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How to Bet On Sports?

Smart Sports Betting

Table of contents

  1. 👉Define Your Initial Capital
  2. ➡️Identify the Value Bet
  3. 🔥Estimate Your Own Odds
  4. 💡More about Online Betting

Seeing sports betting as a long-term endeavor is important before hoping to be a winning bettor. To start well, define a capital dedicated to sports betting, which will serve as a solid base.

Define Your Initial Capital 

Make an investment that allows you to evolve over the long term. This can be minimal and should vary according to your means and desires. It's not the amount that counts, but your future yield. Never invest money that you couldn't afford to lose.

It is advisable to spread your capital across several sportsbooks. This method allows you to select the best odds for the events you want. Once you've created your accounts, you can start identifying interesting and potentially profitable bets.

Identify the Value Bet

A value bet is a bet where the probability of occurrence seems to be underestimated by the sportsbook. It is much easier to identify a value bet in your favorite sports. Explore upcoming events. You can already form ideas based on your knowledge. A first narrow selection quickly emerges.

Do not necessarily go directly to a sportsbook to determine a value bet. The odds could influence your decision.

Estimate Your Own Odds

Estimating your own odds is an essential step before placing your bets. To help you, look at the statistics, as well as factors that can influence the outcome (form, context, objectives, statements...).

Gather all the parameters and try to estimate your own success rate on a given bet. Then simply convert this percentage into odds, using a very simple method: 100 / Percentage = odds.

Example: After analyzing a basketball game, I estimate that team A has a 60% chance of winning. I therefore perform the calculation: 100 / 60 = 1.66, or -151. If the odds given by the sportsbook are higher than -151, the bet will be profitable.

In this situation, you put yourself in the shoes of the sportsbook. Always remain objective in estimating your odds, this will optimize your chances of success. Have no regrets if your bet is declared a loss. A value bet does not guarantee a win. Do not be discouraged in case of a bad streak. By following this method, long-term results will come.

In the continuation of this article, we will talk about managing your bets. The key is always to manage your capital in sports betting!

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