It is hard to give tips to specific football matches and other sports betting events because the luck always plays such a big role in the outcome of one event. For that reason (at least for now) we have decided to stay away from giving sports betting tips to specific games. However that doesn’t stop us from sharing some evergreen sports betting tips and secrets with you. Now some of these tips are obviously kind of obvious, but because we also have lot of readers who are not all that familiar with sports betting and especially with sports betting with winning in the mind we are still listing them on this page. So let’s get started!
Top 7 Evergreen sports betting tips and secrets:
1) Compare odds
You can find tens of reliable sports betting bookmakers from the internet. And in our opinion you should keep money at least at 2 or 3 different sports betting sites. At the time of making the bet it might not feel like a bit thing if you make the bet with odds of 1.95 (decimal odds) or 1.9, for an example if you bet 10€ on the game that is only 50cent difference in the possible win. However over time those 50cents (and obviously much bigger amounts if you for an example wager on average 100€ per game) add up to hundreds and thousands of euros. Thus every time you are about to place a sports go through the odds to that game at the bookmakers you have money on and make the bet at the bookie that gives the best odds for your bet. This type of odds comparison is completely legal and there is nothing wrong with it.
2) Stay away from shady bookies / bookmakers with past payment issues
Before opening an account, and especially before depositing money to a bookmaker go through their background. There is nothing more annoying than hitting a great hot streak, winning loads of money and then noticing that the bookie is piece of shit that doesn’t intend to let you withdraw your winnings. So before depositing do a search engine search with the bookmakers name.
3) Checkout the asian handicap odds if you plan to be the favourite in 1×2 betting
Lets say you plan on betting Chelsea in the game Chelsea-Liverpool. Before doing the old school 1×2 bet you should check out the odds the bookie gives for Chelsea -0.5 asian handicap bet. Quite often the -0.5 asian handicap odds are slightly better than the odds if you were to make a straight bet on them. Unfortunately all the bookies don’t offer AHC betting, so in general rule of thumb you might want to stick to the bookies that offer the AHC betting in the first place.
4) If you have a great idea bet early
For an example if you just heard that team A has half a dozen important players missing from the next bet you should make the bet right now. This is because soon the other bettors will find out the same information and crash the odds. Obviously from time to time something unexpected will happen and you would have gotten better odds just before the match, but majority of the time the odds for your bet would have been much worse just before the game.
5) Bet against the fan favourites
The bookmakers don’t want to take too big risks per game and the odds they give out do not only represent the probabilities they think exists for each result but also the opinion of the bettors. For an example in Manchester United – LiverPool game if everyone is betting Mancester United the bookmaker is forced to decrease the odds even if there wouldn’t be any actual reason for it. Thus the odds for LiverPool increase and it might be a good idea to bet them. Average bettors overestimate the “big teams” such as Real Madrid quite often and especially the handicap bets on their opponents quite often offer great value.
6) Investigate weird odds
If the odds offered are very far from what you thought they should be check the background information once more. Especially during the last rounds of European football leagues you will from time to time come across some extremely weird odds. When you encounter those it is important that you study everything about the match, for an example if the teams are resting players, if one of the team has no motivation for playing and even the possibility that the match might be fixed. As they if it sounds too good to be true it most likely is. In other words there is most likely a reason for the “weird” odds.
7) Make your own decisions
It is helpful to listen and read what others are saying about the event but in the end you must always make your own decisions when it comes to betting. There is lot of false information flying around and thus it can be somewhat dangerous to bet based on hearsay. Also when you make your own betting decisions you wont have anyone else than yourself to thank for the great results and to blame for the bad results.
I hope you find these tips helpful during your sports betting adventures.
