If you are reading this article then you have probably already tried a plethora of different betting strategies, perhaps without great success. Like many others, you may already have lost a fair amount of money. However, you probably still strongly believe that there is some ‘secret’ or ‘formula’ you haven’t yet figured out, which will entitle you to great riches via betting, which you think you deserve.
How To Become A Successful Bettor
- Be an actual sports bettor themselves with similar goals (and preferably be good at what they do), and be able to relate to your situation and what you have to lose. Point in case, the person who first got me into betting on sports was good at it, but he did not always give me useful advice.
- Winning at betting on sports is a 'mindset' and to be a successful gambler you need to be good in other areas besides just picking winners and discipline is key. You need to be able to handle.
Don’t worry you are not alone. There are millions of people like you. And you don’t need me to tell you that a whole industry lives and thrives from your hopes and dreams…
Greed Is A Disease
As successful bettors we should already be quite good at this. You must use all of the analytical skills that you apply to selecting bets, to perform an unbiased account of your own betting record. Doing so, you will find the true nature of your edge. A good place to start is by finding the odds range where you are most successful.
Once infected with the gambling virus, people’s reasoning capabilities begin to shut down. There are a myriad of proverbs such as “Nine gamblers could not feed a single rooster“, but you never associate yourself with such diatribes. It’s always the other people who are affected (infected) and will not succeed. You will! You are absolutely sure about this.
Does this sound familiar in any way?
Gambling Truths Hurt
How To Become A Good Football Bettor
Please stop reading this article now if you are a sensitive person who takes constructive criticism too personally or does not like to hear the truth because I am going to be completely honest with you!
I will point out several character flaws in your psyche, probably tell you that you don’t have the ability (yet, if you are lucky) to be a successful gambler, and/or that you don’t have much chance of becoming successful with betting, period. These are certainly not nice truths, and not everyone will agree with or like what I am going to say.
So then, what is the secret of becoming a successful bettor?
Gambling Knowledge, Skills & Experience
That was easy, wasn’t it!
Like anything in life, you need a certain skills set, extensive knowledge and first-hand experience to become truly successful.
For example, if you read everything about the teams in the English Premier League, watch as many live games as you can plus highlights of all the others, and rely upon your perception of each team’s squad strengths based on this pool of knowledge alone, then it is mere folly to think that you will be able to successfully predict match outcomes with any degree of regularity and for profits if you have no understanding of odds.
It is also far from sufficient if you have just ‘some idea’ or perhaps even very little insight into how the betting market works.
‘Some ideas’ are not enough!
You need sufficient knowledge to pass an exam or you will fail it for sure!
Personally speaking, I certainly have a good idea how a car works, but I would not dream of setting up in business as a mechanic. I enjoy nice gardens, but getting my own to look like some of the lovely show gardens I visit is beyond the reach of my knowledge and ability.
Therefore, I keep asking myself why on earth do people believe that they can become successful bettors without the ability to calculate odds and probabilities? Even worse from my perspective, the majority of gamblers are simply not at ease with the mathematics necessary to provide any chance of successful betting.
How To Be A Good Bettor
If betting were easy, all the mathematically minded people in this world (who are ethically okay with gambling) would be super rich by now and all the bookmakers would be bankrupt. What makes you think you have analysis skills beyond those of the most mathematically gifted people?
In addition, do you have well-developed computer skills, which enable you to conceive and perform complicated formulas and simulations, or do you have an advanced knowledge of statistics programs?
Do you consider yourself in possession of a rare, natural talent for recognising patterns in mathematical equations and their results?
You have certainly heard and read more than once that betting is all about maths and probabilities. That’s all it is to the bookmakers who sell you their odds.
Do you even understand probabilities or odds?
Reality Test
- Do you really believe you have a natural mathematical talent?
- Are you certain it will be easy to teach yourself and fill-in the knowledge gaps you have? (subject to you knowing what your knowledge gaps are!)
- Do you have the time and patience to study for a long period of time, say, 5 or even 10 years, how to become a successful bettor before you can call yourself an ‘expert’?
I am not aiming to depress you, but ‘some’ knowledge and ‘some’ skills are not sufficient to become a successful gambler and nobody is ‘lucky’ with betting all the time. Indeed, ‘some’ knowledge is often dangerous.
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