Is there really skill in sports betting?

[adultcrypto]

There is this doubt that have suddenly filled my mind regarding my skills in sports betting.  Most times the games I am sure of end up not working as predicted whereas the ones I play with doubt and fear work out fine. This makes me begin to wonder if there is actually skill in sports betting or it is entirely a game of luck. I understand that knowing events across different sports and leagues can help in the selection, this is what many people interpret as skill, but sometimes despite this knowledge, consistency is still a problem. .

[Orpichukwu]

It's what it is in the game; gambling will always show us why it's gambling, and for the game, you might be busy making your own analysis of how the game will play while the team will be on the other end making their own plan on how they want to end the game, which won't be the same as you predicted in some cases too. Some games might fall under fixed matches, or some teams can just be unlucky. Whatever the case, maybe what it's just telling us at the end is that we can't completely predict the outcome of what we are not controlling.

[Hispo]

there is indeed some minimum skill when comes to sportbetting and correctly predict the outcome of games and matches, but I believe those skills are overshadowed by the luck component those matches have attached to them and make them completely unpredictable in the even of the average sport bettor.
A profesional sport bettor or one who tries to be one usually tries to analize the performance of their favorite teams against their foes and calculate the rate of success in different situations, still there is no warranty of earning money from betting on sports.
Skills in this contexts is used just to increase the rate of success a little bit than the average, but it would be a easy path to become rich with Sportbetting, it is something to keep in mind.

[Davidvictorson]

There is some degree of skill involved in sports betting. Mind you being skillful at something doesn't mean that there won't be any losses. It doesn't mean that things would work out perfectly well. No. It is the same way too in sports betting. In your case this may rather not be a skill problem but a strategy problem. Because you didn't give us enough details or context, I cannot say which is which.

[Charles-Tim]

Sports or not sports, no skills in getting for consistent winning.

It is true that you can analyze a match before it starts but you can see how unpredictable some matches are. Some matches might end up as loss while some clubs that you thing may not win might draw or won.

Just know that bookies set the odds in a way gamblers will later lose. Gamble and have fun. If no fun derived from it, stop gambling.

[Die_empty]

It's what it is in the game; gambling will always show us why it's gambling, and for the game, you might be busy making your own analysis of how the game will play while the team will be on the other end making their own plan on how they want to end the game, which won't be the same as you predicted in some cases too. Some games might fall under fixed matches, or some teams can just be unlucky. Whatever the case, maybe what it's just telling us at the end is that we can't completely predict the outcome of what we are not controlling.

In my perspective winning sport bets is a combination of skills and luck. You need to learn how to check the head-to-head of the teams that are involved. The quality of players and coaches needs to be studied before you can make your predictions. But in some cases, a very good analysis might not produce wins because of the uncertainty of sports activities. This is when you need luck to scale through. Even when clubs are labeled as favorites, they might end up losing the game. Sports results are also unpredictable because small teams can end up winning big clubs. Some gamblers have made some good money by betting against teams that are presumed the favorites. Fixed matches are rare in top-flight leagues. Hence, their influence on the results of most major leagues is highly negligible.

[Tmoonz]

There is this doubt that have suddenly filled my mind regarding my skills in sports betting.  Most times the games I am sure of end up not working as predicted whereas the ones I play with doubt and fear work out fine. This makes me begin to wonder if there is actually skill in sports betting or it is entirely a game of luck. I understand that knowing events across different sports and leagues can help in the selection, this is what many people interpret as skill, but sometimes despite this knowledge, consistency is still a problem. .

For me I would say that there is skill in sports betting but adviseably one should not completely rely so much on his or her skills as completely relying on one skills can lead to over confidence which can be very problematic and emotional devastation especially when they game go against you. But however it is your skills that will help you in keeping up with old and current news, making comparisons and arrive at your conclusions, thou there is no guarantee to all of this, the logic should be, explore your skills and accept whatever that becomes the outcomes.

[JunaidAzizi]

Gambling is half skill and half depends on your luck, and that's how it works. Usually, you see that your prediction goes wrong just because you don't have the potential skill to predict the next movement of the game, and sometimes you will not be sure, but suddenly things change, and you will win that bet because of luck. Both play a role in gambling, but when it comes to sports betting, it requires your skill, skill of analysation, skill of understanding and skill of identification.

In sports betting, your luck will minimally work, and all your chances of winning depend on your skill to analyze the team performance against the opponent team by their previous matches and their present match too, and then decide to bet on the team. If you have enough skills to identify the weaknesses or strengths of the team, then you will succeed in your betting.

[BITCOIN4X]

There is this doubt that have suddenly filled my mind regarding my skills in sports betting.  Most times the games I am sure of end up not working as predicted whereas the ones I play with doubt and fear work out fine. This makes me begin to wonder if there is actually skill in sports betting or it is entirely a game of luck. I understand that knowing events across different sports and leagues can help in the selection, this is what many people interpret as skill, but sometimes despite this knowledge, consistency is still a problem. .

All of this really depends on your gambling style. I think you will actually win more bets especially sports betting (football) if you only bet on favorite teams like Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City. It is true that sometimes you have to lose because your favorite team can also lose or draw, but you have to be sure that it is impossible for you to win all the bets.

You have to be very sharp in making choices, especially in matches that bring together two teams that are relatively even in terms of squad depth. It's always difficult to determine who will win when both teams have almost equal squads, so regarding this match your win and loss ratio will probably be the same. But listen to this advice, don't bet just to win, but get the fun from it.

[stomachgrowls]

There is this doubt that have suddenly filled my mind regarding my skills in sports betting.  Most times the games I am sure of end up not working as predicted whereas the ones I play with doubt and fear work out fine. This makes me begin to wonder if there is actually skill in sports betting or it is entirely a game of luck. I understand that knowing events across different sports and leagues can help in the selection, this is what many people interpret as skill, but sometimes despite this knowledge, consistency is still a problem. .

Usually you would really be that moulding up these kind of questions into your mind on the time that you would really be finding yourself losing even if you have given your best shot in terms of analysis
and other correlated aspects on the time that you do pick up your bets on which i could say that it would really be that normal. There would really be a time or moment that you would really be having those kind of questions back into your head on what the heck you have done something wrong. You thought that it was plain perfect or everything is really that you could confidently say that it is really that most likely to win,
not until on the time that you had lost your bet then of course you would really be raising up those kind of questions on what the heck happened?

We should really be that always thinking up realistically that gambling or betting or any sort of risking money to earn money will really always that relies on luck or something a factor that shouldnt really be
removed because no matter how good your pick is but if luck isnt on your side then it would really be that totally a shit pick in the end. Skills in sports betting will definitely talk about on how
well you are knowledgeable on a specific sports on which considered to be included into that part.

[Huppercase]

There is this doubt that have suddenly filled my mind regarding my skills in sports betting.  Most times the games I am sure of end up not working as predicted whereas the ones I play with doubt and fear work out fine. This makes me begin to wonder if there is actually skill in sports betting or it is entirely a game of luck. I understand that knowing events across different sports and leagues can help in the selection, this is what many people interpret as skill, but sometimes despite this knowledge, consistency is still a problem. .

I have been here and done this many times but I will tell you for free that skills over doubt and fear. When you make blind predictions and don't put much effort, they tend to win most times you can ever imagine but I want to tell you that it's for a short time. You will run out of the luck and what will save you later is the luck, so learn to used your skill to develop that luck so you can use the rest of your days winning with skills.

Another thing is don't get frustrated with your predictions. I have went for a full month predicting Premier League games but the way Chelsea and Manchester United were having unstable constituency in their games and how Arsenal were losing hurt me but I came back with good result again that covered all that I lost one for that month. Gambling can be scary sometimes.

[electronicash]

arbitrage betting certainly need a skill.

but yep, if you know the sport then you may already know the tools in who to put your money on. there have been people claiming to be good in predicting winners, if anyone have made success in doing it, i think one can also learn to do it.

[BABY SHOES]

Sports betting is not entirely luck there are still skills needed to increase your chances in betting, because there are so many types of bets in sports in one match so many bookies give you odds options the rest you can analyze yourself and completely not skill but luck will always be there.

Have you ever experienced where you have analyzed sports betting and researched for a long time to find out the players before the match starts, but in the end the prediction is not in line and the bet loses, then the luck factor is still there.

For me of course skills in sports betting will always be there, I'm sure some of the coaches have skills even if it's just a little.

[Wiwo]

There is this doubt that have suddenly filled my mind regarding my skills in sports betting.  Most times the games I am sure of end up not working as predicted whereas the ones I play with doubt and fear work out fine. This makes me begin to wonder if there is actually skill in sports betting or it is entirely a game of luck. I understand that knowing events across different sports and leagues can help in the selection, this is what many people interpret as skill, but sometimes despite this knowledge, consistency is still a problem. .

Sometimes you may feel like that because football is an unpredictable game so no matter your analysis ability, there is always a chance that will bit your outcome, sometimes it plays out the way you want them, but other times, the match will just go in another direction that may be totally out of your prediction.

But regardless of that, we shouldn't undermine the the power of analysis when it comes to sport bets because all the information that we need to work with in real time are all presented.

[iBaba]

There is this doubt that have suddenly filled my mind regarding my skills in sports betting.  Most times the games I am sure of end up not working as predicted whereas the ones I play with doubt and fear work out fine. This makes me begin to wonder if there is actually skill in sports betting or it is entirely a game of luck. I understand that knowing events across different sports and leagues can help in the selection, this is what many people interpret as skill, but sometimes despite this knowledge, consistency is still a problem. .

One thing that I can assure you works quite effectively with sports betting is experience. When you have experience in placing bets, you could enjoy the benefits of having upper hands than someone who barely knows little about the gambling. With gambling, you are rest assured that what will play out in the end is your luck, however, you can have more lucks and chances by your side if you've gannered some wealth of experience in the gambling industry aside from the luck that comes with every attempt and efforts you make.

[bitbollo]

the first skill is the ability of fast calculation (even at a statistical level). of course they know very well the games/ teams/ player (skills of memory).
Good gamblers know how to recognize an advantageous odd with a simple glance in matter of few seconds.
They are calm/ relaxed with outcomes. They are also able to manage their money in a profitable manner.

[Frankolala]

There is this doubt that have suddenly filled my mind regarding my skills in sports betting.  Most times the games I am sure of end up not working as predicted whereas the ones I play with doubt and fear work out fine. This makes me begin to wonder if there is actually skill in sports betting or it is entirely a game of luck. I understand that knowing events across different sports and leagues can help in the selection, this is what many people interpret as skill, but sometimes despite this knowledge, consistency is still a problem. .

In sportbet skill which is the knowledge on the game and the clubs in question is good but that doesn't means that skill supercedes luck. Lucky is what gambling is all about and that is why I do call it try your luck down here in my country.

One thing with sportbet is that you are predicting the future which you don't know how the outcome will be and there are some unforeseen challenges that will play out in the match. This is where luck plays a major role in gamble than skill. When gambling it is good to gamble for fun in order to be free with your bet and not to bet with fear.

[Doan9269]

This makes me begin to wonder if there is actually skill in sports betting or it is entirely a game of luck.

With the way am seeing it, sport betting is not a game of skills neither is it a game of luck like the way slot is, bit am going to support the fact that its of game of experience and knowledge, how knowledgeable we are in sporting activities and the exposure will help us in many ways to move closer to winning bets on sports games, though the decision each one of us make could also help constitute as part of how lucky we may appear in playing the games or not.

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There is this doubt that have suddenly filled my mind regarding my skills in sports betting.  Most times the games I am sure of end up not working as predicted whereas the ones I play with doubt and fear work out fine. This makes me begin to wonder if there is actually skill in sports betting or it is entirely a game of luck. I understand that knowing events across different sports and leagues can help in the selection, this is what many people interpret as skill, but sometimes despite this knowledge, consistency is still a problem. .

Gambling always depends on luck what ever you can say you have analysis skill on sports. And if there is anything that works by the gambler's skill then gambling can be also taken as a money making source. But I will say that analysis skill can grow up your winning ratio but ultimately gambling depends on luck. When it's come to sports betting everyone should have at least the knowledge about the sports and teams which he bettinng

[Fivestar4everMVP]

There is this doubt that have suddenly filled my mind regarding my skills in sports betting.  Most times the games I am sure of end up not working as predicted whereas the ones I play with doubt and fear work out fine. This makes me begin to wonder if there is actually skill in sports betting or it is entirely a game of luck. I understand that knowing events across different sports and leagues can help in the selection, this is what many people interpret as skill, but sometimes despite this knowledge, consistency is still a problem. .

What one basically in sports betting is good knowledge of sports, this helps the gambler to atleast, know which club or team to bet for when ever there is a match going on or coming up.
Having a good sports knowledge increases one chances of making the right choice in their bet, but this does not completely undermine the place of luck, and this is because aside from having a good sports knowledge, sports betting is solely a luck based game or type of gambling, since it has to do with prediction the future or outcome of a future event, and since no one has the ability or capacity to tell what will or can happen in the future, it takes being lucky to accurately predict the outcome of a sporting event.

So, overall, sports knowledge helps a gambler to know which team to place a bet on, but at the end of the day, luck is what decides whether the gambler will win that bet or not.