Is This Blind Betting?

[Onyeeze]

Of course I feel happy when betting on my favorite team but not in the profit that in the end the losses are greater than the profits, sometimes not betting on the favorite team can be said to be a strategy, because sometimes the risk is much greater than the expected profit, not only placing a bet but not placing a bet is also one way of strategy to minimize losses

do you know that a gambler does not have a passion in any team what a gambler is interested is a particular team that with deliver him to win from gambling platform, if a gambler team is losing every time a gambler cannot because of his a fan of a particular thing and continue to bet against his wish because of a particular team so I don't think that favorite team is considered for a gambler Who values gambling, so what I'm saying is that someone who is gambling addict, does not like to consider any factor that will make him to lose what is interested is for him to make the profit and the gamble again for the next profit that does not consider a club the fan

[Odusko]

Of course I feel happy when betting on my favorite team but not in the profit that in the end the losses are greater than the profits, sometimes not betting on the favorite team can be said to be a strategy, because sometimes the risk is much greater than the expected profit, not only placing a bet but not placing a bet is also one way of strategy to minimize losses

do you know that a gambler does not have a passion in any team what a gambler is interested is a particular team that with deliver him to win from gambling platform, if a gambler team is losing every time a gambler cannot because of his a fan of a particular thing and continue to bet against his wish because of a particular team so I don't think that favorite team is considered for a gambler Who values gambling, so what I'm saying is that someone who is gambling addict, does not like to consider any factor that will make him to lose what is interested is for him to make the profit and the gamble again for the next profit that does not consider a club the fan

All gamblers and sport bettors will choose a team that have the capacity to give him the winning, no one is betting based on sentiments, knowing fully well how unpredictable football matches could be, so no one should pick a club based on their emotional attachment as fans of the club, but should pick bets based on statistical availability of data and performance of those clubs.

[Felicity_Tide]

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?

For me, it has never been about profitability, and that doesn't mean I enjoy losing either.
Yes, I do attempt certain games with very small odds, but I prefer to play them as single games, rather than parlay (combo). I understand how these things work, so I tend to win some of my bets often, and also lose on other occasions. Though, I have also attempted to go for games with bigger odds, i.e betting on the underdogs, and I think I have had a decent success rate if I remember correctly. But for games with smaller odds, my experience has been moderate... Not too bad, not too good. Moreover, I don't bet with large sum.

[alastantiger]

Betting on games without proper research is actually a blind betting. People usually say winning a bet is all about luck, yes luck is part of the game, but this doesn't mean you should gamble without proper research. While gambling, it is necessary to you do your research properly, check stats, and do not only rely on the names of club or even resort on small odds to record winning.
Some of us who gamble so much delight in small odds because we fill that is where winning will come from, but on the other hand the gambling sites can deceive gamblers with small odds. If you do proper research before placing your bet, you will even find some big odds more favourable to gamble on instead of small odds.

Being lucky is everything in gambling because your research does not guarantee you of winning. It does not matter how good you are with researching and analyzing the market, you cannot be an expert that you will have correct predictions every time that is why being lucky is very important in gambling. Gambling is meant to be fun and you predicting games blindly can be fun although if your intentions are to make profit then doing some research can help you a little bit to get an idea of what you are doing but still that does not mean the game can't go against your prediction.

There are times when teams that are favourite loses why the underdog wins If you had gambled blindly during those times and choose the smaller team then you will have made bigger profit because their odds will be bigger. Gambling should always be done with spare money as when you do this you tend to enjoy the game more instead of being overpressured to make back your money.

[rachael9385]

Of course I feel happy when betting on my favorite team but not in the profit that in the end the losses are greater than the profits, sometimes not betting on the favorite team can be said to be a strategy, because sometimes the risk is much greater than the expected profit, not only placing a bet but not placing a bet is also one way of strategy to minimize losses

Betting on your favorite team can actually be a trap, this is one of the things that makes people lose easily in betting more that's the reason why I avoid doing it. One mistake a lot of bettors make is that they don't choose logic over favoritism, when notice that my favorite team is up against another team that is in a better form I don't go ahead to bet based on favoritism, I'll rather be logical.

[AmoreJaz]

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?

For me, it has never been about profitability, and that doesn't mean I enjoy losing either.
Yes, I do attempt certain games with very small odds, but I prefer to play them as single games, rather than parlay (combo). I understand how these things work, so I tend to win some of my bets often, and also lose on other occasions. Though, I have also attempted to go for games with bigger odds, i.e betting on the underdogs, and I think I have had a decent success rate if I remember correctly. But for games with smaller odds, my experience has been moderate... Not too bad, not too good. Moreover, I don't bet with large sum.

It is your personal choice on how you will bet but as much as possible better bet on the sports that you are very familiar of rather than on the sports that you have no knowledge at all.

[OsaiEmma]

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?

If it were just a single game, ur chances of winning will certainly be high, and on d long run, u'll come out more successful than most. But d moment it becomes a parley, the risk becomes wide, as odds are staked on each other, so are d risks. Other than this, yeah it tends to be more profitable in d long run.

Let's take for example, u decide to be betting on only Mancity and Arsenal, not a parley, single bets, if u check their records, they have fewer losses, if you always play d win or draw option, u'll have more winning games than draw.

They have 25 wins, 7 draws, and 5 losses, in d premier league alone, across all competitions, they have more wins than draw. Let's say their odds are within 1.2 to 1.5, on average 1.35, and you use $100 on dem every week.

So ur potential winning will be 1000 X 1.35 = 1350 X 32 = 43,200

Potential loss = 1000 X 5 = 5000

Potential winning = 43,200 - 5000 = 38,200

Total capital 1000 X 32 = 32,000

Total gain = 38,200 - 32,000 = 6,000

You'll be having approximately 6,000 in profit if the odds are always the same, but I doubt d adds will always be d same. They'll have more odds against a tougher opponent which they might possibly loose to, and less odd against a weaker opponent which they have a higher probability of winning, so yeah. But in all, you'll be in profit and d end of a season with Arsenal as d only single game ur focused on.

[Mr_Brilliant$]

Of course I feel happy when betting on my favorite team but not in the profit that in the end the losses are greater than the profits, sometimes not betting on the favorite team can be said to be a strategy, because sometimes the risk is much greater than the expected profit, not only placing a bet but not placing a bet is also one way of strategy to minimize losses

do you know that a gambler does not have a passion in any team what a gambler is interested is a particular team that with deliver him to win from gambling platform, if a gambler team is losing every time a gambler cannot because of his a fan of a particular thing and continue to bet against his wish because of a particular team so I don't think that favorite team is considered for a gambler Who values gambling, so what I'm saying is that someone who is gambling addict, does not like to consider any factor that will make him to lose what is interested is for him to make the profit and the gamble again for the next profit that does not consider a club the fan

Yeah true, in gambling there is no focus on a particular club because gamblers focus changes from supporting a team to simply looking for the team that will bring profit..

You can not just because you support one club continue betting on them to win even when they are clearly not in form or playing badly…. Football does not work with emotions like that..  The main goal as a gambler is to find the team that will deliver the result, not emotionally support a team and lose you money alongside...

[Somegory]

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?

What you described is still an act of gambling, there is no difference in this and someone who is doing analysis on their games before betting, in the end it's always luck that decides who wins.

Some people want to gamble but they don't have time to do analysis and it doesn't mean that they won't have their luck days as well, to me it makes no difference, what I can't do wrong is risking too much money that I can't afford to lose.

Blind betting is a thing but isn't gambling normally a blind game? Because if it isn't many gamblers won't be losing money, after all their strategy and analysis, it's never enough.

[Grace333]

Yeah true, in gambling there is no focus on a particular club because gamblers focus changes from supporting a team to simply looking for the team that will bring profit..

You can not just because you support one club continue betting on them to win even when they are clearly not in form or playing badly…. Football does not work with emotions like that..  The main goal as a gambler is to find the team that will deliver the result, not emotionally support a team and lose you money alongside...

Personally I would say the opposite of what you said, i support my team by not just being a fan, i also include them in my bets and give them a win. Even though they are not in form.
One tricky thing about sport betting is we never know when a team would lose form(exclusive of when some of the key player get injuries) sometimes even with injuries the team still manages to hold their positions firmly and that's where other players talents are discovered.  However I have placed a bet on my team who had low chances of wining with huge odd and end up wining the bet.

[junder]

Gambling with money we can afford to lose is the only way to not be overly affected by losses, nobody wants to lose but it's easier to handle that loss when the money you lost doesn't affect you in any substantial way, even if you didn't lose it to gambling you would have probably still lost it to something else since it's your discretionary fund, when gamblers use money intended for other things to gamble that when the losses hit very hard because they now have to replace that money one way or another and that's easier said than done.

I agree with what you said, gambling with money we can afford to lose is one way to ensure we aren’t affected by losses or setbacks.

This is why it’s important to gamble with money we can afford to lose because if we let a loss affect us, it can lead to even bigger losses and cause our total losses to increase.

A wise gambler will avoid this kind of situation or prevent themselves from doing anything that could cause problems.

[Hewlet]

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?

If your prediction is just based on a teams strength alone, then you're almost like someone that's gambling from the prediction they got from AI and even AI is more detailed in Thier analysis than that. Regardless of which team is stronger, I still have to do my analysis because it gives me actual additional information that also influence the outcome of a game.

There is nothing wrong for a gambler to carry out analysis on his game in addition to following of popular trends. The outcome of your bet varies and isn't certain and the best you can do to make it a bit predictable is to at least do proper analysis in addition to what's generally known by an average gambler. Your prowess in carrying out proper analysis is what even gives you the right edge.

[Webetcoins]

Blind betting phrase came from not looking at anything other than just the odds and clicking bet. If you are betting only because you see the odds of a team winning is higher, and you do not even check the name, like yeah you "see" the name but you do not care, you only bet based on the odds and nothing more, then yeah that is blind betting.

There are people who do it, and to be fair this is gambling so they are wrong as much as we are wrong, we are all usually losing money anyways.

[Crypto Library]

That’s one disciplined approach there. The truth about gambling is that, not everyone can actually stay within their limits after setting them, and the fact that you’re able to do after five years, has already proven the fact that you’re not blindly chasing losses or viewing gambling and some kind of survival kit. And if more gamblers can follow this approach, I’m pretty sure more gamblers would gamble more safely.

I agree with you that not everyone can actually control their emotions. In most cases, it is seen that people lose their emotional control and gamble beyond their ability to lose, and at some point it is seen that they are going through a financial crisis.

So I think that from the very beginning, we should consider gambling as a source of entertainment or enjoyment only. It should not be considered mandatory that we will make money from it. If that happens, our emotions will often get out of control.

[Africolo]

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?

While gambling I do bet on favorite games even though I know that it's risky to just bet on favorite games without doing a proper analysis and stats, most times I win from betting on favorite teams and it gives an edge for one to win. Alot of gamblers keep saying that they just gamble for fun and not for profit making and I don't agree with that because why will someone uses his money to bet and don't expect profit from it?, I might understand that people gamble for fun but look deep down they are gambling for profit at the longrun so no one should be decieved.

Most times why people don't do a proper analysis before staking is due to lack of time, they are engaged with work related activities and don't really have the luxury of time to begin to analyze games so they just pick few favorite ones and bet even though the odds are low and the pay out is not huge they just stake like that so long they have gambled for the day.

[Achalugo BTC]

Personally I would say the opposite of what you said, i support my team by not just being a fan, i also include them in my bets and give them a win. Even though they are not in form.
One tricky thing about sport betting is we never know when a team would lose form(exclusive of when some of the key player get injuries) sometimes even with injuries the team still manages to hold their positions firmly and that's where other players talents are discovered.  However I have placed a bet on my team who had low chances of wining with huge odd and end up wining the bet.

Remember to do that within your budget, as the game is unpredictable just as you said, and also sticking to bet on your team is bit fun but can also be tricky. So, one gats to be careful and know the right thing to do at the right time for safety of their wellbeing, which is important for one to set limits and balanced everything including their emotions, as the game will be enjoyable that way and relief them of much pressures and stress.

[Maslate]

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

Yes, just fun and not profitable in the long run is the reality. Some people may say it is not like that, but they may even be gambling and not making any profit in long term.

I have been gambling for years, what I realized even before I join this forum was that gambling is not a business, or a means of making money or income. If you are doing it to make money, it might seem easy, but it will later be known that it is a wrong thinking.

You make money, you tell your friends, but later losses may follow. You argue today because of the profit made, but tomorrow is another thing and opposite. The house edge and odds are in a way the gambling sites like how they make money from people, yes they like it.

I guess that's how gambling is being designed, you can have fun playing out from your favorite games but you can never guarantee profitability in the long run. The house edge will always be the casino's advantage, if you are gambling to make money, then there is high possibility that you will get doomed in the future.

But if you won't be gambling blindly, and make smart and reliable analysis especially in sports betting, though losses will still happen but it can always be minimized while trying to increase your winning potentials.

[ejikeme24]

If your prediction is just based on a teams strength alone, then you're almost like someone that's gambling from the prediction they got from AI and even AI is more detailed in Thier analysis than that. Regardless of which team is stronger, I still have to do my analysis because it gives me actual additional information that also influence the outcome of a game.

Although, this method works most of the times but not all the time, sometimes is good to also consider their h2h I mean their previous matches how it ended, this would also help you to know the team that has the highest wining probability because h2h matters most times, personally no matter how strong a team is, yet I don't fail to check their h2h before making the final decision even though it doesn't work most times but it's advised to follow the right procedure let it be that it's only luck that is holding us from not wining because when you bet without going into details luck might be very far from you.

[The Founding Titan]

Gambling with money we can afford to lose is the only way to not be overly affected by losses, nobody wants to lose but it's easier to handle that loss when the money you lost doesn't affect you in any substantial way, even if you didn't lose it to gambling you would have probably still lost it to something else since it's your discretionary fund, when gamblers use money intended for other things to gamble that when the losses hit very hard because they now have to replace that money one way or another and that's easier said than done.

If you are a gambler that understands gambling then it will be the easy for you to know losing will definitely be there and you will prepare your mind for it so that you do not expect much, even if I will you said no one wants to lose, that might be true but that does not prevent we gamblers from facing the reality, making sure that we play safe in gambling is what every gambler should learn, one thing that helps me in gaming is that I keep reminding myself the need to gamble with my spare money because I was never promised that I must surely win, so to avoid too much expectations, I decide doing it with the amount that I can easily let go.

Also the satisfaction people get from the rush should also be kept in check, if you simply want to have fun there are alot of other things to do for fun that doesn't necessarily involve gambling,the only way for gambling to become the only thing you do for fun is because you've let it take too much dip roots into your life that it seems like you can't do without it, gambling is too much of a risk factor for a person to have complete reliance on it for excitement, do something else that isn't as destructive when addicted to it.

[Orpichukwu]

Betting on your favorite team can actually be a trap, this is one of the things that makes people lose easily in betting more that's the reason why I avoid doing it. One mistake a lot of bettors make is that they don't choose logic over favoritism, when notice that my favorite team is up against another team that is in a better form I don't go ahead to bet based on favoritism, I'll rather be logical.

Betting on your favourite team doesn't need to be a trap; you just have to be logical, like you explained below. If one can't bet against their favourite team even when the odds are against them, it's better to avoid betting on that game completely than to bet on it and have your decisions based on emotion and not fact.