5 MORE WAYS TO WIN AT SPORTS BETTING
/ August 25, 2019 /
Last time we covered 5 ways to win at sports betting, however after receiving questions in email about it, it is not easy to answer everyone. We decided that it would be much easier to dive in deeper in to the sports betting real and provide you with more in depth ways to win at sports betting. So here are 5 more ways you can win at sports betting.
1. Don’t bet on main markets only
Firstly, you should be doing your research on the sport to be able to detect which bet has value and which does not. Some may say that bookmakers offer extra markets other than the main ones to bet just to provide the gamblers with more ways to lose their money, however if you have knowledge of the sport and you check around you may find some good odds to place your bets on.
Let’s take ice hockey as an example again, if you want to add some bet that has a high chance of winning to your accumulator bet, most people would simply choose a game where one of teams that is on the top of the standing is playing a weaker team. But is it enough that the team is simply currently higher in the standing to convince you that it will definitely win the game against a lower ranking team?
Much smarter choice would be placing on extra markets that bookies offer like player to score a point and add Connor McDavid to your bet slip. Guy has 372 points in 287 games in his NHL career and he is still young, so with a 1.30 points per game it is pretty safe to say that he should get a point in the next game.
2. Have a complete understanding of markets
So, if you decide to go and make a bet on one of the markets that are not considered main ones, make sure that you completely understand how they work. Check the rules page of the bookmaker’s page or ask their support.
One of the most popular mistakes that are made by gambler are the half time/full time bet (HT/FT) and bet to win both halves in football (soccer). If you make a bet on HT/FT, the team you placed your bet on has to be winning at half time and then win the match.
If you make a bet for team to win both halves, you are betting on them to win the first half and the second half separately. Also the team you placed the bet on must score more goals than the opposition in both halves for you to win your bet.
It’s a small difference, however gamblers often times are surprised and angry to see that their bet has lost, when they’re team was leading 3-1 at half time and won the match 3-1. Since the second half of the match was tied 0:0, gambler lost the bet.
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3. Be careful when betting on your favorite teams
If you truly are a sports fan and you closely follow a specific team, like your home team or any team or player you really like, you actually might have wrong perception of the chances they actually posses to win the game. And since you love the team so much you may even actually convince your self of betting for it instead of taking cold calculations and bet against it.
Also try to avoid so called derby games, since extra motivation has been added for both teams to win the game. In games like these points and position in the standings can be secondary since honor and pride are much important to take the win in rivalry. In those situations, I would rather make a bet on markets that involve both teams, like both teams to score or over/under goals and so on.
4. Timing is important
It’s difficult to pinpoint the right time to place your bet, however you may try and detect patterns on how bookmakers are putting out odds for different sports events. Sometimes if you expect a drop, in odds it is smart to place bets on the bookmaker that offers early odds many days before the actual event taking place. You may also hit some special promotion that bookmaker is offering for an event like free bets, no risk bets or boosted odds. That’s why it is good to have accounts in different bookmakers as you never know which one will offer these promotions.
5. Make money following less popular sports
Since bookmakers try to cover as much sports as possible to increase their profit often times, they offer sports that they wish they would have better knowledge at. That’s why following less popular sports and having knowledge about them can actually benefit gambler quite a lot since he may find a lot of value bets there across bookmakers.
Great examples of previously mentioned are MMA and E-sports in general especially the lower leagues of these sports. There was a time couple years ago when almost everyone who was a fan of MMA or had been involved in the sport could make easy money on most of the bookmakers out there, just because they had not hired enough people who actually have good knowledge of the sport.
Nowadays the same thing can easily apply to E-sports. More often you may see that bookies are starting to offer more e-sports leagues and more often you just see them copying odds from the competition because they have limited knowledge of the sport. So, if you happen to be a fan or have knowledge of these sports already, I would strongly suggest you to check out bookmakers offers on them.
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