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Understanding the Basics of Sports Betting

  • November 30, 2019
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When people love sports so much, they tend to make it a little more exciting by getting gambling in the mix. One of the most common and lucrative ways to gamble is sports betting; people choose a sport they like or understand, then they start placing bets, hoping that the odds are in their favor.  Here we’ll look at some of the basics of sports betting. 

Many beginners are constantly joining the sensation every day, so it’s important to understand the basic aspects of betting on sports.

The traditional form of betting 

When people want to predict what would happen in a sports game and then start placing bets, this is called the fixed odds betting. The odds are determined and agreed upon once a wager has been placed. Usually, two different people are betting against each other, and they are called parties; it’s mostly friends who are watching the game together and want to spice things up. 

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They decide on the stake, which is the money they can afford to lose for a bet, and then they make a selection on which team they want to bet on. When they check the bookmaker’s details who provides the service, the parties would see the odds and how much they’d be getting as their payout if they won. 

Handicap betting

This is one of the most commonly used ways to place bets that improves your chance of winning by deducting and adding teams’ points to make the odds a little fair. The betting masters at BoydsBets helps beginners with free picks to bet on with this method of gambling. You basically bet on which team would cover the spread that’s created by the bookmaker, but the favorite team would get their points deducted and the underdog would be given points to make the odds a little fair; it presents different options to gamblers and doesn’t specifically make the teams equal favorites.

Do you need a bookmaker to place bets?

Most people wonder if every sports betting method needs a bookmaker, but that’s not the case because there are ways that eliminate the need for one. For example, the parties or bettors could Pari-mutuel bet on sports by pooling their money together in one pot; there are no odds in place here and everyone who bets on the winning team gets a share of the pot. The share is determined by how many people bet on the winner and how much they staked from the beginning. 

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Another way where you can bet without a bookmaker is through Exchange betting, parties use fixed odds and one of them is backing the winner up, while the other is laying that team. If the backer ‘s team lost then their stakes go to the layer, but if their team wins, then the layer has to pay them according to the odds they agreed on. So betting can still be fun and possible without making it official with a bookmaker.

E-sports and online betting

Some people believe that sports betting is limited to traditional sports like Basketball or Football, but there are ways where you can start gambling with competitive gaming which is usually done online. The E-sports world is an extremely lucrative venture that makes a lot of people entertained and a little richer. The online betting world has bookmakers but you simply make your selection process through a website/platform that you trust, so everything is done traditionally. Also, the online world has bookmakers or sections for traditional sports if you want to participate from the comfort of your own home.

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The goal of betting on sports

This is different from one gambler to another; some do it for the entertainment factor and hope to win, while others do it seriously and expect to win because it’s a source of income. It depends because everyone has their motives, but each one has the same process; it just varies from how much gambling they’re doing. The serious bettors use strategies and put a lot of effort into the process, but the casual bettors just do it for fun randomly with their friends during a sports game they like. So figure out what your goal is for sports betting and remember to use money that you can afford losing.

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When it comes to gambling and sports betting, you will realize that sometimes you win and sometimes you lose; people who tend to gamble a lot already know this. It’s just the way things work in the gambling world. But if you come up with decent plans and strategize every move you make, then you will earn a lot of money; just remember to have fun.

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