Global Sports: Simple ways to empty your sports betting bankroll

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Simple ways to empty your sports betting bankroll

By Michael Stewards


Sports betting are one of the forms of gambling where a smart gambler can have an advantage over the house. By making smart bets and practicing safe bankroll management, you can make big cash by betting on sports with almost no long term risk. But just because you can make money at sports betting does not mean that you will. There are a lot of common ways for otherwise smart bettors to lose their bankroll, even if they are good at sports gambling. Here are five common ways you might find your bankroll disappearing before your very eyes.

Bet on your favorite sports teams. This one probably kills more hopeful sports bettors than everything else on this list combined! No matter how objective you are trying to be, you're all the time going to have some feelings for your favorite teams, and these feelings will cloud your judgment when it comes times to make good bets. This doesn't just happen when you're gambling with your team either; even gambling against your team can be an emotional judgment - you might think that you'll be happy if your team wins, or make money even if they lose. Do not let that happen. Instead, separate the sports you watch for pleasure from the sports you bet on for profit. Then, the second most important is play with your bankroll in the casino. If you are serious about betting on sports, your sports bankroll should not be touched for other purposes, including other gambling ventures. Bet all or most of all of your bankroll on one gamble.

Bankroll management is a critical skill for anyone who really wants to be a long-term winner when they bet on sports. It's easy to feel like you know about a sure thing, and gamble way too much on one game. But there are no such thing as a sure thing in sports or gambling, and you can't ever count on any one individual bet being a winner. Rules vary, but one smart rule of thumb is to never gamble more than 5% of your bankroll on any one gamble, and make most bets smaller than that. Get caught up in the hype. We all make that mistake from time to time, but minimizing how often it takes place is crucial if you want to make a profit. Sometimes these stories are attached to teams that really are good bets, but more often than not, the public ends up gambling these stories so heavily that you must keep away from them, or even bet the other way. Separating reality from hype will protect you from making foolish bets that you will regret later.

Gamble on sports you have no knowledge about. There are tons of profitable spots for sports that are not so popular, but you need to do the same amount of research to take advantage of these as you do when you're gambling on your main sports. If you have a friend overseas that tells you about a sure win in a cricket match, but you have never watched a game in your life and don't even have the knowledge where to begin to research it, you should keep away.

Stick to what you have the knowledge, and only branch out to gambling on other sports when you are ready to put time and work into it. If you want to be success in sports betting then these five things have to be kept in mind.




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