Sports betting can bring quite a solid and constant income.
This type of income does not require significant investments from you. But to turn the game into a serious source of income, you also need to take it seriously. To do this, just familiarize yourself with several features and learn a couple of rules. And of course – time and desire.
Even if you have no experience, sports betting is easy to learn. Let's figure out what to do first, what to give up, and ultimately turn it all into income.
Three rules for starting
The first thing to understand is that you can’t just guess here. You might get lucky a couple of times, but it definitely won’t bring you any money. In the process of mastering the features of betting, you will develop your own strategy. To do this, of course, you will need to develop skills, learn to analyze and follow the world of sports. But before talking about all this, it is worth considering three main parameters.
- Select the desired company. Choosing the right bookmaker will not guarantee your success, but it will provide you with security, guarantee payouts, and offer the best the market has to offer. Be interested in young companies. Very often, new bookmakers offer better services and better odds as they compete for a place in the market. Over time, you can create accounts on several Internet sites. Pay attention to whether there are restrictions or blockages.
- Learn to work with money. Financial management is not only smart words, but also something that will help you become successful in your endeavor. Poor handling of money is worse than no money at all.
- The right attitude. If your goal is regular profit, you should always remain calm and cool-headed as much as possible. A series of losses or, on the contrary, victories can throw you off balance and force you to make mistakes.
There are many success stories of other players online. Of course, not all of them are true, and not all of them can be useful. But such stories should not be neglected. Start learning the most popular bets first, such as football betting. Learn from other people's mistakes and learn from other people's experiences.
What earnings should you expect at the beginning?
Everyone who takes on forecasting and betting at the very beginning asks the question: “how much can I really earn?” If we don’t talk about random victories and huge risks, at first the amount will be about 10% of your monthly investment. This is a very decent indicator for a start. You can earn more, but at the expense of greater risks, up to the complete drain of the bank.
Stable earnings with minimal losses are possible only if you adhere to rational thinking and approach forecasts with full responsibility.
Sports betting can be considered a fairly risky financial investment. But these investments definitely bring more profit than a deposit or other offers from banks. But, by the way, risk is inherent in all operations that are in one way or another connected with money.
To turn “play into work” you need to treat it as such. If you are new to this business, it would be a good idea to repeat the main axioms associated with betting:
- Play only with the money you actually have;
- Don't borrow money to play;
- Do not play with family money, which is also not for betting;
- Don't start until you have enough money;
- An amount that will cover more than 49 bets can be called sufficient.
If you start having thoughts about breaking one of these rules, then this type of income is not suitable for you. As for a small bank, it is also undesirable. The cash desk should allow you to place strategic bets.
If your knowledge of sports is not strong, it is best to start mastering football betting. Professionals note that tennis can be the most profitable. And again, if you don’t understand the game well, it’s better not to take risks at first.
Some people become so good at this that they replace their profession with gaming. They analyze sporting events and know the mathematical intricacies of betting. But first, let’s figure out where to start so that bets bring regular income.
A few important points for beginners
If betting is "uncharted territory" for you, take the time to familiarize yourself with the following basic steps for working at a bookmaker:
- Read the company rules. Make sure you understand everything it says. Explore what is unknown to you;
- Register on the platform and create an electronic wallet on one of the services;
- Top up your bank account at the bookmaker;
- Check out the proposed events and place your bet.
There is nothing difficult about placing a bet. The main thing is to be vigilant. To protect yourself, do not keep very large amounts in the “bank”, withdraw funds regularly, and save electronic coupons, even if they are losing ones.
Basic principles of bookmakers
Bookmakers offer a huge number of sporting events every day. The player has absolute freedom in choosing the offers on which he will bet. Theoretically, you should make your choice only when you are almost completely sure of the result. But more often than not, players don't study their bet well enough and actually make it without thinking it through. It turns out that such a player is only an amateur who is testing his luck, nothing more.
Of course, you can do this too. But if your goal is to make betting a source of regular income, this approach is not suitable. You need to play with a certain strategy, and not just try your luck.
First of all, it’s worth understanding how bookmakers work. They act as intermediaries who calculate a certain percentage, giving you the opportunity to bet on sports. This fee is called margin. It affects the probability of the outcome as a percentage. It fluctuates within 5%.
Also, the office can make a profit by adjusting the coefficient. In this case, it is based on financial flows and public opinion. That is, professionals understand which event will be more interesting than others, and accordingly they will place more bets on it. In order not to lose income, the odds for this event or a specific outcome will be lowered.
Football: is it so easy to bet on it?
Football is one of the most popular sports in the world. It is not surprising that almost everyone, when coming to a bookmaker’s office for the first time, makes the first football betting. Many players stop at it.
No wonder. Anyone who claims to be a football fan considers himself knowledgeable about the game. Such players assume that they have enough knowledge to analyze and predict the outcome of matches. Demand makes football the most popular among bookmakers.
Even if it seems to you that you know everything about football and have statistics, this does not guarantee success in betting.
Sports betting is not profitable if it is based on intuition. Sometimes you need to make mistakes enough times to gain the necessary experience. In addition, in football there are many external factors that can influence the outcome of the game. These include refereeing errors and own goals.
But by adhering to a few fairly simple principles, you can make effective bets on this sport.
- Don't choose the most popular matches. Most often, central and final matches have odds calculated to the nearest hundredth;
- Stop betting on your favorite team. Your emotions will not allow you to evaluate the chances qualitatively;
- Choose one or a couple of leagues that you know best;
- Keep an eye on the odds. They change frequently, so try to place your bet at the best time.
- Control your emotions.
What do online bookmakers offer us?
Bookmakers strive to offer customers the best, so they are actively developing everything related to the Internet. The majority resort to bookmaker services through the network. This has both a significant number of positive aspects and several less pleasant factors. Bookmakers provide a lot of useful information on which you can base your decisions. But at the same time, the bookmaker has the opportunity to set its own conditions, for example, odds.
In addition, do not forget that the company employs professionals, and they use powerful programs and scientific formulas. Bookmakers are designed in such a way that regardless of whether your sports bets work or not, the company still makes money.
But this does not mean that in this case you have nothing to do on the platform. It’s worth studying a little, developing certain tactics, taking an interest in sports and not bypassing programs that can help with all this.
- Modern technologies will make it easier for you to:
- Calculating the size of bets;
- Understand the odds and determine the best ones;
- Process information about bets and create statistics on them.
Of course, first you have to figure out how the programs themselves work, and what to do with what they can offer you.
What gaming strategies exist and how to use them
Sports betting has existed since ancient times. Therefore, to start making money on bets, you don’t need to “reinvent the wheel”. It is enough to familiarize yourself with the basic, to begin with, the simplest strategies. Having studied one of them, you will not win all the time, but it will definitely increase your chances of winning and reduce risks.
There are many similar schemes, but they are all divided into two categories: gaming and financial. The most common ones are the ones to start with. Among the games there are three main ones:
- Value Betting
- Arbitrage betting;
- Dogon.
All of them are actually based on mathematical calculations. But it’s not worth studying them so thoroughly; the main thing is to understand the basic principle.
Value Betting– this is when bookmakers underestimate some event, and the player bets on it. The essence of the method is to bet on an event that no one expects, but which will happen sooner or later. For example, choosing one of the strongest football clubs, bet on its defeat. The coefficient in this case will be very high, and accordingly the amount of winnings will be many times greater than if you always bet on the victory of the obviously best player. After all, you must admit, there is no club that wins all the time.
Arbitrage bets or bookmaker's fork- This is a bet on all possible results of the same competitions in different offices. This is a kind of game on the differences in odds and this strategy can only be applied if companies offer different odds indicators. In modern realities, bookmakers take this possibility into account and set almost the same numbers. In addition, some bookmakers stipulate in the rules a ban on arbitrage bets, and can block the player’s bank.
"Dogon". The essence of the method is to bet on one event, constantly raising the bet amount after each loss, until the actual event occurs. Thus, the last bet that wins must cover all previous expenses. There is a fairly high risk that your bank will run out before the predicted event occurs.
Less risky pre-match analysis strategies are more suitable for beginners. With their help, they most often place bets on football or regular championships, where it is easy to track the results and trends of a particular team.
Among the financial strategies, it is worth mentioning the Martingale strategy and the Kelly criterion. But you become better acquainted with them after mastering simpler methods. It’s worth starting with “flat”. A player's bets over a long period of time of a certain identical amount are called “flat”. This strategy can be called the most profitable and reliable.
Many players who come to a bookmaker's office are not so interested in winning as in guessing the result. This strategy does not generate income. To make money on bets, you should think about long-term profits and work with odds correctly. Professionals often bet on inflated bookmaker odds and end up in the black.
What's the result?
Today, sports betting can really bring in regular income, and even become a full-fledged business. Also, for most bookmaker clients this remains entertainment or a hobby. But more than one person has proven that you can make good money from hobbies.
The network now offers a lot of material on these topics. Learning some of them will be useful for a beginner. But you need to be quite careful with sources because many do not contain any useful information.
Of course, there is no win-win strategy, since all companies would then have gone bankrupt long ago. But if you still decide to take sports betting seriously, it is quite possible. Follow the basic rules described above and good luck in this interesting and profitable business.
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You can't beat the bookmaker
Why is it so difficult to make money on sports betting?
When my friends find out that I make money on sports betting, they immediately ask me who will win the next match. I say I don’t know, but they are surprised.
Alexey Kashnikov
arber
When it comes to making money on bets, everything looks very simple: you bet on the favorite, wait for the win, receive money, and at the same time root for your favorite team. Sports betting doesn't feel like gambling - more like arguing with the bookmaker about who is the better player. What does he understand about football?
Unfortunately, in betting everything is like in a casino: sometimes you guess the winner and win a lot of money, but in the long run the bookmaker will take it all back and leave you in the red. This is inherent in the very idea of bookmaking: no one will accept a truly unfavorable bet from you.
From the editor: murky affairs
When we were preparing this article, we tore apart two lawyers, trying to figure out whether the actions of the author, Alexei Kashnikov, violated the law. On the one hand, Alexey plays on sites blocked in Russia and may violate the rules of bookmaker systems, if viewed from their side. On the other hand, he also plays for bookmakers whose interests are not represented in Russia, without violating Russian laws. When asked about taxes, Alexey replied that bookmakers pay the tax required by law on all of his taxable income in Russia. Respect and respect.
We, of course, wrote this article so that you never play with bookmakers, but just in case, we must warn you: you yourself are responsible for the consequences of your decisions, relations with the state and bookmakers. Take care of yourself in every possible way.
Also: mathematicians, sorry
There are no mathematical subtleties in this article - only the roughest calculations. We understand that when making calculations you need to take into account all the reservations; this is an incredibly interesting activity. But first, it's more important to understand where the numbers come from, what they mean, and how bookmakers use them against players. The mathematical throne, heated by the warmth of your bodies, remains impregnable.
What kind of bookmakers are they, bro?
Bro, it's very simple. Somewhere in the world, someone is always playing something: for example, two teams of football. Or two teenagers go to a rap battle. It is not clear in advance which of them will win, and some people are interested in arguing about it.
There are organizations that are ready to help them in this dispute - these are bookmakers. One man says: “Madrid will win”, the second says: “No, Barcelona will win.” Both give the bookmaker money. The bookmaker remembers who bet on what and waits for Madrid to play Barcelona.
Let's say Madrid wins. The first man won, the second lost. The first one gets his bet back and some other money on top - this is his winnings. The second one loses his bet.
The bookmaker's job is to set the rules of the game, receive and give out money, monitor the outcomes of matches, and inform players about everything that is happening. The work of the bookmaker is regulated by 244-FZ, the new edition comes into force on May 28, 2018. Bookmakers can open offices outside of official gambling zones, they are required to join self-regulatory organizations, and the activities of bookmakers are licensed. According to Russian laws, the bookmaker's equipment must be located in Russia.
Fixed games
First, about the simplest way to take money from the population - insider information. You don't even need mathematicians to understand that this is a scam.
Imagine: you are chatting with other fans, arguing about the teams' chances, discussing players, scolding referees and coaches. And then a stranger appears who claims to know about the upcoming match-fixing. If you want to place a bet and win, pay and he will tell you everything. To make you believe, it offers the first result for free. Check: Liverpool will win today's match between Liverpool and Chelsea.
This is a scammer. He has no idea who will actually win. If it turns out to be Chelsea or it's a draw, well, tough luck. The scammer will leave the chat and return in a couple of days under a different name. But if Liverpool really wins, then the stranger can be trusted. And now the players are already buying the results of the next five matches from him. The job is done, the scammer disappears.
It seems that only very naive people fall for this scam. But try to resist when big money is at stake. In addition, people really believe that there are only agreements all around. If so, someone should know the results.
If someone knew the results of the agreement, he would have bet on it himself, and would not have been engaged in retail trade in secrets without registration and SMS.
Low odds
Remember the two men, one of whom bet on Madrid and the other on Barcelona? The one who won took home extra money. But how much exactly? This determines the coefficient.
The bookmakers themselves determine how much money we will win if we guess the result. The ratio of possible winnings and bets is called the bookmaker's odds. The bookmaker's income and the reason why players remain in the red in the long run are embedded in the odds.
Behold, brothers, the match parameters of one bookmaker:
In this match, the odds for Kuban to win are 2.2, for Atyrau to win - 3.42, and for a draw - 3.04. If we bet 100 rubles on the victory of “Kuban” and it wins, we will receive 100 × 2.2 = 220 R. Of these, 100 rubles is our rate, so the real plus is 120 RUR. If we didn't guess the result, the bet goes to the bookmaker.
To calculate the odds, the bookmaker estimates the probability of an event and then divides one by this probability. For example, if he believes that the probability of winning is 50/50, then in an ideal world the odds will be equal to two:
If the bookmaker did not make a mistake with the probability, then in our ideal situation, on average, players will remain at zero: half of their bets will double, half will burn out. Now attention: we are talking about masses of players, about tens, hundreds and thousands of people, and not about one individual player.
If a team's chances of winning are less than 50%, then the players as a whole will win less than half the time - and on average will go into the red. If the odds are above 50%, then the players will win on average more than half the time, so the bookmaker will lose money.
According to this mathematics, in order to regularly beat the bookmakers, you need to understand the sport better than them. But bookmakers make money by understanding sports better than their clients.
But even if we fly into the future and find out the results of the match, it turns out that the bookmakers foresaw this option and lowered the odds.
If the bookmaker believes that the adequate odds are 2, then he offers us to place a bet with a lower odds, for example 1.85. If we bet 100 rubles, we will win only 185, and the chance is still 50%.
The best way to tell this is the diagram. Look: we have two matches, we bet 100 rubles on each. In one case we lose, in the second we win. With an ideal bookmaker, after these two bets we were left with our own, but with a regular bookmaker we lost 15 R:
Chances of winning - 50%
This is not a scam, but a bookmaker's margin - like everyone else, bookmakers need to make money. The usual bookmaker margin is 7.5%: if the bookmaker considers an adequate odds of 2, then for players it will be 1.85. Usually, players do not even suspect that they are betting on low odds - only bookmakers know how and what they calculated.
The mathematics of odds defeats any predictions. Even if the experts are very knowledgeable about the sport, only the bookmaker decides how much you win or lose. They take away their margin whether you win or not. The mathematical expectation is always in their favor.
Bonuses
A bonus is additional money in the bookmaker’s gaming account, which the player receives after the first deposit. Usually they make up 50-100% of its amount. They deposited 10 thousand rubles into the account and received another 10 thousand.
At first glance, it seems that with the help of bonuses, bookmakers share part of their margin with players. You can spread the amounts across different bookmakers and make a ton of money. But this is not true at all.
The problem is that bonuses have terms and conditions that make them no longer profitable. Like all self-respecting terms and conditions, they are not in plain sight, but hidden behind links and asterisks. And sometimes there are no links - you have to look for conditions in the bowels of the bookmaker’s website, in the promotions or bonuses sections.
The main catch is that bonus money cannot be withdrawn immediately. First you need to place bets for a certain amount - “win back the bonus”. The amount needed for this is called rollover.
If the rollover is twenty times the size of the bonus, then in order to withdraw 10 thousand of the bonus, you will first have to bet 200 thousand. While we are wagering the bonus, we bet on a reduced odds. If the bookmaker underestimates the odds by 7.5%, then while we win back 10 thousand, the bookmaker will earn 15 thousand on us. That is... wait... how can that be...
You cannot place bonus money on any bets: bookmakers themselves decide how and where you will wager the bonus. It may turn out that 7.5% is still lucky. Moreover, the rollover must be played out within a certain time. If you do not meet the deadline, both the bonus and the winnings from the bonus money will be lost.
Just a few years ago you could make money on bonuses. But professional players were so carried away by this that bookmakers tightened the rules - after all, as soon as the players remain in the black, the bookmakers are in the minus. Their position on bonuses is well illustrated by a footnote on one bookmaker's website: “The bonus is offered for the purpose of entertaining the client and cannot be used by the client as a way to make a profit.” So if you find a site with an attractive bonus, re-read all the conditions - it will probably turn out that you will have to pay for the entertainment.
Martingale method
Players who have calculated the mathematics of betting and realized that bookmakers cannot be defeated are trying to call on the theory of probability to help and coming up with different gaming systems. The most famous is the Martingale method, also known as the Monte Carlo method, “catch-up”.
The martingale method is a game model in which the player always bets on one result with odds of at least two, doubling the bet each time. Sooner or later this result comes up - and then the player returns all the lost money and wins something on top. It turns out that the player “catches up” with the winnings - hence the name. After this, the bet size returns to the initial one and everything starts again.
For clarity, let’s use catch-up in football. Let's take a series of real matches from a sports chronicle, add bookmaker odds, imagine that we always bet on a draw, and do the math.
Catching up with a draw in football
Basel - Manchester United
Defeat
1000 R
1000 R
Juventus - Tottenham
Defeat
2000 R
3000 R
"Porto" - "Liverpool"
Defeat
4000 R
7200 R
In the first match we bet 1000 RUR, but Manchester United wins - we have -1000 RUR. In the second match we bet 2000 R and lose again: Juventus won. In the third match we bet 4000 R and win.
The winnings are equal to the bet multiplied by the bookmaker's odds: 4000 × 3.55 = 14,200 RUR. From this amount we subtract 4000 RUR, because this is our bet, and another 3000 RUR, which we lost in the first two matches. In total, thanks to the martingale method, we won 14,200 − 4,000 − 3,000 = 7,200 RUR for the series.
In the next match, we again bet 1000 R on a draw - the cycle repeats.
The method looks magical: elementary school level math, no flaws in sight, double down and collect money. Because of this, it is very popular, people willingly use it and recommend it to their friends. Even casinos and bookmakers advertise it. This alone should raise doubts: the casino will never recommend a method that actually helps to beat it. But everything looks so convincing that people allow themselves to be deceived.
To make sure that the martingale method is unprofitable, let's look under the hood.
Let's continue betting on a draw in football. The main problem is that sooner or later there will be such a long series without draws that there will not be enough money for the next bet. This doesn't happen very often. For example, the Swiss football club Schaffhausen played 32 matches in a row without a draw, and Znamya Truda from the Russian second division played 26. At the time of writing, ten teams have already played more than 20 matches in a row this season without a draw.
But nine matches without a draw will be enough for us. To simplify the calculations, let's imagine that the chances of each result are the same: 33% for one team to win, 33% for the other team to win, and 33% for a draw. Here's what the mathematics of the Martingale method would look like.
How much money do you need to play using the martingale method?
| Match | Bid | Total losses | Probability of Losing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1000 R | −1000 R | 67% |
| 2 | 2000 R | −3000 R | 44% |
| 3 | 4000 R | −7000 R | 30% |
| 4 | 8000 R | −15,000 R | 20% |
| 5 | 16,000 R | −31,000 R | 13% |
| 6 | 32,000 R | −63,000 R | 9% |
| 7 | 64,000 R | −127,000 R | 6% |
| 8 | 128,000 R | −255,000 R | 4% |
| 9 | RUB 256,000 | −511,000 R | 3% |
| 10 | 512,000 R | −1,023,000 R | 2% |
| 11 | RUB 1,024,000 | −2,047,000 R | 1% |
1000 R
Total losses
−1000 R
Chance of Losing
2000 R
Total losses
−3000 R
Chance of Losing
4000 R
Total losses
−7000 R
Chance of Losing
8000 R
Total losses
−15,000 R
Chance of Losing
16,000 R
Total losses
−31,000 R
Chance of Losing
32,000 R
Total losses
−63,000 R
Chance of Losing
64,000 R
Total losses
−127,000 R
Chance of Losing
128,000 R
Total losses
−255,000 R
Chance of Losing
RUB 256,000
Total losses
−511,000 R
It seems that 3% is very little. But this is not enough if you make one bet and call it a day. If you play constantly, then from time to time any, even the most unlikely, events will occur. A 3% chance of losing does not mean it is almost impossible to lose. This means that in one out of thirty-three cases we will lose.
To continue the game after the ninth loss, we will already need a million. In one out of fifty cases, we will have to shell out two million, and in one out of a hundred, even that won’t be enough. If we start a new series every day, then on average, once a quarter we won’t have enough RUB 2,000,000 to play.
Using the martingale method, you can stay in the black for quite a long time and even begin to believe that you are doing everything right. But sooner or later probability theory catches up.
Experienced players also fall into this trap. Once I invented a very clever, as it seemed to me, method of playing. I started with 500 euros, earned 3000 in the first two months, and then lost everything. I did not calm down, but improved my system and increased the initial capital to 1000 euros. Over the next month I earned another 2,000 euros on top, but then I lost it all again. Only then did I calculate everything and realize that I had reinvented the martingale method. I was lucky: I stayed with my own people. But three months without income cannot be returned.
How to play for profit
There are many traps on the player’s path that can leave him without money at any time: false agreements, bookmaker odds, bonuses, gaming systems. That's not all. On forums, players offer a lot of different strategies that supposedly help beat bookmakers. It is significant that the authors of the systems themselves ultimately come to the conclusion that all this does not work.
Unfortunately, the mathematics of betting is such that you can beat the bookmaker only if he makes a big mistake in the forecast and inflates the odds. This happens, but to find inflated odds - and understand that they are inflated - you need to sift through a mountain of information. And you need to find a lot of mistakes - you won’t make money on a couple of bets. They say that there are professional players who can do this, but I haven’t met anyone like that yet. If you hear the word “privateer”, then this is just such a genius.
There is an even more sophisticated way: look for inflated odds relative to other bookmakers. Seeing these odds, you can simultaneously place opposite bets with several bookmakers in such a way that you won’t lose in any case. Lost against one - won against another at an inflated odds, remained in the black. These situations are called arbs, and the players who profit from them are called arbers.
Arbing is a profession, not an easy way to make money. You need to take into account many nuances, love the numbers and stay one step ahead of the bookmakers. They don’t like us and constantly poison our lives: they torment us with checks, cancel winnings, set additional betting limits and even block accounts. Even if you do everything correctly, you don’t earn that much - about 3% of the bet amount.
If I very roughly estimate the amounts, then in a month I place bets on a million rubles and earn “net” 30 thousand. Another 20 thousand goes to taxes, commissions and other expenses. Current winnings are also used, so I have enough capital of around one hundred thousand to work. There are arbers who spin more, but the income does not grow in proportion to the turnover: if you spin a million instead of a hundred thousand, the income will be around a hundred - in percentage terms this is three times less. Labor costs and risks will increase much more.
I learned arbitrage in 2013, they made money for apartments. For two hours of individual lessons and lifelong consultations, I paid 50,000 RUR: 20 - immediately, 30 - after I earned my first 50 thousand, that is, I paid for the training. In addition, at first the teacher corrected my mistakes with his money.
Nowadays arbers earn much less, so 50 thousand for studying is a bit expensive. But still, a full course of training in arbs with the opportunity to seek advice later cannot cost less than 10 thousand rubles. If training is cheap, most likely, you will only be shown the basics, and you will have to fill in all the bumps at your own expense. It can be very painful. For example, if you don’t change your IP address and clear your cookies in time, the bookmaker will block your account.
Sports betting is a huge industry and a growing market. Due to the variety of strategies, they can be adopted as a way to invest capital. But upon closer examination, it turns out that most strategies are unprofitable. Anyone can place a bet and win, but constantly making money on bets is much more difficult.
Sorry, friends, but for normal people, betting on sports is not an income, but an expensive entertainment.
Remember
- If someone promises you the result of a fixed match, he is a scammer. Info sotka.
- Experts don't help you win in sports betting because how much you win or lose is decided by the bookmaker, not the expert.
- The first deposit bonus is the appearance of a gift. The conditions and rules make it profitable only for the bookmaker. They are usually written in small gray font and hidden deep in the site.
- To make money on sports betting, you need to take advantage of bookmakers' mistakes, which sometimes inflate the odds. Bookmakers are against you succeeding, so they will try to figure you out and take away all your money.
- Making money on sports betting is difficult - it is a whole profession with its own subtleties and rules. She needs to study, and then pay taxes.
- Sports betting can be a good time, but investing in it to get rich isn't going to work.
In order to receive a stable and constant profit from betting on football, you need to have a clear list of actions that are acceptable and unacceptable in the betting process. My goal is to explain as clearly and understandably as possible how to understand betting on football. In achieving this goal, I will use examples, situations and strategies from personal experience. I cannot guarantee you 100% success in your bets, even if you follow absolutely all the points in the article, but this way your chances of a positive outcome will be much higher than before.
How to bet on football?
If you want to know how to understand football betting, you will need to carefully study this material, as well as other articles on similar topics. You will find them on our website, which provides complete information about legal bookmakers in the Russian Federation, and also points out all the positive and negative aspects of these companies. In addition, we post a huge amount of other useful information about betting on football matches and other sporting events.
There are different options for betting on football, but the most popular are:
- Outcomes of the meeting— here the bettor is asked to choose one winner of the confrontation or bet on a draw. The bet is considered winning only if the event chosen by the client is fulfilled. If the result turns out to be the opposite, then regardless of the odds and other factors, the money remains with the bookmaker.
- Double chance- This is a bet that one of the teams will not lose the game. The bettor will receive a win if his team wins, while in the event of a draw, a return will be made multiplied by a factor of 1.
- Accurate match score— this bet has fairly high odds, but unfortunately it is very difficult to make the right choice. It can be used if a team has a similar tendency to play with the same score. An example is FC Rostov last season. He played 8 draws in a row, 5 of them with a score of 0:0. It should immediately be noted that all such world outcomes were recorded in away matches.
- Bets on a goal of one or both teams— you can bet not only on any of the halves or the entire match, but also on goals in certain periods. For example, having studied the statistics of the Spartak football club for the past season, you can note that they often score at the very end, so it is reasonable to bet on the team's goal in the second half and the goal from 75 to 90 minutes.
- Totals and Handicaps- these are standard betting options that are available in every bookmaker in the country and the world. Can be used both individually and in express trains.
My personal experience states that if there is a desire to make successful decisions, the advice must be followed strictly. Only in this way can you guarantee a high chance of a positive result.
Each of these tips allows you to understand how to bet on football correctly, which is why when studying them you will need concentration and attentiveness. 
I present to your attention, list of the most important football betting tips, obtained as a result of personal experiences and failures:
- Choice of opposition - each game must be chosen from familiar championships that you have either previously analyzed or want to start;
- If one or several bets in a row do not go through, in no case should you rush headlong to win back; as a rule, this leads to complete collapse and bankruptcy;
- Value the money in your gaming account - this applies to those betters who want to achieve success in capping. It is IMPOSSIBLE to bet large sums, much less all funds!;
- Learn to control your emotions and excitement - this will allow you to stop at the right moment. Thanks to this, you will always be in the black, and your game balance will not be empty due to unjustified greed.
- Do not use catch-ups - if suddenly you made one bet, but after a while the odds on it became larger, under no circumstances bet on it again. If you lose, you will lose your funds. It will be better if you later use them at another event.
- Using odds less than 1.30 and more than 1.90 may result in losing your bet. Events with similar odds are not recommended, even if you have collected an express bet from several events.
- When placing bets in Live mode, you make more mistakes - this is justified by the fact that in real time we bet on matches that we have practically not analyzed. Due to the progress of the game, bettors are fussing and want to catch a profitable odd; it is on haste and greed that bookmakers place their bets in live matches.
Each of these tips can help you at one time or another. In addition, I strongly recommend using our website and studying betting strategies on football and other sports in more detail.
Hello! Today I will talk about such a business as betting on football and how to do it correctly. I always wanted to earn good money and live a cool life, but all this did not appear immediately. At first I studied for a long time and looked for useful information, but there was none. I decided to write this article myself. For those who want to earn money.
Of course, many have already tried to play at least once. Someone wins, and someone loses due to ignorance, but there are people who almost always win. Below we will look at all the useful points for beginners who want to make money on the Internet and don’t know where to start.
What is football betting
What is a sports betting office? It is an office that accepts bets on sporting events. The difference between a betting shop and a bookmaker's office is that players do not know the size of the winnings. The betting shop itself is always in the black due to the fact that it charges interest for its type of service. And the players, in turn, compete with each other.
An online bookmaker's office is also an office that accepts bets on sporting events. Here you immediately know the size of the winnings, that is, the coefficient. Your initial bet is multiplied by this number (odds).
What is the winning odds
An example of how the coefficient works. There are two football clubs, one is initially stronger in composition, depth of reserves, and in better physical shape. If the bet is initially placed on the favorite of the match. The odds will initially be lower than if you bet on a weak team and it would win.
If your bet was 1000 rub. and the coefficient for a strong club was 1.2, then if you win you will receive 1200 rubles. Let's say that you decide to bet on a weak club. Coffee 7.2, if the outsider wins, the winnings will be 6200. You need to understand that this is almost unrealistic, which is why the coefficient is so high.
Well, now we’ve got a little insight into what we’re going to talk about. Next I will write tips on how and what you need to do to professionally bet on football correctly and make money from it. This material is not some kind of super technique like how to make a million in a day, but it can help you not count money. These tips have been proven through years of hard work. Put them into practice, and luck will always be with you.Be honest with yourself
Let's say you are a CSKA fan. Go to matches and know everything about your favorite team. You've probably thought more than once that you could beat the bookmakers right away without practice. Such an idea for a real business in football betting is initially the most serious mistake.
The problem is that you look at your team not as an experienced player, but as a fan of your favorites. And if you are one of those fans who are devoted to their club, then it will be difficult for you to turn off your self. And turn on sober thinking.
Let's imagine your team just needs a win today. Initially, 80 percent of you will give in to your emotions. This will negatively impact you in the betting world. Decide for yourself to either be sick or earn money.
You're definitely crazy to bet on football blindly
Real Madrid also loses
The ball is round. It happens that a team from the bottom of the table can dismantle a top club into pieces. Luckily for me this happens extremely rarely. Forget about such words, for example, “I’m absolutely sure”, “I know that I’m right”, no, you don’t know.
The “best” argument, in my opinion, that I heard was something like this. Real Madrid will definitely win, because it is one of the top clubs, how could it be otherwise. This, in my opinion, is the stupidest mistake. An objective person knows that even if it’s rare, Real Madrid can also lose. Place your bet without haste.
If you have finally decided that this type of income as football betting is right for you. You need to understand a simple thing. That sport is your job (live this job and always learn new things). Ideally, you should strive to become a professional. If you play with great risk from time to time, then all your efforts will still lead to failure.
What does it take to become a betting professional?
I’ll say right away that I don’t recommend contacting privateers or bookmakers of any kind. Those who do not have a recommendation, they are not known, it may be that they do not fulfill their obligations at all. You risk losing all your money, and they, in turn, are just a page in mail.ru.
Betting in the broad sense of the word is a game of chance with bets. Below I have written what you need to do every day. So that over time you can become a pro in this matter.
You need to know everything about bookmakers (leading)
Consider every bet
Watch football and all sorts of clips of the championship(s) in which you will later play
Create a betting system for yourself and stick to it
Keep track of all the results of the championship(s) in which you will later play
This is the minimum you need to bring to automation. We looked, read, learned, bet, won money. I hope that over time you will learn to play and make good money. Remember that you need to learn to play without risks and your income will grow steadily.
What you need to start earning money
4 – 5 hours of free time (every day)
have access to the Internet
attention, patience, love for your business
and, accordingly, knowledge in sports (football)
On your first working day, I advise you to deposit no more than 50 - 100 bucks. We came to earn, not lose. This is necessary so that we can make from 5 to 10 bets at once, for $10 each.
- Think about it: how well do you know the sport in which you will earn money? You must understand the game well.
- Know your championship. For example, Spanish. Follow the entire tournament table.
- Learn to remember the betting rules, look for what suits you (win-win bets), there must be a good odds.
- Bet not much, no more than 1% - 2% of all your money. You are just learning how to work - you don’t need to make your life extreme. Don’t work with other people’s money, you need to give it away, but there may be nothing to give away.
- It doesn’t happen that a person wins 100 out of 100, these are fairy tales. Initially, everything depends on the odds. At the beginning of your journey, bet on an event in which you are confident. In general, ideally play where there is a clear favorite.
- Choose 4 - 5 bookmakers. If you play on one, you lose good odds. If more than 5, then attention is lost, you make mistakes, and you lose money. Mostly 4-5 offices. You will always be aware of all the good odds.
Why do so few people earn money?
But, probably, everyone is tormented by the question, why don’t more people make money on bets?
I'll try to explain. Well, first of all, they bet a lot. Hoping mostly by chance. It happens that such people are lucky, but more often they are not. Secondly, for example, does a person bet on Chelsea? Let's bet on victory!
And it doesn’t matter at all that the team played in the Champions League in the same week, maybe it’s just 3-4 matches in a week, some players have an injury, someone is on a yellow card. So, no, there is no certainty that they will win. But no, they bet 1000 rubles. to win. They lose again. Because they ran for a high odds again. Think before you do something.
Conclusion
Initially, knowing how to bet on football correctly can become additional income for you. But if you learn the rules that I wrote above, then you can make good money from this every month. I BELIEVE IN YOU. Also, before placing bets, you need to choose the right bookmaker and we recommend that you first read the Fonbet bookmaker review.
P . S if you're interested , I guess, that , I’ll write a couple more topics (also very important) . Directly related to betting and about how I personally earn money from them regularly, living at this time in America, only from this. But that's a completely different story .
Many sports fans already place bets at bookmakers. Want to join? “Bookmakers Rating” will help you figure out how to start betting on sports and not lose the entire bank at once.
When a person first comes to a bookmaker, he finds himself in a world of incomprehensible numbers, abbreviations and specific designations. However, not everyone dares to even look into a betting office or register with a bookmaker. There is something forbidden about this.
Remember: It's okay to bet on sports. The main thing is to approach the game correctly.
Set the right goal
Sports betting is entertainment. You have to pay for it, like you pay for a roller coaster ride or going to a bar for a beer. You will win and lose. Moreover, you will almost certainly lose more than you earn. Treat losing as payment for entertainment.
The question that worries every newbie: Is it possible to make money betting on sports?? Yes, you can. For example, they bring profit. Although now this activity is more difficult than 10 years ago. Those who assess the probability of events better than the bookmaker and make money at a distance also make money.
There are other ways that at a minimum contradict the rules of bookmaker companies, and at a maximum, the law. Such classes have one thing in common: it is a full-time job that takes a lot of time. If you bet occasionally, do not have deep knowledge of narrow leagues or insights from athletes, are not savvy in mathematics, it is better to immediately accept that in sports betting you will pay for adrenaline.
Determine your betting bank
You need to immediately decide how much you are willing to risk with the bookmaker. Don't exceed your limit no matter what. Those who make money on bets have large funds in circulation in numerous accounts. If you want to enjoy the game, get by with the amount you are willing to spend on beer at a Friday night bar.
Forget about betting bank deposits or money received from the sale of a car or apartment. Gambling addiction clinics around the world are full of those who do this.
Learn the terminology and rules of sports betting
Understanding the types of bets and the rules for calculating them is the main thing you need to do before crossing the PPP threshold or registering on the site.
Helps you learn the terminology and types of bets. You will learn how to play in a bookmaker's office with ours. You will find the rules of each individual bookmaker on its website - you should study them carefully before making your first bet.
Choose a bookmaker
Every bookmaker company welcomes a new client. There is no need to rush into choosing. Offices differ in such parameters as:
- the value of the coefficients;
- line: selection of sports, tournaments and events;
- painting: selection of bets;
- available payment and withdrawal methods;
- legality and accessibility in Russia;
- richness of live;
- site convenience, bonuses, support service and so on.
This will help you figure it out. Play only in bookmakers with a rating of 5 or 4! We recommend that Russians place bets with legal online bookmakers. Roskomnadzor will not block them, and the state will not block payments: you will have peace of mind for your money.
Select sport and tournaments
When you win your first money, you feel the urge to bet on everything. Even what I first learned about on the bookmaker’s website. This will waste money and is unlikely to bring satisfaction.
Choose to play those sports and competitions that you are interested in outside the bookmaker's office.
If there is only the Saudi Arabian Basketball Championship live, you should wait for games involving teams whose strength you can assess.
We figured out how a beginner can start betting on sports. Now we will share with you tips that will come in handy during the game.
Avoid betting unaffordable amounts
The beauty of sport is that it is unpredictable. No matter how ironclad the rate may seem, don’t get too excited and don’t put half your salary on it. Think about the situation you will be in if she loses.
Don't bet on everything
Carefully analyze the most attractive matches and betting options, instead of “shoving” one after another. This way you are more likely to save the bank, and even remain in the black at the end of the day.
Don't make hasty bets
This is especially dangerous in live. As time goes on, the odds change. How can I sit here? It's hard, but it's necessary. Be prepared to wait at the monitor for half an hour or an hour until you “catch” a really good offer.
Listen to, but decide for yourself
In every field there is someone who knows better. However, do not rush to blindly follow the advice of experts. They only share their opinion on how the match will turn out. Your task: collect the opinions of experts you trust, identify trends in forecasts and take them into account in your analysis.
Don't act out
The temptation to instantly return what you missed minutes earlier is terribly strong. Don't give in! You can't act out. Betting in the heat of the moment will not bring you any pleasure, and it will definitely not be profitable over the long haul. Wait for worthwhile bets and act gradually, without going all-in to compensate for all the minuses at once.
Do not believe in agreements and win-win strategies
Sports betting strategies that guarantee winnings are as much a myth as match-fixing from online sellers. Yes, that too. There is no win-win strategy for gambling, otherwise the business would not thrive. Betting on forks or counting cards in blackjack is no longer a game, but a job. And it also comes with risks.
If you depend on chance, there can be no guaranteed winning strategies. These are fairy tales for the gullible.
Should you bet on sports?
If you love sports and don't need money, this activity will help you have fun and combine watching matches with gambling.
If you are thinking about how to survive until payday or pay off a loan for an iPhone, then it’s better not to. You will almost certainly make your financial problems worse.
Homer Simpson said: “I know where you can get money with almost no risk! At the bookmaker's." Don't be a Homer - bet wisely.
