Can you really master sports betting, or is it still all luck?

[MainIbem]

No body can master sport betting people win base on luck but that is after you have done some good prediction, when i start gambling and now there is an improvement i win more often now than when i started so even before luck come you have to also put some hard work to be able to analysis and gamble on games that have that gives you high chance of winning, those who analysis and predict well may likely win than some one who just rely on luck without doing some analysis. So winning required both skill and luck.

Yeah luck have a big role of play in any aspect of gambling be it slot games or sports games, but let's not forget the fact that sports betting still needs some understanding to pick the right odds or potential winning odds so instead of using the word "master" sports betting I think people should rather say understand sports betting cause no matter how you master it the house edge still supercede and the bettor still have to fall back to being lucky, yes those who understand the game, analyse the stats, forms and potential of different teams would likely have a better chances of winning than someone who doesn't.

[Franctoshi]

I’ve always wondered if sports betting can actually be learned the same way you develop skills in poker or trading. Some bettors claim they’ve improved over time , studying player stats, team form, odds movement, and even learning how to manage their bankroll properly.

But others still say it doesn’t matter how much research you do, because one bad call, injury, or last-minute play can ruin everything. So is it really a skill, or just controlled gambling that gives you the illusion of strategy?

What’s your personal experience? Do you feel you’ve gotten better with time, or is it still just luck deciding the outcome in the end?

Despite the unpredictable nature of football game, and those situations you made mention about that can happen in a football match, you still have to do all you can to be good at what you do by mastering and understand betting and by using those statistical data, teams current form at the time of the game, and regardless that football is also based on luck, you're a bit better than someone who is betting blindly.

[mirakal]

I’ve always wondered if sports betting can actually be learned the same way you develop skills in poker or trading. Some bettors claim they’ve improved over time , studying player stats, team form, odds movement, and even learning how to manage their bankroll properly.

But others still say it doesn’t matter how much research you do, because one bad call, injury, or last-minute play can ruin everything. So is it really a skill, or just controlled gambling that gives you the illusion of strategy?

What’s your personal experience? Do you feel you’ve gotten better with time, or is it still just luck deciding the outcome in the end?

I guess yes people can master this. But you need to dedicate all of your time researching data's and get updated with latest events also other happening in the league.

You need to have long term edge over the bookmakers and have data driven strategy before you can reach up on that situation.

But this is really so hard and not everyone have lots of time to do those things needed that's why only few people succeed on this.

I agree with that.
People think that spending more time on sports and watching live games, focusing on a particular game, makes it easier to predict which team will win the game. However, this will still give assurance because even betting only on the favorite team never wins. Which means that even after mastering sports betting, there is no way to make it perfect. Losses are still there, but at least our chances are higher than those who do nothing. That is why some take this as an opportunity because they believe that sports betting is profitable based on their experience.

[Marvelockg]

Despite the unpredictable nature of football game, and those situations you made mention about that can happen in a football match, you still have to do all you can to be good at what you do by mastering and understand betting and by using those statistical data, teams current form at the time of the game, and regardless that football is also based on luck, you're a bit better than someone who is betting blindly.

Your extent of understanding of games might vary with some people having better understanding of games but there's no way you're going to be able to master sports games completely well. Of cause, those that take it seriously put in extra effort to ensure that they learn the structure of games but what that only helps them do is that there chances of winning increases outside of which, they are still going to depend on how lucky they are in the game.

The result from sports games are a combination of how good your analytical skills are as well as how lucky shines on you. Those are the only things you are capable of influencing outside of which there's nothing you can. Do again.

[YOSHIE]

What’s your personal experience? Do you feel you’ve gotten better with time, or is it still just luck deciding the outcome in the end?

Sports betting is indeed different from other bets, of course why people like to gamble on sports, apart from the chance of winning a large percentage and also the payout is also large.
Luck or mastery, which is essentially sports betting, most people who place bets have a chance to win, we can predict the flow of play of the team and the teams competing, with analysis and history of their matches we can master which team has a greater chance.

For example Malta vs. Netherlands, you don't need to rely on luck just to see the Malta team and the Dutch team, it is 90% certain that the Netherlands will win, as well as boxing, tennis and so on, all of them have a track record of their matches.

[Davidvictorson]

I’ve always wondered if sports betting can actually be learned the same way you develop skills in poker or trading. Some bettors claim they’ve improved over time , studying player stats, team form, odds movement, and even learning how to manage their bankroll properly.

But others still say it doesn’t matter how much research you do, because one bad call, injury, or last-minute play can ruin everything. So is it really a skill, or just controlled gambling that gives you the illusion of strategy?

What’s your personal experience? Do you feel you’ve gotten better with time, or is it still just luck deciding the outcome in the end?

I think you improve over time in sports betting. You learn the leagues you bet on and that you can have a high chance of winning and the ones you completely avoid and save your money. You learn the different betting style and when to do a parlay, when to use the cash-out option and many others. In my estimation, they are highly critical skills which a sports bettor must master to give them some edge and shield them from losing money or gambling without self-control.

[MAAManda]

I’ve always wondered if sports betting can actually be learned the same way you develop skills in poker or trading. Some bettors claim they’ve improved over time , studying player stats, team form, odds movement, and even learning how to manage their bankroll properly.

But others still say it doesn’t matter how much research you do, because one bad call, injury, or last-minute play can ruin everything. So is it really a skill, or just controlled gambling that gives you the illusion of strategy?

I agree with some who argue that everything can change once the match starts, meaning there's still a luck factor involved. But I don't entirely agree with that, as analysis is also essential in sports betting. Analysis is a key technique, although ultimately, luck is the determining factor.

Some time ago, Manchester City played against Brentford & Manchester City was playing away. Based on analysis, the match should have ended 1 - 3 or 0 - 3, but what happened was contrary to most expectations, resulting in Brentford 0 - 1 Manchester City.

[Onyeeze]

I’ve always wondered if sports betting can actually be learned the same way you develop skills in poker or trading. Some bettors claim they’ve improved over time , studying player stats, team form, odds movement, and even learning how to manage their bankroll properly.

But others still say it doesn’t matter how much research you do, because one bad call, injury, or last-minute play can ruin everything. So is it really a skill, or just controlled gambling that gives you the illusion of strategy?

What’s your personal experience? Do you feel you’ve gotten better with time, or is it still just luck deciding the outcome in the end?

In gambling nothing you can master that will give you wining, you can master the background of sporty betting and other functions of betting, like knowing how to book games, different kind of games, also knowing the odds of the games, so many people can know same thing too, but for the aspect of knowing the games that will gives you wining, I don't think that such thing is possible, because gambling is not something that is guaranteed, we all have understood gambling as something that have to do with luck, and if you win, it because you're opportune to win at the moment, if sporty bet is something someone can master, that means that gamblers would have be recording wins every day in gambling.

[Shinpako09]

Mastery? You could be on the positive side if you’ve honed your skills plus luck. As for mastery itself, well, there’s no way you can accurately predict or always win. Earning a consistent profit is already hard enough, let alone achieving mastery. Just be happy if you manage to stay positive in the long run because there’s no such thing as true mastery in sports betting. It still requires luck no matter how much data you gather. Data and analysis can help, but they can’t guarantee a sure win.

[Versatile_choice]

No body can master sport betting people win base on luck but that is after you have done some good prediction, when i start gambling and now there is an improvement i win more often now than when i started so even before luck come you have to also put some hard work to be able to analysis and gamble on games that have that gives you high chance of winning, those who analysis and predict well may likely win than some one who just rely on luck without doing some analysis. So winning required both skill and luck.

Sure, you can never compare your experience from when you started gambling and this current stage. I'm sure that alot of things have changed, I remember when I was new into gambling then, I never thought about making analysis before betting. I do make random predictions and after that, I will have to place my bet and start hoping to get a positive result. but after going with this method for several times at it seems not to work as I expected then, I start looking into trying a different thing. I start consulting different sites for assistance then I start seeing some wining probability, and now I think I have not been losing in gamble unlike before.

[stadus]

Mastery? You could be on the positive side if you’ve honed your skills plus luck. As for mastery itself, well, there’s no way you can accurately predict or always win. Earning a consistent profit is already hard enough, let alone achieving mastery. Just be happy if you manage to stay positive in the long run because there’s no such thing as true mastery in sports betting. It still requires luck no matter how much data you gather. Data and analysis can help, but they can’t guarantee a sure win.

I think that’s the best definition of master - being profitable in the long run.

It’s impossible to win every single time, but it’s definitely possible to win most of the time. With the right skills, not just in predicting results but also in having proper discipline, especially with bankroll management, a gambler can actually end up being profitable. Who knows, maybe even reach the point where they can make a living out of sports betting.

[Dunamisx]

Why not, we can master to play sport bets, but before this could be fully achieved, we have to spend more of our time learning and playing, even at the least amount we could afford to play and learn, then we are not doing this all because we wanted to have a more winning edge in playing it, so as to turned sport a source of income, but in having a more better understanding of how to enjoy gambling with the acquired competence in us, as perfection is good in everything we do.

[POPOLUV]

I'm really struggling about this question on my mind before i just came across of it, with my passed experience so far and the current situation on how games is really playing i will be honest to myself that I'm not seeing myself being a master of sports betting because I'm founding it very difficult to be victorious over a placed bet in my online better account, even when i stake with the clubs that I'm sure of them winning yet they will end up lossing, for example i played Silver to lose to Barcelona but it happened that Barcelona lost that particular match, so i will so that winning games this days is tactically based on luck not being a master of sports betting.

[Akbarkoe]

I’ve always wondered if sports betting can actually be learned the same way you develop skills in poker or trading. Some bettors claim they’ve improved over time , studying player stats, team form, odds movement, and even learning how to manage their bankroll properly.

But others still say it doesn’t matter how much research you do, because one bad call, injury, or last-minute play can ruin everything. So is it really a skill, or just controlled gambling that gives you the illusion of strategy?

What’s your personal experience? Do you feel you’ve gotten better with time, or is it still just luck deciding the outcome in the end?

Research or analysis of a match that will be held between two different teams will only bring you closer to the possibility of getting the right prediction, it is only an approach method and there is no guarantee that the prediction from your analysis results can get a win, many unexpected things on the field that make the match unpredictable completely, but if it goes according to what you expect and the match runs normally without any interference as you said the possibility of winning the bet is much greater than just guessing, logically if analysis can guarantee your success, more rich people will be born from betting if someone can predict correctly every bet by only relying on such analysis.

[Localhostspeed]

I’ve always wondered if sports betting can actually be learned the same way you develop skills in poker or trading. Some bettors claim they’ve improved over time , studying player stats, team form, odds movement, and even learning how to manage their bankroll properly.

But others still say it doesn’t matter how much research you do, because one bad call, injury, or last-minute play can ruin everything. So is it really a skill, or just controlled gambling that gives you the illusion of strategy?

What’s your personal experience? Do you feel you’ve gotten better with time, or is it still just luck deciding the outcome in the end?

It can be learned but first you will have to understand how events happen. If you are a good analyst in football, you will have to be very active in football than any other games, you just have to choose one and don't have to be jack of all trade. Some people want to be expert in basketball and also be an expert in football, you can understand them both but you can't be that good and professional in the two games because their ideas are not the same.

You have to also learn to understand how to leave emotions out of the way. I can bet on my team to lose if I'm confident about it. I'm not doing it because I don't like them, I did it because that's how the game was. Learn to also understand how to play with instinct, some gamblers has this rule of not changing their mind after booking games until they loss the bet, I don't joke with my instincts if I don't feel right about a game that I book, I can change mind later.

[Wapfika]

Research or analysis of a match that will be held between two different teams will only bring you closer to the possibility of getting the right prediction, it is only an approach method and there is no guarantee that the prediction from your analysis results can get a win, many unexpected things on the field that make the match unpredictable completely, but if it goes according to what you expect and the match runs normally without any interference as you said the possibility of winning the bet is much greater than just guessing, logically if analysis can guarantee your success, more rich people will be born from betting if someone can predict correctly every bet by only relying on such analysis.

Some sports bettor manage to have an accurate analysis by using specific method to analyze data available. Same with poker, if you knew how to analyze well you can increase your chance of winning especially if you consider many scenario on the game on consider it on your analysis.

Sports betting already has a lot of betting type which the point spread is  very popular since it provides margin of error that will cover a minor mistakes on someone analysis.

Still, luck is crucial on sportsbook because it’s handy on a game that you commit mistake on analysis due unconsidered factor.

[Abbatty]

I’ve always wondered if sports betting can actually be learned the same way you develop skills in poker or trading. Some bettors claim they’ve improved over time , studying player stats, team form, odds movement, and even learning how to manage their bankroll properly.

But others still say it doesn’t matter how much research you do, because one bad call, injury, or last-minute play can ruin everything. So is it really a skill, or just controlled gambling that gives you the illusion of strategy?

What’s your personal experience? Do you feel you’ve gotten better with time, or is it still just luck deciding the outcome in the end?

It pure luck but the only thing you can only analyze the best possible outcome of a match but it not something you can bank on. If there is mastery to sport betting we would have at least known about an individual who has mastered it. If there is mastery to it do you think Gamblinb will still exist till today, the bookmakers won’t be making profit and would have stopped.

Just as no one knows about the future that how it is, if there is mastery to it the there won’t be prediction instead you will jus say what going to happen.

With time, so far I know and I lose, but that I Kwon is that I have learnt how to gamble responsibly, I have learn to believe there is nothing sure in gambling.

[panjul07]

Sports can be learned and maybe some people can master it but it does not mean that once someone master it, he has 100% winning chance because luck is also involved in sports.
Something unexpected may happen in a match that cant be predicted such as red card(s) on football which may make the game changed significantly.
The same also applies for poker game, it can be learned and some people can master it due to practices but luck will still involved.

[Obim34]

What’s your personal experience? Do you feel you’ve gotten better with time, or is it still just luck deciding the outcome in the end?

Sports betting isn't only about luck, skills are also useful in determining betting success. The longer you bet, the better you develop your skill level, when to manage risk and how to pick your odds despite the risk to that particular event.

Yes, sports betting can be mastered but not perfected, skill + luck+ experience (mastery).

Not just luck, I have had risky wins with my years of experience than i did when i started gambling, someone depending solely on luck won't be successful as another that utilizes both luck and skill with several years of experience.

[SOKO-DEKE]

I’ve always wondered if sports betting can actually be learned the same way you develop skills in poker or trading. Some bettors claim they’ve improved over time , studying player stats, team form, odds movement, and even learning how to manage their bankroll properly.

But others still say it doesn’t matter how much research you do, because one bad call, injury, or last-minute play can ruin everything. So is it really a skill, or just controlled gambling that gives you the illusion of strategy?

What’s your personal experience? Do you feel you’ve gotten better with time, or is it still just luck deciding the outcome in the end?

With the little experience I have gathered in sports betting, I do not see a way that someone can truly master it. I believe that winning depends mostly on luck, because unexpected things happen in sports betting especially in football.Let’s just look at what happens almost every week in football: one big team will lose to a weaker team that no one expected them to lose to. And it's not necessarily because the key players are injured or their performance is reduced it just happens like that.

Some research and analysis can bring luck sometimes, but I wouldn’t say anyone can master sports betting. If someone had mastered it, they would always get good results. For example, if they placed five bets, they would only lose one or two out of the five, and they would always get the results they expected.But I don’t think there’s anyone who has been consistently betting on sports and is always winning more than they lose in everything they bet on.