Yesterday, when I was playing Crash, I have caught myself thinking that I watch on how much people bet, how much they won and lose. First I have felt envy, when I saw one guy bet 200-300 bucks all the time for half and hour and cashed out with 2+ multiplier. Among bets in range of 1 sat to a dollar, he was really standing out. Then I have noticed a guy who was betting a dollar and did not cash out until rocket passes 10x. I was also amazed how a guy bet 1k, and lost it when the rocket banged at 1.00x, then he immediately made another 1k bet and the rocket banged at 1.03x. Then I saw him winning +5k bucks.
That is how the idea of this topic appeared. I watch others gamble, I watch how the bet, I start to think about betting more than usually. Do you have such feeling also? Do you have a feeling that if others make large bets, that you also must bet large, otherwise you would feel like uncomfortable, or feel like a poor among rich, or something of that kind.
Not when it comes to regular games of chance.
No matter how hard you look you are never going to find a strategy that will make you money in the long run, even when others may swear by it and hit a few lucky streaks.
But when it comes to sportsbetting, you might actually benefit from asking for the opinions of others who may be more invested in the sport than you are. Same thing goes with games of skill like poker, or maybe even blackjack to an extent. Good sportsbettors/poker players can be great to learn and emulate from.