Would meeting a profitable sports bettor change your mind?

[Rockstarguy]

I myself am a person who can be said to be easily influenced especially by things that have advantages or things that I really like. I have a preference for something so if someone else has an advantage it might change my mind, but it's not certain because sometimes I have other things to do. And I don't have a strong interest in sports betting.

But with something like gambling and understanding what it is, even if you see someone who is doing well, I mean having a good gambling outcome, it should change your perspective on how you used to see gambling because gambling remains what it is.

 It is possible that if you change your mind just because gambling is going well for someone else, it may not really favor you like it did for the other person. Gambling is very unpredictable, and it is better for people to just stick to their perspective on it. There is no need to change one's mind about gambling.

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If you believe sports betting can’t be profitable, and you meet someone you know is consistently winning long term, would that change your opinion or would you still say it’s just luck?
And if you already believe it’s possible, would that motivate you to seriously try the same path and aim for real profitability, not just casual betting?
Simple question, curious to hear honest answers.

Here we have to change the question of motive because gambling is played for entertainment, it will be profitable, this cannot be our main target. If someone does not like sports betting, then what he likes is casino slot games, then he should play slot games because he will get enjoyment from this, but he will not be able to enjoy sports betting and so here he will not be playing real gambling, rather there is a high possibility of loss from this type of gambling, because if someone sees that someone he knows is earning thousand of dollar by betting on such sports, then he can also gamble with a huge amount of money and the results of which are always terrible.

[Somto9Light]

Obviously seeing someone who is profitable when you barely win from gamble would make you start thinking that maybe you're not doing the right thing, this has happened to me before when I saw a guy making steady profit from gambling steady I mean he manage to win almost every week even though the fixture is somehow tough yet he will manage to score green in one of his ticket. So this got me thinking that what could possibly be the reason why I have not been wining like him, then I start to mingle with him and I must say that there's a lot of changes in me.

[shasan]

If you believe sports betting can’t be profitable, and you meet someone you know is consistently winning long term, would that change your opinion or would you still say it’s just luck?

And if you already believe it’s possible, would that motivate you to seriously try the same path and aim for real profitability, not just casual betting?

Simple question, curious to hear honest answers.

Sports betting is not only based on luck. It is based on skill and experience game as well as an analytical game. So, there is no reason to not to believe that anyone becoming winer for a long time. Hence on sportsbook a lot of people can be winer if the person can control emotion.

[Strongkored]

If you believe sports betting can’t be profitable, and you meet someone you know is consistently winning long term, would that change your opinion or would you still say it’s just luck?

And if you already believe it’s possible, would that motivate you to seriously try the same path and aim for real profitability, not just casual betting?

Simple question, curious to hear honest answers.

I'm always amazed to see members' posts showing their betting wins. This really motivates me, but I also know that while the wins are shown, there are also losses that aren't shown. Therefore, sports betting still requires luck, even if the portion isn't that big. For example, when we want to bet on high odds or on multi-bets with many legs, it still requires analysis, and with a little luck, we might be able to win bigger.