Betting on totals instead of picking the winner?

[YOSHIE]

For those who bet on totals, why do you like it?
Do you find it more entertaining, or do you think it is more profitable than predicting the winner?

In the world of gambling, one of the most annoying and boring bets for me is point bets, seeing the words Over/Under makes me feel dizzy.

Honestly, in sports betting I prefer to bet on the score, the team that has a chance of winning, not to bet on total points, I don't have time to predict Team Points, Player Points, Half Points and so on offered by the bookie, it's boring.

Yes, in sports betting there are a series of bets that can be placed, in essence each individual has their own way of being the best at gambling, it's all their own choice.

[Somegory]

Are there many bettors here who prefer betting on totals rather than choosing who will win the game?

I’m talking about over and under bets. Like in the NBA, if you bet over 210.5 and the total score already goes above that number, your bet is already won. You don’t need to care who wins the game anymore. That’s different from betting on the winner as even if your team is leading big, it can still be scary until the final buzzer. We have seen teams blow big leads before, so a 20 point lead does not always feel safe.

For those who bet on totals, why do you like it?
Do you find it more entertaining, or do you think it is more profitable than predicting the winner?

Does it matters? Either you bet on goals or winners your result won't be that different, if you think I am wrong let's start asking those who lives to bet on goals to show their gambling results in the past weeks and let's see.

Either it's goals or winners bet you will still lose money, if your aim is to win more you are deceiving yourself because I am pretty sure that you will lose more than you will win either ways.

I would rather focus on risking what I can afford to lose until I get lucky someday, the strategy is to stay in the game without losing a lot of money, because it's certain that you will lose money before you win.

[EarnOnVictor]

Are there many bettors here who prefer betting on totals rather than choosing who will win the game?

I've transitioned to this, and it's highly regarded as a "safe bet," especially if the goals are promising in the match. Still, it's my optional way to bet, as the straight winning remains my priority. But in a situation where the actual winner is tight, then I can opt for that. This is even safer than going for a draw, IMO.

[Lida93]

For those who bet on totals, why do you like it?
Do you find it more entertaining, or do you think it is more profitable than predicting the winner?

When a bet is on the total for let say over 1.5 or 2.5 goals the gamblers do not have business with which team is winning in the game as all he cares about is just the goals that he gets from the game. You would actually be getting happy that the both teams are scoring one another without bothering on any one of them winning. It makes me a neutral bettor at that moment because there's no favourite for me. However, it doesn't makes it a safe bet as there are many occasions where teams play barren draw just as we have it in some game sof the World Cup.

[Cointxz]

For those who bet on totals, why do you like it?
Do you find it more entertaining, or do you think it is more profitable than predicting the winner?

When a bet is on the total for let say over 1.5 or 2.5 goals the gamblers do not have business with which team is winning in the game as all he cares about is just the goals that he gets from the game. You would actually be getting happy that the both teams are scoring one another without bothering on any one of them winning. It makes me a neutral bettor at that moment because there's no favourite for me. However, it doesn't makes it a safe bet as there are many occasions where teams play barren draw just as we have it in some game sof the World Cup.

This is one way to view this type of bet as pros. Also, this bet is beneficial for those bettor that is familiar on both team capabilities but undecided on who will win since he can bet on what will be the potential outcome (either low scoring or high scoring game).

The only cons for this type of bet is when one team underperforms based on your assumption while the other team doesn’t cover the require points.

[Volgastallion]

Yes the over under makes you feel less strefull since everygoal or point depending on the sport you are betting on makes you win or lose but aside of that as i said previously is only a sensation and in the end all the markets are equal and the only thing relevant are the odds and nothing more, the emotions and feelings worth 0 in this world of betting.

[Natalim]

Yes the over under makes you feel less strefull since everygoal or point depending on the sport you are betting on makes you win or lose but aside of that as i said previously is only a sensation and in the end all the markets are equal and the only thing relevant are the odds and nothing more, the emotions and feelings worth 0 in this world of betting.

I don’t agree with that, there is no betting option that is stress free when big money is at risk.

The total is just another betting market where we pick which side we are on, and there is always a winner or loser, so even if it feels easy at the beginning, the real challenge is handling the emotion of losing, which I believe some people are not good at, especially if they somehow become more confident and decide to bet a bigger amount, that would really hurt if it loses.

[Crakryptvest]

Betting has to do with picking the options you want to bet on based analysis being carried, personally I prefer to bet on totals than picking either the home or away team to win even when it seems like one of them has a high chance of winning, when I notice that both teams are good with attacking I go with the over Market.

Even as that no bet option is easy, this reminds me of the match between Spain and Cape Verde which I know that many people placed their bet on over market because the straight win and the 12 which is either team win has low odd, but we saw what happened at the end in the clash between those two national teams, both have 12 option and the over, no one played, what I'm trying to say is that there bet options that look very promising when we select them because of what we find out about the two teams but become a disaster, although what you mentioned about double chancing the two side or playing over is good but we should know that we might get disappointed with the outcome.

[Free Market Capitalist]

For those who bet on totals, why do you like it?
Do you find it more entertaining, or do you think it is more profitable than predicting the winner?

Maybe I'm just more traditional in that sense, and I don't place sports bets very often. As I mentioned in another thread, there are so many options now that you can bet on almost anything. I prefer to stick to the classics, like betting on who's going to win.

[Alex077]

I’m talking about over and under bets. Like in the NBA, if you bet over 210.5 and the total score already goes above that number, your bet is already won. You don’t need to care who wins the game anymore. That’s different from betting on the winner as even if your team is leading big, it can still be scary until the final buzzer. We have seen teams blow big leads before, so a 20 point lead does not always feel safe...

I think the main difference is the following - you don’t have to pick the winner - you need to understand the style and flow of the game: the pace, offensive and defensive efficiency, and how both teams usually play.
But of course I wouldn’t say that betting on totals is necessarily easier or more profitable. Yeah, in your example, if the total has already gone over the line, the final result of the game doesn’t matter anymore, and that can feel much more comfortable psychologically.
I think the advantage of totals is that sometimes you can find value if you really understand how teams play. For example, in basketball, factors like: pace of play, number of possessions, shooting efficiency etc...

[SFR10]

Are there many bettors here who prefer betting on totals rather than choosing who will win the game?

Depending on the teams involved, I might prefer totals over moneyline bets ^{[in an end-to-end (open) game between two attacking teams (especially for soccer), this could be the best type of bet while in other cases, moneyline bets tend to yield better results]}.

[Russlenat]

Are there many bettors here who prefer betting on totals rather than choosing who will win the game?

Depending on the teams involved, I might prefer totals over moneyline bets ^{[in an end-to-end (open) game between two attacking teams (especially for soccer), this could be the best type of bet while in other cases, moneyline bets tend to yield better results]}.

Okay that makes sense, but you also have to consider the line, maybe the linemaker is just trying to trick us because we think that the team loves to attack so we go for the over, then they will put a high line and we do not notice it because in our mind, whatever line the linemaker offers we will always take it.

[Achalugo BTC]

I don’t agree with that, there is no betting option that is stress free when big money is at risk.

The total is just another betting market where we pick which side we are on, and there is always a winner or loser, so even if it feels easy at the beginning, the real challenge is handling the emotion of losing, which I believe some people are not good at, especially if they somehow become more confident and decide to bet a bigger amount, that would really hurt if it loses.

Most people are not really good at controlling their emotions, which I totally agreed with you and this is why most of the risks what will affect them later in life. So, it will best for one to place a small bet and might be lucky to win, this will help them not to lose to themselves because of high stake, thinking they can pick the perfect team that won't disappoint them, forgetting the game can't be controlled, that is why in gambling, nothing like stres free when it involves real money.

[Ziskinberg]

Okay that makes sense, but you also have to consider the line, maybe the linemaker is just trying to trick us because we think that the team loves to attack so we go for the over, then they will put a high line and we do not notice it because in our mind, whatever line the linemaker offers we will always take it.

That is a good point, sometimes we are too blind because we always look at the side that these teams are going to score, so the over should hit easily. But if we look at their average, they only hit 4 goals per game (combined), while the line is at 5 over/under and yet we still bet on the over, so we probably lost.

This is not different from other types of sports, those who set the lines know how the public would react, so they set a trap and most of us lose.

[L E G E N D A R Y]

It's simple as that but don't belittle the years of experience and analysis that are being done by sportsbettor. It still helps to be honest and that gives them the idea on whether they should go for totals or the match winner for their bets. Both are fine because the odds that we bet is the factor why we pick either one or both of them at the same time. While all the math and analysis looks not helping at all, it does but won't guarantee win.

You are absolutely right on the part that you said, despite their statistics or analysis, nothing is guaranteed and the earlier they understand that part, the more they tell themselves that they don't need to undergo any unnecessary pressure, if the game didn't favour them, as they it will also help them to avoid any bad bets. But, also has to know that most at times bettors needs luck in gambling because at the end of everything, luck will still have to decide whether they will win or not.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Are there many bettors here who prefer betting on totals rather than choosing who will win the game?

Depending on the teams involved, I might prefer totals over moneyline bets ^{[in an end-to-end (open) game between two attacking teams (especially for soccer), this could be the best type of bet while in other cases, moneyline bets tend to yield better results]}.

Yeah, you are absolutely right, choosing to bet on totals over moneyline or outright choosing who will win in a match simply depends on which team and which team is playing the match, depending on which teams are playing, predicting which team will win a match can be very easy or very difficult.

In a situation where based on teams playing, if predicting who or which team will win is easy, I personally will go for that market over totals, like in the world Cup tournament that is currently on, the day USA played against Paraguay, I put alot of money on USA to win because to me, it was a very easy to accurately predict the outcome of this match, so I went outrightly for USA to win the match and the odds was very good too at 2.08, it was a good opportunity to more than double my capital and it did doubled.

But for games where it's hard to accurately predict which team will win, then going for totals is always the best option in this regard.

[mirakal]

You are absolutely right on the part that you said, despite their statistics or analysis, nothing is guaranteed and the earlier they understand that part, the more they tell themselves that they don't need to undergo any unnecessary pressure, if the game didn't favour them, as they it will also help them to avoid any bad bets. But, also has to know that most at times bettors needs luck in gambling because at the end of everything, luck will still have to decide whether they will win or not.

The word guaranteed is the dumbest word in sports betting, this is usually what scammers use when they want to lure people into following their picks and eventually make them subscribe for a fee. But what we don’t understand, at least some of us, is that in sports betting you don’t need to win all the time, what you need to do is just win most of the time and you will be profitable in the long run.

It is not complicated, that is the formula, so the only challenge now is how to win.

[Doan9269]

I like playing on total goals by both teams because it is easier to predict and win as well in most cases, very possible that the game will end up with two goals and most cases and that is why I most often select the option of over 1.5 or 2 as the case may be, to me I see it one of the most lucrative way to gamble if you want to avoid taking higher risk to losing.

[Localhostspeed]

Are there many bettors here who prefer betting on totals rather than choosing who will win the game?

I’m talking about over and under bets. Like in the NBA, if you bet over 210.5 and the total score already goes above that number, your bet is already won. You don’t need to care who wins the game anymore. That’s different from betting on the winner as even if your team is leading big, it can still be scary until the final buzzer. We have seen teams blow big leads before, so a 20 point lead does not always feel safe.

For those who bet on totals, why do you like it?
Do you find it more entertaining, or do you think it is more profitable than predicting the winner?

This is good if you know how NBA and NCAA are played, honestly I admire people that do make plenty of money from basketball ball but the loss money too. I have followed their tips several time and I can tell you that the games are not that easy. You know what is painful about them, you will be expecting good results and it will come but one team will not be able to make some points, some will do well during the first half and then the second half doesn't end well.

If you want to bet on any of the option, be it total score from both teams or single team, make sure you use the first half, sometimes the teams get tired in the second half and they don't make plenty of points again or it's one team that do make plenty points or you can pick both teams to have some points as total and don't pick high lines. There days that you will win when the casino doesn't care about high lines but some days, even if you play the best game, the casino highline breaks everything.

[Lida93]

When a bet is on the total for let say over 1.5 or 2.5 goals the gamblers do not have business with which team is winning in the game as all he cares about is just the goals that he gets from the game. You would actually be getting happy that the both teams are scoring one another without bothering on any one of them winning. It makes me a neutral bettor at that moment because there's no favourite for me. However, it doesn't makes it a safe bet as there are many occasions where teams play barren draw just as we have it in some game sof the World Cup.

This is one way to view this type of bet as pros. Also, this bet is beneficial for those bettor that is familiar on both team capabilities but undecided on who will win since he can bet on what will be the potential outcome (either low scoring or high scoring game).

The only cons for this type of bet is when one team underperforms based on your assumption while the other team doesn’t cover the require points.

For you as a gambler to go for this option you be aware of the teams scoring capabilities particularly looking at the history and H2H of recently played games. The propensity for goals are higher when the over goals options if the two teams are goals scoring teams compared to when it's just one team that's with a much scoring chances. Assuming that only one team fails to score then what happens... Low score.