Does Discipline Matter Compared to Prediction Accuracy?

[programmer3666]

Lately it seems like a whole lot of gamblers just focus their energy on prediction accuracy!! More about getting the right games, right odds or even the possible outcomes. But if you take a good look at the positive feedbacks from those who have a good win rate, you will realize that discipline plays a much bigger role in the long run. Because you can be fairly good at predicting matches, yet still lose money if you overstake, chase losses, ignore limits or decide to gullibly bet emotionally. But somehow someone with very average prediction skills but have a strong discipline normally survives much longer in the system.

Discipline surely controls how you bet, while accuracy only affects what you bet on. Without discipline, even good predictions can be wasted efforts and resources.

[swogerino]

Lately it seems like a whole lot of gamblers just focus their energy on prediction accuracy!! More about getting the right games, right odds or even the possible outcomes. But if you take a good look at the positive feedbacks from those who have a good win rate, you will realize that discipline plays a much bigger role in the long run. Because you can be fairly good at predicting matches, yet still lose money if you overstake, chase losses, ignore limits or decide to gullibly bet emotionally. But somehow someone with very average prediction skills but have a strong discipline normally survives much longer in the system.

Discipline surely controls how you bet, while accuracy only affects what you bet on. Without discipline, even good predictions can be wasted efforts and resources.

Discipline and gambling do not align very well in the same sentence in my opinion. This because every gambler loves to win and most of these sport bettors try to do their best and win as many bets as they can yet as you say they lose more than win in most cases. For me this has not a lot to do with discipline rather than no one can predict outside factors in sport betting which are massive nowadays, for me the main one that bring these surprise results every single day are the referees, I know I have said it many other times yet I cannot emphasize how important a referee is in a soccer game, they have full power, no one says a thing to them and these surprise results keep coming. So no matter how disciplined you may be you cannot outperform the referees and cannot make it a reality to win more than you lose.

[Questat]

It matters a lot, because your prediction accuracy won’t mean anything if you’re not disciplined, especially when it comes to bankroll management. You can win 8 out of 10 bets, but the moment you lose control after a loss and go all in, that’s where everything falls apart.

Discipline and skill have to go together. Without that balance, you’ll never really be extraordinary as a gambler.

[AmoreJaz]

Discipline for me, when it comes to gambling is to stick to your limits. If you can keep up with such restriction, you won't have problem with your financial aspect of life. So let's say, you still wanna bet but you have no more spare funds - sticking to not betting even if you want to will not give you trouble. But if you continue and you find a way how to bet like you borrowed or loaned money just to bet. That's when you will have problem later on.

So yes, for me, discipline is like your enemy in this life. Your own self is your enemy so to speak. But if you can beat yourself, it means, no financial trouble for you. And more than likely, you surely want that kind of life rather than regret on what you've done.

[odunybiz]

Lately it seems like a whole lot of gamblers just focus their energy on prediction accuracy!! More about getting the right games, right odds or even the possible outcomes. But if you take a good look at the positive feedbacks from those who have a good win rate, you will realize that discipline plays a much bigger role in the long run. Because you can be fairly good at predicting matches, yet still lose money if you overstake, chase losses, ignore limits or decide to gullibly bet emotionally. But somehow someone with very average prediction skills but have a strong discipline normally survives much longer in the system.

Discipline surely controls how you bet, while accuracy only affects what you bet on. Without discipline, even good predictions can be wasted efforts and resources.

Predicting accurately, discipline, financial management and self control are all needed to make a good gambling lifestyle. Although some life behind predicting accurately and base their gambling on luck but in any of the case, self discipline, self control and financial management shouldn't be overlooked.

[boyptc]

Discipline is all about including your emotions and the bets that will be made from your decisions. If you're not disciplined, even if you're about to be out of your bankroll, you'll still continue.

It doesn't matter what you bet and the accuracy about it but, it's about how you react with how you gamble.

That can be a determining factor when you're not disciplined and that practice is going to show how reckless you are as a gambler.

[lionheart78]

Discipline does matter when we are talking about gambling but we should nott omit prediction accuracy.  They should go along with each other, diacipline and prediction accuracy for higher chance of avoiding losses.  Discipline to avoid unnecessary bets and prediction accuracy for higher chance of winning.

So why choose one over the other when applying both will give us better result when engaging in gambling

[nelson4lov]

Both are equally important but I'm leaning more on discipline. Because if you're very disciplined with how you go about your business (gambling),the winnings will average out the losses. Last year, I made a plan to never go above a specific amount. For instance, if $3.5, all bets usually follow the same standard amount of $3.5 across the board.

 I use same bankroll value for all other bets and even though sometimes I have the urge to go higher than my base.

[Joy- maker]

I can't agree Less because discipline is actually what control how we bet. Because If a gambler is not disciplined enough he or she is go to gamble recklessly despite being good in predicting football matches. See if someone is good in predicting football matches and he or she is not disciplined trust me that dude is going to be the worst gambler  you ever see.
So I will advice you not to  allow your predicting skill to deceive you or fool you in anyway, because gambling is a game of luck. So even if you trust your predicting always stake the amount you can afford to loose to avoid chasing after your looses and end up loosing more money in the process.

[Churchillvv]

If you talk about discipline in gambling I feel like we are talking about job or something creative but it’s not so why discipline when it’s about luck no matter the effort I put in to make more better and consistent bets especially in sport betting I feel like it’s just about predicting better than discipline as discipline has to do with repeating trying to make more profit everyday and that ends up in ruining the fun of gambling.

[Asuspawer09]

That make sense, dicipline is going to matter a lot when it comes to gambling, I mean prediction accuracy was just a long shot that wasn't actually worth it since most of the time the game was just surely going to be pure luck so it doesn't make sense to relay on accuracy alone, If you are going to focus on dicipline you are going to have a much better percentage of winning and could easily end up making a lot more money, it doesn't mean that you are going to make a low bet every time just to play it safe, but putting only bets that you could easily afford to lose, but at the same time increasing bet as well if you really then that the next round have a higher chances of winning ofcourse still depending on what kind of games you are playing.

Still having both is gonna be better, having that discipline and accuracy, if it is even possible, it is a much better thing. Still, you have to manage your finances when it comes to this since you dont want to just go all in on gambling. It's just a reminder that you dont want to put all your efforts or energy on gambling, it is just not a sustainable thing most of the time.

[rachael9385]

Lately it seems like a whole lot of gamblers just focus their energy on prediction accuracy!! More about getting the right games, right odds or even the possible outcomes. But if you take a good look at the positive feedbacks from those who have a good win rate, you will realize that discipline plays a much bigger role in the long run. Because you can be fairly good at predicting matches, yet still lose money if you overstake, chase losses, ignore limits or decide to gullibly bet emotionally. But somehow someone with very average prediction skills but have a strong discipline normally survives much longer in the system.

Discipline surely controls how you bet, while accuracy only affects what you bet on. Without discipline, even good predictions can be wasted efforts and resources.

Even with the best strategy without discipline it is going to be useless because you cannot any control over the way you gamble. With discipline comes the understanding of risk management and other important things needed to maintain profit. being in profit in the long run when it comes to betting takes more than just understanding how to predict you must be disciplined to be able to maintain profits.

[Agbamoni]

The reason why I gamble is not to survive longer, I dont do that shit. Those who are gambling for profit can relate to it, not me, who is looking to be profitable in the long term.

I dont agree with you in your last sentence. Discipline dont control the outcome of your bet. Discipline is focused on your risk management, not your prediction. You can be lucky when you pick odds randomly, hope you know that.

[Odusko]

Lately it seems like a whole lot of gamblers just focus their energy on prediction accuracy!! More about getting the right games, right odds or even the possible outcomes. But if you take a good look at the positive feedbacks from those who have a good win rate, you will realize that discipline plays a much bigger role in the long run. Because you can be fairly good at predicting matches, yet still lose money if you overstake, chase losses, ignore limits or decide to gullibly bet emotionally. But somehow someone with very average prediction skills but have a strong discipline normally survives much longer in the system.

Discipline surely controls how you bet, while accuracy only affects what you bet on. Without discipline, even good predictions can be wasted efforts and resources.

Decipline can help you to limit your risks such as to apply stop point and bankroll management, but still that can not make the overall standing or aiding you to win at all as you mention, winning is a product of either your skills and luck and there is no two ways about that factor we should be get that point very clear at least it helps us to channel our focus to the most important thing rather that shifting attention.

[Cantsay]

Discipline surely controls how you bet, while accuracy only affects what you bet on. Without discipline, even good predictions can be wasted efforts and resources.

You already answered what I had in mind the moment I read the title of the thread.

If you’re focused on prediction accuracy you’ll lose track of your total bets and that might be problematic because you’ll most likely start betting too much because you’re chasing for more wins and as we all know gambling outcome isn’t certain and that pose a problem. But when you introduce discipline, not only do you stay conscious of your bets, you’ll also be able to get off your screen and call it a day when you see that your beginning to bet more than usually but when you’re just betting and looking for games that have the highest chance of success you’ll most likely start exhibiting bad gambling habits.

[Kelvinid]

In everything that you do, once you prioritize discipline over greed, the result will always be favorable. This is applicable not just in gambling but even in trading as well.

Bankroll management and discipline should be inseparable. They should be on top of every gambler so that unwanted losses will be limited, and that gamblers should not be pressured on how to win their bets because they aren't gambling to chase their losses, but they gamble just to satisfy themselves from winning, that is if the casino allowed it too.

But above all, gambling with discipline turns out to be more worthy of the experience than those who gamble without instilling discipline on their gambling habits.

[freedomgo]

Discipline is probably the hardest thing for gamblers to master. I know some people who are really good at analysis in sports betting, yet they still end up losing in the long run. Most of the time it’s because they lose discipline once they start gambling.

When they’re winning, they get greedier, and when losses hit, it gets even worse. To be successful, you really need patience and consistency. This is a long-term game with ups and downs along the way.

If you’re always chasing instant returns, you build the mindset that you’re not supposed to lose, and that makes it harder to accept a losing streak. That’s when chasing starts, and once that happens, your skills don’t matter anymore. At the end of the day, it’s all about mindset and emotional control.

[Vaculin]

Winning predictions are nothing if you gamble without discipline. You may win and make good amount, but if you fail to manage your bankroll all because you aren't disciplined at all, you will still end up a big loser in the long run.

There's no such profitable gambler without discipline in heart and mind. Emotions are the best enemy when gambling, so if you can't manage your emotions, that will be your big barrier from becoming a profitable gambler.

[Makus]

No matter how good you think you are, without discipline you are still going to end up losing in the long run, self control is very important in gambling because without it  you might get distracted or carried away by how skilful you are, this has made a lot of people too confident in their strategies but they forget the vital things that makes gambling less risky. risk management, discipline and self control needs to be practised in order to keep losses minimised, without these things gambling is going to get really frustrating and tiring.

[SmartGold01]

Sorry to draw your attention a bit; when you talks about discipline it doesn't relates to how fast and quick you could win while gambling, but it talks about how limited you could be while gambling. For instance; you could discipline yourself to gamble with only 20$ for 24hrs to 48hrs. You can disciplined yourself to stay within that bands without additional going to make more deposit while you have also gambled away the initial deposits.
When we talks about accuracy; this determines how much we stakes or bet in a given moment or how much bet within the nearest time frame.
When we talks about time; we can say timing is important as well as accuracy, when you allocate time while gambling it would also helps you reduce how much you spend carelessly while gambling and it could also help narrow down how much you need to spend in a day while gambling.