Almost win-win sports bets with minimal risk

How to start betting?

Thanks to the Internet, we no longer need to go to a sports betting shop. All you have to do is find a bookmaker that offers online betting. Before placing a bet, we register with the bookmaker. We suggest giving preference to legal bookmakers - 1xStavka, Winline, League of Bet and others.

Registration in such offices takes place in 2 stages:

• creating an account on the bookmaker's website;
• registration in the Center for Information Control and Personal Identification.

The user has the right to create accounts in different bookmakers, but you should not register twice with the same bookmaker. For such actions your account will be banned.

Bookmakers and sweepstakes: definition, operating principle, similarities and differences

For several millennia, people have been attracted to excitement, danger, and stakes. The prototypes of modern betting already existed in antiquity, when people bet on the outcome of a gladiatorial fight. People were ready to bet on the victory of the chosen athlete, and they needed someone to collect the money and distribute it among the winners. This is how the first betting shops and bookmakers appeared.

Today, the popularity of bookmakers is at its peak. The development of Internet technologies has attracted millions of new customers who can place bets without leaving the table, while simultaneously monitoring the state of affairs in the sports arena and choosing the best offers from the largest bookmakers.

Let's take a closer look at the operating principle of betting and bookmakers, their features, differences and parallels.

Who is a bookmaker

A bookmaker is a company that makes bets on various events with clients. In theory, you can bet on anything - presidential elections, Brexit, cultural and art events. However, in most cases, users place bets on various sporting events - football and hockey matches, boxing matches, horse racing, etc.

The operating principle of bookmakers is very simple: a person contacts the company with the goal of betting a certain amount on a certain outcome of a sporting event. The bookmaker gives him this opportunity. If the client guesses the correct outcome of the event, he is paid the bet amount and some profit in accordance with the selected odds. If the outcome is determined incorrectly, the client’s money is not returned.

The founder of the modern bookmaker is considered to be the French entrepreneur Pierre Olaire. In the 19th century, he rented a small space at the hippodrome and created advertisements to attract people wanting to bet. A few years later, similar offices appeared in England - and to this day, English bookmakers are considered the most reliable. Bookmakers appeared in Russia in 1991.

The essence of the bookmaker's work

The main operating principle of bookmaker companies is as follows: the player is confident in the outcome of a certain event and is ready to bet on it. He registers on the bookmaker’s website or comes to a permanent office and places a bet. If the outcome is determined correctly, the client returns to the same office and receives the money he won. If the outcome is determined incorrectly, the client receives nothing.

The client's winnings depend on the bookmaker's odds . When calculating this figure, the office analyzes the possibility of one of the opponents winning the match. To find out the amount you will receive if you win, multiply your bet by the odds. For example, if you place a bet of 1000 rubles with odds of 1.56, if you win, 1560 rubles will be credited to your game account.

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Should you pay attention to margins?

Margin is the bookmaker's own profit, a fixed percentage that the company takes from each winning bet. This percentage is initially included in the coefficient and is therefore almost invisible to players.

For example, let’s take a bet of two outcomes on an even or odd total of one half. The bookmaker offers equal bets on both outcomes with odds of 1.87. Initially, both events can be considered equally probable and not predictable in advance. Theoretically, the fair odds for such an equally probable event are 2.0: if you win, the bet is doubled, if you lose, the bet is lost. However, in this case, a bet of 1000 rubles accounts for 870 rubles in winnings. The balance of 130 rubles is the bookmaker’s margin. The larger the amount you bet, the greater the bookmaker's income (while the margin percentage remains unchanged). Thus, the bookmaker set a margin equal to 0.13 of the profit.

What is betting

A totalizator is, most often, a specialized office that deals with betting on horse racing. The winnings are influenced not by the odds known in advance, but by the collected bank.

In addition, a betting machine is often called a specialized device that indicates the place of each horse in a race.

Sports betting can be single, double, or triple. Bets are accepted on the horse that finishes first, second, third. After the completion of the race, the bettors send part of the bank to the hippodrome as payment for the right to host it, take part for themselves (margin), and distribute the remaining amount among the winning players.

Differences between betting and bookmaker

Based on the information offered earlier, we can identify several main differences between bookmakers and sweepstakes:

1. Specialization. Betting shops work with a specific sport, most often horse racing. Bookmakers are limited only by their own imagination and analytical skills.
2. The bookmaker calculates and publishes game odds in advance. There is no such indicator in the betting.
3. At a bookmaker's office, a player can determine in advance how much he will receive if the outcome is correctly guessed. In betting, a player's income depends on the total amount of bets and the contribution of each individual winner.

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Introduction to sports betting: let's look at the types of bets

Bookmakers provide a large number of sports bets. Among them are singles, totals, handicaps, express bets, and so on. Let's figure out how to place bets in bookmakers on the most popular types of bets.

1. Ordinary.

A single bet or single bet involves betting on 1 specific outcome. Using the example of a football match, single bets have the following outcomes:

• 1 - home win;
• 2 - victory of the guests;
• X is a draw.

The winnings in this case are calculated using a simple formula: bet size * odds.

If you previously did not know how to place bets at a bookmaker’s office, then it is best to start with single bets. Making a forecast in this case is somewhat easier, which will allow a beginner to beat the bookmaker more often.

1. Total.

Total is another popular type of bet, which involves betting on the total score of an event. In football, there are two types of total: over or under, for example, Over 2.5 or Under 2.5. If you bet on TB 2.5, the teams need to score 3 or more goals in total to win. In this case, the winnings are also calculated using the formula bet size * odds.

However, in the bookmakers' line you can find TB 2. In this case, to win, the teams need to score 3 or more goals in total. If the total performance of the match is 2 goals, then the bet amount will be returned to the player. If during the match there are no goals or only 1 goal is scored, then the bet is considered losing.

1. Handicap.

Handicap is a less popular sports bet among beginners. The essence of the bet is that we assign n-number of goals to one of the teams. To understand how to place bets with a handicap in bookmakers, it is enough to consider one example. A handicap of +1.5 for the hosts means that they have an advantage of one and a half goals; the bet will lose if the guests win by 2 or more goals. If the score is 0:0 or 0:1, the bet will still be won.

Accordingly, the handicap can also be negative, for example -1.5. In this case, the team needs to win by 2 or more goals. This betting option is often used when betting on favorites. For example, Barcelona plays Getafe. Naturally, the Catalans are clear favorites in this confrontation, so the odds for their victory will be very low. It is not advisable to bet on ordinary 1. In this case, it is wise to bet with a handicap of -1.5 or -2.5.

1. Express.

Express - a set of different betting options (minimum 2). You cannot include the outcomes of one event in one express bet. To win, all bets must be winning; if at least one outcome does not come true, then the player loses. The payout amount is calculated using the formula: bet size * multiplied odds of all bets.

If you do not know how to place bets correctly in bookmakers, we do not recommend starting with express bets. Due to multiplication, the coefficient is very high, due to which this game lures inexperienced players with the possibility of big winnings. Before learning how to correctly compose express bets, we start with singles or totals.

We do not recommend including more than 5 events in express bets. In this case, the probability of passage is significantly reduced.

1. System.

The system is a collection of express bets from selected events. Many experienced players prefer to bet on the system, while less experienced betters often prefer express bets.

If you don’t know how to bet on the system, it’s enough to look at one simple example. So, we select 3 outcomes (including totals or handicaps). As a result, our system will consist of 3 express bets:

• 1 express - 1st and 2nd outcome;
• 2 express – 2nd and 3rd outcome;
• 3 express – 1st and 3rd outcome.

If we bet 210 rubles on the system, then for each express bet 1/3 or 70 rubles. To get a win, it is enough for at least 2 events to be winning. Thus, we somewhat compensate for the risks. It is worth noting that before making the system, we select events with high odds, otherwise, even in the case of a partial win, the user will still end up with a loss or incur losses.

How to choose matches for big bets today?

What to look for when choosing a match for a big bet? It’s a difficult question, but basic advice for those who ask it can be formulated in the form of a small list:

Choose those sports and competitions that you always have access to via the Internet or TV.

Thus, you will gain a great advantage, because... You will constantly improve your expert level and ability to analyze your chosen sport or team matches. In addition, you will have the opportunity to place bets in Live mode (during the match). This option is suitable for those who are good at discerning trends not before the meeting, but directly, 5, 10, 15 minutes after it starts.

Make a choice in favor of the type of bet that is most suitable for its large size.

For example, options such as system or express are designed for a small or medium bet amount, because winning there is much more difficult, and the main bias is towards a high odds. The same types of bets as single (on one event), double chance (on a win or a draw, on the victory of 1 or 2 teams without a draw), handicap (a bet on a win with additional goals) and other simple betting options are suitable for high risk perfect.

Bet on those matches about which you can read “tons” of additional information.

Knowledge is power. The same law applies to betting. The more materials from experts, sports journalists, and other betting experts can be found on the Internet, the better for you. Having analyzed all this, as well as weighed all the pros and cons, you can make a large bet that is less dangerous in terms of “passability”.

TOP 3 tips for beginners

Basic terms for types of bets only help us understand what betting options bookmakers offer us. This knowledge is definitely necessary for those who plan to bet on sports on a regular basis, but it is not enough to play profitably.

In the best case, consistently beat bookmakers and make money over the long term for 5-10% of players. To be one of them, we have prepared some simple tips that will help you make betting a profitable business.

1. Bankroll.

The bankroll, or in other words, the deposit for the game should consist of free funds that the player can afford to lose. This will help you get rid of unnecessary emotions when betting and make sober decisions.

In addition, to place a bet, we set 1-5% of the bankroll amount. This is especially important for beginners, since this approach reduces the likelihood of losing your deposit.

1. We stick to the strategy.

There are a huge number of different approaches to betting - Martingale, value betting, and so on. The player’s task is to choose the most appropriate strategy depending on his own knowledge of sports and betting.

1. We play fair.

As soon as a person thinks about making money from sports betting, he is ready to consider various tricks and workarounds. For example, you can find information about match-fixing on the Internet, but most often this information is sold by scammers. If you decide on this kind of fraud, you will most likely lose money.

In sports, they actually fix matches, but it is almost impossible to find this information on the Internet before the start of the confrontation. Athletes and organizers value their own reputation, so they will not disseminate such information.

Sports betting and earnings: what to place a big bet on today?

It is extremely difficult to answer this question unambiguously. On the one hand, most sports forecasting fans make virtually no money on bets, bringing profit to bookmakers due to their inexperience. On the other hand, there are those who do not even try to do this, perceiving betting exclusively as good entertainment, which provides an excellent feeling of excitement, increases interest when watching matches, and also gives a chance for a pleasant bonus in the form of winnings.

But there is another, extremely small, category of betting fans who actually turn their hobby into a full-fledged method of earning money. Such people immerse themselves in sports analytics, improve their skills, study tools and strategies. As a result, you end up with a full-time job with its own difficulties and hours of wasted time. But yes, indeed, they earn good money and periodically place large bets on certain sports.

Advantages of virtual betting on a simulator

SocialBet is a dynamically developing platform for experienced players and betting beginners. Here are the main advantages of the free bet simulator:

• Consolidation of important useful knowledge from the “School”.
• Understanding the rules, principles and features of bookmakers in practice.
• Testing gaming and financial strategies with the search for a suitable algorithm for your playing style.
• Search for non-trivial solutions and develop your own effective mechanisms in confrontation with the bookmaker.
• A wide range of options for all possible outcomes, from Asian handicap to total on corner or yellow cards.

Unlike a guest account of a specific bookmaker, on the SocialBet training platform you have the opportunity to choose the highest odds, use useful materials, and listen to the opinions of experienced cappers. And all this while maintaining self-control and without unnecessary spending of your own money.

Why do you need a virtual trainer?

Placing a bet at a bookmaker is a responsible game, but not everyone understands this. After making the first few bets, a person begins to get a taste for it. This is due to the intoxicating feeling of excitement. And if you do not learn to control yourself, there is a high probability that the player will either become disappointed in betting and stop betting, or turn into a gambler.

To prevent this from happening, the SocialBet betting simulator was created - this is your opportunity to play without money. With the right approach, this tool will allow you to delve into the peculiarities of the world of betting and learn a huge number of useful skills. If you move systematically and listen to recommendations, then at least pleasure and vivid emotions from concluding a deal with a bookmaker are guaranteed.

And if you also make an effort and learn to see what other players do not notice, then you can enter the coveted 3-4% of bettors from all over the world who earn fabulous money on bets. But for this it is necessary to “wipe out” the SocialBet betting simulator - without this there is no way.

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Paid strategies

One of the ways to get real income in betting is to use paid strategies developed by successful and experienced bettors. Beginners are usually wary of this method. There is nothing strange in this, because there are scammers operating on the Internet, whose main task is to deceive players who have no experience. However, if you manage to find a professional who has learned to make accurate forecasts and earn money by betting, then the cost of purchasing strategies will quickly pay off and allow you to make a profit. Purchasing a working method will be cheaper than developing and testing a new method yourself.

There are various sites on the Internet offering players to purchase a ready-made strategy for a specific discipline or a forecast for a specific competition. There are even programs (applications) that make forecasts for sporting events without your direct participation.

How to place a bet

To place a free bet on the SocialBet betting simulator you must:

1. Register or log in to the training platform.

Step #1

2. Click on the “Matches” tab located at the top right or on the “All matches” button.

Step #1

3. In the window that appears, select the sport “Football” or “Hockey”, and also decide on the date of the match of interest.

Step #3

4. Having decided on the desired game, you can choose the appropriate market. For greater convenience, you can select a line from a specific bookmaker.

Step #4

5. Select an outcome that will automatically be transferred to the Bet Coupon. After this, you need to indicate the amount of the free bet and click on the “Place bet” button.

One of the most effective financial strategies is flat - a fixed rate from the bank. To play the outcome using this strategy, you can not manually enter the bet amount, but click on a certain percentage of the bankroll or a fixed size of the virtual bet.

Step #5

6. On the SocialBet betting simulator, you can also work on increasing the passability of express bets and test appropriate strategies. To do this, you need to select one bookmaker in the line, add several outcomes of various matches to the bet coupon, and then click on the “Express” tab.

Step #6

7. As in a bookmaker’s office, the player must wait for confirmation of the transaction. If “School” is successfully completed and you are confident that the free bet will be entered, you can click on the “Bet with the bookmaker” button and place a bet for real money.

Step #7

Before making a new virtual bet, you should look at the results of previous bets in your personal account of the SocialBet betting simulator and, if necessary, adjust your strategy.

How to choose the right bookmaker

You should approach the choice of a bookmaker thoroughly. Today in the interactive betting market you can easily stumble upon establishments that engage in fraud. You can play there without losing, but it’s unlikely to be possible to withdraw your winnings to your account. Here players will be able to find a rating of bookmakers compiled by specialists who took into account everything, down to the smallest detail.

The most important parameter is the availability of a license. An illegal bookmaker may offer even more favorable playing conditions, but they do not provide any guarantees, while bets at legal bookmakers are protected by an intermediary in the form of TsUPIS and the player can always turn to government agencies for help. However, this structure operates only in Russia; only citizens of the Russian Federation can register with such bookmakers.

Next, you need to pay attention to other factors that contribute to comfortable playing conditions:

• How widely represented is the line?
• The average value of quotes, because the higher the odds, the higher the size of the potential winnings, the more you can earn.
• Possibility of playing on a demo account. This will help you learn how to bet on sports and win without the risk of losing real money.
• The amount of the bookmaker's margin. Margin is the percentage that the bookmaker charges on each client's winnings. Adequate margin in the line is 3-5%, in live – up to 8%.
• Availability of a mobile application for the convenience of playing from your phone.

And one more point that is also worthy of players’ attention is the bonus program. Many offices provide generous bonuses, while others are limited to minor welcome gifts. This depends primarily on the bookmaker’s need for new clients; when a bookmaker just fills an audience, it establishes the most pleasant loyalty programs.

But! Don’t blindly believe the bookmaker’s advertising promises. It’s not enough to receive a bonus; you still need to win it back, and some bookmakers don’t allow you to do this. Moreover, the wagering process leads to a sure loss of the bank! Therefore, you should pay attention not only to the size of the bonus, but also to the conditions for wagering it! On our page you can familiarize yourself with the current bonus programs of various bookmakers.

How to choose an effective betting strategy

To learn how to effectively bet on sports and win on a regular basis, you need to choose a gaming strategy and constantly stick to it. Here, beginners are presented with the main betting strategies that have proven themselves in action. But choosing tactics is a very individual process, since each of them requires certain skills and personal qualities. For example, the most popular strategy among novice bettors is the Miller method, but it requires endurance and patience from players.

Miller's strategy is based on the flat bank distribution method. This is the safest approach that allows you to correctly distribute the bank in bets and increase it over long distances. Miller offers a unique management of funds, which is as follows:

1. The amount of the initial bank is fixed.
2. The better starts betting with bets of 1-2% of this value.
3. When the bank can be increased by 25-30%, the bet size is increased to 2% of the current bankroll size.
4. Every increase in the starting bank by 25-30%, bets are doubled.

Better a slow start, but confident profitability over the course. All that is required from the player is to learn to bet on winning outcomes and withstand a long buildup. Since with an initial bank of 5,000 rubles, the first few bets will be only 50-100 rubles.

Why can't players make money on bets?

In fact, most people cannot make a profit in betting, and only a small part can make money. There are many reasons, but we will outline the main ones:

1. About 70% of people placing bets are ordinary fans who bet their money on their “favorites”. They don't do this regularly, but thanks to them, bookmakers have a huge portion of their profits. There are also people who “think they know sports.” But knowing the rules, knowing the teams or the athletes is not enough! You need to be an analyst.
2. Betting is a regular investment of money. Big money! The occupation, so to speak, is not for the poor. And few people can withstand an unsuccessful streak of defeats and, most likely, they will give up on it.
3. Betting requires patience and endurance. All this is related to the previous point.
4. Of course, every person has periods of bad luck.
5. Bettors do not work on their mistakes and continue to “step on the same rake.”

How to Analyze Sports Matches

Competent analytics is the basis of a winning bet. It is better to consider this issue using a conditional example. The most popular sport for betting is football, so let’s consider a football match, for example, a match between Seville and Roma. The goal is to decide what is the best bet.

First, you should familiarize yourself with the results of the latest matches of each team. We see that Sevilla wins the last few meetings, draws are rare, but if we look at the match statistics in more detail, it will become noticeable that the team rarely has an advantage. This can be judged based on the following parameters:

• % of ball possession.
• Shots on goal.
• Average number of goals per match.

Next, let's look at Roma's successes: the team does not have a single defeat, in most cases it surpasses its opponents in all of the above parameters, and the last match with Athletic is striking, where Roma managed to score 6 goals against the enemy. Not a single match was left without a goal scored by the Romans.

It is also worth paying attention to the composition of the team and being able to immediately determine the core and reserve composition. In football, the key positions are forwards and goalkeepers. It is necessary to keep an eye on who was excluded from the last match or who was injured. It is noteworthy that the main goalkeeper of Seville cannot take part in the upcoming meeting, and Jebo (a striker from the Roma starting team) will return to the field again.

To figure out which teams to bet on, the bettor will need to answer several questions:

1. Were you able to identify the outright favorite of the meeting?
2. How productive are the teams and how likely is the match to produce a lot of goals?
3. Is there a team that, given a slight head start, can definitely complete the match successfully?

In this case, we see that both teams demonstrate confident play in attack and try not to leave a single match without scoring a goal. Therefore, when deciding which bets are best to place, you should focus on this. It’s better to bet on a total of 1.5 or even 2.5, but the odds will be too low. But if you bet on Both will score (yes), then you can find profitable quotes above two.

Thus, when analyzing a match, you need to consider:

• Results of the latest matches.
• Results of the latest personal meetings.
• Key parameters in each match.
• Current team composition.

And based on the collected information, predict the outcome of football matches and make successful forecasts. This way you can place a bet profitably, even if you don’t know how.

If you are just starting to bet and want to immediately start making money on bets, then we recommend paying attention to professional sports analysts. On the site you can find cappers who give high-quality forecasts every day.

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