Can AI really help with sports betting, or are we overrating it?

[YUriy1991]

Exactly, if people are depending on AI for help in gambling, thinking they can be winning at all time in gambling, then they should be ready to become addicted to gambling because there is nothing that helps one to have steady winning in gambling. So its good that one should follow their minds and do the right thing and avoid what will leads you into troubles, which you have to learn your lesson in the hard way. That is why gamblers are to ensure they got the mindset that the game is not designed for one to get rich through it.

I completely agree. Gambling is actually for fun, not profit. If someone uses AI technology to predict their bets, they've plunged themselves into a never-ending spiral of emotions. Even if AI wins several times because its predictions are based on computer-generated data, they'll lose repeatedly. The desire to win will overcome them, leading to the depletion of their wealth due to greed. In my opinion, bet moderately. Play games based on your knowledge, as this is crucial for managing your emotions. Many people have lost everything and destroyed their families due to their failure to manage their emotions. If AI interferes in this matter, it will only worsen our mental state, making us even more greedy in betting.

[Saltysugar99]

I think AI is so powerful now that it has the ability to make quite accurate predictions in sports betting. A few days ago, I bet on 3 matches in 3 days. I didn't have much idea about those clubs. Even then, I felt like betting a little, so I knocked on my friend to get a good idea about that team. He directly selected a team for me and asked me to bet on that team. I won that bet. After that, I bet the same way for two consecutive days with the help of my friend. I coincidentally won those 3 matches. Later, I came to know that my friend also didn't know much about those teams. He gave me the predictions with the help of AI. I was really surprised after knowing this.

[BitBakerr1]

I think AI is so powerful now that it has the ability to make quite accurate predictions in sports betting. A few days ago, I bet on 3 matches in 3 days. I didn't have much idea about those clubs. Even then, I felt like betting a little, so I knocked on my friend to get a good idea about that team. He directly selected a team for me and asked me to bet on that team. I won that bet. After that, I bet the same way for two consecutive days with the help of my friend. I coincidentally won those 3 matches. Later, I came to know that my friend also didn't know much about those teams. He gave me the predictions with the help of AI. I was really surprised after knowing this.

One thing we need to understand is that AI knows how predictions work, and they know the strength of any club so when you ask AI for assistance in a particular match, they are going to measure the strength of the both teams and then tell you the stronger team that may likely win the match and we all know that the stronger teams usually have the higher chance of winning matches and that is also what we that watch matches usually use also so it is normal for AI to predict a match and it comes out according to their predictions, but it is usually not good to rely on AI for that because they can also predict wrongly, I will always advise everyone to do proper research before predicting a match.

[abaeze]

In sports, there are various types of momentum such as injuries, fouls, cards, etc., which are impossible to know in advance, but if two or more events win is a coincidence, then that is a different matter. So in my opinion, human prediction or human research is more effective in sports betting than AI. So trying to create a real edge with AI in sports betting can be a hype because the information given to AI is given by humans and after analyzing that information, AI gives an answer or prediction which is sometimes correct and sometimes not.

[Rashlyowl]

In sports, there are various types of momentum such as injuries, fouls, cards, etc., which are impossible to know in advance, but if two or more events win is a coincidence, then that is a different matter. So in my opinion, human prediction or human research is more effective in sports betting than AI. So trying to create a real edge with AI in sports betting can be a hype because the information given to AI is given by humans and after analyzing that information, AI gives an answer or prediction which is sometimes correct and sometimes not.

I've never really tried to seriously gamble on sports using AI, because I trust what I think more than what they think. You are right that we are better at curating the latest information, because AI is made by humans & data is not real-time, but what makes me surprised, some of my bros use AI in their bets, they don't always win, but they have better winning percentage after using AI. Is this a coincidence?

[Alex077]

...The more I look at it, the more I feel AI may be more useful as a research assistant than as a magic prediction machine. Maybe it can help organize data, spot weak markets, compare lines across bookmakers, explain why a bet is risky, or separate “looks good” picks from bets that actually have some value behind them...

At my opinion AI can help only with crunching data faster and pointing out inefficiencies in the market. No magic, no precise predictions most of the time, AI just helps you process data faster and find small inefficiencies. But the key thing is, even with AI, you’re still competing against bookmakers and syndicates that have far better data and models. I’d rather focus on singles and probability-based decisions.
I’d say AI can be a useful tool, but it’s far from being a money printer or some kind of crystal ball.

[Fredomago]

In sports, there are various types of momentum such as injuries, fouls, cards, etc., which are impossible to know in advance, but if two or more events win is a coincidence, then that is a different matter. So in my opinion, human prediction or human research is more effective in sports betting than AI. So trying to create a real edge with AI in sports betting can be a hype because the information given to AI is given by humans and after analyzing that information, AI gives an answer or prediction which is sometimes correct and sometimes not.

I've never really tried to seriously gamble on sports using AI, because I trust what I think more than what they think. You are right that we are better at curating the latest information, because AI is made by humans & data is not real-time, but what makes me surprised, some of my bros use AI in their bets, they don't always win, but they have better winning percentage after using AI. Is this a coincidence?

For sure there are different answers and opinions on that last question that you made, for some who believes that AI helps them to improve their chance, those who like your bros who got a first hand experience they will surely Tell you that it works that way, though for those who are not a fan of AI surely its just a coincidence and still part of their luck why they are winning more compared to those who's not using it.

[OgNasty]

I think AI can be a great help with gambling, but probably not how people think.  I believe it can increase your research into the event, maybe tell you some things you weren't aware of.  As far as just picking winners though, that I don't think will be helped much with AI.  At least not until it starts getting some serious gambling data to learn from, but we aren't there yet.

[Solodoski]

Using of AI for me most times is to predict like give me a hint of what I should be especting at the end of the game, most times after AI predictions I still have to analyze put my input and change some things if I should but then the AI informations have always been a major hint on how the game is espected to come out.
Sometimes it comes out so well and some other times too the predictions are wrong but however it has always been resourceful and very helpful. But then complete reliance on AI prediction is not advisable you could get some resource from AI like an input then you come back to take a closer look and restrategise the game.

This is to tell you that AI predictions are not accurate. Predictions done with AI are mostly inaccurate since the AI model make the prediction out of technical fact without putting into consideration what may affect the game humanely. A sharp bettor don't need anyone to tell them technically that between an underdog and a favorite team that the favorite team has the highest probability to win.

[DiMarxist]

AI in sports gambling is over hyping because such things doesn't exist.AI can't help predict sporting betting at best it can only give you an hint about what is likely going to happen but, that is not the true reality of what likely going to take place. So as gambler's our mind should be taken away from the use of AI , relying on AI should not be encouraged among the gambling community because it doesn't work. Sport betting is one thing that is very difficult to predict because anything is possible when it comes to sport betting.

[knuckey]

AI is actually quite helpful in analysis, although it is not considered accurate, in fact, in my opinion, when compared to self-analysis, AI is much lower, the reason is that AI usually takes old data or the latest data that is not too updated, unlike us, we take data that may even be updated 0 seconds before the match. This is the reason why AI is still far behind, unless you are someone who does not have much time. AI can help you analyze with minimal accuracy.

[Grace333]

This debate is simple, Chat GPT cannot give you information aside what is interest the internet and how it has been trained to function, it is likely going to use data from their h2h thei plasters available... and after everything it would still end up like them odds appointed by the bookmakers. Chat GPT is not the referee or the players and we have to understand that there are factors in the field that can alter the result or shape the game to a particular outcome a single foul leading to red card can swiftly make the opponent dominate and have an easy game. So human prediction doesn't fail because they're bad at analyzing the game, but because of the field factors.

[Odusko]

AI uses the past events and the present to predict the future games. Example. Like today game Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid. We all know that Arsenal is a strong team and they have been doing well in Premiere League and even in the Champions League so the developers of AI would predict from the past matches of the two teams and recently played games to predict the next game but if you we are thinking of the AI to tell use more details about the match before predicting. It is not possible. Human prediction is better than the AI because we can look inside before predicting.

AI is just like a research tool that pick previous outcome and datas to make it own conclusions, but not accurately unless you combine AI and your own human efforts, in gambling, AI can not b rely on to make any accurate predictions, but you can use it to gather information from various sources and then make your own conclusions based on those information you collected from or AI source, and even a that we can't be guaranteed of winning since gambling is a game of luck and not expertise.

[rachael9385]

AI is actually quite helpful in analysis, although it is not considered accurate, in fact, in my opinion, when compared to self-analysis, AI is much lower, the reason is that AI usually takes old data or the latest data that is not too updated, unlike us, we take data that may even be updated 0 seconds before the match. This is the reason why AI is still far behind, unless you are someone who does not have much time. AI can help you analyze with minimal accuracy.

Based on the fact that I have used ai before I can say that you have a point on this, Ai in my opinion is not really as accurate as self analysis. AI takes informations from different sources on the web, it is almost the same but what makes self analysis better than the use of Ai is the experience that you have from using AI. The thing is that AI works similar to a search engine but it's more advanced, it is just for research purposes but people now think that they can use it to predict their bets but it is not really a guaranteed way to make profit.

[TopTort777]

I wish someone one day would risk his money to reveal truth and test how accurate Ai prediction in sports betting is. I wish someone would make 100 bets based only on what AI suggest and post results. Then make 100 bets but use only his own method to predict event outcome. Lastly, use google to search for analytics and predictions, and make 100 bets based on that info. And in the end make a table with results and compare success rate.

Something similar happened in trading when the results of various AI models were published and compared to determine which one performed better.
I think something similar could be implemented for sports betting, but to achieve satisfactory results, it would likely require not 100 bets, but several thousand, based on testing a wide variety of strategies.

Of course more bets will increase accuracy of such test. I have suggested 100, as it is a minimum. Making below 100 bets wont tell much. Anyway, nobody would bother making such a test. Like Cryptmuster said, nobody would risk their money, but rather wait until others make everything. Running public table with predictions without actually betting wont give a result, because if there is no money on stake, people wont play fair and risk appropriate. Second reason why nobody would not run such a test is laziness and constancy. It will take time. You cant find 100+ similar events for betting in one day. It will have same fate as competitions and tests people run here, who promise they will post every bet they make and run statistics, but in less than a week they got tired of that and abandon topic.

[Antotena]

The more I look at it, the more I feel AI may be more useful as a research assistant than as a magic prediction machine. Maybe it can help organize data, spot weak markets, compare lines across bookmakers, explain why a bet is risky, or separate “looks good” picks from bets that actually have some value behind them.

So far, I have had 2 wins and 1 loss and each bet was an acca of 2-4 odds.

Has anyone here tried building something like this, even as a personal project? And do you think AI can create a real edge in sports betting, or is it mostly hype for now?

As far as prediction is concern, you can make predictions as you want but right predictions requires alot, the past and the prsense and some of the things you can see but AI can't see some things and for that they can't make accurate prediction like the way humans do. You can make a prediction that a team will receive at least 1 red card because of the players reaction anytime they face each other but I don't think there is any AI so good to make such kind of prediction.

AI is suppose to help us make research and understand how some of these things work and not to give direct answers. If you depend on them solely because you want them to give you what you need, they are going to fail you and to think that AI can be funny, they will give you too good answers and you may think it's the right answers until you tested it and see that human that is average in gambling is 2 times better than AI for gambling.

[gracreavix]

This debate is simple, Chat GPT cannot give you information aside what is interest the internet and how it has been trained to function, it is likely going to use data from their h2h thei plasters available... and after everything it would still end up like them odds appointed by the bookmakers. Chat GPT is not the referee or the players and we have to understand that there are factors in the field that can alter the result or shape the game to a particular outcome a single foul leading to red card can swiftly make the opponent dominate and have an easy game. So human prediction doesn't fail because they're bad at analyzing the game, but because of the field factors.

All those tools are just recycling stats. All of those things it does, we’ve already known. It’s not like they’re inside the pitch or controlling anything. One random red card or even any silly mistake, the whole game can just turns upside down.
That’s why even the best predictions still isn’t perfect. It’s not really about bad analysis, it’s just football being football. too many things can change in seconds.

[Zadicar]

The more I look at it, the more I feel AI may be more useful as a research assistant than as a magic prediction machine. Maybe it can help organize data, spot weak markets, compare lines across bookmakers, explain why a bet is risky, or separate “looks good” picks from bets that actually have some value behind them.

So far, I have had 2 wins and 1 loss and each bet was an acca of 2-4 odds.

Has anyone here tried building something like this, even as a personal project? And do you think AI can create a real edge in sports betting, or is it mostly hype for now?

As far as prediction is concern, you can make predictions as you want but right predictions requires alot, the past and the prsense and some of the things you can see but AI can't see some things and for that they can't make accurate prediction like the way humans do. You can make a prediction that a team will receive at least 1 red card because of the players reaction anytime they face each other but I don't think there is any AI so good to make such kind of prediction.

AI is suppose to help us make research and understand how some of these things work and not to give direct answers. If you depend on them solely because you want them to give you what you need, they are going to fail you and to think that AI can be funny, they will give you too good answers and you may think it's the right answers until you tested it and see that human that is average in gambling is 2 times better than AI for gambling.

If you would be needing up that full scale research then that would really be time consuming and thats why i cant blame out people on making use of AI to accumulate those information on which this is much more faster and accessible on which we cant be able to deny that it do really cut off the time spend on just simply researching manually on which we can really say that it is useful. The only issue on here is that people tend to rely on it totally and even believe about on the AI recommendation and choices on which its not ideal. Despite on attaching AI research it would be best that you are the ones who do make out that final verdict rather than on relying on Ai on which it would be giving out that feel of regret at the time  that it would be giving out that bad results. Its always best that you are the ones who do make verdict and make out choices. Even if you do have that losing bet but at least you had made out you own choice and you wont be having that sense of regret.

[fruktik]

The problem with a lot of people is that they place too much reliance on Ai forgetting that it cannot predict the future accurately. AI can give you an idea based on its programming and by that you should know that you won't be able to get a prediction that is guaranteed from it. The common way that a lot of bettors make use of Ai is by comparing their predictions with the results that they get from Ai. It is advisable to reduce your expectations when making use of it because there is nothing way you can get sure predictions from it.

People don't want to think for themselves and conduct their own analysis. That's why AI has become so popular among casino players. This trend is only gaining momentum. Personally, I'm terrified of this trend.

What won't you do for the potential of winning or winning?

Personally, I still don't even consider this option. I like to do everything myself. Will there be results? I don't know. But AI can't give you any concrete answers either.

[Free Market Capitalist]

Clearly overrated. People think that just because they use AI, they'll win their bets. Guess what? You won't be able to beat the AI the house uses, which also sets the payout it will give you while ensuring a profit margin for itself. There are plenty of ways to use AI to help you make money, but I doubt it can do the same for sports betting.