.. analyze the game beforehand, but avoid watching it live. It helps keep your emotions in check.
This advise is for gamblers who cannot control their emotions, gamblers who are gambling above
theirstheir means, and gamblers who are desperate for a win.
Gamblers who cannot control their feelings will find a hard time watching a game they have gambled on. This is because sports games especially football is full of surprises, a minute the game is in favour of the gambler and in another minute the game is against the gambler. Since this is the nature of the game, a gambler will who cannot control his emotions will be under pressure until the end of the game. The good thing about such a gambler not watching this game is that it will be easy to check the outcome of the game and move on if the outcome doesn't go in his favour.
For gamblers who have staked so high on the game or have placed stake which exceeds an amount they can afford to lose will not have rest watching the game. The fear of losing such stake will keep the gambler on his toes until the end of the game and sometimes the gambler may even transfer aggression to other viewers because little banter or jokes is enough to trigger aggressive reaction from the gambler. So, to be at the safer side the gambler should not watch the game.
Desperate gamblers especially a gambler who is having a losing streak and so wants to recover his losses can never be happy especially if he has already lost money that shouldn't be meant for gambling. His reaction will not be friendly and his emotions will be difficult to control if he is watching the game.
However, for a gambler gambling for fun, there will be so much excitement in watching the game because watching the game is where he gets the pleasure especially when he is watching his favourite team playing.