What is betting and sports betting

Actually, betting is sports betting. Direct translation from English of the word "betting" (from the verb to bet) - making a bet in the bookmaker's office on sports matches with the aim of winning. But betting can be different. Today we'll talk about the types of betting, and about who is best suited for them. We will also discuss why so few people know how to make profitable bets.

Betting: the beginning

The beginnings of sports betting are roughly the same for most people. They learn from acquaintances or from advertisements that there is such a thing as bookmakers. They go to the site, register, and slowly begin to place bets on those sports that, as a rule, football is good at.

But in fact, they don't know anything yet. In this matter, it is not enough to understand football, in addition to this, you need to study many more subtleties and nuances of betting itself. Our Articles section is designed to help players explore these mechanisms. Only their understanding, coupled with a deep understanding of the chosen sport, can lead the bettor to a plus in the bookmaker.

The player begins to place bets, experiences the first skid on football for a large odds, the first shocking failures of the "faithful" bets, the first "strange match". Win streaks, down streaks, draining the bank, chaotic clicking, attempts to recoup, ties, denouements...this is how the player gets his first experience. But then the player has several ways, which we will talk about today. Did you recognize yourself? Then read to the end.

Betting: possible scripts

Bad script: gambling addiction

Gambling addiction (addiction to gambling) is a dangerous mental illness, akin to drug addiction and alcoholism. The ludomaniac gradually loses all hobbies and motivation, and becomes obsessed with bets. He spends almost all his money and free time on betting in the bookmaker, unable to talk and think about anything else.

In especially difficult cases, gamblers begin to sell and mortgage personal (and other people's) things, take multiple loans, they even commit crimes in order to get money for the further game in the bookmaker's office. Quite often the life of a gambling addict ends in prison or suicide.

The percentage of gambling addicts relative to all people is not so great - about 3-5%, but still it is quite a lot. At risk are people with low control of emotions, impulsive, hyperexcitable, people with mood disorders and those who attach too much importance to money and material goods.

Who suits: absolutely nobody. The risk group is better off staying away from betting altogether. There is no doubt that at first they will get great pleasure from the process, but the risk of becoming a gambling addict is not worth it.

Normal script: pleasure

A lot of players get stuck in this script. They, just like at the initial stage, simply place bets for the sake of emotions. As a rule, in a small minus at a distance, but this does not bother them. They perceive the allowable loss as a payment for pleasure - after all, watching a match on which they made bets becomes much more interesting.

Such players do not really think about the fact that they can make a profit from betting in bookmakers, and more often they do not even want to think about it. They just watch the matches and enjoy the process. They do not seek to fill their heads with some formulas and special knowledge. And, in principle, this is normal.

They do not have a special system (their game strategy is to predict the winner, not looking at the odds), there is no betting schedule. They go to the site or to real bookmakers whenever they want, and when the circumstances coincide favorably. There are an overwhelming majority of such bettors and it's okay if you recognize yourself in them. The main thing is not to bring the matter to gambling addiction, and if you want to start developing in betting, you can always do it.

Suitable for: almost everyone. Sports betting is an excellent constant source of adrenaline and vivid emotions, and even at a relatively low price. If you love watching matches, making predictions for football, and have at least some skill in controlling emotions, then betting will bring you many pleasant moments in life.

Correct script: training

Conscious gamblers quickly start to think about how to optimize their betting activities and make a profit. They begin to take an interest in the topic, read educational materials, of which there are a lot now. Use ready-made strategies, invent some of your own tactics and techniques. Simply put - to build your own betting system.

This is definitely the right and right way. It is far from a fact that he will lead you to become a professional, for this, in addition to desire, you also need certain skills and inclinations. But the fact that a systemic bettor starts to play more profitable than a haphazard one is an axiom that does not require proof.

There are a lot of nuances in betting: from how to choose the right bookmakers to financial strategies, from developing the right psychology to loading, from knowledge of how to win back bonuses to a deep understanding of probabilities and the theory of value-betting. How to understand bookmaker terms (total, handicap, express, live, odds), how to read odds, how to develop your own betting strategy, what is margin, distance, bet metrics - hundreds of subtleties.

As already mentioned, betting is not enough understand the sport you are betting on. You must also understand the materiel of the betting itself, and this is a huge amount of information. Some portals have multivolume "Betting Schools", and on our site you will find a lot of useful information.

By the way, it is not at all necessary to start this path after the initial stage.Quite the opposite - if you FIRST learn everything, master the materiel, develop a strategy and run it on virtual accounts, then mastering real bookmakers will already be an order of magnitude easier for you. You will lose much less money and time, and much less likely to get into stupid stories.

Suitable for: Recommended for everyone, but not for everyone. Such qualities as: a mathematical mindset, a desire to learn new things, perseverance, analytical skills are very desirable. If you have it all, you can even pretend to make betting your profession.

Bonus script: bet pro

Not everyone reaches this stage, and far from everyone it suits. A professional bettor is a player who has made betting his profession, living at his expense (his bets and predictions). According to statistics, there are very few players who receive remote income on bets - 1-5%. This is, in fact, the opposite of gambling addiction - a very small extreme layer, only with a plus sign.

Such players have come a long way in betting, have already developed positive game models, but continue to constantly develop in the chosen area and spend a lot of time to your main occupation. Also, a professional will need a decent starting bankroll to work - there is nothing to do with a conditional ten thousand rubles in big betting.

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It is only in fraudulent betting projects that a professional bettor is positioned as "a dude who raises a lot of lava in a bookmaker's office." In fact, this is absolutely not the case. Professional betting is an intellectual work that takes a lot of time and effort, like any other profession.

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As for the "heap of lava", this is also a rather controversial statement. The bettor's income directly depends on the size of his bankroll, the average margin over the line (ROI) and the average monthly betting turnover. In addition, in betting, the profit is never stable and even - in one month you can earn money for a new car, and in the other - you can only eat one dummy.

Another thing is that there is practically no ceiling and, by increasing the bankroll increase income almost indefinitely. In addition, you can earn extra money by capping - by selling subscriptions to your forecasts. And there is practically no ceiling there either - each new client increases your income without increasing the load.

Suitable for: people with a good level of emotional control, with a mathematical mindset, adults, conscious, organized. But these are strictly experienced players who like to place bets and bet, sell predictions. For whom the bookmaker is a second home, office, place of power.

Why so few people make money from betting?

We come to the most interesting, why only 5% (and according to some sources and 1-2%) manage to make money on bets?

There are three main reasons:

1. Human emotions;
2. Bookmakers and their margins;
3. Additional costs.

First of all, such a low percentage of winners is associated with the peculiarities of the human psyche. People are prone to hedonism - getting entertainment and pleasure. They are not eager to learn new things. Plus, sports betting is essentially a gamble, if not scientifically considered. And gambling provokes such emotions as greed, a thirst for quick profit, an unbridled desire to recoup at any cost. These are very strong emotions and most people simply cannot cope with them.

The second factor is bookmakers and bookmakers. These are experienced professionals who have more than one scheme for taking money from gambling beginners. They are constantly developing new methods, improving old ones in order to earn even more. In addition, they have insurance - margin - commission included in the coefficient. It allows them to play most of the matches with a plus (and at a distance - every match), unlike the players. Read more about the margin in our other material. The bookmaker exists to make money for itself, and the bookmaker does everything to make a profit. This is commendable, and players should learn from BC.

Bookmakers with the lowest margin:

1. Bookmaker Pinnacle;
2. Bookmaker companies 1XBet, Melbet;
3. Bookmaker Marathonbet;
4. Bookmaker Parimatch;
5. Bookmaker office "Zenitbet".

The third factor is additional costs. Here we mean various commissions, for example, 13% personal income tax, which is withdrawn from winnings by legal Russian bookmakers. Or the cost of paid predictions from third-party cappers. Or commission of payment systems for depositing and withdrawing funds. Usually there is 1-2%, but decent sums run up at a distance. Or commissions for converting funds, if your bookmaker's offices open accounts in different currencies. All these expenses can and should be optimized in order to increase the profitability of your bets.

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In general, the situation is as follows: almost everyone will have 50% of victories at a distance on an equal line (coefficient of about 2.00 minus the margin). Even if you put a monkey at random to make predictions for each match, it will achieve 50% cross-country ability at a distance of 2-3 + thousand bets. But 50% is not enough to make a profit - you need to interrupt the margin and all additional commissions. All things considered, the break-even point shifts to the 55% region.

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And to reach 55% +, as the classic said "not only everyone can, very few people can do it." It is only in pseudo-capper pubs that 99% of betting passability is promised, in fact, the world TOP-level is about 60% of passage along an equal line. If you count, it is quite profitable with a good betting turnover and bankroll. But this can only be repeated by champions - cappers, of whom there are only a few on earth.