Skill and luck, which play bigger role in sports betting?

[wozzek23]

Sports betting still requires luck, especially for bettors who prefer high-risk bets, such as parlay bets with many legs.
It's impossible for them to choose randomly, they certainly analyze the results, but imagine doing enough analysis to be wrong, yet luck leads to a win despite the high risk.

This is basically just saying we need both skill and luck to win. You can't secure your winning with your analysis; luck helps finish the job. We can only use those analyses to make our good pick and allow our luck to handle the rest. Even if we are not betting on high-risk parlay games, we still need luck to be on our side to win a sporting event bet.

Yes luck can always be needed but we just can't rely on luck every time right? We do need some skills so we can make our predictions before we place the bet. Not everyone is lucky enough to end up winning in every game. Sometimes luck will play a better role but sometimes luck will just make us end up in losses. Not everyone is lucky enough right? So for those who are not lucky enough, skills is their main weapon and they can only profit out of gambling if they acquire required skills.

Making skilled bets can increase our chances of winning rather than luck based betting. I do not have good experience trying my luck with gambling so I would prefer using my skills instead.

[jossiel]

All of what you've said, I agree with if it's about the consistency of the team and as well as the bettor. But I beg to disagree about luck is the main role here.

In sports betting, we've got stats to based with and that's how the bettors are looking up to if they are going to bet seriously.

While I don't dispose and ignore the factor of luck, it's not the main thing that brings up a win for both bettors and teams.

We can see a team with a lot of star players but lose from a team without a single star players. So, from this we can say the team with start players is unlucky because lose from mediocre team. I know, stats give us more perspective to choose one of team to bet on. But, this still a prediction with higher probability to get the right choise. But, the results of the game, we never know before full time happens. So, there still a luck for us to get the win, well i aggree this cant be said as the main role for sport betting, but luck still become something that never be forgotten when we are betting.

In most sports, even with star players, that doesn't guarantee them to win. They have a upperhand but it still means that they can lose.

So, it all still goes with skills but I won't deny that there's a bit of luck in there. I wouldn't belittle those teams that have little to no stars.

They won't be inside the league of that sport if they are not good and skilled enough.

[Jody.Drummer]

While both are required in sports betting, skill seems to play a greater role. A person with good knowledge and adequate skills has a greater chance of winning, although ultimately it comes down to luck. No one can win easily by relying solely on random predictions in sports betting.
I believe that with good skills, for example, if we are highly confident, if our skills and analysis are good, our chances are greater than luck, such as 60% skill, with the rest being luck, or perhaps even less.

Yes, skill is more important in sports betting but every gambler should ultimately be lucky to win. Random gambling and unplanned betting can reduce your chances of winning to near zero. If there is planning and preparation before betting, then the chances of winning increase to a great extent. Skill in gambling reduces the amount of losses but overconfidence does not increase the amount of wins. I think skill is a special element for winning in gambling but luck is the most important for winning.

That's right, so indeed these two factors play an important role in gambling even we really need luck to win and yes even though sports betting or other types of games that require skill still the luck factor cannot be eliminated so maybe saying luck plays a bigger role it makes sense, because in all types of gambling luck while with skill not all gambling games require it. With confidence in my opinion, it will only make us confident and this has the opportunity to make big losses occur, because this is likely to make us bet again when we have lost because we are still confident that we will be able to win.

[Orpichukwu]

Luck has the role it plays personally in sports betting, but to me skill is the most critical part, which is why we need to learn and know about betting before you can start that journey. If you don't have prediction skill, your chances of winning in every single bet will be entirely based on probability. With skill, you will only need luck for the players to be productive and play accordingly and not for anything to cause any trouble that could possibly lead to the game outcome being affected.

[Proty]

Luck has the role it plays personally in sports betting, but to me skill is the most critical part, which is why we need to learn and know about betting before you can start that journey. If you don't have prediction skill, your chances of winning in every single bet will be entirely based on probability. With skill, you will only need luck for the players to be productive and play accordingly and not for anything to cause any trouble that could possibly lead to the game outcome being affected.

it is possible for someone that started gambling today, that has no gambling skills that have a huge winnings while those that has been gambling for ages even with their gambling skills were unable to win anything big.so I think the most important thing in gambling is luck, without luck even the most skill gambler can't win a bet. I would prefer for luck to always be on my side while betting than to have a gambling skill without being lucky. Don't forget gambling is a game of luck , if skill can secure a gambler a win then we can't say that gambling is a game of luck.

[Orpichukwu]

Luck has the role it plays personally in sports betting, but to me skill is the most critical part, which is why we need to learn and know about betting before you can start that journey. If you don't have prediction skill, your chances of winning in every single bet will be entirely based on probability. With skill, you will only need luck for the players to be productive and play accordingly and not for anything to cause any trouble that could possibly lead to the game outcome being affected.

it is possible for someone that started gambling today, that has no gambling skills that have a huge winnings while those that has been gambling for ages even with their gambling skills were unable to win anything big.so I think the most important thing in gambling is luck, without luck even the most skill gambler can't win a bet. I would prefer for luck to always be on my side while betting than to have a gambling skill without being lucky. Don't forget gambling is a game of luck , if skill can secure a gambler a win then we can't say that gambling is a game of luck.

When it comes to winning one time, then you could be right, and I will agree with you, but you see, when we talk about winning in sports betting in the long run, luck has little role to play. That same person who places a bet on random games and is lucky to win that very day can't try that next time and still win, but the person with skill might also not be winning every day, but his chances of winning are higher than the bettor without any single skill and who knows nothing about what they are doing.

[masulum]

In most sports, even with star players, that doesn't guarantee them to win. They have a upperhand but it still means that they can lose.

So, it all still goes with skills but I won't deny that there's a bit of luck in there. I wouldn't belittle those teams that have little to no stars.

They won't be inside the league of that sport if they are not good and skilled enough.

Yup, that's why I say that luck plays a significant role in betting results. We can't rely on predictions to guarantee a certain outcome, right? Well, we can choose clubs wisely based on statistics, players, and physical characteristics. However, no matter how small the role of luck is, it still plays a role and gives a main result at the end of the match.

[junder]

There's nothing much to think about here people. Casino games like slots, roulette, baccarat, dice etc are 100% based on luck and nothing else while sports betting depends on a combination of skill and luck. Simple!

That particular combination varies depending on the skill level involved basically which is why there is some randomness involved here. Overall, I believe skill plays a bigger role in this context.

Short, precise and accurate answer!
I agree with what you said in the first paragraph and there is no doubt about it because that is the reality.

In sports betting indeed good skills can increase the chances of winning, because with good skills we will be able to analyze it as well as possible so if indeed with sports betting it makes no sense to do it by relying only on luck alone it is a mistake, at least there must be skills that can help to increase the chances of winning.

[irhact]

There have been so much argument about gambling being a game of luck and not necessarily skill but is that really true? Sports betting is not entirely based on lucky because there can be expertise in analysis that can give a gambling some form of advantage and ease to win gambling. Am I thinking too much or skill is definitely the major factor in sports betting and not luck?

Gambling depends on probability, which is luck in a way. If the probability of something happening is greater than it not happening, I can put something precious to the statement but no matter how well calculated the probability is, it all still depends on luck.....now skill, when we talk about skill in gambling, skills can help you lose less, it can make you draw out calculated probability but ultimately  it depends on luck.
When you cannot control 100% of the outcome then it never truly depends on your skill.

[GIF-JOBS]

There have been so much argument about gambling being a game of luck and not necessarily skill but is that really true? Sports betting is not entirely based on lucky because there can be expertise in analysis that can give a gambling some form of advantage and ease to win gambling. Am I thinking too much or skill is definitely the major factor in sports betting and not luck?

Gambling depends on probability, which is luck in a way. If the probability of something happening is greater than it not happening, I can put something precious to the statement but no matter how well calculated the probability is, it all still depends on luck.....now skill, when we talk about skill in gambling, skills can help you lose less, it can make you draw out calculated probability but ultimately  it depends on luck.
When you cannot control 100% of the outcome then it never truly depends on your skill.

The point here is very clear and if a gambler can understand this point correctly, then it is definitely possible to avoid big losses. People usually decide to bet extra due to their misconceptions, they think that this match will be in their favor and that too with certainty. But here is the main wrong mentality, nothing is certain in gambling, even if you have skills, researching through that skill only increases the chances of winning, but even then the whole thing depends on uncertainty.

[Webutxo]

Luck has the role it plays personally in sports betting, but to me skill is the most critical part, which is why we need to learn and know about betting before you can start that journey. If you don't have prediction skill, your chances of winning in every single bet will be entirely based on probability. With skill, you will only need luck for the players to be productive and play accordingly and not for anything to cause any trouble that could possibly lead to the game outcome being affected.

Luck is important in gambling but if you want to go far in gambling, you have to rely on how to make use of skills to perform basic skills to win in betting. How can a gambler win games if he doesn't have any skills, it's not possible, I'm not sure if luck is going to make any impact on a gambler that doest have skills, you need skills to be able to differentoate between teams that can do well and the teams that are weak at the moment, how to pick your games.

As a gambler you can have a good skills and not depend on luck and the bet is going to be in your favour and you can also but you can't be a gambler that only depend on gambling for luck because not everyday in casino you get luck to win games, the chance are even based on the game you played.

[goldkingcoiner]

There have been so much argument about gambling being a game of luck and not necessarily skill but is that really true? Sports betting is not entirely based on lucky because there can be expertise in analysis that can give a gambling some form of advantage and ease to win gambling. Am I thinking too much or skill is definitely the major factor in sports betting and not luck?

There is no such thing as luck.

It is a game of probability. Probability is mathematical, luck is superstition.

And all gambling casinos have their own house edges added into the equation. The casino will always be "luckier" because of this. If you win 40% of the time, the casino will win 60% of the time. Otherwise the casino business model would collapse.

There is also no such thing as skill in gambling. If you want to gamble, just gamble. But don't believe that you can do something to raise your odds of winning.

[Wakate]

Your skill can not last long when booking games that will finally make you profits. You can be booking good games and be making money gradually but time could come when the team you have selected could suddenly starts playing anyhow making you to lose bets without numbers. The same case happens with Liverpool today that made many gamblers that added them to their game to lose money.

[SUPERSAIAN]

This has been debated many times, and it seems it will continue to be so. There's no such thing as pure luck in sports, if you have at least some analysis and knowledge, you have an advantage over a clueless bettor. Even with good analysis and knowledge, you'll still need a lot of luck to place a successful bet.