Most of popular sport betting strategies

by Alex G. Senior Editor

In the beginning of modern time, Roman Empire, first settlers, betting in sport was established almost long as the sport itself. The first bet was among the fans sitting next to each other at some event and place some bet on their team to win. You also know that when in your home, you bet with your better half, usually it’s not money bet. Anyway, that is just an example how much the betting is in our blood and DNA. Generations and generations have put their bets in the past since the beginning of time. In Gladiator fights we first see the organized betting, and also first fixed fights. That is the only thing that can make us annoyed or rich, that depends on the information you maybe have on fixed game or fight. That is the reality of the modern sport and we must accept it.

If you want to make some money in sports betting, there are some things you have to know first before you sail into this risky adventure. Score tracking nowadays doesn't mean a lot, you have to put all the factors in your calculation for the right bet. Teams play games, players will win or lose because of many factors. You must not rely on the numbers only, the home field also can bring the difference, and one injured player can make the difference between losing and winning. We all saw how Argentina lost in soccer this year, even with Lionel Messi. Numbers can be a very tricky thing.
The only thing we can conclude from this is that you need a good strategy to place your bets, cover your losses and win some money in the process. Let’s take a look at a couple of betting strategies, shall we?

Martingale Sports betting strategy

This system is the long term investment, with low and in most cases steady income. This is the essence of this strategy if you bet on small odds there is the small win. The system of Martingale Sports betting is good for beginners because it teaches us how to protect our initial investment and slowly, safely multiply it in time. Also popular as grandpa strategy, and boring one because it teach us that in 1$ invested we should be happy to get 1.20$. Totally without any excitement of betting and expectation of the win of your favorite team, or the odd you have put money to. But if you have patience, try it. Maybe in a couple of years, you become a millionaire if your initial investment is 10.000$ who knows what will happen.

Kelly criterion

This system for betting can also be applied in sports betting. Kelly criterion system is for people who know their math. But also built on odds and percent’s in winning, but the lot easier for people who knows math and excel. Kelly formula for excel can be downloaded on the internet with only simple search in your browser and the betting can start. This system also includes Full Kelly and Half Kelly approach. Percent of seeing your bankroll get lower with Full Kelly is around 33%, and with Half Kelly is 11%. Anyway, you should consider this if you are even average in math, and you love calculations before placing your bet. I don’t love math so I will stay away from Kelly criterion.

Over\Under betting

This is becoming the most popular type of betting all over the world. Sometimes you just can’t decide which team is going to win, or the numbers are just not promising money, check this column in the sports section. When you bet on the odds you don’t bet against your favorite team. In basketball, this is called the safe bet. Especially in NBA. If you put your money in, for example Over 160 points, it’s not important who wins, your money is probably going back into your wallet, and your nerves are safe even if the favorite team of yours don’t win. Money is still yours and it just got multiplied. The only thing you want is lots of points on the court and the ball to go fast through the hoops on both sides. The only thing that can take the money away and your nerves are one point under or over. That is the true deal breaker for everyone.

Sometimes when you want to bet on your favorite team, reconsider the odds you are given. If chances to win are lower than the amount of money you want to put that is the 100% lose in betting and you don’t do that. Always look for couple of chances where is percent to win is over 51%, try not to mix the odds when betting because chances like 55%, 70% and 82% for win will give you a good sum at the end of the day, but one game can cost you all the money if don’t come. And addition to that is two other matches that came like you predicted. Tricky business won’t you say? Like they say in Vegas, the house always win.

When you look at the betting strategies online, your brain may not be happy with all the math equations used in the process of calculating odds for the win. The term Safe bet is never 100% sure investments. Maybe one or two players in the team are having a bad day. That situation can bring the whole team down, and there is no math equation that can predict a situation like this. Some people bet just on luck or feeling, but that never last long. If you keep track of the sports events in your favorite type of sport, you always have better chances to fill in the equation with some extra facts. If it’s raining, quarterback probably will not throw lots of passes to the wide receivers. When someone is chasing an NBA record, other players will give him the ball more often, like Durant in Olympic final game. There have been just too many scenarios we have to calculate before placing the bet.

In the end, we can conclude one thing, choose your sport and league, be up to date with your favorite teams, and use every system you can. And always put a couple more factors in the equation before placing your bet.

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