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

[FinneysTrueVision]

If you're just blindly betting on a sport you know nothing about then of course you're going to do much worse. However, if you don't know much about a sport then you can just go by what the odds are telling you is favored to win and you should do reasonably well.

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[maydna]

If you're just blindly betting on a sport you know nothing about then of course you're going to do much worse. However, if you don't know much about a sport then you can just go by what the odds are telling you is favored to win and you should do reasonably well.

If that happens to you, it is better to stop betting for a while, even if you really want to place that bet because if you still do that, you will see that you don't have much chance to win, especially if your luck does not come. But you can place your bet by following the odds, but you need to be careful by using the money to bet because you will have the risk of losing the money in the short term. Knowing your sports and the team will be the important factor before you place the bet, so you will have a chance to win.

[bitzizzix]

If you're just blindly betting on a sport you know nothing about then of course you're going to do much worse. However, if you don't know much about a sport then you can just go by what the odds are telling you is favored to win and you should do reasonably well.

If that happens to you, it is better to stop betting for a while, even if you really want to place that bet because if you still do that, you will see that you don't have much chance to win, especially if your luck does not come. But you can place your bet by following the odds, but you need to be careful by using the money to bet because you will have the risk of losing the money in the short term. Knowing your sports and the team will be the important factor before you place the bet, so you will have a chance to win.

Betting without having any knowledge of the sport and the team at stake equals you wasting time and money aimlessly, betting with knowledge and research, the chances of winning will be easy to grab.
but if you are not an active gambler and just having fun in my opinion it doesn't matter because you don't often bet and only rely on luck and only do it occasionally and that's your right.

[blockman]

If you're just blindly betting on a sport you know nothing about then of course you're going to do much worse. However, if you don't know much about a sport then you can just go by what the odds are telling you is favored to win and you should do reasonably well.

But not all the time odds will dictate your wins. Although the chance is higher with the favored and lower odds you don't always rely on them.
I've done that in the past that I used to do that as my strategy and many of those bets I've made didn't go well. Knowing that those matches were I know and I have a background yet still didn't end well for me.

[Kittygalore]

If you're just blindly betting on a sport you know nothing about then of course you're going to do much worse. However, if you don't know much about a sport then you can just go by what the odds are telling you is favored to win and you should do reasonably well.

Definitely much worse than someone who blindly throws the dice, not knowing the performance of the team that you are betting on and the team that they are going to fight is a betting suicide because you might get the wrong bet. Plus if you know the team, you will know who to bet on and who not to bet on when the time comes, odds can help but sometimes those are attractive and can make you do some dumb decisions caused by greed.

[maydna]

If you're just blindly betting on a sport you know nothing about then of course you're going to do much worse. However, if you don't know much about a sport then you can just go by what the odds are telling you is favored to win and you should do reasonably well.

If that happens to you, it is better to stop betting for a while, even if you really want to place that bet because if you still do that, you will see that you don't have much chance to win, especially if your luck does not come. But you can place your bet by following the odds, but you need to be careful by using the money to bet because you will have the risk of losing the money in the short term. Knowing your sports and the team will be the important factor before you place the bet, so you will have a chance to win.

Betting without having any knowledge of the sport and the team at stake equals you wasting time and money aimlessly, betting with knowledge and research, the chances of winning will be easy to grab.
but if you are not an active gambler and just having fun in my opinion it doesn't matter because you don't often bet and only rely on luck and only do it occasionally and that's your right.

I remember that is what I did before. I have been inviting by my friend to place a bet on the local bookmarked. I said that I don't know what team I need to select, but my friend insists on picking randomly on that team. So I look at the lists, and I select the team that I feel I am familiar with and place on that bet.

I don't take the result seriously as I don't have a passion for betting on that team, but because my friend invites me, I think that will be okay for me. After all, that is a $5 bet on that night, and I lose that money hahah. But my friend takes the winning, and he buys foods and drinks for the other friends who don't join us.

[Silberman]

If you're just blindly betting on a sport you know nothing about then of course you're going to do much worse. However, if you don't know much about a sport then you can just go by what the odds are telling you is favored to win and you should do reasonably well.

It is known that favourites are given worst odds that what they could otherwise receive, and this is because most people that do not know anything about the sport in which they are betting are going to have the tendency to bet on the favourite, casinos know this so they give themselves better odds on the matches in which the favourite is clear, this is why in the case of a huge upset casinos can lose money as they give such good odds to the underdog that they can end up losing big because of it.

[TheNineClub]

Coming from an MMA perspective, I can tell you that better knowing the sport in general and the fighters at hand, can, at best, sway you in the right direction, but over it will not give you an advantage over others, especially in the heavier divisions. Sure, there are some outliers, but even with them, it can sometimes be a coin toss. Championship bouts are the hardest to predict and have gone both ways in the past. I can imagine it would be easier for team sports.

[AmoreJaz]

If you're just blindly betting on a sport you know nothing about then of course you're going to do much worse. However, if you don't know much about a sport then you can just go by what the odds are telling you is favored to win and you should do reasonably well.

It is known that favourites are given worst odds that what they could otherwise receive, and this is because most people that do not know anything about the sport in which they are betting are going to have the tendency to bet on the favourite, casinos know this so they give themselves better odds on the matches in which the favourite is clear, this is why in the case of a huge upset casinos can lose money as they give such good odds to the underdog that they can end up losing big because of it.

take for example the boxing sports alone, since it is easy to spot who's the favourite or not because there are only 2 fighters involved. usually, the lower the odds, is what the bookies eyeing to emerge as winner. you can easily see who are they favouring in the fight and the odds' gap as well. the wider the gap, it means, they have high assurance that one boxer has no chance to beat the other one. but if the odds are tight, then, the fight is a good one and they are not so sure who's gonna be the winner.
so in this sports, even if you are not familiar with the boxers, you will get an idea about the position of the casino. and read a lil bit of their background and you will understand.
but dont put all your trust to the casino, better know the boxers and their capability, and their current conditions.

[owengtam09]

Yes, knowing the team or a person (1v1) you bet on will make your calculation easier who will gonna win, just like yesterday here in the Philippines which is online sabong. Jayzam vs Jomar on a 1v1 basketball, all the time I know already that Jayzam will gonna win because he has more experience and practice than Jomar. Those 2 players are bloggers here in the Philippines.

[ethereumhunter]

If you have luck, there will be a 100% assurance the winning, as in all gambling games needs to have luck to win.

I always like to point to games where the underdog wins and all the commentators are stunned that there was "no chance of them winning"...

The fact is that if you turn up to play your match/fixture you have more of a chance of winning than if you did not turn up at all.  There's no such thing as 100% chance a team will win  -  Not every time at least.

If we select the underdog team, and suddenly, that team can win, we feel that we are very lucky to win on that game because many people and even commentators will not believe that is happening to the strong team. Sometimes, when we select a team that we knew before, that team is underestimated by many people and they think that the team does not have a chance to win. But if our team can give the best performance in the game, that can change the situations and win the game. Yes, there is no 100% chance a team can win, so we do not have to use too big money to betting.

[coolcoinz]

I remember that is what I did before. I have been inviting by my friend to place a bet on the local bookmarked. I said that I don't know what team I need to select, but my friend insists on picking randomly on that team. So I look at the lists, and I select the team that I feel I am familiar with and place on that bet.

I don't take the result seriously as I don't have a passion for betting on that team, but because my friend invites me, I think that will be okay for me. After all, that is a $5 bet on that night, and I lose that money hahah. But my friend takes the winning, and he buys foods and drinks for the other friends who don't join us.

Gambling is all about increasing your odds of winning, unless you gamble out of boredom and don't care about the money. Knowing the spot, he teams and their past performance and other small things like player transfers, increases your odds. Sure there are people who rely on predictions and follow the way of more experienced gamblers and there's nothing bad in that. Some people bet on sports they never watch, which for me is strange, but if they like it it's all good.

[hahay]

Of course this knowledge will help you but so far with the experience I have, it is not always good because at least there will be moments where a team has a change whether it is for better or for worse. But yes, at least with the knowledge that you have it will make it easier for you to be able to predict matches, even though we also have to balance and be aware of the luck factor that exists because everyone still has to have their own calculations and portions.

[oHnK]

I remember that is what I did before. I have been inviting by my friend to place a bet on the local bookmarked. I said that I don't know what team I need to select, but my friend insists on picking randomly on that team. So I look at the lists, and I select the team that I feel I am familiar with and place on that bet.

I don't take the result seriously as I don't have a passion for betting on that team, but because my friend invites me, I think that will be okay for me. After all, that is a $5 bet on that night, and I lose that money hahah. But my friend takes the winning, and he buys foods and drinks for the other friends who don't join us.

Gambling is all about increasing your odds of winning, unless you gamble out of boredom and don't care about the money. Knowing the spot, he teams and their past performance and other small things like player transfers, increases your odds. Sure there are people who rely on predictions and follow the way of more experienced gamblers and there's nothing bad in that. Some people bet on sports they never watch, which for me is strange, but if they like it it's all good.

At first I wasn't much different from him no matter how good the a b or c team was, I never even watched any of the teams.  And it's true the fact that I've never won at a gamble that I don't recognize my choice.  And as time went by, I started studying the teams I bet on because besides gambling entertained me, I was also able to earn more than I risked.  Different goals sometimes lead people to have different approaches to gambling.  So it comes back to the choice of each.

[jaberwock]

If you're betting on tennis without the slightest idea of how the game works, you probably won't do a good job because you wouldn't even understand what you're betting on. However, if you have some basic knowledge of the game and teams, is it enough to become good at betting? If you really know the teams and follow what's happening to them (injuries and stuff like that), does it really make you good at betting?

I guess not knowing is definitely something wrong, that is the big part here, knowing may not be a huge deal but not knowing is a big deal that is the problem. I for example try to gamble on games that I know both teams, and that way I know that who should win, sometimes I lose, and it is a bad situation to lose on games I think I know, but not knowing makes it even harder and you lose even more, if you lose 30% of the games when you know the teams that means you will lose 50%+ of the games and that is even worse.

So, long story short it is not about always winning, even the best teams could lose against the worst teams, it is sports, but if you follow teams closely, you could at least know more stuff, the injuries, the morale, the chemistry issues and many other things that you will not see on paper, and only know if you follow the team very closely.

[Becky666]

If you're just blindly betting on a sport you know nothing about then of course you're going to do much worse. However, if you don't know much about a sport then you can just go by what the odds are telling you is favored to win and you should do reasonably well.

Definitely those who place sport bet without vividly knowing the team involved are blind bettors, they have no single chances of these games becasue they aren't aware about the team strengths against the opponent. Most of my bet are done on the ground that am conversant with the team and their play positions before make bet on them.

[blockman]

Of course this knowledge will help you but so far with the experience I have, it is not always good because at least there will be moments where a team has a change whether it is for better or for worse.

Those changes won't happen at the exact time of the game. That's why there are news reports and validated ones before a game commences. And in that news, it's a good source for you to rely on that there's a change to the team that you're following or is about to have a match.
Mostly, teams that have changed, don't do it to have worse results but they're changing their roster or ways for the better.

[STT]

It definitely helps to have a good overview of the game and the balance of play that determines a win.  This best applies to team games where each side will try to operate a strategy specific to their opponent but it could apply to any support where initial success could give way to endurance and other factors over time, if you haven't played yourself its harder to appreciate possibly but I'd argue anyone can overview a game impartially will have far more success then just glory supporting and more casual betting.

I like the very slight or last minute details that change the odds in value and can make for some good bets, a player change in a team it helps if you know all the names etc.

[mirakal]

Of course this knowledge will help you but so far with the experience I have, it is not always good because at least there will be moments where a team has a change whether it is for better or for worse.

Those changes won't happen at the exact time of the game. That's why there are news reports and validated ones before a game commences. And in that news, it's a good source for you to rely on that there's a change to the team that you're following or is about to have a match.
Mostly, teams that have changed, don't do it to have worse results but they're changing their roster or ways for the better.

First thing you have to ensure you properly manage is your bankroll, then knowing the team or the player will just come next as a priority. You win some and you lose some but what's important is you win more so you'll be profitable. With the right bankroll management, you just have to achieve a certain percentage to be profitable, and it also requires a decent bankroll to get a decent profit as a 5% to 10% profit in sports betting is already a good one as long as you are consistently doing it.

[blockman]

Of course this knowledge will help you but so far with the experience I have, it is not always good because at least there will be moments where a team has a change whether it is for better or for worse.

Those changes won't happen at the exact time of the game. That's why there are news reports and validated ones before a game commences. And in that news, it's a good source for you to rely on that there's a change to the team that you're following or is about to have a match.
Mostly, teams that have changed, don't do it to have worse results but they're changing their roster or ways for the better.

First thing you have to ensure you properly manage is your bankroll, then knowing the team or the player will just come next as a priority. You win some and you lose some but what's important is you win more so you'll be profitable. With the right bankroll management, you just have to achieve a certain percentage to be profitable, and it also requires a decent bankroll to get a decent profit as a 5% to 10% profit in sports betting is already a good one as long as you are consistently doing it.

Bankroll shall come if you are winning and if you have a plan whenever you lose, you stop. Then that's a good strategy and knowing much about the sport you're betting which I agree is the next priority.
But it's fine if you have a lot of things knew about that sport and it's easier for you to cope up with such news then the next thing would be the bankroll management, whichever is best for the gambler. The situation varies from each gambler.