Your response in placing live bets with a friend at a live sporting matches

[ultrloa]

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Question:who has been in this scenario before? And how did you managed with your emotions then?

I often make bets like that, betting with close friends and watching the match together, but I'm not sure if it's a live bet because I do it just to have fun with my close friends.
every weekend I often bet on soccer bets with my friends but I never feel emotions, I just always joke around making fun of each other supporting teams and usually when I win or my friend wins we never use the money personally but we use it to buy food or buy drinks and continue betting on the next match.

for me, this is a normal betting scenario to have fun with our friends and there should be no need to feel disappointed or emotional if the team we support loses because it's only $10 and after all our goal of betting is for fun, not to make money, so get rid of your emotions and your feelings of disappointment and just think you're unlucky.

I usually find it more entertaining since imagine you have your friends beside you watching those live games and there's a bet at stake for sure the whole betting experience is really different comparing betting alone since there's a lot of things to discuss and also we can really joke around if something exciting happen on that games.

This is really a normal betting scenario since there's a lot of people been hook up with sports and for sure your friends have same interest of you when it comes on that category that's why we can't avoid to have this moments and we could really enjoy this time especially if there's a beer in the table and for sure we will forget about if we are not lucky or what actually happen on the games we are betting.

[Samlucky O]

When I saw the topic I was thinking otherwise but opening the thread was just another thing. Although I have played several games and which the amount was higher than $10 and I didn't feel somehow or being emotional about how the game would play. So talking about being in the same shoes, I have been in such situation before, but not like these type of yours.

But I believe the real cause of the panic was the way the match was played yesterday. Emagine when you played a game, and it came to penalty, you would definately be afraid or frightened because you never see that coming. but funny enough you where lucky yesterday to have won $10 from him.

[Strongkored]

Question:who has been in this scenario before? And how did you managed with your emotions then?

If you bet while watching the match, of course you will feel something like that because I feel it too and sometimes it's quite annoying, when the referee does something that we think is detrimental to the team we have chosen or even when a player fails to score even though that is what we really hope will happen, and I am sure all gamblers experience this, disappointed and all thing that comes to mind, if it's too disturbing it's better not to watch it or it could be that you are too hopeful of winning either because you bet a large amount or because you bet an amount you can't really afford to lose, so it's very important to only use money you can afford to lose so You can still enjoy the match and when you win you will be happy and if you fail you won't get too emotional or get angry.

[Finestream]

I have a group of friends where we communicate through a facebook group. We do betting on a regular basis, daily actually but I'm not betting on a daily basis but the channel is very active. We have like 15 members, we all know each other and we are betting, of course we can't avoid getting emotional, but since we are doing this regularly, we get used to it and still enjoying until now.

The best advantage when doing like this is we get a good odds since you don't have to pay the bookie for the comission. Say the spread is -5 for a certain team, you'll get x2 if you win but on bookie, you'll get like x1.90 or even lower.

[Nwada001]

Question:who has been in this scenario before? And how did you managed with your emotions then?

I have not been in such a situation before; I find it discomforting to get involved in physical live betting. I'm not emotionally strong for such a kind of betting.
 
On betting once's the game enter's penalties shot out, it's already a draw game, which means none of you were able to win the bet, so there should be a refund of cash to both parties as it could be considered a void game.
 
On the other hand, the game ended against almost everyone's prediction. No one was expecting the last goal of the Nigerian team to be cancelled and a penalty awarded to the South African team.

Immediately that happened, and that was the moment we all started seeing the game end in a draw. But I can't say the referee was biassed; he wasn't, but Nigerians were just unlucky for a fair ruling.

[Frankolala]

What you experienced is what anyone who bet with his friend will also experience, because there will be room for blams and excuses, since you guys are after winning the money and that is why you want your team to win, even when your team did something wrong, you wouldn't accept it.

I have gone on several bet with my friend and at most times, we want to be the person that will win the bet, so that we can see the other person who lost the bet as a weak person or to make him feel that we are right with our decisions. I was also watching the match with a friend yesterday that said whatever makes the match to get to penalty shootout, that South Africa will win the game, because Williams was able to catch the Cabo Verde players penalty in the quarter finals, that the same thing will happen to Nigeria, and we placed a bet, which I won the bet because I told him that I have the confidence in Nigeria's goalkeeper.

[KiaKia]

There is one thing I know about football fans, when your favourite club is losing that's when you will see some injustice happening, they will find some excuse, it will surely be more worse if the bet is between you and a friend, I have seen one that escalate into a fight between two friends.

Whatever happened in a football match is already in the past, either the ref is not doing is job well or not that's not the thing here, if you lose it's a lost and if you win is a win, once the final whistle is blown just accept whatever happens.

When arguments about football unfolds, it's always the losers that finds excuses just to make his favourite fan club look like they are been ripped off and cheated.

[Fiatless]

Buttressing this whole thing, we individually feels cheated at every blown panelized whistles and of course there is are felling amongst us that any goals scored against our oppositions is not Worth it so there is always room to point at either the referees or the coaches for being biased just because of the game ongoing is not playing towards the favours of our desired teams.
This is to an extend, there was no more funs about the game due to the point of personal interests to make sure our supported team wins the match.

This feeling is common in sports bets where both parties feel that the referee is favouring a team. But referee Amin Mohamed Omar was fair in the game. The only exception to some persons is the penalty he awarded to South Africa after cancelling the goal scored by Osimhen. A close look at the replay proves that he was right because there was actually an impact on Percy Tau by Alhassan Yusuf and they deserve the penalty.    

Question:who has been in this scenario before? And how did you managed with your emotions then?

That is why it is important to gamble with what you can afford to lose so that you will not be emotionally unstable. We shouldn't also know that in gambling you either lose or gain, so as you target the win and also expect loss. Since I don't have control over the outcome of the game, the best option is to keep your cool.  

[Marykeller]

Question:who has been in this scenario before? And how did you managed with your emotions then?

I would prefer to have my bets placed in a casino than challenging my friend on a bet for which team to win.
Challenging a friend on a bet has caused misunderstanding between friends which has taken their support for a team to win too seriously. Any wrong blown from the referrer might cause a disagreement between friends and it can lead to an exchange of words that can trigger anger.

In avoidance of this, bet ordinary on casinos not with friends because that could save the friendship and not cause anger and envy of who later wins the money of the bet.

[Zanab247]

Things like this has happened in many gamblers in the gambling center but there is nothing you can do at the moment with the loss you experience from the bet than to learn a lesson from your mistakes which are part of some of the things we keep learning from gambling.

No matter what is happening in the game you bet, never allow emotions to bring you down because you know that there are two things we must experience from our gambling which are loss and gain and, anyone that achieve loss from among the two have to bear because, that is not the end of your gambling.

[Gozie51]

Meanwhile, what you gambled is not live. In local parlance it should be called side. Like two people are playing and you are supporting one side by gambling on it.

Buttressing this whole thing, we individually feels cheated at every blown panelized whistles and of course there is are felling amongst us that any goals scored against our oppositions is not Worth it so there is always room to point at either the referees or the coaches for being biased just because of the game ongoing is not playing towards the favours of our desired teams.

It is a right feeling and truly there are high moments of the game where Nigerian goal scored by Victor osimhen was cancelled and the decision of the referee to award penalty to South Africa. So it is understandable if two people who staked against each other feel such anxiety.

This is to an extend, there was no more funs about the game due to the point of personal interests to make sure our supported team wins the match.

But that is where the fun should be where two friends are disagreeing peacefully with the decisions of the referee. Those who say gambling is for fun should also see such moment as the fun aspect of the game and not to get agree because they are probably seeing the decision of the referee as for them to lose their money.

[Weawant]

Sports live bets are full of sentiments, grudges and unnecessary arguements because there are always persons you could Chanel your grievances towards.
I as a Nigerian went on a bet with a South African friend on today's match for the Semifinal of the African Cup of Nations league, my prediction was that Nigeria was going to win and my friend predicted that South Africa would win and we had our stakes of $10 each deposited on a reliable and a trustee so that there isn't going to be bridges of bets.

Buttressing this whole thing, we individually feels cheated at every blown panelized whistles and of course there is are felling amongst us that any goals scored against our oppositions is not Worth it so there is always room to point at either the referees or the coaches for being biased just because of the game ongoing is not playing towards the favours of our desired teams.
This is to an extend, there was no more funs about the game due to the point of personal interests to make sure our supported team wins the match.

Question:who has been in this scenario before? And how did you managed with your emotions then?

Somehow I think you both allowed yourself to be denied of the fun in the game because of your bet probably you both staked more than you can comfortably afford to lose and that was why it was able to draw your focus to be more on your stakes and not on having fun because if you both had gamble for fun there would be no need for the whole worries.

Staking what you can afford to loose at a time on a bet is what allow you have fun amidst the bet regardless of whatever is it the results bis turning out to be, a similar experience once had was a live game at the casino and I actually wasn't interested in the game but the results and winning so I definitely didn't have any fun watching the game, such situations make you have too many biases about the game and so the only way I tried to get my self out of such situations was to make sure to always stake that which I can comfortably afford to loose and allow myself enjoy the game.

[maydna]

I've experienced this, but the bet is not money. Whoever loses must be willing to buy the winner's favorite drink. Unfortunately, I often lose and buy drinks for my friends who win. There was a feeling of disappointment because I had lost, but in the end, I decided not to think about it because it was a normal game and I didn't use money. Even though I lost, I can still accept it, especially since he is one of my friends who is used to gambling, especially sports betting. Yes, there is a feeling of wanting to win, but we have to leave it to the performance of the team we choose so that if they lose, we also can't blame them, so we should be able to accept the loss. But there was indeed excitement among us, especially the winner because he got a free drink.

[nelson4lov]

The scenerio OP described is perfectly normal imo. The fact that both you and you friend want your respective team to win is perfectly normal in my books because everyone who places a bet is hopeful that they'd win their bet. That's why it's easy to get attached and emotional when it doesn't go according to plan because no matter how we try to sugar coat it, it sucks to be on the losing end of every bet.

See it this way => your friend is losing money to you, that's appropriate. Compared to him losing that money to a random guy on the internet plus there's bragging rights too. Bets are a zero sum game anyway.

[EluguHcman]

The grievance in this bet is something exceptional that one gets provoked at any point the referee blows the whistle against your supporting team or at the point the referee is sensed to being biased in the game. The worse of it is watching your friend walking away with your money if be the winner. Lol

[Rruchi man]

This is to an extend, there was no more funs about the game due to the point of personal interests to make sure our supported team wins the match.

The fun about some activities for some people is after the activity has been Carried out, not during the activity while it is still ongoing. Gambling on some of these kind of games where you are a strong supporter of one of the teams can take away the fun during the game but later after everything is completed, if you sette and think of it, you actually had fun, just a different kind of fun.

[topbitcoin]

Whether it's betting live with your friends, or betting via casino and sports betting platforms. When you don't have good enough emotional control and are unable to accept defeat, something bad will still happen to you.

A person who bets directly with his friends, and one of them has poor emotional control and is unable to accept defeat, then when the betting session is over he will immediately divert and vent his annoyed feelings towards his betting opponent by saying things that don't make sense. sense until it ends in a fight. Likewise, regarding someone who bets through a casino and sports betting platform, when they have poor emotional control and are unable to accept defeat, after the betting session is over and the result is a loss, to vent anger, emotions and disappointment over the final result of the bet, I Seeing them look like crazy people because they keep babbling incoherently and often blaming the platform for being deceptive and unfair, and quite a few times when they lose, they immediately throw their cellphones to pieces.

[dothebeats]

This is why you separate your emotions from your bets. If you keep getting emotionally invested at every bet you make, you will really not make the most of it and will always be looking for reasons to justify your emotions instead of accepting this as they are, to the point that it's no longer enjoyable to watch the game you used to look forward to. For me, the best thing to do is to pick favorites but don't get so invested in them that I throw rationality out of the window just to 'defend' my team.

[Woodie]

Sports live bets are full of sentiments, grudges and unnecessary arguements because there are always persons you could Chanel your grievances towards.
I as a Nigerian went on a bet with a South African friend on today's match for the Semifinal of the African Cup of Nations league, my prediction was that Nigeria was going to win and my friend predicted that South Africa would win and we had our stakes of $10 each deposited on a reliable and a trustee so that there isn't going to be bridges of bets.

I can imagine the rivalry, but Sport being Sport this is a perfect example that sport unites even in times of divergent choices..bet you still buddies even with your friend losing their bet  

Buttressing this whole thing, we individually feels cheated at every blown panelized whistles and of course there is are felling amongst us that any goals scored against our oppositions is not Worth it so there is always room to point at either the referees or the coaches for being biased just because of the game ongoing is not playing towards the favours of our desired teams.
This is to an extend, there was no more funs about the game due to the point of personal interests to make sure our supported team wins the match.

Question:who has been in this scenario before? And how did you managed with your emotions then?

Not sure if you watched this match live with your buddy in Ivory Coast or just went to some public place with all other soccer fans to catch the game on a cold drink  

Otherwise, being a social fan am always surrounded by friends and family watching a game and we have deliberately agreed we all can never be on the same team as it takes the fun out of the game and agreed to have supporters for each side just to mix things up while watching these games on a big screen...and sometimes it does get heated up as the underdog does come on top with people losing big bets & the alike , but at the end of the day its all fun and games and we  have a good laugh and move on..nothing personal to hold to heart!
  

[AmoreJaz]

This is why you separate your emotions from your bets. If you keep getting emotionally invested at every bet you make, you will really not make the most of it and will always be looking for reasons to justify your emotions instead of accepting this as they are, to the point that it's no longer enjoyable to watch the game you used to look forward to. For me, the best thing to do is to pick favorites but don't get so invested in them that I throw rationality out of the window just to 'defend' my team.

the truth is sometimes it is hard to separate the emotions especially if you are a die-hard fan of the team you are betting with. so you feel like you are also part of the team while they are playing the game. but if you are betting good amount of money, you should be very practical on things as the team won't care about your funds getting lost with your bets. maybe root for them, but also don't forget that you are staking your hard-earned money and as much as possible, at least get something out of it and not just follow your emotions

I've experienced this, but the bet is not money. Whoever loses must be willing to buy the winner's favorite drink. Unfortunately, I often lose and buy drinks for my friends who win. There was a feeling of disappointment because I had lost, but in the end, I decided not to think about it because it was a normal game and I didn't use money. Even though I lost, I can still accept it, especially since he is one of my friends who is used to gambling, especially sports betting. Yes, there is a feeling of wanting to win, but we have to leave it to the performance of the team we choose so that if they lose, we also can't blame them, so we should be able to accept the loss. But there was indeed excitement among us, especially the winner because he got a free drink.

if you are doing this activity with your friends, losing is not hard to accept as you can have a good time with them afterwards. but if it comes from random people, i bet, not only your pocket will hurt but your ego as well. let us put it this way, if you put yourself in this situation, it means, you are amenable to consequences that are about to happen. so don't play sorry for yourself if you will end up on the losing side.