There are many rules which can help beginners to be more successful. Skilled bettors know a lot of various secrets which provide necessary results. As for the newcomers, they often make mistakes, which lead to disappointment in betting online.
This short article contents some helpful tips for beginners. We have chosen 10 most important positions which should be paid attention to. We hope these tips will be useful to you, and your sports betting will bring you as much profit as possible.
- Choosing the online bookmaker
Today, even an inexperienced user knows that there are many unscrupulous online resources. Bookmakers are not the exception. Various websites offer lower odds, delay payments or even block users’ accounts without returning deposits. Nevertheless, choosing a good bookmaker is not so difficult. Before making a choice you should read reviews on various forums, study the history of the company, get acquainted with the rules published on the website. It is useful to look through some documents which regulate website activities. As a rule, trustful companies have several prestigious licenses.
It is worth paying attention to the availability of support in the language that you speak. Equally important is the availability of convenient payment instruments, such as M-Pesa and Tigo Pesa in Tanzania. You should choose the most convenient ways for deposits and withdrawals before register. Moreover, it is worth to learn about bonuses and other promo for new visitors.
- Financial question
At the initial stage, online betting requires some financial influences. Of course, you should realize that this money can be taken from personal budget. Do not believe the tales of those who bet several dollars on a long express and got rich at once. Yes, such cases have occurred, but they are more exception than a rule. You should not deposit more than 10% of your monthly income. Moreover, you should not take a loan for online betting. Another important rule: never put on one event more than 3% of the funds available on the balance sheet. Strict financial self-control is one of the most important tasks for bettors.
- Fraud in sports betting
Betting business involves large amounts of money, which attracts many scammers. Most often, you will receive offers to sell forecasts or «one hundred percent» strategies. Buying such information, the beginners are just wasting money. The same goes for offers to sell match-fixing information. To avoid such situations you should realize the simple thing: if you were the owner of such information, what would you do? Of course, it is more profitable to bet on a well-known winner, than sell the information for several dollars to other bettors.
- Choice of the sport for betting
Most online bookmakers offer a fairly wide line in which various sports can be present. Try to focus on those disciplines which are familiar to you. It is best to start with betting on such popular sports, as football, hockey, basketball, tennis, volleyball. If you are skilled in some other kinds — choose them. After choosing a discipline, it is worth deciding on a league or an athlete (if we are talking about tennis, for example), which you will bet on. The most variable sport from this point of view is football. There are national championships in many countries including Tanzania. Besides, you can choose any international top tournament, such as World or Continental Championships.
- Choice of the event
You should not choose an event for a bet, guided by values of quotes only. If you decide to earn a lot and put an outsider to victory with odds of 3 or more, then in most cases you will lose your money. It is also not worth betting on outcomes with such low odds as 1.1 – 1.4. Here the probability of winning is much higher, but taking into account the bookmakers margin, it will not be such a large amount. In addition, you should consider the possibility of losing, which will reduce your efforts to nothing. Skilled betters advice concluding bets on outcomes with average odds, like 1.55 – 1.95. These are the most balanced quotes that allow you to get a stable income.
- Follow the news and be informed
When choosing a particular sport and a specific league, pay attention to the availability of analytical and statistical information on the issue of interest to you. Make sure that there are a sufficient number of online broadcasts with commentary in a language you know. It’s also good to subscribe to league sites and even individual clubs to receive first-hand news. The best online bookmakers provide blog sections where users can get a huge amount of useful information, get acquainted with forecasts for the outcome of events from professional privateers.
- Psychological component
Avoid betting on teams or athletes that you sympathize with and cheer for. The same applies to the teams you are opposed to. It is necessary to remove the psychological component in forecasting the outcome of the event. It is quite difficult for the most betters to assess the real chances of their favorite teams to win a match or tournament. So, try to choose such competitions, you are not emotionally connected to.
- Do not get arrogant
Megalomania is a serious problem of many betters. Even if you are lucky to catch long win-win series, don’t think that Lady Fortune have selected just you. Do not risk — after the first loss you need to stop and rest for several days. Good luck is gone and now, quite possibly, a series of defeats awaits you. So, it’s better to stop and analyze the reasons.
- Avoid complicated bets
Some sports and certain events are difficult in predicting even for skilled betters. Try to avoid such events. You should also not get involved in complex types of bets, such as expresses. Of course, the express will bring significant funds, but the risk of losing is also very high. If you still decide to make such type of bet, include no more than 2-3 events in it.
- Betting is not the sense of life
The last tip is very simple — you should not take betting as a life sense. It’s just the way of making money. So, never put it on the first place!
