Is this a real thread? If you put money on it, you are gambling. No IFS, ANDS, or BUTS. I was sure Mike Tyson was going to kick Buster Douglasses ass but guess what, he didn't. There are tons of events in sports where this or that is almost a guarantee, but shit happens and it doesn't go the way people thought it would.
You're right, back then there are some events that is almost 100% guarantee but at some point they start playing hard to get and that's to prove to us that things has really changed in this gambling space. So I think this is the right time we stop putting much hope in this event and only focus on having fun with it or if you don't also want to take it as part of fun you have every right to put an end to it and no one is going to ask you why you decided to quit from gambling.
Since they're playing hard to get, because if you think that things is going to get better where you will be giving some guarantee definitely you will end up losing everything you have. So there is two options, that's either you gamble with the intention of having fun or you just stop gambling once and for all so that you won't be having too much expectations while gambling.