Is This Blind Betting?

[Zlantann]

So for those who have been doing this, how was your experience?

Was it actually fun and profitable for you, or just fun but not really profitable in the long run?

These days, identifying the favorites to win games is not complicated. There are several tools that can easily analyze games and come up with viable predictions. We have several artificial intelligence tools that can do that without wasting much time. These tools will show you the injury condition, history, head-to-head, head to head and so on without you putting much effort.

Betting on favorites seems to be the safest strategy in sports betting. But you might not win big if you keep avoiding risky bets on weak sides. I usually mixed my games with betting on favorites and underdogs. Wins from betting on underdogs can help you cover several losses.

[hedgeh0g]

So for those who have been doing this, how was your experience?

Was it actually fun and profitable for you, or just fun but not really profitable in the long run?

These days, identifying the favorites to win games is not complicated. There are several tools that can easily analyze games and come up with viable predictions. We have several artificial intelligence tools that can do that without wasting much time. These tools will show you the injury condition, history, head-to-head, head to head and so on without you putting much effort.

Betting on favorites seems to be the safest strategy in sports betting. But you might not win big if you keep avoiding risky bets on weak sides. I usually mixed my games with betting on favorites and underdogs. Wins from betting on underdogs can help you cover several losses.

So why cover losses if betting on underdogs has greater potential? For example, I bet on underdogs, but the key here is to choose which game to bet on and try to discern the potential. Of course, if it's obvious to many players that the underdog has good odds, the odds may decrease slightly. Expert bettors are distinguished by their well-trained understanding of odds, so they can quickly determine whether a bet is worthwhile. Of course, this comes with experience, and not every bettor has it. You need to live in the world of sports to develop this understanding and expertise.

[Gost ms]

Like you always pick the favorite because in your mind they have the better chance to win anyway, so why make it complicated. You don’t really check too much stats, injuries, line movement or anything like that, you just go with the team that looks stronger. I think a lot of bettors started like this. Betting on the favorite feels safer, because they are favorite for a reason right? But sometimes that is also where the trap is. The odds are low, the payout is not that good, and one bad game can already wipe out a few small wins.

So for those who have been doing this, how was your experience?

Was it actually fun and profitable for you, or just fun but not really profitable in the long run?

Every person may have entered the world of gambling through such a situation at the beginning, but maybe not everyone did, there are some people who have entered the world of gambling as a responsible person. We need to be responsible in every step, when we take irresponsible decisions, we may face losses. Every person needs to know the correct information about the team before taking a bet or taking a bet. However, gambling depends entirely on luck, yet if we analyze it clearly and take a decision or take a bet, then maybe our chances of winning will increase to a great extent.

[IjawMan]

So for those who have been doing this, how was your experience?

Was it actually fun and profitable for you, or just fun but not really profitable in the long run?

I have not made a bet without doing my analysis and making important comparison between teams and present health conditions of the talismans in the team and I do this in the last minutes to the kick off of the match.

A team may look favourite over the next days but then may have certain player that is vital to the team injured during training moments to the actual match. This incident situation , whatsoever that it could be called, it can spoil or risk a gamblers bet to loss.

In the order for those not doing analysis but making the bet by favourite I assume they do not want to stress their head and not that it is actually for fun.

[Showlove01]

Like you always pick the favorite because in your mind they have the better chance to win anyway, so why make it complicated. You don’t really check too much stats, injuries, line movement or anything like that, you just go with the team that looks stronger. I think a lot of bettors started like this. Betting on the favorite feels safer, because they are favorite for a reason right? But sometimes that is also where the trap is. The odds are low, the payout is not that good, and one bad game can already wipe out a few small wins.

So for those who have been doing this, how was your experience?

Was it actually fun and profitable for you, or just fun but not really profitable in the long run?

Perhaps the reason for the post or this question was because of yesterday game, Manchester city vs Bournemouth. Obviously, Manchester city was favorite on that game considering the fact they want to win the premier league which they later lost to Arsenal, in that game yesterday two things were Involved which is either Manchester city win to put Arsenal under pressure or Bournemouth win to increase their chances of qualifying for champions league which will depend on Liverpool.

[Rhow]

Like you always pick the favorite because in your mind they have the better chance to win anyway, so why make it complicated. You don’t really check too much stats, injuries, line movement or anything like that, you just go with the team that looks stronger. I think a lot of bettors started like this. Betting on the favorite feels safer, because they are favorite for a reason right? But sometimes that is also where the trap is. The odds are low, the payout is not that good, and one bad game can already wipe out a few small wins.

There are some gamblers who gamble but do not have much experience, for them it seems a bit safer to support the favorite team in betting because even if the favorite team loses, they have relatively higher win rate. If you bet on the favorite team, if the team loses, the loss is higher but if it wins, the return is also lower because the odds on the favorite side are always lower. Those who know about sports betting well can apply various strategies. None of them guarantee victory in gambling. However, I definitely will not support those who gamble blindly despite having knowledge.

[jeremypwr]

Betting all favorites could be profitable short term but in the long run you'll probably lose; especially if you just bet blindly based on the odds
I admit I like to bet on favorites often but sometimes I will go for a small underdog with odds like 2.1-2.15

[Yorubek]

Winning through gambling is never confirmed, no matter how strong team we choose or how much we bet on the favorite team, winning is never confirmed. Research is needed to win, strategy is needed, and luck is very important. Those gamblers who have good luck can make money through gambling, and those who do not have luck through gambling, no matter how strong the team they choose or do the right research or the strategy does not work properly, there is no possibility of making money. I think gambling is for entertainment, it is not right to choose gambling to earn good money, as a result the amount of loss increases.

[Asiska02]

So for those who have been doing this, how was your experience?

Was it actually fun and profitable for you, or just fun but not really profitable in the long run?

Big wins from gambling only come once in a while and they happen when you decide to go after the big odds even knowing fully well that you’ve a low chance of winning but the probability of winning is still not exempted from happening. The gambling industry puts the odds in such a way that you’re attracted to the bigger odds, so even with your small money you can win big. This is their own way of marketing and advertising to you to go for what could be in their favor even though the wins they get will be coming gradually.

The bigger picture of this is that they’re after long term profitability and not short term wins, so your small wins doesn’t bother them when you go for lower odds with high chance of winning. But when you begin to take the big risk and going for the bigger odds, those are where they get those money back because your chances of winning are very small and  it will only happen once in a while.

[taufik123]

Betting all favorites could be profitable short term but in the long run you'll probably lose; especially if you just bet blindly based on the odds
I admit I like to bet on favorites often but sometimes I will go for a small underdog with odds like 2.1-2.15

It only takes a little realistic attitude and only supports the favorite team that even performs very poorly when competing.
It all depends on how the player and team are in condition and what strategy is used. If you only bet blindly on the favorite team, it will only be the beginning of the losses that will soon occur.

I would only pick my favorite team if the performance is at its maximum, but if it's not good to pick the opposing team or not bet it's much better.

[|MINER|]

I don't actually bet in this way that I will always bet on my favorite team in the match. And I don't think it's a wise betting idea either.

Even though we know that in gambling, everything depends on luck, even in sports gambling, since there is some opportunity that can be identified from analysis and then bet, in this case we should not lose that opportunity.

And I don't think the experience will be very good either. Because if your favorite team is always the underdog team, your winning ratio will be very low.

[Charles-Tim]

This is the never-ending discussion about what betting is for each person.

^{(This leads to losses in my opinion)}

Never-ending for people that probably gamble for short term and mistakenly make money from it and got lucky, but as I have posted earlier, time will tell. Among 3% of people that make money in gambling, most people will not fall under the category, but fall under the category of the 97% just like me. Although, I can afford what I have lost.

[KTChampions]

Like you always pick the favorite because in your mind they have the better chance to win anyway, so why make it complicated. You don’t really check too much stats, injuries, line movement or anything like that, you just go with the team that looks stronger. I think a lot of bettors started like this. Betting on the favorite feels safer, because they are favorite for a reason right? But sometimes that is also where the trap is. The odds are low, the payout is not that good, and one bad game can already wipe out a few small wins.

So for those who have been doing this, how was your experience?

Was it actually fun and profitable for you, or just fun but not really profitable in the long run?

It's fun to place a multiple bet on 10 or more favorites and get huge odds. Even if the odds are 1.3, you end up with combined odds of almost 14x. But in recent seasons, it hasn't looked either profitable or fun - the volatility of results is very high and even the favorites often stumble. If you bet on underdogs, things have become even worse. If before, an underdog against a favorite was confidently quoted at 10+ and it made sense to bet, now you're happy when you find odds of 7-8.

[mcdouglasx]

I've never selected matches based on the odds; I simply watch the matches, analyze them, and see which of the two I like. Then I select the bet I think could win. Whether that team is the odds favorite or not is no longer my priority. Because when you start focusing solely on odds, you can become biased towards choosing the favorite or, conversely, the opposite. This often happens; sometimes you want to go against the favorites since not everyone wins every time. In my opinion, it's better to analyze without looking at the odds and choose what, in our judgment, is the team most likely to win.

[Cryptomultiplier]

Like you always pick the favorite because in your mind they have the better chance to win anyway, so why make it complicated. You don’t really check too much stats, injuries, line movement or anything like that, you just go with the team that looks stronger. I think a lot of bettors started like this. Betting on the favorite feels safer, because they are favorite for a reason right? But sometimes that is also where the trap is. The odds are low, the payout is not that good, and one bad game can already wipe out a few small wins.

So for those who have been doing this, how was your experience?

Was it actually fun and profitable for you, or just fun but not really profitable in the long run?

It's fun to place a multiple bet on 10 or more favorites and get huge odds. Even if the odds are 1.3, you end up with combined odds of almost 14x. But in recent seasons, it hasn't looked either profitable or fun - the volatility of results is very high and even the favorites often stumble. If you bet on underdogs, things have become even worse. If before, an underdog against a favorite was confidently quoted at 10+ and it made sense to bet, now you're happy when you find odds of 7-8.

It's fun really, but just like you have noted, sometimes the underdogs end up outperforming the top dogs in their leagues and that complicates the whole multiple selection process of favorites to win, without any deeper research into their history and stats before making the bet.
The funny thing is that irrespective of what odds the house gives, they stand to make profit from the wins or losses as designed.

I just believe that most sportsbook overblow their odds to attract people and an old bettor using more than one betting platforms should have been able to know this and therefore stick to strategies like parlays or single bets with multiple odd picks, instead of just making bets based on odds.

[iv4n]

So for those who have been doing this, how was your experience?

Was it actually fun and profitable for you, or just fun but not really profitable in the long run?

It's fun... is it profitable? Well, not so much. I guess most of us are somewhere under the middle, we lose, and we win... Since it fun, not so many people keep track of their betting activities. We simply bet when we have some money, and I guess we all like to mix it up with chasing combos with lower odds, or sometimes even searching for some underdog that can surprise...

Most of us are just small-time bettors, amateurs... but some people are on a higher level, and that requires spending more time/energy/money on sports betting. Who is really ready for that?

[Samlucky O]

So for those who have been doing this, how was your experience?

Was it actually fun and profitable for you, or just fun but not really profitable in the long run?

Well that's how betting is, people chose the game with low risk or favorite team they feel it's gonna win, but too many accumulated games to increase the chances of winning big is where the problem comes. I have bet on favorite accumulated games that would have been profitable but along the line there is always a big team to will lose to the underdog and it will cut my ticket, and this has been happening for long. As a matter of fact that is the main reason why people are losing frequently on sportbet. Well I will not claim it was profitable for me because it is not. Although I have made some bucks but that is not enough to claim it's profitable.

[goldkingcoiner]

Like you always pick the favorite because in your mind they have the better chance to win anyway, so why make it complicated. You don’t really check too much stats, injuries, line movement or anything like that, you just go with the team that looks stronger. I think a lot of bettors started like this. Betting on the favorite feels safer, because they are favorite for a reason right? But sometimes that is also where the trap is. The odds are low, the payout is not that good, and one bad game can already wipe out a few small wins.

So for those who have been doing this, how was your experience?

Was it actually fun and profitable for you, or just fun but not really profitable in the long run?

I think betting blindly does not work in the long run. Sure you might get lucky once or twice but that has only to do with luck. Most of the time you should understand how strong the other team is otherwise you will probably lose. And people do not usually like losing teams so it is quite obvious that winning teams are most time the favorites. Which coincides with them winning often.

But even if you do not know the team you can tell by the odds whether or not it is a good bet. If the odds are too good to be true then there is a reason for that...

[Coyster]

In some cases it is fine to do so, but if you are making a parlay and only picking teams with very small odds to win, you would have to pick so many games to get a reasonable accumulated odd and that makes it unlikely to be successful. You also do not have to choose either win or draw, there are multiple markets, so you can select other markets and try to boost your odds.

That said, it is also always important to look at current form, injuries and stuff like that. Though it is not like i put too much thought into it, because it does not mean i'll win; i just do it.

[Cryptmuster]

Like you always pick the favorite because in your mind they have the better chance to win anyway, so why make it complicated. You don’t really check too much stats, injuries, line movement or anything like that, you just go with the team that looks stronger. I think a lot of bettors started like this. Betting on the favorite feels safer, because they are favorite for a reason right? But sometimes that is also where the trap is. The odds are low, the payout is not that good, and one bad game can already wipe out a few small wins.

So for those who have been doing this, how was your experience?

Was it actually fun and profitable for you, or just fun but not really profitable in the long run?

Well, you do not necessarily have to place single bets on favorites. If you think the odds are too low, you can choose several favorites and make a small parlay to get odds that you personally find acceptable.

I think when people first start betting on sports, this is usually how it looks. They pick favorites, sometimes combine them into a parlay, and sometimes place single bets. But as we all know, even if you constantly bet only on favorites, that still does not guarantee that you will be profitable. Favorites lose quite often as well, or at least fail to win, which also means your bet loses.

If you become a more experienced bettor and start doing deep analysis of games, then it can improve your chances of winning. But it still does not guarantee success. At least at that point it stops being completely blind betting. And in general, it is better not to bet on very low odds. If you are already deciding to risk your money, then it should make sense for you from a value perspective.