What makes Someone a professional gambler?

[Sonia_123]

For someone to be a professional gambler, he has taken gambling as his means of primary livelihood through betting, he sees it as a business to make money for himself rather than just a game of luck or hobby, he treats every games he plays as a discipline business .

Professional gamblers don't rely on luck but on skills, statistical analysis and strategy, they are not often betting but place a bet when the game or prices will be favourable in the long run, they are good at managing and protecting their capital by using staking method, so that much risk of losing their funds will not be involved but only small, they are very calculative in managing their bankroll on a single wager .

[Japinat]

Is there anything like professional gambler? A gambler is simply a gambler who makes his predictions and stakes on them. For something to be termed professional, it means it's done as an occupational engagement and there's nothing occupational about gambling. Promoting gambling that's supposed to be something you engage in for fun to the level it becomes a professional engagement is the easiest route to becoming a gambling addict and we know that gambling addiction messed up the mind of so many across the globe.

Perhaps using the experienced gambler rather than professional gambler is more appropriate. Professionals are those who have done their degrees and made it till the end, and gambling offers no degree. Its just a game of prediction and luck, but we can tell that there are really experienced gamblers out there, but it does not mean that they are winning a lot and winning constantly.

They are considered experienced gamblers because they have learned already how to deal with gambling well, and develop the right behavior and attitudes that make them responsible gamblers for long.

[lombok]

For someone to be a professional gambler, he has taken gambling as his means of primary livelihood through betting, he sees it as a business to make money for himself rather than just a game of luck or hobby, he treats every games he plays as a discipline business .

Professional gamblers don't rely on luck but on skills, statistical analysis and strategy, they are not often betting but place a bet when the game or prices will be favourable in the long run, they are good at managing and protecting their capital by using staking method, so that much risk of losing their funds will not be involved but only small, they are very calculative in managing their bankroll on a single wager .

Calculating probabilities correctly is very important for making sure that each and every investment yields a positive long-term return. Slowly allocating the money will help speculative gamblers avoid going bankrupt because of unexpected losing periods. It is much better to make a good statistical analysis and take into consideration all the real match circumstances than to listen to some impulses that do not have any statistics background at all. Remaining calm and rejecting the temptation to bet without having any kind of mathematical advantage is an indicator of a very good execution experience.

[ArabBTC]

Some years back i had a friend who was a banker, this my friend resigned and used a huge amount of money he had saved while working as a banker and deposited into his bet account and decided to stay at home without taking up another job so that he could be completely focused on gambling, he was literally playing just one game daily with a huge stake, he always picked a prediction option with the lowest odd and used a huge stake as a tool, this strategy made him remain winning for a very long time back then.

To me i will classify this my friend as a professional gambler because firstly, gambling is all he does as a person, secondly, he could control his urge to always regulate how often he bets regardless of his win he still maintained same playing pattern of not playing more than 1 game per time, he made gambling his primary source of income.

[Hispo]

Some years back i had a friend who was a banker, this my friend resigned and used a huge amount of money he had saved while working as a banker and deposited into his bet account and decided to stay at home without taking up another job so that he could be completely focused on gambling, he was literally playing just one game daily with a huge stake, he always picked a prediction option with the lowest odd and used a huge stake as a tool, this strategy made him remain winning for a very long time back then.

To me i will classify this my friend as a professional gambler because firstly, gambling is all he does as a person, secondly, he could control his urge to always regulate how often he bets regardless of his win he still maintained same playing pattern of not playing more than 1 game per time, he made gambling his primary source of income.

That is interesting, and surely it is the dream of a lot of people who wished to retire from their job and become a professional bettor. But let us be honest: always going for the lowest odd and using a huge stake in order to get a significant amount of money is not a reliable strategy, eventually the favorite team will lose against some underdog, and we could experience a huge blow on our wallets because of that strategy.

Do you still have contact with that ex-banker friends of yours? Does he still do that or did he lose his money eventually due to his strategy? I am curious.

[laijsica]

At this point for someone to become a professional gambler does it comes about the risk that is always taken when placing your bet that makes him professional gambler, or does it come from the amount that such person regularly win from the gambling site or?
In what aspect do we classify and rated someone as a professional gambler?

As we know, most people nowadays do rate themselves as a professional gambler and I am cared to know in what aspect should someone classify himself or herself as a professional gambler.

There are many qualities that define a professional gambler. Simply put, the ability to understand risk and be responsible are the qualities of a professional gambler. Winning bets regularly is not easy and even professional gamblers may not achieve that ability because the results depend on luck most of the time.

A professional gambler does not gamble regularly, they look for opportunities and participate in bets where the chances of winning are high. If we consider the case of sports betting, most professional gamblers wait for the tournament to start and analyze the teams in detail before placing bets and they get positive results in most of the bets.

[ArabBTC]

That is interesting, and surely it is the dream of a lot of people who wished to retire from their job and become a professional bettor. But let us be honest: always going for the lowest odd and using a huge stake in order to get a significant amount of money is not a reliable strategy, eventually the favorite team will lose against some underdog, and we could experience a huge blow on our wallets because of that strategy.

Do you still have contact with that ex-banker friends of yours? Does he still do that or did he lose his money eventually due to his strategy? I am curious.

The thing is that my banker friend wasn’t picking the win options, the times i was close to him and still following up his predictions, i observed that he mostly picks goal options, like he could go to leagues like the Bundesliga, Eredivisie or EPL, leagues with very high scoring capacity and predicts either a 0.5 or 1.5 goal option, the odds are often very small, but it increases his winning chance, sometimes he gets a 1.10 - 1.20odd and applies a very high stake, throughout that period I was monitoring him, am not sure he lost a bet, he picks few corners or yellow cards at times and regulates the number of game he played.

Currently we lost contact but from the strategy he was using it might be difficult for him to lose, even if he lost, it might not affect him much because he would have probably won more than 10 times which would cover his initial stake, mind you for huge stakes, if the game isn’t going your way, you can cash out what is left because most casinos still provide you with a reasonable cash out even at 80mins into the game and you won’t loss all your stake.

[Hispo]

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Thanks for your reply!
Well, it makes sense now that you mention he was not going straight moneyline or win/lose bets in order to get the yield he wanted.

Considering we are talking about considerable amount of money in a relatively short period of time (since he betted everyday), then it would be very safe to assume he used Cash-out in order to cut losses when things did not go as intended.

It is a pity you are not longer in touch with him though, I feel one could have learnt much from him, assuming he remained profitable in the long term.

[Zlantann]

Now you need to ask some questions.  Those who think they are professional in gambling what do you think is their gambling results.  Despite they rely on gambling as a source of income do you think they win consistently in gambling? I dont think if a gambler relies in gambling as a source of income this now makes him to be professional gambler. I agree with Churchillvv that those who claim to be professional only wants to scam or take advantage of people to help them scam and make money from.

It's not possible to consistently win at gambling. But some people have mastered the art of bankroll management, which helps them control how much risk they take in gambling. They will lose in some games, but they have learned how to balance their accounts so that they don't go bankrupt. I agree that some of those who claim that they are professional gamblers online might be scammers. Their claim is basically to attract people and collect money from them in disguise of offering professional services.

[Oasisman]

At this point for someone to become a professional gambler does it comes about the risk that is always taken when placing your bet that makes him professional gambler, or does it come from the amount that such person regularly win from the gambling site or?
In what aspect do we classify and rated someone as a professional gambler?

I think, it is when he's been consistently getting profit, but doesn't mean he does not incur losses, but because that professional gamblers understands the value of their bets and odds.
Also, they are good with managing their bankroll to avoid from becoming broke, since this has been one of their main source of income.
Normally, professional gamblers are great at analyzing the odds and match ups, and this is the most important trait a professional gambler must have.

[Kelward]

In a simple term I will say that a professional gambler is somebody who takes gambling as a profession, what I mean by that is that the gambler takes it as a major source of income, he gambles only to make money nothing more. There are gamblers like me who gambles for entertainment, I cannot categorize myself as a professional gambler because my main aim of gambling is not to be earning steady income from it since I've come to realize that gambling is not a secured source of income I felt that there is no need to take it seriously. I believe that being a professional gambler can lead to addiction because if you're not lucky to win you will be chasing loses and when you win you'd likely waste it all on gambling, it's better to gamble for fun.

[Awaklara]

In what aspect do we classify and rated someone as a professional gambler?

I don't know if the choice of the word 'professional' is appropriate for a gambler. If there were a gambling competition with set bets and standards that gathered the best gamblers from around the world, maybe we could assess and see real qualifications. It might also be classified according to specific games. We cannot assess a gambler by large capital or a streak of wins obtained.

[Barikui1]

In what aspect do we classify and rated someone as a professional gambler?

I believe that we all have a different definition of a professional gambler in our head, but I believe that a professional gambler is someone that takes gamble as an activity that he does for fun, without letting addiction creep in gradually.

Secondly, a professional gambler is a gambler that knows when to walk away. I said so because it is not all gambler that knows when to walk away, and this is why we constantly here of bad news on how this or that gambler wreck himself financially, because he doesn't know when to call it a quit. And finally, a professional gambler is a gambler with a gambling budget, so once his budget has elapsed, that will be the end this gambling that particular day, unlike some gamblers that will even push further and go as far as borrowing money just to gamble.

[Julien_Olynpic]

The answer to this question is simple, although it may seem somewhat trivial. A professional gambler is someone who has made gambling their profession, meaning someone for whom gambling is their primary or one of their primary sources of income. Of course, the number of wins or the ratio of wins to losses doesn't matter. After all, you can win a lot and in small amounts, and lose rarely but heavily, and your losses can exceed your winnings. Furthermore, there are subtle signs, such as the fact that professional gamblers are quite familiar with the concept of mathematical expectation.

[bitbollo]

At this point for someone to become a professional gambler does it comes about the risk that is always taken when placing your bet that makes him professional gambler, or does it come from the amount that such person regularly win from the gambling site or?
In what aspect do we classify and rated someone as a professional gambler?

As we know, most people nowadays do rate themselves as a professional gambler and I am cared to know in what aspect should someone classify himself or herself as a professional gambler.

Most of professional gamblers are able to access to resources that normal/medium average gamblers would never have.
You can easily use this first approach to identify a player from a professional.
E.G = using backup for internet/devices. multiplatforms with huge sums deposited/ready to deposit. tools that collect news/odds. tools for place bets (professional would use this...)
even travelling and going to live betting in a field (just imagine horse racing or tennis live match).
A professional would have a few expenses to cover every month. At this point it becomes like any other job, a lot of time, boring, stress and so on
There are also other type of "professional gamblers" like the bookmakers. They are offering odds and getting a profit, hedging the bets of players.
Or there are players able to offers bets in p2p markets likewise betfair.com .
it's not a mistery they charge MASSIVE fees to the top tier gamblers (reaching in some case 40% of their win --> down from 60% !!! ).
https://www.sharkbetting.com/guides/betfair-expert-fee

[Jostern]

Personally I think what makes someone a professional gambler is how frequently someone gambles, there are people who gamble for a living, and I absolutely don’t understand how it works for them, especially when you depend on gambling to make a living, and also I think how much money is invested in gambling, I have seen someone who have gambled with $50,000, I think someone who can gamble with such amount of money and they’re ready to loose such amount of money are professionals, I will definitely classify that fellow as a professional gambler, there are people who doesn’t gamble frequently, they probably gamble once in a while, there are also people who doesn’t stay a single day without gambling, this are people I will classify as professional gamblers, I have a friend who is always in a gambling site, always gambling frequently, he has numerous gambling apps, this is someone I can classify as a professional gambler.

[Free Market Capitalist]

In what aspect do we classify and rated someone as a professional gambler?

To define what a professional gambler is, I think it's better to define someone who is NOT one. And that's basically someone like you, who can't tell the difference between casino games and games of skill.

Many characteristics have been mentioned, but if we had to sum it up in one, it would be that this person relies on skill-based games (poker, sports betting) as their main source of income.

What people don't usually talk about as much are the not professional but regular winners—who do exist but don't usually make the headlines. These are people who make a little extra money from gambling practically every month, but as a side hustle, not as their main source of income.

[m2017]

At this point for someone to become a professional gambler does it comes about the risk that is always taken when placing your bet that makes him professional gambler,

No. Someone like that could be called a professional venturer.

or does it come from the amount that such person regularly win from the gambling site or?

This statement is closer to the truth, but still not entirely accurate.

In what aspect do we classify and rated someone as a professional gambler?

To answer this question, we must first define the term "professional".

A professional (in the context of gambling) is someone whose sole source of income is gambling. In other words, a professional gambler’s entire life depends on gambling; therefore, to maintain their status as a professional, such an individual must win consistently - otherwise, they risk ending up destitute and on the streets.

As we know, most people nowadays do rate themselves as a professional gambler and I am cared to know in what aspect should someone classify himself or herself as a professional gambler.

I could call myself a ballerina too, but would that enable me to perform even a single dance move?

As I mentioned above, a gambler can only be considered a professional if this activity serves as their primary (or near-exclusive) means of subsistence, meaning they actually earn money from it, rather than losing. Incidentally, you can’t be a professional for just one week (a week during which you happened to win instead of losing, as is usually the case).

[Yorubek]

You cannot become a professional gambler just by gambling, I think the attribute that a person needs to have to become a professional gambler are, first of all, the gambler must be skilled, besides before placing a bet, he must do various research about a team and understand it and gamble within his means, after that the gambler considers how much money he can use in gambling so that he will not face financial disaster and the gambler keeps a long profit and loss account through gambling and gambles patiently, does not become emotional quickly and gambles repeatedly to recover the lost money after facing financial losses, a professional gambler knows when to stop and when to start.

[Slow death]

At this point for someone to become a professional gambler does it comes about the risk that is always taken when placing your bet that makes him professional gambler, or does it come from the amount that such person regularly win from the gambling site or?
In what aspect do we classify and rated someone as a professional gambler?

How many people have actually found success in sports betting? When we look into this, we encounter a discouraging answer one that reveals that the term "professional gambler" may not accurately apply to those who frequent casinos or engage in sports betting. Take a look at this:

Only 2–3% of sports bettors consistently make a profit over the long term, while 97% or more lose money.

source: https://www.bettoredge.com/post/what-percentage-of-sports-bettors-are-profitable

Sports betting is not a matter of luck; it depends on knowledge. Yet, the number of people who manage to turn a profit in the long run is extremely low which makes it clear that gambling should be viewed solely as entertainment, and nothing more. If gambling is merely a form of entertainment, it is not something to be taken seriously; therefore, it cannot be a profession. One cannot truly be a  "professional bettor " or a "professional gambler," as doing so runs counter to the very purpose for which gambling was created. Gambling was not designed for people to earn money to pay their bills; it was created purely for fun. In the long run, all of us who gamble will inevitably end up at a loss.