of winning, if we talk about sports, it's entirely different if you are putting a bet on it speaking based on my experience.

In sports betting, we need to have a basic knowledge about the team and the sports, but that will not win the game because we can't get more chances to win if we don't get more info about the team. It will help us analyze each team, and we can know which team can win in that match. But besides having knowledge for the team and sports, we need to remember that the luck factor will also take part in sports betting. So if we can analyze the team that has a chance to win, but we don't have luck, we can get lost.

[Lorence.xD]

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If you bet without a knowledge on the sports, that's betting blindly, if you bet with knowledge on the sports and the teams, that's normal betting.
It doesn't mean you'll win right away or even increase your chances of winning, if we talk about sports, it's entirely different if you are putting a bet on it speaking based on my experience.

I agree with you but what part in my reply did I say that betting without knowledge means that you are betting blindly? I hate to say this but I disagree with you about having knowledge about the teams will not make your chances go higher, in a sports league, there will always be someone that is going to be in the last place because they are not good with the game, now if you don't know about their history because you don't know about the sports leaderboard which is part of knowing about the sports then you will have a higher chance of losing because you didn't do it.

[Pamadar]

It definitely will make you better, if you just bet on the team without the knowledge that their players are bad then it means you are going to lose a lot of money. When it comes to sports, you just need to learn the basics, overanalyzing the game will be detrimental in your decision making process. Coaches play some part too, if they are famous or not is a big deal, they can strategize into doing a comeback.

I agree with you that over analysing could be harmful for our bets. There are so many different information out there that it seems impossible to take everything into consideration. Especially if you follow all the top teams out there. A more modest approach is probably better, because in the end its a game played by humans. Everybody can have a bad day and match can go against you, even though your analysis was writing.

Precisely! but it's important to use all the channel that influence the possible outcome.

Having the right knowledge and maintaining the pattern that you use gives you good chances, same with the example above, teams and players together with coaches who handled them are important, strategy and all those key tools to take any advantage that you may have,
all must work together in taking every opportunities.

[RealMalatesta]

If you bet without a knowledge on the sports, that's betting blindly, if you bet with knowledge on the sports and the teams, that's normal betting.
It doesn't mean you'll win right away or even increase your chances of winning, if we talk about sports, it's entirely different if you are putting a bet on it speaking based on my experience.

Knowing play style of your team or players can certainly help if you know how to use it. I will share a few examples to explain it better.

Tennis: There are certain players who don't press for every return game like Federer so you can bet on the opponent to win their serve.

Cricket: Some teams are slow starters while some are explosive from start like Australia so you can bet on over/under for the powerplay overs based on that.

Esports: Some teams do better on particular maps (CS:GO) and you can use that data when betting.

So, it matters when you bet on sports having some knowledge but it does not guarantee that you will win every time, it just increases your chances a bit.

[Timelord2067]

People will always have a team, player, or location (such as a national representation in the Davis Cup/America's Cup etc) where they always barrack for their side, so they will have something of an inherent knowledge even if they only follow the game/sport socially.

It's really only when you get to the pore professional end of gambling on sports as more than just a "flutter" that people will study who strikes better, runs faster, drives sharper etc and make their bets accordingly.

[jossiel]

I will share a technique, when you are betting in sports although you know all the teams or fighters that are playing, just limit the number of bets you'll make, the lesser the better as you can carefully analyze the game and that you can make a very good decision.

You decide how much to bet if you have done carefully research and analysis for the upcoming match including the players and if there are some news that have happened before the game. If you're comfortable with the research you've done and what's showing in the news, you can bet as much as you want if you think that you're confident with your basis.

And you're hitting a jackpot if the odds for that team you have found have the upperhand and has a good odds for it and that's favorable for your bet. If it's more than 1 for the odds then you really know what you do and that's the advantage for doing research and creating analysis for every match you bet on sports.

[magneto]

People will always have a team, player, or location (such as a national representation in the Davis Cup/America's Cup etc) where they always barrack for their side, so they will have something of an inherent knowledge even if they only follow the game/sport socially.

It's really only when you get to the pore professional end of gambling on sports as more than just a "flutter" that people will study who strikes better, runs faster, drives sharper etc and make their bets accordingly.

Precisely.

And what you just said essentially constitutes bias towards a team - which could actually *skew* your judgement of whether or not odds offered on a bet is good value.

So as I said, unless you have some sort of rigorous quantitative model that can compete against well funded professional tipsters that are already taking advantage of these certain odds, you are going to be playing a -EV game regardless of your knowledge of the games offered. You could derive more personal satisfaction watching a team that you like win, sure, but other than that it's useless.

[nitrobetting]

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.

[Hippocrypto]

It definitely will make you better, if you just bet on the team without the knowledge that their players are bad then it means you are going to lose a lot of money.
~snip~

If you bet without a knowledge on the sports, that's betting blindly, if you bet with knowledge on the sports and the teams, that's normal betting.
~snip~

In sports betting, we need to have a basic knowledge about the team and the sports, but that will not win the game because we can't get more chances to win if we don't get more info about the team. It will help us analyze each team, and we can know which team can win in that match. But besides having knowledge for the team and sports, we need to remember that the luck factor will also take part in sports betting. So if we can analyze the team that has a chance to win, but we don't have luck, we can get lost.

The most important factors to determine an odds for teams that you're betting with, is you really a fan of that kind of sport you wanted to bet. It won't be effective if you're just choosing depending on sport activity, as other think they'll able to take good chances to win. However, knowing the odds of the game you desired most like of basketball or any other sport, could be done simply if you're updated with their eliminated rounds until finals. Don't think about the luck but the probability is certain, once you exactly have the knowledge on the sports that you're going to bet.

[AmoreJaz]

It definitely will make you better, if you just bet on the team without the knowledge that their players are bad then it means you are going to lose a lot of money.
~snip~

If you bet without a knowledge on the sports, that's betting blindly, if you bet with knowledge on the sports and the teams, that's normal betting.
~snip~

In sports betting, we need to have a basic knowledge about the team and the sports, but that will not win the game because we can't get more chances to win if we don't get more info about the team. It will help us analyze each team, and we can know which team can win in that match. But besides having knowledge for the team and sports, we need to remember that the luck factor will also take part in sports betting. So if we can analyze the team that has a chance to win, but we don't have luck, we can get lost.

The most important factors to determine an odds for teams that you're betting with, is you really a fan of that kind of sport you wanted to bet. It won't be effective if you're just choosing depending on sport activity, as other think they'll able to take good chances to win. However, knowing the odds of the game you desired most like of basketball or any other sport, could be done simply if you're updated with their eliminated rounds until finals. Don't think about the luck but the probability is certain, once you exactly have the knowledge on the sports that you're going to bet.

in sportsbetting, knowledge is your weapon here. the more you know the sports and the teams involved, the higher your chance of winning. this is the reason why many sportsbettors can make a living out of this game. because the longer years they know about the sport, the easier for them to place their bets and win.
this game is more on skill or knowledge based rather than luck. so if you are a sports fanatic, you can actually be a good sports bettor.

[Oilacris]

It definitely will make you better, if you just bet on the team without the knowledge that their players are bad then it means you are going to lose a lot of money.
~snip~

If you bet without a knowledge on the sports, that's betting blindly, if you bet with knowledge on the sports and the teams, that's normal betting.
~snip~

In sports betting, we need to have a basic knowledge about the team and the sports, but that will not win the game because we can't get more chances to win if we don't get more info about the team. It will help us analyze each team, and we can know which team can win in that match. But besides having knowledge for the team and sports, we need to remember that the luck factor will also take part in sports betting. So if we can analyze the team that has a chance to win, but we don't have luck, we can get lost.

The most important factors to determine an odds for teams that you're betting with, is you really a fan of that kind of sport you wanted to bet. It won't be effective if you're just choosing depending on sport activity, as other think they'll able to take good chances to win. However, knowing the odds of the game you desired most like of basketball or any other sport, could be done simply if you're updated with their eliminated rounds until finals. Don't think about the luck but the probability is certain, once you exactly have the knowledge on the sports that you're going to bet.

in sportsbetting, knowledge is your weapon here. the more you know the sports and the teams involved, the higher your chance of winning. this is the reason why many sportsbettors can make a living out of this game. because the longer years they know about the sport, the easier for them to place their bets and win.
this game is more on skill or knowledge based rather than luck. so if you are a sports fanatic, you can actually be a good sports bettor.

There are indeed sports bettor who do really make out a living out of this  betting industry and of course those people are more knowledgeable compared to anyone else on the said sports.

Indeed that knowledge is your main weapon here because you wont really be successful into this industry if you dont have these kind of qualities.Even though this is gamble

but doesnt mean that you cant increase your odds of winning.This isnt something compared to dice games where pure luck dependent.

[maydna]

~snip~

The most important factors to determine an odds for teams that you're betting with, is you really a fan of that kind of sport you wanted to bet. It won't be effective if you're just choosing depending on sport activity, as other think they'll able to take good chances to win. However, knowing the odds of the game you desired most like of basketball or any other sport, could be done simply if you're updated with their eliminated rounds until finals. Don't think about the luck but the probability is certain, once you exactly have the knowledge on the sports that you're going to bet.

You are right. If we are a fan of that team, we will know almost everything about them, including the coaches, the player, and how they can play better than the other teams.  We don't have to analyze too long because we already know who they are. Basketball and football can give us the odds to win because many people are fans of that team, which will help us know which team has the high odds to win in the next season. The probability will be our luck to win the games, so that luck will come to us.

[Janation]

Most of the answers here say about experience or knowledge on the team or the game.

I am kind of curious if there are some bettors here that go against that knowledge? I mean, for example, a team that is expected to dominate that certain season fighting against a not that strong team but you still went for the underdog team. Maybe for the thrill or just maybe for the odds that could give you big winnings if that team actually wins.

Did it a lot of times in an esports tournament but it did not go well.

Because experience and knowledge will have a chance to win because everyone will learn from mistakes, especially knowledge that really supports team selection after being studied well.
I also sometimes bet on the underdog but win the match, and I do it by following my conscience to choose it on the grounds I am not sure about the opponent of the underdog.

There are times that these underdogs win.

Some are just trying their luck or just wanted to be different sometimes if they can win but some are based on some of the information they have or based on what can happen. It is really hard to rely on this as it might not give you the win that you want. It is a risk that you need to take but if you  are confident to take those and won, congratulations then.

[mu_enrico]

I think knowledge only adds a little bit of edge, but most of the time, it already reflected in the odds.
I experimented some time ago when I asked my hardcore EPL fans to make predictions of 10 matches. The result was 4/10 correct, lul.

[Botnake]

I think knowledge only adds a little bit of edge, but most of the time, it already reflected in the odds.
I experimented some time ago when I asked my hardcore EPL fans to make predictions of 10 matches. The result was 4/10 correct, lul.

More knowledge means more edge.

Your experiment failed mate but continue learning and you'll eventually be on a winning percentage.
In a 10 matches experiment, you just need to win 6 out of 10 to be profitable, just use the proper bankroll management.

[TheGreatPython]

I will share a technique, when you are betting in sports although you know all the teams or fighters that are playing, just limit the number of bets you'll make, the lesser the better as you can carefully analyze the game and that you can make a very good decision.

That's true and since sports betting has the highest house edge as compared to casinos so its always better to make bigger but lesser number of bets as it reduces the house edge I believe by limiting the number of bets.

Analyze matches and one thing to always check when betting is the motivation for the teams because I have seen some mediocre teams getting the upper hand against better teams just because they had more to fight for as compared to the favorites who were playing after qualifying. A team who have something to gain will put their 100% on the field and the team who doesn't need the win will concede more than what they normally would.

[Hamphser]

I think knowledge only adds a little bit of edge, but most of the time, it already reflected in the odds.
I experimented some time ago when I asked my hardcore EPL fans to make predictions of 10 matches. The result was 4/10 correct, lul.

More knowledge means more edge.

Your experiment failed mate but continue learning and you'll eventually be on a winning percentage.
In a 10 matches experiment, you just need to win 6 out of 10 to be profitable, just use the proper bankroll management.

This would really be involving lots of trial and error but hey you wont really be progressing out if you dont risk out and some do make or treat it as a money profiting thing or source of income
but some do make it the other way. Knowledge is indeed power because this do really give out the edge on a certain bettor compared to those who do just make out bets blindly or without
any basis then you can really tell out the difference.This isnt something like those dice games that you do just simply put bet and click the roll button.
This doesnt includes any need of analysis or knowledge but pure luck.

[Mauser]

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.

Unfortunately yes, winning is never a guarantee in betting. There is always a tail risk of us losing, no matter how good we know the game, the league and our home team. Luckily we don't need to win every games. As long as we manage to win 51% of the bets we are going to make a profit. Of course it would be nice to win at a much higher percentage. Winning of your home team in sports betting feels awesome, you make money and your favourite team keeps doing well. And as long as we learn from our mistakes we will keep getting better in betting.

[South Park]

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.

This is such a nice way to put it and that is because the very few that are successful with sport bets in fact use very similar concepts to what you're going to see investors and traders use, even if they strongly believe that a team is going to win if the odds are not good enough then they are not going to take their chances, this means that they do not make a bet in every single match that they see instead they look at the odds and decide which ones offer the best odds and then make their bets, obviously they do not win all the time but they win more than enough so they can overcome the house edge with their skill and earn money that way.

[3meek]

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!