Winning more bets does not always mean you are making PROFIT

[Orpichukwu]

For me, a good bettor should not only ask, “Will this team win?” but also, “Is this bet worth the price?”

Do you focus more on winning picks, or on finding good value?

Every game I stake on is worth the price. I'm one among few who can never bet on odds as low as 1.05 or even lower; I calculate my risk if it's worth it or not. Even if the game doesn't play as planned, it's better than when it wins. I still end up like someone who never staked, and I'm also not greedy to the extent of trying to accumulate odds which can give me all that was risked for an entire week or month to profit it all at once; that's too big of a risk I don't take.

[Sonia_123]

Not really, what if the amount you are staking with is lower than what you have won, will you say it's not a profit or are you talking about cumulative losses that is all you have being gambling with can't be compared to all your wins if calculated monthly or periodically, but let us also remember that gambling wins are not often and so we should be looking at our immediate wins and losses.

[Dump3er]

Some bettors think winning more bets means they are already doing well. But that is not always true.

You can win many small bets with low odds, then lose one big bet and still end up negative. That is why profit is not only about how many bets you win, but also about the odds you take and how much you risk.

For me, a good bettor should not only ask, “Will this team win?” but also, “Is this bet worth the price?”

Do you focus more on winning picks, or on finding good value?

I think that is a very standard approach. You can of course go with the seemingly safer picks, but looking for value usually is the way to go I think. For example in live bets I think there are occasionally great opportunities that can come up coincidentally because you follow a match and know the dynamics. Obviously the number of bets is irrelevant though. If you bet 100 times with €1 at odds 1.10, you have made €10 and if you place one single bet with those €10, it could all be gone.

What I think is often underestimated is the possibility for a favorite team to lose. You would think that it is quite safe to make a parlay bet with five teams that are huge favorites, but I have seen so often that one team messes it up. You would think that PSG almost wins all of their matches because Ligue 1 is so weak, but no it is not the case. It's the same in almost any league.

[igebotz]

Some bettors think winning more bets means they are already doing well. But that is not always true.

You can win many small bets with low odds, then lose one big bet and still end up negative. That is why profit is not only about how many bets you win, but also about the odds you take and how much you risk.

For me, a good bettor should not only ask, “Will this team win?” but also, “Is this bet worth the price?”

Do you focus more on winning picks, or on finding good value?

I personally focus on finding value bets.

Profitability is what really matters. I'd rather win 50% of value bets at good odds than win 80% of short-priced bets that barely cover the occasional loss.

[terrific]

It's the same IMHO.
You find good value and that also means that you think it's a winning pick.
No matter how long it will take you to find that. As long as you've picked with confidence then that's all that matters.
Focusing on winning picks is a must and the same goes in finding those bets with good value.
There has to be a good set of balance for each bet that we make and it's important to do analysis before picking.

Most of the winning odds is very low and you have to be on an extreme luck to see an odds above 2.50 giving you a winning, and since we already know that odds and the amount of money a gamblers bet with make up for the total outcome of such winnings, so for sure you need to be smart enough to chose the winning odds and the combined with risk I how much you put if you are expecting that noticeable profits.

It doesn't have to be 2.50 for the odds to pick.
There goes around 1.50 and that's already enough for the winning picks that we want.
It won't be a 100% gain for your bet but at least you still get a profit. Don't get too picky and greedy at the same time.
What's enough shall be determined by you for you to be able to pick the right ones to bet for.

[Makus]

Well, in the meantime you are winning just enjoy and take advantage of the profits you are getting because there is no way you can win constantly, meaning that you are going to lose in the long run no matter how good you think your gambling strategy might be. A lot of gamblers get excited when they win forgetting that there is losses around the corner, you cannot win everytime, personally I use my wins as a reminder that I might end up losing at anytime this makes me careful about how I keep on staking so I don't end up incurring huge losses.

[kawetsriyanto]

You can win many small bets with low odds, then lose one big bet and still end up negative. That is why profit is not only about how many bets you win, but also about the odds you take and how much you risk.

Exactly. Few wins will be nothing if we lose bigger in a single bet.  

For me, a good bettor should not only ask, “Will this team win?” but also, “Is this bet worth the price?”

Sure, we must consider few things when we bet on a match. However, I think it is mostly still abut the chance of the wins of the teams. If the chance of winning of the team isn't that high, it isn't worth to bet on the team with big amount of money. We only bet on the match that we are really sure about the chance of the win.

Do you focus more on winning picks, or on finding good value?

I'm sure most people will prefer winning with good value. However, we can't ensure when we will win with good value.

[rachael9385]

Not really, what if the amount you are staking with is lower than what you have won, will you say it's not a profit or are you talking about cumulative losses that is all you have being gambling with can't be compared to all your wins if calculated monthly or periodically, but let us also remember that gambling wins are not often and so we should be looking at our immediate wins and losses.

There is something you need to understand, you can be staking low amounts and losing but accumulatively this might become a huge amount in the long run. The fact remains that as long as we remain actively involved in gambling we are always going to be on the losing side, it's inevitable.

[Crypto_Timothy]

Omo when it comes to betting, winning is winning no matter how small or how big the win is, just the fact that you placed a bet and won is enough to celebrate and count your blessings. Cause betting is this unpredictable system so you winning means you beat the system and that's something but if you get good odds too that's not bad at all. Like I said at the end of the day, winning is winning.

[DPHOR]

When it comes about gambling many people with their different perspective and reasoning toward why they are gambling. Some people may say they come to gambling site to double their money, some wouldn't mind saying that they are easing their stress or whining away time. So says they gambled because they are bored at home. Of all, you will see that they rest people are gambling for fun, which I know this is not true.

[Ziskinberg]

Some bettors think winning more bets means they are already doing well. But that is not always true.

You can win many small bets with low odds, then lose one big bet and still end up negative. That is why profit is not only about how many bets you win, but also about the odds you take and how much you risk.

For me, a good bettor should not only ask, “Will this team win?” but also, “Is this bet worth the price?”

Do you focus more on winning picks, or on finding good value?

To be honest, I usually focus on the favorites that create more winning picks, that's probably the reason why I often lose from my bets. At least now I know I should be more focused on finding the good value.

This reminds me that if you don't actually have full understanding on the game you are betting, you will  gain no chances of winning, simply because you will never find the good value which is very essential factor most especially in sports betting. 

[Asuspawer09]

I mean for sure you need to have some sort of strategy and methods in order to make some kind of profit in it, winning small is a good thing for sure but with just a few mistakes it could easily fireback and destroy what you have on momentum because doing gambling have a huge risk, depending on your risk tolerance and how much you are willing to risk it could easily backfire and lose it all easily with just one or a few loses. But ofcourse at the same thing you could win it easily as well with one or more bets, depending on how fast you are going to accumulate it.

If im going to do it, depending on how im going to approach it if I started with only small bets I would just be consistent into it, being consistent with a small risk it is not going to fireback, it need to take all my wins before I could start becoming negative, It just wouldn't going to make a sense for me to try to accumulate small wins, and then just risk it and bet it all in a more risky approach, then it could easily destroy my confidence easily because it take me a long time to accumulate that amount, I mean if im lucky to accumulate that amount.

[GiftedMAN]

Omo when it comes to betting, winning is winning no matter how small or how big the win is, just the fact that you placed a bet and won is enough to celebrate and count your blessings. Cause betting is this unpredictable system so you winning means you beat the system and that's something but if you get good odds too that's not bad at all. Like I said at the end of the day, winning is winning.

If you are losing more than you are winning the winning will not be celebrated that much because you will consider the amount you have lost before getting this win but in a situation where you recorded more winning than you have lost you have every reason to be happy because you are on profit. Winning in gambling is not an easy thing because the game is not guaranteed that you will win if you are lucky to win there is every reason to celebrate.

[Nothingtodo]

Some bettors think winning more bets means they are already doing well. But that is not always true.

You can win many small bets with low odds, then lose one big bet and still end up negative. That is why profit is not only about how many bets you win, but also about the odds you take and how much you risk.

For me, a good bettor should not only ask, “Will this team win?” but also, “Is this bet worth the price?”

Do you focus more on winning picks, or on finding good value?

We lose a lot of money by making small bets in the hope of making a big profit. If we make ten small bets together, we will see that we lose more than the big bet. That is why we should not bet continuously to win big profits, but many times we make our gambling balance zero in the hope of a big jackpot, but we cannot win big profits. This is a common occurrence in gambling where you are mentally prepared to win a big bet and do not forget to dream of that big bet even after losing several times.

[junder]

How can it not be possible? Winning consistently means profit, and this is what I really like as a sports bettor because it shows that I am already good at sports betting and proves that my hard work has finally paid off. When you are winning consistently, it means you already beat the others who cannot win in the long run. You did.

It’s a real thrill when we can win consistently at gambling, because in gambling we generally experience more losses than wins therefore, winning consistently is certainly a rare advantage for many people who enjoy betting.

But winning consistently is certainly not easy as only a small number of people are able to achieve it. Lucky are those who can experience this especially if they truly have a strategy for winning consistently. Personally, if I had a strategy for winning, I would enrich myself first.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Some bettors think winning more bets means they are already doing well. But that is not always true.

You can win many small bets with low odds, then lose one big bet and still end up negative. That is why profit is not only about how many bets you win, but also about the odds you take and how much you risk.

For me, a good bettor should not only ask, “Will this team win?” but also, “Is this bet worth the price?”
Do you focus more on winning picks, or on finding good value?

I can agree that's the case for some that don't track their bets. I like the fact that you included enough tidbits in your post--- helped me connect the dots about this topic. "It's not about how many bets you you win, but also about the odds and most importantly, how much you risk". It's no shocker, but some just don't care; a win is a win, no matter what for them. IMO, that desperation pushes them into chasing their losses.

Omo when it comes to betting, winning is winning no matter how small or how big the win is, just the fact that you placed a bet and won is enough to celebrate and count your blessings.

Gotcha!! You're exactly the reason why this post was made.

[jeremypwr]

I think the measuring stick when it comes to sports betting is your overall PnL.
Just because you win 10 bets, you can just as easily lose just 1 and wreck your PnL.

[Tetu100]

Some bettors think winning more bets means they are already doing well. But that is not always true.

You can win many small bets with low odds, then lose one big bet and still end up negative. That is why profit is not only about how many bets you win, but also about the odds you take and how much you risk.

For me, a good bettor should not only ask, “Will this team win?” but also, “Is this bet worth the price?”

Do you focus more on winning picks, or on finding good value?

I personally focus on finding value bets.

Profitability is what really matters. I'd rather win 50% of value bets at good odds than win 80% of short-priced bets that barely cover the occasional loss.

Valued bet are the real deal, their is no point running round a cycle with what can not literally change anything but rather keep one to be stagnant without no better way forward. However, i know it rare comes but with just a single experience of winning  one single value bet you are already covered for life.

[LastKiss]

~snip~

For me, a good bettor should not only ask, “Will this team win?” but also, “Is this bet worth the price?”

Yeah, that's why I always avoid low odds on sports betting although the chance of winning is high but when I lose, it doesn't really feel worth the reward. Winning more bets can also make us delusional feel luckier than we actually are. The danger comes when we start increasing our stakes because of that.

Not only that, but personally when I lose a low odds bet, it makes me feel more frustrated and gives me a stronger urge to chase my losses compared when I lose a normal odds bet. It's especially frustrating when it's a match that should have been an easy win but it ends up not going your way.

[Mr_Brilliant$]

Well, in the meantime you are winning just enjoy and take advantage of the profits you are getting because there is no way you can win constantly, meaning that you are going to lose in the long run no matter how good you think your gambling strategy might be. A lot of gamblers get excited when they win forgetting that there is losses around the corner, you cannot win everytime, personally I use my wins as a reminder that I might end up losing at anytime this makes me careful about how I keep on staking so I don't end up incurring huge losses.

This is one thing that plenty gamblers do not like to hear, it is really really hard to be winning consistently for the long run… You can get good streak, win several bets, but eventually losses will show face.. That is why we always say the house always wins in the end..

Anytime I start seeing plenty wins, I still do remind myself that the game has not finish yet..  Because a losing streak can as well wipe out profits that has been gather for days or even weeks…