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Board Gambling discussion
Re: Recency bias
by
bubilas
on 14/06/2025, 16:22:49 UTC
In watching sports, it is very common for fans to have recency bias especially if fans are new. They might not have watched certain important events so they end up only believing what they have witnessed from recently. If a team wins the latest match, fans might think they are already at the best form of their careers.

In sports betting, this can hinder you from making rational decisions. Sometimes, people fall for short clips cut specifically to make an athlete look good or cool. This is very common on reels or tiktok. How would you combat recency bias? Or do you even believe that recency bias is a thing? or do you believe a team or athlete is only as good as their latest match?

It's understandable for fans to make reels about sports teams that aren't favorites, or maybe even losers. But that's because many people love sports teams simply because they're on the same side as the fans themselves.
Also, when I am a fan of eSports, I would gladly make a few reels about my favorite players, and this is despite the fact that many of them have not played for a long time, but thanks to them I have a good memory of them and gratitude for the fact that they made my leisure time very interesting at one time.