National Sports and Sports Betting

[Oshosondy]

Its probably basketball that is the most popular around the world. You can ask every kid you see today, most of them would want to be on NBA. But his right, I don't play football but I'm also betting on football matches relying on the odds and some speculations of users.

It is not about doubt, football is the most common sport in the world. You can check this three different sites, I just searched using google search engine:

Note: I am not advising you to use google search engine because of scam ads

https://www.pledgesports.org/2017/06/top-10-most-played-sports
https://www.pledgesports.org/2020/03/the-top-10-most-popular-sports-in-the-world-2020
https://www.realbuzz.com/articles-interests/sports-activities/article/top-10-most-popular-participation-sports-in-the-world/#:~:text=Tennis,a%20ranking%20by%20Topend%20Sports.

If I search more, I will see more about football being the number 1.

[bitbollo]

It's really strange I don't see ITALY with National Sport "Soccer" (Football) in this list.
It's something easy . I think this sport is able to collect likewise 90% of total income / mainstream attention.
Other important sports (related to betting/tv shows) are: F1 Racing, Motor racing (Moto GP).
 

[Erdogan]

Its probably basketball that is the most popular around the world. You can ask every kid you see today, most of them would want to be on NBA. But his right, I don't play football but I'm also betting on football matches relying on the odds and some speculations of users.

It is not about doubt, football is the most common sport in the world. You can check this three different sites, I just searched using google search engine:

Note: I am not advising you to use google search engine because of scam ads

https://www.pledgesports.org/2017/06/top-10-most-played-sports
https://www.pledgesports.org/2020/03/the-top-10-most-popular-sports-in-the-world-2020
https://www.realbuzz.com/articles-interests/sports-activities/article/top-10-most-popular-participation-sports-in-the-world/#:~:text=Tennis,a%20ranking%20by%20Topend%20Sports.

If I search more, I will see more about football being the number 1.

I didn't have to google to find out that football is the most widespread sport in the world. Of course, basketball is also very popular. In my opinion, cricket, due to the fact that it is the most popular sport in the country with the most people in the world (India), is also watched by a huge number of people.
However, it is about which sport the most people bet on and in this competition, football is the first place, and then for a long long nothing..

[Fundamentals Of]

Of course it follows that people would be betting on the sports that they know best, and the sports that they know best are definitely the sports that are the country's most popular. So for a country where football is the most popular, people would be betting on football matches.

I am not deviating from this tendency, although I also want to appreciate other sports that are not very popular in my country. The more sports there are in a country, the better.

[Oshosondy]

I didn't have to google to find out that football is the most widespread sport in the world. Of course, basketball is also very popular. In my opinion, cricket, due to the fact that it is the most popular sport in the country with the most people in the world (India), is also watched by a huge number of people.
However, it is about which sport the most people bet on and in this competition, football is the first place, and then for a long long nothing..

I too do not have to Google search it, I know exactly that football is the most recognized sport in the world, it has been what we did argued during my secondary schools days, that was the reason I googled search it to just show how football is the commonest.

Even in my area, if talking about sport, relating it to betting, people prefer to go for football than any other ones. Even if talking about watching sport, the only viewing centers in my country are for only football, that is why the time when playing top soccers leagues do come with shouts in many streets after a club score.

[Viscore]

The country one lives, the national sport, or the most popular sport influences the type of game one would bet on. In the country where I come from, football is the most popular sport. It is, therefore, easy to see young people betting on football matches. It is widely discussed and people more knowledgeable about it than any other sports. Even though we have other sports like basketball, table tennis, and boxing young folks prefer to bet on football than on other games. Have you noticed this? Have you ever deviated from this norm?

Below is a table showing some countries, and their national sports.

|	Country	|	National Sport	|	Other Important Sports	|
|	India	|	Cricket, Ruby	|	badminton, kabaddi	|
|	Australia	|	Cricket	|	Australian Rules Football (AFL), Rugby, Horse Racing, Netball	|
|	Canada	|	Ice hockey, and Lacrosse	|	Football, Golf, basketball, and baseball	|
|	France	|	Football	|	Tennis, motorsport, and cycling	|
|	Germany	|	Football	|	Tennis, motorsport	|
|	United States	|	American Football	|	Basketball and baseball	|
|	Scotland	|	Golf	|	Tennis, Rugby	|
|	Mexico	|	Charreria- similar to Rodeo	|	Association football and Boxing	|
|	Cuba	|	Baseball	|	Boxing, Volleyball, Basketball	|

Source: https://byjus.com/govt-exams/countries-and-their-national-games-list/

Every country has definitely its own field of specialization like the one that football is what your country is known of. Here in my country, there are a lot sports that people enjoyed but i often see young folks manage to play good in basketball. That is why if these people will play on gambling, they would likely to play on sports betting as they have an edge in basketball.

[blockman]

In Japan, AFAIK, Sumo Wrestling is like the national sport but as you've said OP there are some other sports that they like, and based on what I've researched, it is baseball that's next to its popularity. And as for betting, they've got their own places to gamble and they're only for the licensed operators to bet with. But maybe there are crypto folks there that also have access to the crypto online casinos to bet on the other sports that they like to bet on.

[ralle14]

If you're a sports bettor and bet on other sports once in a while then you might've seen the other popular leagues that are based in certain countries like in the USA there's the NFL and NBA for example while in India there's the IPL. Even though there are different national sports from different countries the only ones that appear in most sportsbooks are the popular ones so sometimes the markets and experience are tough if you plan to bet on the lesser popular leagues that are held in your country.

[davis196]

I don't get the point of your forum thread, OP. You are posting a bunch of obvious facts and expect us to discuss them?
Yes, sports like European football, tennis and basketball are pretty much global, while other sports like cricket, rugby, ice hockey, American football  and baseball are pretty much tied to one country or a bunch of countries(mostly Anglo-saxon countries like USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and India). And so what? The people are free to bet on their favorite sport. Its doesn't matter if their favorite sport is global or regional. Soccer is the most popular global sport and most people bet on soccer. Soccer is also my favorite sport. I used to care about boxing, tennis, volleyball and basketball(when I was young), but now I care only about soccer.

[dimonstration]

For the PH I have never seen an instance of gambling with our national sport. Heck, if I were to be asked what sport would be where people most bet on, it wouldn't even be basketball or the like, I'd go for cockfighting (which was recently banned, so it might be changed really but the norm is like that here imo). Famous sports as others have said would be basketball though.

National sports in PH keeps changing, It was sipa before and now change to arnis even though the majority of people didn't have idea about it and whose deciding for it.

The government is not prioritizing our sports industry so what's more for promoting our own and give a dedicated national tournament for it and televised for the public awareness. Cockfighting should be the national sports since most Filipino loves it while the government gets a huge pile of money from its tax. 

[Questat]

It's normal for people to bet on the games that they like, though people love sports but not most of them will gamble on sports. Bookies will just provide what people would want to bet on, that's why football gains more bets because it's the most popular in the world, and while more and more people learn to gamble, their market will just continue to grow and be more profitable.

It's easy to learn the sports but not so easy to learn how to gamble, especially if we are talking of responsible gambling.

[Gozie51]

It's really strange I don't see ITALY with National Sport "Soccer" (Football) in this list.
It's something easy . I think this sport is able to collect likewise 90% of total income / mainstream attention.

Italy is on the full list if you click the source link. Is just some other soccer playing nations are excluded.

Meanwhile, soccer is the king of sports worldwide as we know and this is why nations are "short down" during the world cup, it looks like a collective responsibility for every country to make the world a better place during the world cup, this is symbolic as most important leagues round off to allow players participate to help their motherland take a bite at the game. And I would be thinking if US was known with basketball.

[joeperry]

This is nice but maybe there is a more detailed information about other countries, actually in Philippines I remember that our national sports is Sepak Takraw which is really an entertaining game and a little bit hard but double checking it in the internet it is replaced by Arnis, I actually didn't know that but most of the Filipinos really do love basket ball more than the football.

[Wexnident]

National sports in PH keeps changing, It was sipa before and now change to arnis even though the majority of people didn't have idea about it and whose deciding for it.

The government is not prioritizing our sports industry so what's more for promoting our own and give a dedicated national tournament for it and televised for the public awareness.

Though tbf, the change to arnis seems to have given more traction to it? I've seen some local tournaments of arnis before in my college in the past few years afaik. I guess that's one step to it but I don't think it's going to reach the levels of basketball or the like honestly with how much the government isn't really doing anything about it. Most of the people that support it's development are enthusiasts and they can only do so much imo.

Cockfighting should be the national sports since most Filipino loves it while the government gets a huge pile of money from its tax. 

Can't deny that. I can't really see how it's so amusing though tbh.

[acroman08]

Unfortunately here in our country, the Philippines, our national sports is not even the most talked-about sport here. We are being influenced too much by basketball since then although we are only dominating South East Asia in this sport. I don't know why we still love playing basketball despite the height disadvantages in global competition.

what's even sadder is that there's even not enough competition being held for it. I don't know in other areas, but when I am in high school our arnis club rarely had competitions to attend unlike our taekwondo club, basketball, badminton, volleyball, etc... our school doesn't even have a proper coach for our arnis club at the time(I hope it improved after all these years).

[virasisog]

Unfortunately here in our country, the Philippines, our national sports is not even the most talked-about sport here. We are being influenced too much by basketball since then although we are only dominating South East Asia in this sport. I don't know why we still love playing basketball despite the height disadvantages in global competition.

what's even sadder is that there's even not enough competition being held for it. I don't know in other areas, but when I am in high school our arnis club rarely had competitions to attend unlike our taekwondo club, basketball, badminton, volleyball, etc... our school doesn't even have a proper coach for our arnis club at the time(I hope it improved after all these years).

Our government lacks support for sports in our country so potential athletes also lack financial needs for professional training which is necessary for our country to compete in international competitions. That's also the reason why there are no specific national sports in our country. Our sports culture has been colonized by other countries. I hope the new administration would notice this problem because, to be honest, we have lots of potential and competitive teams and athletes.

[wiss19]

When it comes to betting yes, they will bet on the same sport because they want to secure the win, you know they are more familiar with it. The rules, the team that plays, etc. There are users that temporarily place a bet on other sports if the main sport that they usually bet on is not yet available.

This is not a bad idea but it is actually beneficial since it increases your gambling/sport knowledge but if it's not about betting like they will just play a normal sport in real life then it is also possible that they can try other sports because playing the same sports for a long time can also be boring and like I said earlier there some advantages with it.

[Distinctin]

For the PH I have never seen an instance of gambling with our national sport. Heck, if I were to be asked what sport would be where people most bet on, it wouldn't even be basketball or the like, I'd go for cockfighting (which was recently banned, so it might be changed really but the norm is like that here imo). Famous sports as others have said would be basketball though.

National sports in PH keeps changing, It was sipa before and now change to arnis even though the majority of people didn't have idea about it and whose deciding for it.

The government is not prioritizing our sports industry so what's more for promoting our own and give a dedicated national tournament for it and televised for the public awareness. Cockfighting should be the national sports since most Filipino loves it while the government gets a huge pile of money from its tax. 

Right, I'm also curious about who's deciding these things and consider Arnis as a national sport. I've searched and it shows that it was declared way back in 2009. I don't even know why it's the national sport when it's really rare to see and know people that knows it. Arnis is a kind of sport that is too old.

The government only supports the national team who faces other teams in other countries like Olympics or SEA games. But the sad part about there is the government won't give some budget to these teams to at least make them comfortable as they are representing the Philippines. The team is responsible for their own budgeting and likely wait for some sponsors.

[Dart18]

It depends on a country you are in. It's not for US citizens as most young guys will fall in love with Basketball or American Football (NFL) which is way different from the normal football in European and Asian countries.
As for me, I like basketball more even though that is not the prime choice in our country. But it's a choice that I made back when I was a kid and up until now I am more in love with it following the players movement for a higher chance to win a bet. I never got the liking with football, I don't understand why.

[naira]

Below is a table showing some countries, and their national sports.

|	Country	|	National Sport	|	Other Important Sports	|
|	India	|	Cricket, Ruby	|	badminton, kabaddi	|
|	Australia	|	Cricket	|	Australian Rules Football (AFL), Rugby, Horse Racing, Netball	|
|	Canada	|	Ice hockey, and Lacrosse	|	Football, Golf, basketball, and baseball	|
|	France	|	Football	|	Tennis, motorsport, and cycling	|
|	Germany	|	Football	|	Tennis, motorsport	|
|	United States	|	American Football	|	Basketball and baseball	|
|	Scotland	|	Golf	|	Tennis, Rugby	|
|	Mexico	|	Charreria- similar to Rodeo	|	Association football and Boxing	|
|	Cuba	|	Baseball	|	Boxing, Volleyball, Basketball	|

Source: https://byjus.com/govt-exams/countries-and-their-national-games-list/

From the total list of sports listed, I may still understand football, volleyball, table tennis, golf, basketball, and boxing. As for the rest, I don't really understand the rules or the scoring of each of the points that are earned. Exactly not entirely and it's easier just by looking at the points board.