Before engaging in betting, you need to know the rules of sports betting when playing at a bookmaker. In every area there are rules, knowledge of which gives a feeling of security and confidence in the correctness and correctness of one’s actions. Ignorance of the rules sometimes turns into trouble for bettors, because the fact that they have not studied them does not relieve them of responsibility.
In addition to the rules of bookmakers, there are postulates that every player must know. Therefore, we will first consider the rules of bookmakers, which we will divide into generally accepted, basic and special, and then the key postulates in sports betting.
Play meaningfully
If you look at the average betting player and generally evaluate what is going on in the heads of 95-98% of participants in this process, it becomes downright sad. Solid “Flying Dutchmen”, without sails, steering wheel, captain, and, what is especially sad, without an anchor. They do stupid things in batches and in circles, and they can’t stop.
What will happen if one of these players is stopped and asked a question directly: “what is the goal of your game”? There will probably be an attempt to avoid answering. If you insist, there will be a hitch, attempts to start the brain, but nothing will work. At most they will give you something like: “get rich”, “pay off debts”, “easy money”.
If you continue the interrogation and ask about the starting conditions, what kind of bank we have, what strategies we use, then the answers will be even more shocking. In the case, 100, 500, 1,000 rubles miraculously survived from yesterday. If we catch it after payday or at the beginning of the game cycle, maybe even 5 or 10K. The situation is little better for those who reach 30K. They will still be merged. If not now, then in the next round. What's the matter?
Betting, like most topics related to finance, is quite material resources, loves counting and numbers. According to the results of the above imaginary survey, we are very tight with numbers. The individual has “virtually nothing” but expects to gain “a lot” or “almost everything” from it. At the same time, the deadlines are not defined, nor are the strategies. Even if the latter exist, then in the absence of formulations of everything else, this does not give anything.
A meaningful game, which the first rule in betting says is:
Availability of a specific starting bank.
A clearly named and written realistic goal.
Specified deadline for implementation.
Financial and gaming strategies.
And all this should be clear and understandable, so that if anyone asks how you are playing now, it should jump out of your teeth.
Example No. 1
Starting bank: 100,000 rub.
Goal: 50,000 rub. net profit.
Duration: 8 weeks.
Financial strategy: percentage from the bank, 5% per bet. Odds from 1.60 to 2.20.
Game strategy: Ordinaries for zero handicaps or ITB (1) for hidden favorites.
Example No. 2
Starting bank: 10,000 rub.
Goal: 50,000 rub. net profit.
Duration: 6 weeks.
Financial strategy: “ladder” in 5 steps. 10% per attempt. Average odds 1.50. Final: 7.6.
Game strategy: the total is higher in live, after the first goal.
Well, dozens of examples can be given. We have devoted a number of articles on the project to this type of game scenarios.
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Popular bookmaker bets
Most novice players who are interested in the world of betting for the first time think that there are only two possible outcomes - the victory of the first or second side . Less often a draw is added to them. Upon closer examination, it turns out that the number of outcomes offered by leading bookmakers can reach several hundred.
A selection of all possible outcomes is a bookmaker's line . A good line allows experienced handicappers to create more interesting gaming strategies and receive a constant income from sports betting.
Let's look at several main types of bets, equally interesting for both beginners and experienced players.
The outcome of the competition
The first and most common bet is placed on the outcome of a sporting event. The player must guess one of three possible outcomes: victory of the first team (W1), a draw (X) or victory of the second team (W2).
Double chance
This type of bet is directly derived from a bet on the outcome of the competition. In this case, bookmakers offer to combine two out of three possible outcomes . It should be taken into account that if a sports discipline does not involve a draw outcome, there is no such bet.
Within the framework of the “double chance” you can make the following bets:
- Victory of any team or competitor (12)
- First team lead or tie (1X)
- Second team win or draw (X2)
When making such bets, the chance of winning increases, but the odds decrease.
Total
Total bets are most often used in football or hockey. To place a bet, you need to have an idea of how many goals can be scored during the match.
Total Over (TO) is a bet that more than a certain number of goals or pucks will be scored in a match. For example, if you bet on Total Over 3.5 (Total Over 3.5), you need the opponents to score four or more goals against each other to win.
Total Under (TO) – a bet that less than a certain number of goals will be scored in the match. For example, a total of less than 3.5 (TM 3.5) means that the opponents must score no more than three goals against each other.
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Handicap
Often one of the opponents is much superior to the other in experience and class of play. People don't want to bet on the second opponent's victory. To balance things out a bit, bookmakers offer bets on handicaps .
Let's give an example. The hockey teams of Russia and Italy meet on the ice. The odds for Russia's victory are slightly above one, while the odds for Italy's victory are approaching a three-digit figure. There is no point in such bets.
Let's look at the odds. The Russian team is offered a handicap of F (-3) to win. That is, hockey players must win with an advantage of more than three goals. The coefficient is already closer to adequate indicators – 1.50.
Another handicap is offered for the Italian team: F (+3). That is, she should not lose by more than three goals.
Correct score
It is almost impossible to predict the exact score of a match. The strongest athlete can get injured at the beginning of the game and drop out. The best goalkeeper can miss a dozen goals because “this happens sometimes.” However, if a player guesses the exact score of the match, he can hit a good jackpot.
When applied to football or hockey, the "correct score" refers to the number of goals that teams will score against each other. Other disciplines may have other similar indicators. Odds for the “accurate score” start from 3.0 and can reach double digits.
Time match
Bet on the outcome of the half and the outcome of the match. The team can win the first half and the entire game. It is much more difficult to predict or guess such an outcome than the usual result of a match, so the bookmaker odds are quite high. It should be taken into account that some teams lose the first round, then pick up the pace and win the match with a significant lead over the opponent. After the first round, the opponent cannot even get through to the goal.
Asian total
Asian total is a variation of the usual one. It can be more or less than 3.25, 3.75, 4.25, etc.
Let's look at the Asian total using a specific example.
The player bets on the Asian total with the value “total over 3.75”. The bet is divided into two parts: total over 3.5 (TB 3.5) and total over 4 (TB 4). If more than four goals are scored in a match, the player's bet wins. If it is four, the player returns half of the bet amount.
Asian total is less common than regular total, but it has its fans. If a person is not confident enough in the outcome, he can hedge his bets a little, and if the athletes fall a little short of the planned figure, at least part of the bet amount will be returned to him.
Most of the proposed types of bets are applicable only to certain sports, in particular football and hockey. Separate bets (outcome, exact score) are used in all sports disciplines.
Before choosing specific bets, get to know the upcoming competition better, find out more about the teams and players. This will allow you to predict the outcome of the match with maximum probability.
Feel free to use complex bets and hedging. Yes, the odds will be slightly lower, but this will increase your chances of winning and allow you to save part of the bank.
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Another important rule in betting is choosing your area of expertise. Many players, due to the lack of suitable events in the sport on which they usually bet, rush into all seriousness. The search begins for what to bet on. Questionable tournaments that have never been followed before, or even new sports, are being used. Some desperate gamblers even go so far as to bet on e-sports, chess or virtual football. So it won’t be long until slots are available. Although, this irony of ours has thousands of living confirmations.
The rule of reasonable bettors is: bet on those sports, tournaments, teams (athletes) that you know about and follow. If there are no good bets, then rest and switch to another activity. Violation of this rule is punishable by a blow to the wallet. No options!
Take advantage of bookmaker promotions and draws
This is not a rule, but rather a guideline. Of course, not all promotions are worthy of attention, but sometimes major bookmakers offer very nice bonuses that you can take advantage of.
As they say - why not. In some cases, by placing a bet of 1,500 rubles on any event, you can become the owner of a car.
Highest odds
There are dozens of bookmakers on the market. Typically, a player uses 2-5 bookmakers in parallel. You may notice that different companies may set different odds for the same outcomes. In some places, a higher odds are due to the fact that the office has a more modest margin, and in others it is simply due to a discrepancy in analytics. There may also be purely marketing reasons. Indicators are speculatively increased to lure players. So, the better must choose the highest odds from all the offices he uses.
Why bet at odds of 1.88 if another office gives 1.95? Since you have chosen these bookmakers to be in your active pool, they are both reliable. We talked about the rules for choosing a company in a separate review. In this case, other things being equal, you need to play where they give 1.95. This is 0.07 difference on one bet. Now imagine what happens with such a bias over a distance of several hundred or thousand bets. It's a real snowball. If you win 1,000 bets of 1,000 rubles. with a coefficient of 1.95, you will receive 1,950,000 rubles. And if the same amount with odds is 1.88, then it’s already 1,880,000 rubles. Do you have an extra 70,000 rubles to just give it to a bookmaker? We think not. So always prefer high prices to low prices if other conditions remain the same.
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Many bettors, due to small starting funds and exorbitant ambitions, collect huge express bets and hope to win a lot at once. This is one of the “deadly sins” in sports betting. This way you can only enrich the bookmaker.
You need to understand that in an express bet, not only the odds are multiplied, but also the risks. Moreover, we must not forget that each line bet includes a margin. The bookmaker “cuts” his percentage from each bet, regardless of the outcome. So, the margin is also multiplied in the express. As a result, the amount that the player loses due to the multiplied margin is quite significant. This is not so noticeable on small express bets for 2-3 events. But on the huge “sheets” that some bettors love so much, significant sums are made. Against the backdrop of considerable potential gains, few people bother with these distortions. However, over a long distance these losses are very significant.
So express doubles or trebles are a compromise option that can also be used to replace singles in some gaming strategies. But everything that comes next is a gamble, with only chances for occasional winnings, and a guarantee of going deep into the minus over the distance. If you still consider huge express bets to be something other than a variation on the theme of a lottery ticket with a minimum amount put down, then it’s time to reconsider your position on this issue.
What to look for when betting
The following tips will be relevant primarily for beginners, because experienced bettors probably already know these simple intricacies of betting on football. But we advise you to at least take a quick look at them, in case you learn something new for yourself.
Prepare thoroughly for each match
Even if you are sure that you are good at football, you should not bet at random. Before choosing one of the outcomes, you need to study the statistics of the performance of both teams this season, look at the results of their head-to-head confrontations over the past 3-5 years, read the news to find out about the microclimate in the team, and also pay attention to factors of motivation, disqualification and injuries to leading players. Even a team of referees can have a significant impact on the final result of the match. In short, the more information you manage to collect, the more accurately you can make a forecast. Don’t forget that on the bookmaker’s side, it’s not just one person who analyzes the matches, but a whole team of competent specialists, so it’s not easy to butt heads with them.
Choose the right bookmaker
This is a very important point, on which the results of your game depend no less than on the accuracy of the forecasts. The bookmaker must first of all be reliable, not cheat and pay out winnings on time. In addition, it should not have a high margin, otherwise in the long run it will completely eat up your profit. And, of course, the bookmaker you choose must offer a wide range of football titles to guarantee you many options for betting. How can you find out if a bookmaker meets the above requirements? Its reliability can most easily be determined by looking at reviews that can be read on specialized websites. You don’t need to blindly believe absolutely every comment, some of them are written to order, but they will help form the overall picture. You can familiarize yourself with the line and description, as well as the margin for matches, on the bookmaker’s website.
Always play with a cool head
This is a very important betting rule that must be followed. Every player has had, has and will have successful and unsuccessful streaks, and they are equally dangerous for his bankroll. Yes, yes, you heard right, you need to approach even winning periods with a cool head, otherwise you can believe too much in your luck, start making rash bets and ultimately lose money. It’s even more difficult with unsuccessful periods: many beginners, and even more experienced players, find it difficult to maintain composure after a series of losses. The result is an insatiable desire to win back as quickly as possible, which leads to hasty bets and even greater financial losses. You must remember one rule for yourself and always adhere to it: you should never make rash bets!
Any bet can lose
If we talk about confidence in a particular bet, among the gaming mainstream there are such theses as: “reinforced concrete”, “the surest surety”, “almost 100% probability”. Meanwhile, you need to get used to the fact that absolutely any bet can lose. This thesis can literally be written in capital letters, perhaps even in blood, and hung before the eyes of every adherent of the life-giving “reinforced concrete”.
The player himself makes a mistake somewhere; he incorrectly interprets the initial information about the match. This moment, which brings some defeats, can and should be worked on. But some of the losses will be associated either with outright bad luck, when they miss a shot from a meter or the goalkeeper catches courage, then with mistakes of specific players out of the blue, then with refereeing oversights or outright lawlessness. In general, there are a number of irrational factors that cannot be predicted or stopped. They affect the result and this is a given, like night and day.
Anything is possible in sports. This does not mean that we should give up and call this area unpredictable and unpredictable. You just need to plan all your strategies so that any loss at the most inopportune moment does not lead to disaster. On the contrary, the very fact that any of your bets can lose must be built into the very idea of the strategy. Since this is inevitable and not always predictable, it is necessary to specify the limits and the acceptable percentage of these losses. Of course, try to reduce it, strive to increase cross-country ability. So that only bets are dropped due to force majeure, and your own errors in forecasts are minimized. That's right! Believing in “reinforced concrete” is not correct.
List of interesting and funny bets that can be made at bookmakers
- Bookmaker William Hill will offer players to bet on which gifts will be in greatest demand among buyers on Christmas Eve.
- You can try to guess who will be born next in the royal family: a girl or a boy?
- You can place a bet on the name that monarchs/stars/actors will choose for the child.
- You can predict whether a celebrity couple will divorce. Can you imagine how much the players who bet on the breakup of the relationship between Jolie and Pete earned?
- On which social network will the star/representative of the royal family post the next message?
- What will the weather be like on a certain day in a certain area?
- Will there be snow on New Year's Eve?
- Is there life on other planets?
- When people first land on Mars and the like.
What can you bet on in sports? As a rule, the list of events is limited and the same for all bookmakers. When it comes to “non-sports betting”, numerous options appear.
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Another important rule of successful betting: do not shift responsibility for the result. Each participant in the betting process should have his own goal and he alone is responsible for achieving it or, at a minimum, for maintaining his game bank. Nevertheless, responsibility for many irresponsible individuals turns out to be a heavy and unusual burden. So they are trying to peel off some of the responsibility for the result and delegate it to someone else. The word “trying” fits perfectly, since in principle it is impossible to advance beyond attempts. People simply don't understand that responsibility comes with money. No matter how hard they try to take forecasts from free sites, from cappers, or listen to experts on specialized resources - all these are futile attempts to share risks with them. In the end, such bettors lose to zero and blame everyone for this except themselves: bow-legged and crooked-armed athletes, deceiving cappers, brainless sports commentators who for some reason give forecasts, and so on. Although, it is entirely their own fault that they were looking for ways to dispose of responsibility and trusted the opinions of others more than their own competence.
So don’t try to share the responsibility of betting with someone. First of all, it won't work. Secondly, it is very harmful to the result. Tested by the experience of many unsuccessful players. So be smarter, learn from other people's mistakes.
Don't go all-in
Another strange, difficult to explain phenomenon in sports betting is all-in betting. Some players start just like that. They deposit all their free money into an account at a bookmaker’s office and “charge” 100% of the amount on some “surest” bet in order to “raise the dough.” Others go all-in out of desperation. This usually becomes the remainder of a heavily thinned game bank.
So, one more rule: no “all-in”!
The reasons here are very simple, it’s even strange to explain. But we have to, because our contemporaries continue to use this hussar technique. The problem with all-in and sure bets is that the latter tend to lose. In fact, no one stops after losing. They are simply waiting for the next window of opportunity to bet when the money appears, one way or another. It turns out that if you look at the distance, the player simply places large single bets with some time interval (from paycheck to paycheck). Conceptually, this is not much different from a regular game of even bets, although the bettor does not realize this. So, without understanding the whole picture, a person directs the flow of money from his pocket to the bookmaker’s pocket.
Meanwhile, we have dedicated a whole series of articles to various financial strategies. So choose the ones that are best for you and follow them. Because without strategy it is impossible to achieve the goal of the game. And “all-in” is not a strategy at all. The player must distribute his gaming bank and put into the game the understanding that some of the bets will inevitably lose. Only by minimizing these losses and adjusting the strategy to your betting style can you get results. Then you will be able to take the losses that happen as a given, and not suffer disaster with each of them, “losing” all the money on the “all-in” bet.
How to make money on bets?
How to make money on bets - is it possible?
Absolutely anyone can make money on bets. Moreover, those people who are engaged in betting professionally and devote a significant part of their time to this activity receive a stable income
. The main problem for novice players is excessive gambling. Betting on sports means engaging in intellectual entertainment, which can only bring profit if the player bets as responsibly as possible, thinking about his every action. With each subsequent bet, the bettor must bring himself closer to victory, and not to defeat. To achieve his goals, the player will need:
- Stable Internet access;
- 3 hours must be spent on betting each day;
- The desire to develop, learn new things and maximum concentration;
- Starting capital, which will be at least 1000 rubles. Also, you need to be able to manage it;
- The desire to turn your passion into stable income;
- Be able to analyze independently, as well as listen to the advice of professionals;
The player needs to choose the best bookmaker company for himself, and also adhere to the important aspects of successful betting, which are suggested above
Now let's talk about numbers
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How much money do you need to invest to make a profit? It is believed that the most optimal bank for a beginner is an amount of 1000 rubles. It is best to start with simple bets, which are single bets
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This is the simplest type of transaction, which involves a single bet. You can choose any outcome: first win, second, draw, total, handicap, etc. For example, a player bets on the Lens – PSG to win first with odds of 4.8. Such a bet will be considered an ordinary bet. Remember!
All-in bets are strictly prohibited. Sports betting is all about discipline. Soon, you will be able to place bets on express bets, that is, on multiple bets. This is a type of deal with a bookmaker when your check includes more than two matches. For example, the player chose two outcomes: the second victory in the hockey confrontation between Siberia and CSKA with odds of 1.55, as well as the victory of the hosts in the confrontation between Barys and Kunlun with odds of 1.4. By combining these outcomes into one bet, the player received a total odds of 2.17 (with an express bet, the odds in the coupon are multiplied together
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Few people manage to earn really a lot of money from their predictions, but there are also such bettors. Their secret is a correctly chosen game strategy and maximum concentration, accompanied by the absence of rash actions.
Betting tactics
Infogram for the betting tactics section
All tactics can be divided into two large parts: financial and gaming. Financial strategies can be called those strategies that are created to analyze game moments and statistical patterns.
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The player needs to choose one of these strategies and adapt to them. It is also necessary to be able to operate gaming tactics, since they are designed to manage the bank
. They are necessary, first of all, in order not to lose at the end of the race.
Gaming
We will analyze and describe in detail all the gaming strategies that not only beginner players, but also experienced players need to know. You need to not only familiarize yourself with them, but also draw your own conclusions and choose the most optimal tactics
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- Total betting strategy
. Thanks to this strategy, the player has the opportunity to make a profit by guessing the number of certain events in the match. For example, a bettor can choose a wide variety of outcomes - the number of goals, offsides or even yellow cards. Judging by statistical indicators, English football is one of the most productive. This means that the total is more than two goals scored in the match – this is a fairly optimal bet; - Accurate score
. Not the most popular strategy, but it also has its place. On average, bookmaker companies set odds from 3 to 10 on fairly popular accounts on TS. Anything can happen in sports betting, so you need to bet on several options and make a profit; - 85th minute strategy
. Only suitable for football. The secret of this tactic is that you need to bet on the absence of goals scored after the 85th minute. Often, the odds for this outcome are small, but if you collect several events in one coupon and place a bet, you can get a good profit.
Financial
- Martingale strategy
. In common parlance, it is known under the term “dogon”. The essence of the principle is simple - if the bet loses, then on the next one you need to place a bet with a coefficient that will be more than two. Thus, the bettor will be able to recoup the amount of the previous transaction and make a small profit. Let's look at this method using an example: let's say the bettor's bank is 20,000 rubles. He wants to earn 300 rubles.
Let's display the changes in his rates in the table:
| Event | Forecast | Coefficient | Rate RUR | Result |
| Belgium – Iceland | Win second with +2 handicap on goals scored | 2.1 | 300 | Losing |
| Denmark – England | Total over(3) goals | 2 | 600 | Losing |
| France – Croatia | Total under(2) goals | 2.4 | 1200 | Losing |
| Sweden – Portugal | Total over (2.5) goals scored | 2.5 | 2400 | Losing |
| Kpir – Azerbaijan | Victory first | 2.51 | 4800 | Losing |
| Luxembourg – Montenegro | Victory second | 2 | 9600 | Winning +19200 rub. |
Now the player needs to subtract the amount of the last bet and the amount of money lost from the winnings: 19200 – 9600 – 9300 = 300. Thus, the bettor managed, thanks to winning the sixth bet, to gain 300 rubles.
In general, the Martingale strategy definitely has a place in the life of any bettor, who can significantly reduce the chances of losing their funds over the course of the game.
However, the player needs to turn his head on from the very first bet. Otherwise, the bank's loss cannot be avoided
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- Percentage of the bank
. With this approach to bank management, the bettor needs to determine for himself a fixed percentage of the bank. Let's look at an illustrative example in which a bettor has allocated a pot of 10,000 and decided to bet 5% of it.
| Event | Forecast | Coefficient | Rate RUR | Exodus | Bank RUB |
| Dynamo Moscow – Spartak Moscow | Total under (4.5) goals scored | 2 | 500 | Winning | 10 500 |
| Dynamo Minsk – Salavat Yulaev | Win first with a handicap (+1.5) | 2 | 525 | Winning | 11 025 |
| CSKA – Barys | Total over (5) goals scored | 2.1 | 551 | Losing | 10 474 |
| Avtomobilist – Kunlun RS | Total under (4) goals scored | 2.6 | 523 | Losing | 9 951 |
| Torpedo – SKA | Total over (5) goals scored | 2 | 497 | Winning | 10 448 |
As we can see from the table, the amount of the next bet depends on the dynamics of the bank. The percentage remains unchanged – 5%.
- Flat
. This financial strategy was borrowed from poker. This technique allows you to effectively distribute your funds and successfully play in a bookmaker’s office. The main objective of this tactic is to reduce all risks of losing funds on your balance sheet to a minimum. It is important that the player has a good pass rate on bets - at least 60%. - Fixed profit
. The player must start from how much money he wants to earn in the end. Let's look at this strategy using an example: a bettor wants to earn 500 rubles from one bet. Thus, he needs to invest 500 rubles. by a coefficient of 2. You can also consider the outcome with a coefficient of 1.5, but the amount should already be 1000 rubles, where the net profit will ultimately be 500 rubles. In case of loss, you will need to make a bet that will cover the previous loss. - Ladder
. To begin with, the player needs to choose the final profit. Choose an amount that you are not afraid of losing and go all-in, at small odds and have maximum confidence. You need to place bets carefully, as the entire amount can be lost in one bet.
Win-win
In the field of betting, there are also tactics that can be called win-win. But, before using them, do not forget that they are not the most legal according to bookmakers, which is why you can get your account blocked in BC. Despite this, they do exist and we will consider them in detail.
- Forks
. Some bookmakers offer different odds for a particular event. Finding these disagreements is not so easy, but there are special services that can provide them. The essence of the strategy is that the player can choose the victory of one team in one bookmaker, and the victory of the second club in another bookmaker. It is on this kind of margin that the bettor makes a profit. - Corridors
. A very difficult strategy for beginners, since the bettor needs to bet on one event with different bookmakers. For example, in one company you bet on the victory of the first team with a +2.5 handicap on goals scored, and in the second he bets on the victory of the second club with a -1.5 handicap. There is a chance to make money in both offices.
Popular
Especially for you, we have prepared a list of the most popular strategies that will allow any player to receive regular and stable income:
- Bet against the favorite
. Are you good at a particular sport? Then you should notice that sometimes the bookmaker clearly underestimates teams or players, offering fairly high odds for their victory. As practice shows, outsiders often win, so deep analysis, knowledge of your discipline and competent distribution of the bank can allow you to make a profit at a gaming distance. - Poor start from the favorite
. This strategy, like the previous one, is suitable for any discipline, but is best for tennis. If you see that the favorite has lost the first set, you can make a deal for a high odds for him to win the match, or to win the second game. Naturally, such bets are made live. It is also worth taking into account the player’s motivation factor, as well as injuries and any external factors.
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We tell you what advice experienced bettors give.
There are many examples of successful players who bet and receive stable profits. Let's look at a couple of examples of successful betting:
Successful betting screen
The screenshot shows that this player increased his bank by more than 80% in a month. This is an excellent result. It is worth noting that he made bets ranging from 1 to 10%, depending on the degree of confidence in it. The average is 6%. Having invested $10,000, his bank increased by 8,000. The player managed this thanks to discipline and playing for results.
This bettor knows how to bet on sporting events
This bettor clearly knows how to bet. He managed to increase his bank by more than 5 times in a month. But he did not bet all-in - his average percentage of the pot for placing bets is 9%.
If a novice player wants to receive regular income from betting, then he simply needs to determine a specific strategy for himself: distribute the gaming bank, constantly take an interest in the desired sports. Every novice bettor needs to listen to the opinions of professionals who earn hundreds of thousands of rubles a month, applying their knowledge in practice:
- The concept of “surely” should not exist in your activities
. Every bet is a certain risk. Yes, in some cases it is less, and in others it is more. Players with many years of experience believe that there is almost no difference between odds of 2 and 1.3 - the passability of the forecast is still 50%. You need to bet no more than 2% of the bank in order to receive a stable profit during or as a result of the gaming distance. Never go all in. - The idea that the favorite always wins is wrong
. Even the most inexperienced players probably saw a picture when a forecast with odds of 1.1 lost. There are many such examples, so you should not fall for such odds and place bets on large sums for the sake of, at first glance, a guaranteed win. Are you confident that this or that team will win? – Place a bet on the total over or on the handicap in favor of the favorite. - You can't take risks with express trains
. If a bettor decides to make a deal on an express bet, then his initial task should be to reduce risks. You need to select a chain of no more than three events. It’s not easy to choose them - you need serious knowledge and experience. Try to collect several express bets so that you have the opportunity to go to 0, at least if you lose one of your bets. - You need to be able to stop
. It happens that the winnings continue to please the player for a long time, but soon the moment of defeat comes and he loses the entire bank. It is necessary to have a line, to turn off the excitement in time, in order to be able to stop after two or three defeats. In such moments, a person is overcome by emotions and a desire to win back a previous loss. Often, this only leads to even greater financial losses. - Stick to your chosen strategy
. Develop discipline in yourself - this is the key to successful betting and receiving stable profits. If you start to retreat from it, you will create a path to bankruptcy for yourself. Of course, to adhere to all the rules you need to have a lot of experience, nerves of steel and a big bank, in most cases. But you need to think about this before replenishing your bookmaker’s balance. - Emotions and personal preferences aside
. A player's fan preferences should not concern money and potential profits at all. If a bettor supports a specific player or team, which in his opinion is an outsider in the confrontation, skip this event and do not place a bet, which could lead to rash financial losses. You won't help anyone, you'll just put money in the bookmaker's pocket. That's what he's counting on. - Always stay up to date
. Injuries, substitutions, scandals, financial problems, losing streaks - all this greatly changes the behavior of a player or the entire team, often for the bad. Therefore, before concluding a deal with a bookmaker for a particular event, you need to spend your time on a detailed analysis. This step will significantly increase the probability of your bet passing and will allow you to avoid unwanted expenses. - Don't play around
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The player needs to remember that in addition to betting, he has his own life and it cannot be ruined because of gambling. Never borrow or sell anything of value to make a bet. Top up your balance only with free money that you can risk! Don’t devote all your free time to betting – this has never led to good things.
Published September 20, 2020
ON THE TOPIC OF BETS
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Do not play with your last or borrowed money
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Basic rules for accepting bets
Knowing the rules for accepting sports bets will allow you to feel as comfortable as possible when playing at a particular bookmaker. There are both general rules for accepting forecasts and a specific interpretation of some provisions.
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Some bettors become so addicted to the game, suffer from an obsession with winning back, that they even go so far as to gamble with borrowed funds. They borrow and take out loans. This is already serious and dangerous. It’s one thing to lose your own: you yourself are a fool, quite another thing to lose to someone else’s. This is how families collapse and players fall into a financial hole. Attempts to solve these problems by making the same bets only drive us deeper into this trap.
Hence the simple and ironclad rule: play only with your own money. Moreover, this also should not be your last money for living. The game bank must be formed, if necessary, accumulated over some time, from your own free money. Only when your basic needs do not directly depend on the passage of bets can you play in an atmosphere of even emotional background. Otherwise, nerves and excessive responsibility will only make things worse. This is why it is so important to formulate a goal, strategies for achieving it, and adopt rules of action in the event of a negative trend. All these things need to be decided for yourself, spoken about, even written down. In this case, there is less risk of falling into chaos and reaching the bottom in bets, starting to play with other people's money.
Some features of accepting bets:
Some bookmakers set restrictions on accepting bets, for example:
- They may refuse to accept a bet from any client without explanation or if they reach a certain amount of winnings per week.
- Refusal to accept multiple bets or on different outcomes of one event from one client.
- Cancellation of bets upon detection of errors or system failures. Even after the start of the competition, the amount of bets is returned to clients.
- Cancellation of a bet in case of suspicion that the client has bet on an outcome that he knows in advance.
The last two points are, rather, a reason for the bookmaker not to pay the client the amount of winnings. Because it is not difficult to cause a “failure” in the system, especially after the start of a match, the outcome of which is already predetermined. And any client who has good analytical skills can be accused of suspicion.
Challenging the legality of these requirements is a lengthy and labor-intensive matter. Therefore, if the client is not satisfied with such rules, he can look for another playground.
Don't try to get even
The phrase “get even” should also be completely eradicated. If such a goal is hidden, then simply assign a reasonable amount that will completely or partially cover the drawdown. And for this purpose, play the next time period. But this should be a clearly defined goal, after achieving which a pause should be taken and a new reasonable goal should be assigned for a new period. The problem for many bettors is that they do not have these checkpoints. For them, the moment of acting out, if it comes, is not a reason to slow down. Apparently people have short memories. They perceive a successful winning trend, a rise, not as a peak from which they need to emerge victorious in time. They believe that now they will trample even more. This entails an increase in rates, a violation of the strategy, if there was one, and discipline is not observed. As a result, loss is inevitable, purely statistically. After all, no one stops on their own. It is a series of minuses and “losses” that stop such players.
So remove the idea of “acting out” from your everyday life. If you are in the red, then cover it gradually, playing within the chosen scheme, follow the rules you chose yourself and stop on time, according to the plan. This is the only way to stop the “chariot” over the abyss and not fall to the next bottom.
Don't be a jerk
Another mistake many bettors make is betting on extremely low odds. This is a manifestation of the so-called “popanism”, “popanism”. Seeing a small coefficient, the player believes that the outcome is almost 100% predetermined. You can, with virtually no risk, bet at least a million at odds of 1.01 and win 10,000 rubles, and if at 1.10, then as much as 100,000 rubles. clean. Easy Money.
Alas, in this “brilliant” plan, the words “almost 100%” and “with virtually no risk” are very important. You see where we're going with this. Even such ridiculous odds tend to lose. It is not difficult to calculate how many bets you then need and with what starting bank in order to win back one such loss on the same indicators. If the odds are 1.10, then you need 10 winning bets of a million in a row to get back the million you lost earlier. And if there is another puncture, then the player “gets” 2 million. What can we say about the odds of 1.01, where you need a streak of 100 wins in a row, with no room for error. Mission Impossible.
Essentially, this is the same problem as in the first rule we discussed: any bet can lose, even if it has odds of 10 or 1.01. Often such meager coefficients are also loaded, that is, they do not correspond to the probability of the event that comes from the forecast. The player thinks that it is 99%, as shown by the odds, but in reality it is 90-95%. Naturally, the risk of losing at a distance with such squandered indicators is not just huge - it is guaranteed purely mathematically.
So choose financial and gaming strategies with adequate odds and learn to work with them. Don't fall into "popishness." This is a dead end path.
