What do you think? Is betting on the “rig side” actually an effective strategy, or just an excuse when people lose using stats?
I think rigged betting may sound tempting but it is risky & often leads to stress when the statistics bettors lose. Yes, match fixing & corruption are common, as you can see from investigations like Operation Veto in football, where they were able to find more than 380 football match fixing cases in 15 countries & sometimes even strange betting patterns involving referees.
But I would say that it is extremely difficult to systematically rig major league games on a continuous basis. Because these leagues have so many players & billions of viewers, rigging these games is very risky & the evidence for most games claimed to be scripted is weak. So I would say that statistics & contextual analysis are still your best bet for sports gambling. Rig side concepts should never be a gamblers main strategy.
thing is that rigged matches sure exist but i don't think they are that common in big leagues as people think. just because corruption has been exposed in some cases does not mean every game is scripted. major leagues have too much money, media attention and too many players involved for fixing to happen without getting caught. betting based on the script is mostly just an excuse people use when their predictions fail. it is not a real strategy because nobody knows when a game is fixed!! using stats, form and context is not perfect either but it gives you a better chance than guessing based on some random rumors.