what is the largest sports bet you have ever placed, and what was the result

[NAPK1NS_RA3]

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bonus question: did that experience cause you to play more or less? and do you still bet?

[Hirose UK]

Football, this sport is the only sport that has lost lot of money and I remember that time when the 2018 World Cup final was between France and Croatia.
I dared to spend almost half of my savings to bet on Croatia, which had just reached the World Cup final for the first time. From the start of the qualifying round to qualifying for the final, Croatia was really very good they managed to beat several strong rival teams.
At that time I knew that France had a squad dominated by young players but what Croatia had achieved made me brave enough to bet on them with full confidence.
But everything failed, I lost the money and this became very meaningful experience for me in sports betting.

From this experience plus several other experiences when the pandemic occurred which caused financial decline, it made me think about becoming wiser and more responsible person in gambling.
Because I using money here, not everything can be obtained for free, so I have to manage my finances to avoid bad things that could make things difficult in the future.

[danherbias07]

Basketball, semi-finals. $25 each. 2 different bets for 2 teams.
Did it ever make me bet that high again? No. It made me stop because I was just chasing losses at that time and luckily I won both of them.
My bets are usually not going up by $10. Yeah, call me a cheap guy but sometimes I make 3-5 bets per event so you compute it. It's not like I am gambling the way others do. I put bets only to enhance the cheering part and the exciting part of the game, especially at crucial times. There are those who put more money in their bets but I don't have the courage and the money to make the same scary amount as them. I'd rather just enjoy it so that I won't get stressed the whole day that I lost an amount that could've been a day of food on the table and my wife will probably make me stop gambling if I do that again. Gotta avoid that.

[Oshosondy]

I do not remember the highest amount of money I used to gamble, this is because I started with local gambling sites before I joined this forum and also because I use my local currency at the time. But if I remember correctly, I have gambled with over $500 before and I have lost more than that in a day before. I was an addict at the time.

[len01]

in history I have experienced wins that I consider big from sports betting with multi odds bets, not that big, only @13 and I did it on a fiat site, but that only once in a lifetime that I have experienced success in getting a win from multi football bets.
and I also got consistent wins from esports betting on dota 2 TI 11 last year without using multi bets but single bets with odds of at least @1.5 - @2 and the total winnings I got were around $500.

but unfortunately to repeat a win like that again seems very difficult or maybe just luck comes once in a lifetime.

[michellee]

Football. But I don't bet too much money like those who bet more than $10 or more. That's too much for me. I usually place bets around under $5. That alone was too big for me but it was a lot of fun.

I don't gamble or bet on sports betting very often. Until now, I still bet on sports betting but not too often. Only if there is a certain event and I know about the event, then I place a bet. Of course, after I find out who will compete.

But if I bet $5 on a game and lose, that makes me stop betting. Otherwise, I will spend even more money even though I want to limit my gambling activities.

[Litzki1990]

I share my early experience in betting, initially I didn't understand about betting and gambling but I was inspired to see many people profit from betting and when they lose all their money in betting, they don't want to play anymore. I noticed that after winning three or four bets, they lost all the money after losing one bet, so I did not dare to bet for a long time, but suddenly one day it occurred to me that since I had  I have enough knowledge about cricket and football so I might use my knowledge to bet. This knowledge of cricket and football did not help me much and at first I lost some bets regularly and at one point I felt that I should withdraw from this betting and then I withdrew from betting temporarily. After a few days when the money was close I tried again and then adopted a different strategy. My strategy was that whichever match I could win and had a high chance of winning, I would bet on that match. I have won most of the bets using this strategy and till now I am betting with this strategy.

[Sim_card]

Football is a game that one must bet on especially when you are a fan of that team and they are in a super form. My bet was on this past world cup finals between France and Argentina, I had so much confidence on France to win the game but it turned out the the game ended with a penalty kick and when I saw that it will be a penalty kick, I  knew it that I have lost it. This is because my luck is not always on penalty kick as anyone can win, even a weak team can win a strong team in penalty because it is totally based on luck. I will never forget that day because I lost big up to $300 which I have never used such amount to gamble in my entire life.

[dimonstration]

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500$ on a bet that I thought have an insurance when my pick was lose but it turns out insurance only apply with a certain condition met. Luckily, my bet won before I notice the full mechanics of the insurance promotion. This happened back in the time when I'm not reading frequently the ToS of any promotion that I'm joining. This lucky incident makes me vigilant when it comes to casino promotion.

bonus question: did that experience cause you to play more or less? and do you still bet?

i play less amount but the frequency of my didn't change since this kind of huge bet is very rare for me to take unless there's something I can get for my own advantage.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

The highest amount I've ever bet on one game in sports betting is around $3000, and unfortunately, I lost it, for those of us who will remember, this game was a match between Argentina and Saudi Arabia during the 2022 world cup tournament, this was like a sure game for me, since I believed that there was no way Saudi Arabia was going to beat Argentina, so I placed a very high bet on Argentina to win that match, but unfortunately, they failed, this was my worst experience in gambling since I started gambling, this loss actually landed me in the hospital, since I could not contain the shock, I collapsed, my wife rushed me to near by hospital where I spent 2 days.

And my answer to the bonus question is - yes, I actually stayed away from gambling for over 8 months, to help me recover as well as to get over the loss, the loss affected my business greatly, since majority of that money was money I took from my business, I struggled for several months before I could gain focus again.

After this experience, I am now very careful with amount of money i bet or play gambling with, I've learnt to play with only the amount of money I can sincerely afford to lose.

[piebeyb]

I bet on football sports betting and last week I bet about $80 on Manchester city against Chelsea last week and the result was a draw, for me $80 is big because I'm just a small gambler who doesn't have much budget to gamble on weekends, so I bet on the results of previous winnings so that I can roll them back after seeing a draw doesn't make me want to continue gambling.

I have a budget limit so I have to stop there when I lose a bet, I was just a little greedy and confident in last week's match where Manchester City were held to a draw by Chelsea, but after that defeat I play more carefully now and I still bet in football betting I don't bet on other sports bets but that loss made me learn not to be too greedy to bet all my budget money on one match. 

[Zanab247]

I don't gamble for profits purpose, but I used to gamble with $4 daily, and it use to cost me $112 monthly which is not a big deal to me because, I gamble for funs just to let some bad things go and to let some new things come in. I don't have any bad experience about gambling because I know how much am earning monthly from the place of work and, is a place that make someone to engage in many things that will cause someone a lot of stress and weak but the moment I look at some of the sports activities and I look at my bet and will smile whether win or lose at the moment.

My results from January till November is very bad, but it will not make me to increase the money am using for betting because, the day good result will appear will help me to recover all my losses, and it will give me more moral not to give up easily.

[angrybirdy]

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bonus question: did that experience cause you to play more or less? and do you still bet?

I can't remember the exact amount but that was a Basketball sports betting game called "ending" in our country. I placed a bet multiple times in a different numbers and like what I've expected, I didn't win. I accepted it to myself that I'm not lucky when it comes to playing betting games. With that, I didn't stop on betting, I still continue playing it but I set myself a limitation to avoid overspending and to manage my finances.

[cabron]

I'm not a high roller though. The biggest so far that I have convinced myself to be confident that I will win was $230 for one UFC fight, I thought this was even a fixed fight but then my bet lost. Rose Namajunas KOed Weili Zhang and my bet is the other way around. This is very unexpected and surely I'm not the only one who lost this match.

You will always try to bet big when you are almost sure your pick will win. Made me realize there is no much to learn about the sport.

[ryzaadit]

48$ with Dota2 Item.

Then, I realized. I'm not good on sport-betting and move out from there, now just playing (CASINO-Games) like BJ/Baccarat. I also moving out from (Slot) after 6 month history play without any win more than 1,000x

Sometimes, moving on is the option.

[Fausto Arta]

The biggest sports bet I ever placed I remember was in 2022 when Argentina played against France. I happen to really like Messi so at that time I supported Argentina. At that time I was very confident that Argentina could win the World Cup, but people said France was the favorite, but we had the advantage of having the greatest player of all time, namely the superstar Lionel Messi.

I was very worried because Argentina lead was always chased by France until the extra time ended and the score was tied at 3-3. that's where my heart beats during the penalty shootout. Will Argentina win the world cup by beating France because it is likely that this will be the last world cup for the mega star Lionel Messi. and finally my worries became joy because I got a big win at that time. I will never forget the biggest win I ever bet.

[Wiwo]

I do not remember the highest amount of money I used to gamble, this is because I started with local gambling sites before I joined this forum and also because I used my local currency at the time. But if I remember correctly, I have gambled with over $500 before and I have lost more than that in a day before. I was an addict at the time.

Yeah really most of us started using fiat currency casinos and then we have lost in a multiple times but then my higher sports bet amount was wagered when got to this forum and I used bitcoin,  it was an accumulated 2-week payment for the signature that I used to place that bet,  I was thinking that the odds were sure and I made a bet pf 0.01 btc,  and I lost it at the end and this almost crippled me and the motivation on me gamble ever.

But as time went on I got over that and I moved on, much time after then I won and lost as many as I can remember but then the most important lesson learned and that is to gamble with only an amount I can afford to lose and be comfortable with so we keep moving regardless.

[adultcrypto]

I don't actually place big amount in a single bet because my method is using small of money to target big amount. As you know,  it is one thing to make rule and another to keep them. So, once in a while there there is this temptation yo try something new like a new approach for a different outcome.

In one of my time of trying something new, I decided to stake big amount on selected games I considered safe. Consequently,  I staked $50 targeting to win $500. Unfortunately the game failed and I was deeply pained. Since then I have not tried playing with big amount again.

[Jemzx00]

On sportsbet, the largest single bet I've made is from a basketball game. It's from a hype basketball game where Lebron and Curry are against each other and I really know much about basketball at that time and bet on whose my friend are on and won and used my winnings to treat my friends. It was around 400-500USD worth of btc at that time.

Honestly, it doesn't really affect much of my gambling activity as I seldomly gamble on sportsbet and mostly gamble on dice and other casino game and I've lost more when I tried betting all in on one of my dice gambling session.

[Dave1]

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bonus question: did that experience cause you to play more or less? and do you still bet?

$100 on a game with Lillard is still with Portland, I forget who is their opponent that time. It was a ML bet, so I guess I was hoping for Lillard to have his usual "Dame Time" back then. However, I wasn't able to watch the game itself, I don't know I just feel asleep while waiting for the game itself.

And when I woke up, Portland won, it was a very close game and again, I recalling everything, it was a game winner from Dame. He has to drive and bank the shot if my memory serves me right. And I was just thinking that if I watch the game, I will be very nervous.