Post
Topic
Board Gambling discussion
Re: Why do 90% of Bettors Lose in Sports Betting in the Long-term?
by
Mauser
on 14/08/2023, 07:09:21 UTC
but I understand this condition because sometimes bettors become more aggressive and greedy in wanting to get bigger wins so that the profits from sports betting are not immediately used for other investments but instead are used to bet again with the hope of getting even bigger.
that's something that usually happens to bettors because we as humans still have greedy nature so that every win will never be satisfied and keep on risking the winning money to bet again so we can get bigger money, but in fact most lose in the long run if you still use With such a betting style, the bettor must know when to bet and when to stop betting.

I'm not a hypocrite with all of that, sometimes I also still do things that every time I get a win, I always feel dissatisfied and keep betting again to get bigger wins than before, that's because I also experienced the same thing and had experiences like that, just sharing stories. that every bettor should be able to set targeted wins so that they can withdraw the winning money and use it for investment, then come back in a few days to bet again. it has to be long term

While it's probably true that many gamblers like to increase their betting sizes with their winnings they make. I also think that there are is a large fraction of gamblers that are more disciplined and save some of their winnings. At least for me and most of my friends that like to place bets on sport games, we have a group bet on big tournaments where everybody puts in 10 USD. We have been doing this for a long time and when we win, we still keep betting only the initial 10 USD and have a few beers with the winnings. To me the 90% of people losing seems like a way to high number. There must be many more people that only bet on large tournaments and focus on save bets, where the chance of losing is fairly small.  And like you said people that only are using sports bets to make money, will take out winnings to invest them in other things too, for long term profits outside of gambling.