Everything that is described in the article is my experience and my opinion, it may be very different from most readers. I will try to analyze in detail the topic of earning money on sports betting, whether it is possible to earn money by betting on sports, how much and how they earn on forecasts.
I want to immediately warn that everything that is written on the site is informational in nature and does not encourage active action. Remember that betting is a big risk.
The roots of betting grow from ancient Rome, it was there that they began to bet on fights of gladiators and participants in chariot races. Of course, bets were made in a primitive form and the winnings were divided equally among all those who correctly guessed the outcome of the competition.
I won’t go deep into history, but I’ll start from the moment when bookmaking was officially registered and there was a big stir around bets.
Due to the huge excitement of people, the capitalization of the betting business exceeds billions of dollars. I spent over six months researching the information and made over 500 bets to understand the whole kitchen from the inside. But first things first.
bookmaker office- a place that accepts bets. There are both online betting sites and offline establishments in the common "PPS" (betting shop).
- Better- a person who places bets.
- Capper- professional analyst
- Favorite The individual or team with the highest chance of winning.
- Outsider- the team or player that occupies one of the last places in the competition.
- Bankroll- the player's money capital, i.e. money used to play.
How do bookmakers earn?
The essence of the work of any bookmaker is clear. The organization provides its customers with the opportunity to independently place bets on the outcome, subject to specially calculated odds.
These indexes depend on many factors, so they are always different. There is only one pattern here - the more obvious the result, the lower the coefficient. In addition, its value is also determined by the number of bets placed on a particular outcome.
The main type of earnings of the bookmaker is the margin rates, i.e. guaranteed profit. Let's go in numbers:
For example, take a tennis match player 1 and 2.
Bookmakers give odds for players 1.95. Based on the amount of bets, which is 20,000 x 10,000 each. If the first player wins, the second side loses the entire amount, and the winner receives 19,500.
With a simple mathematical operation, we understand that 500 is a guaranteed profit of the bookmaker. Everything is extremely simple.
There are exceptions, in some cases there is a manipulation of the coefficients. The analytical center of the bookmaker can calculate or receive insider information.
Knowing or assuming that player number 1 will win, they artificially lower the odds for player 2, thereby making him a favorite and provoke bettors to bet on athlete number 2.
Thanks to such actions, it becomes possible to earn money on “sports surebets”; there is another name “sports arbitrage”. For example:
The fight between Fedor Emelianenko and Frank Mir was considered by the Western offices that Frank was the favorite, and the Russian offices gave priority to Fedor. The odds were:
- Russian offices of Fedor Emelianenko (odds 1.85) and Frank Mir (odds 2.05)
- Western offices of Fedor Emelianenko (odds 2.05) and Frank Mir (odds 1.85)
Thus, the dissonance of bookmakers has passed and by placing bets on opposite outcomes in different offices, you remain in the black in any case. But this is a large and separate topic about sports forks.
Sports Betting Fraud
I want to dwell on this point in more detail and dispel the stereotypes of people that sports betting is a scam. Bookmaking and organization of gambling is a legalized type of activity introduced into legislative acts (Federal Law N 244-FZ). The activities of bookmakers are monitored by the center for accounting for transfers of interactive bets (TSUPIS).
But not everything is so smooth. Not all bookmakers follow the rules and are considered unofficial, withdrawing money through offshore accounts.
Blocking them is problematic. Using various VPN services or site mirrors, they easily bypass various blockings.
It is unofficial offices that play on the greed of people, luring them with increased odds. It is those who fell for greed and got into non-standard situations (account blocking, cuts, etc.) who begin to claim that all this is fraud. Whose fault is it?
So make the right choice! Take your time to study the information and everything will be fine.
But still, there is a part of the truth here, fraud, or rather, there are scammers in the bets! Recently, a lot of “pseudo cappers” have divorced, giving forecasts with a 90% pass rate and guaranteeing profit. This is where scams thrive.
Believe! All these pseudo-cappers have nothing to do with negotiators. Even the fact that forecasts are given every day should be alarming. What in sports every second match is negotiated? Of course not. If a match is really contractual, then a very narrow circle of people know about it, since this is a criminal offense. The term of imprisonment for bribing a representative of a sports team or organization can be five years, for mediation entails a fine of 500 thousand rubles and imprisonment for a period of four years.
In order to identify match-fixing and fight against them, the European Sports Safety Association (ESSA) was created, which cooperates with the organizations of the IOC, FIBA, FIFA, as well as with representatives of government agencies from different countries.
The second pool of pseudo-cappers claiming that their forecasts pass 100% and guarantee profit. But even here the question arises: why sell forecasts? if you can sit on your own, place bets and row money with a shovel.
There are two schemes here:
- Earnings are not on bets, but on the sale of forecasts. Most of these people don't even bid, they're just selling information.
- Earnings on an affiliate program from a bookmaker. Bookmakers pay out up to 70% of the loss.
And the most interesting thing is that both of these schemes can be combined not badly. What various media personalities do on the Internet.
Using their promoted YouTube or Instagram resources with a large number of loyal subscribers, they advertise various bookmakers (in 99% of cases they are illegal, since only in illegal offices you can get a demo account).
Each person who registers using the provided link gets into the referral program and in case of loss, the bookmaker pays the administrator of the group a remuneration.
Most often, all bets are placed on a demo account (decent amounts of virtual money are used for the best psychological impact) and a screenshot is sent to those who buy the forecast. Here our pseudo cappers kill two birds with one stone:
- In the case of a correct forecast, they get a loyal buyer who will buy the forecast again.
- In the case of a losing situation, they receive compensation from the bookmaker.
Also, our "professionals with extensive experience and a huge analytical center" offer an account promotion service, which is also designed for quick enrichment and people's greed. As soon as you transfer the money, rates will be placed. In this situation, the analyst does not risk anything, in case of a positive result he takes his percentage, and if he loses, he will apologize and say that he warned about the risks.
And don't forget about demo accounts. The scammer can easily put down bets (knowing that they are losing) and provide the coupon number as proof, and put the money in his pocket or even block the buyer and not answer anything.
One of the old sophisticated ways of cheating on bets is to provide a mega super program that calculates the exact score of the game. Here they did their best, showed ingenuity and programmers were connected.
The fact is that there is no computing program, but simple software with pre-set outcomes, when you enter a password, it gives the desired result. The principle of operation can be seen in the video.
I will supplement this paragraph with one more common method of fraud. Dividing the buyers into three parts:
- The first part is given the result of the victory of the first team
- Second to win the second team
- Third Draw
Everything is elementary. Some of the buyers, whose result played positively, run to buy a new forecast, and the rest, in case of indignation, are sent to the ban.
My experience
As previously stated, I have more than six months of experience in betting, perhaps someone will say this very little, but it was enough for me to collect and analyze all the information and share it with you.
I will not post the statistics of rates and the report on the bank, not because I am hiding something, but because I simply did not collect it and cleaned the history of rates weekly.
I started betting on e-sports, namely on the game “Mortal Kombat”, adhering to the catch-up tactics (in case of a loss, I doubled the bet). Why games? It's simple, it is on games that the odds are overstated, if the average odds for sports events are 1.9, then for e-sports 2.5-4.
As they say “beginners are lucky”, I increased the first deposit 6-7 times, part of the money was successfully withdrawn (I don’t remember exactly how much), part was lost. But at that moment I was not in a bad plus.
The second deposit of 1000 rubles was also successful and with not large rates of 30-50 rubles my bank grew to 3500, which I calmly transferred to the card.
I started to get an interesting experience on my third deposit and made 2 fatal mistakes at once.
- I succumbed to excitement
- Failure to comply with bankroll management
As you already understood, there are a number of interconnected rules in betting, and violation of one of them will certainly trigger a chain of events that lead to the loss of invested funds. But more on that a little later.
Several deposits in a row, which I won on bets, flew away in 30 minutes, it was then that I realized that everything was not so simple.
After reading the information and talking with familiar bettors who have more experience than mine, I came to a conclusion.
When placing a bet, we see only the character of the game, we do not see the name or the cybersportsman himself, that is, here we can assume that a computer bot is responsible for the control, and if this is the case, then it will not be difficult to adjust the outcome.
In search of information, I very often got to various sites, cappers, which guaranteed profit. As a result, minus 4-5 deposits per month.
During the search, knowledge has accumulated and a certain understanding of rates has matured. Making an analysis based on news sources and using specialized sites such as myscore.ru and sofascore.com, I began to bet on sports on my own.
Important criteria to take into account:
- Team composition
- Motivation
- Game results for the last 3 years
I made bets every day for 3-5 bets, there were good pluses and periodically minuses. On average, my bets went through in 60-65% of cases and everything seemed to be fine, but I began to notice that my bank did not increase at a distance.
Having gone a little deeper, I learned about the ROI indicator.
ROI- this is an abbreviation that was formed from the phrase Return on Investment, which translated into Russian means “return” or “return on investment”.
Using mathematical operations, I came to the conclusion that the percentage of pass rates and the average coefficient (which was less than 2x) gave a negative ROI.
For a clear example, I will state everything in numbers.
The probability of passing a bet of 60%, the approximate odds will be 1.66, taking into account the bookmaker's margin of 5%, it will be 1.58.
Having made 1000 bets of 10 dollars with a conditional bank of 10,000, we get a result of 600 pluses and 400 minuses.
In monetary terms, this will be:
600×10×1.58= 9480
Here we add 400 minuses, which are 4000 and we get 5480.
So those who want to start their activity in the field of betting, I strongly recommend that you study the information on ROI indicators. Otherwise, you will lose all your money on the course.
Curious fact! According to bookmaker statistics, less than 5% of bettors have a positive result at a distance.
To be honest, I decided to end my activity in the field of betting. I didn’t achieve any heights, and even got a minus in terms of money (about 20-30 thousand rubles), but I got tremendous experience and I’m glad about it. Today I can summarize and conclude:
You can earn on bets! But the risks are very high, and there is no guarantee that the earnings will be constant. Tight control and professionalism in betting is not given to everyone.
The main rules of the bettor are psychological stability and discipline. If you do not follow these rules and succumb to emotions, then your bank is doomed to drain.
At the first stages, bets are stable and confident, the mind gives in to excitement, the fear of losing is dulled and at this moment a drain occurs. In an effort to win back the loss, the bet increases and at this moment the first colossal mistake is made. Do not rush, you need to relax and analyze the situation.
Bankroll management. Decide on your game bank, do not bet more than 5% of the main account. Study the information on various tactics in bankroll management.
Approach betting with a cool head and common sense. Treat betting as an investment, not a get-rich-quick scheme. After increasing the bank by 5-10%, pause. Constantly analyze and do mathematical calculations, keep an eye on the ROI.
For those who read the article to the end, catch the bonus. Several sites (forecast verifiers) where cappers share their analyzes Betonsuccess.ru kushvsporte.ru. Perhaps you will find a good analyst for yourself and bet according to his forecasts.
Sports betting is the most frequent advertisement that we see recently on TV, on the Internet and on the streets, and with the start of the World Cup, this topic is of concern to an increasing number of people. Medialeaks decided to find out what the world of betting is like in 2018 and talked to experienced players about how to lose your apartment in an evening, whether it is realistic to live on one bet and whether it is worth registering on bookmaker sites right now.
How legal are bets in Russia?
With the beginning of the World Cup in Russia, sports betting, already screaming at you from every iron not even connected to the outlet, turned on new capacities, and betting houses, it seems, set themselves the goal of placing at least one branch next to each stopping point in any little - a little big city.
It is worth including a video of some blogger, Versus or a new series, at the beginning they will definitely explain to you which bookmaker has the most favorable odds and the best mobile application. The hand of the bookmaker even reached the holy of holies - the broadcast of Channel One. Entertainment shows there now look like this.
Despite the fact that everything around is hung with advertisements of various bookmakers, the list of offices that operate legally is not so impressive. Now in Russia there are only 18 betting companies licensed by the Federal Tax Service. Their complete list can be found, for example, on the Bookmaker Rating portal.
At the same time, many companies operate in the country without a license. They often change site addresses and hide on mirrors, and their smartphone app can only be downloaded bypassing the App Store and Google Play. Such offices are quite popular due to more favorable odds, but they often sin with non-payment of winnings. And it’s not easy to make claims to them, because they don’t even have licenses.
Also, many players continue to make bets in foreign companies out of habit. They are not registered in Russia and, accordingly, cannot obtain a license here, but otherwise continue to function - only a proxy or VPN is needed to access their offers.
During the World Cup, every Russian traditionally becomes a football expert, knowing all about the Costa Rican laterals and the advantages of the false nine scheme and, of course, confident in exactly what score the guys in blue will beat the guys in red.
About whether it is time to quit your job with such an understanding of the game and start earning on bets (for free, but with registration and SMS), Medialeaks asked the experienced players themselves. They told us whether it is worth starting to play in bookmakers in 2018, how to spend an apartment for an evening on table tennis and what bet on the 2018 World Cup should be done right now.
How many years have you been playing betting and how did it start?
Alexander, 39 years old, Krasnoyarsk: In September 2018, it will be 25 years since I first plunged into the world of betting. The very first one was made for the UEFA Cup match between Vitesse and Norwich at Plus-Minus and Cashmans. In the early 90s, the franchise of this seemingly Irish company was almost the most common. Like everyone else (a term from Russian bets: initially it was understood as players who mindlessly put a lot of money on favorites and lose, and then ordinary players began to use it ironically in relation to each other - approx. Medialeaks), tried to bet on everything : from Manchester's game with Liverpool to Korean volleyball. When, in the middle of the 2000s, bandy appeared in the bookmakers’ line, I focused mainly on it, because I love it and understand it. But other sports have not gone away either.
Dmitry, 24 years old, Arkhangelsk A: I put about 6-7 years. Betting began to engage in the second year, when he studied at the university. It all happened spontaneously. I was looking for something to do for myself and came across an article on the Internet about rates. I made my first bet on the football Champions League, and the amount was small. To this day, I bet amounts of 100-200 rubles, which are scanty by the standards of the world, because I treat this as a hobby and do not think that excitement should be the main goal in life. I bet mainly on football and very, very rarely on eSports.
Nikolai, 29 years old, Yekaterinburg: I remember the first bet very well. 2007, qualifying match for Euro 2008, Croatia - Russia. I was walking past the office, and something pulled me in. As a result, I bet 1,500 rubles on the victory of Russia with a coefficient of 3.6. At home, turning on football and knowing all the futility of being in the first 15 minutes, I came to the conclusion: “What is here if not 0:0?” and went to sleep. In the morning I was pleasantly surprised. The score was indeed 0:0. So, although I lost, I realized that I understood something, and I quit for six months. I got involved in betting at the Rugby World Cup, which I just adore. And the first concrete success was boxing. Floyd Mayweather's hype fight with Ricky Hatton. I bet 5,000 on Floyd's "ten round maximum" victory. The coefficient was 14, and Floyd won in the tenth round. So I realized that I was sick.
What are your biggest wins and losses?
Alexander: The biggest win is 240 thousand rubles in the sweepstakes. It works like this: the office gives out a list of 15 approximately equal matches and offers to guess their outcomes, and the minimum payouts begin if the player guesses 9 events in his coupon. If you guess 10, you win more and so on. The amount of the payout is determined by dividing the collected pool by the number of winners. The biggest win was for 12 guessed events, because there were a lot of sensations and it was possible to catch them. At the same time, 6,400 rubles were invested in the circulation (128 options for 50 rubles each). And the biggest loss is about 200 thousand rubles per bet.
Dmitry: The biggest win was from a bet of 200 rubles. I bet on the exact score in the PSG-Porto match in the Champions League and received a net profit of 1,800 rubles. The biggest loss is 500 rubles in an express (express bet in which you need not to make a mistake in several results at once - approx. Medialeaks).
Nicholas: Win - the opening match of the 2010 World Cup. I bet 102k at odds of 1.9. Consider that you have won almost 200. And the loss is 65 thousand rubles. Miami NBA game - San Antonio. I bet 65 thousand rubles that Miami would win by more than seven points. The final score was 103:96.
In general, do you stay in the plus or minus?
Alexander: In winter, for 11 years, it has been in a stable plus (it is in winter that most of the sporting events take place - approx. Medialeaks). In the summer, as a rule, everything is not so good. Sometimes - a plus, sometimes - exactly, more often - a minus.
Dmitry: Unfortunately, there are more defeats, but every year they become less.
Nicholas: I'm in the black, otherwise what's the point of playing?
How did you learn to play? Maybe they used special literature or articles, turned to cappers (people who teach how to play correctly)?
Alexander: In the middle of the 2000s, the accumulated experience was multiplied by the renewal of friendship with an old friend, who, during a pause in our communication, as it turned out, went into professional cappers. From him I learned the basic theoretical postulates, which, in principle, intuitively and so were spinning in my head. But sometimes it is very important that someone next to you say these understandable things aloud, personally to you. After all, we are players. And players sometimes need a coach. 2+2=4. There was also a BYW forum on the Internet. His archives are full of truly valuable information that did not appear systematically, but in separate forecasts and conversations. So we can say that another 30-40 people influenced me there.
Dmitry: Cappers, forecasters - this is the opinion of strangers. There are really intelligent ones among them, but for the most part they are people who are trying to sell their own ignorance to others. First of all, you need to listen to yourself, read more analytical articles and learn from your own mistakes.
Nicholas: I talked with players of different success. And not only about sports, but also about life, in order to understand motivation and potential. And I read two books from this area. “Signal and Noise” by Nate Silver - there is more economics and sociology, but it is not difficult to project it onto bookmakers. And Wilson Rudge's "Kings of the Contract" is just an entertaining reading based on a true story and with a plot in the tradition of Guy Ritchie.
How long do bets take? And how much money do they usually spend?
Alexander: In winter - a lot of time. You draw your line. Compare with the bookmaker's line. You analyze who is wrong. And most importantly, read a lot, watch and communicate. I try to watch events online as much as possible and rebuild my schedule for them. If I haven’t seen the game, I either watch it in a replay, or I limit myself to a review. Consider watching 10 matches a week is already 20 hours. If there is some good option, and the bookmakers obviously do not know something, you can bet about 100 thousand per game. It happens even more, if the maximums and the number of offices with an incorrect assessment of the event allow. But this is about hockey. In football-basketball, my limit is up to 30 thousand rubles, depending on the coefficient.
Dmitry: I do bets almost daily. On a certain day, I deposit 100-200 rubles into the account and raise this amount to 1 thousand. This does not happen at the expense of one bet, but gradually, with losses. But I don’t lose my amount, which I credit to the account, and as soon as I reach 1 thousand rubles, I immediately withdraw it. I spend about 40 minutes a day. Despite the fact that I don’t earn much money from this, the process of analysis itself gives me pleasure.
Nicholas: At the height of the basketball season, and now I bet mainly on basketball, you can bet to the point of stupefaction. Almost 24 to 7. Europe in the evening, NBA night. And given that the approach is to watch most games directly, there is little time left for sleep. Likewise, the morning hours are dedicated to gathering news and getting opinions or playing some moments of the game. At the same time, you can afford to play with bets of 5-10 thousand rubles, but if there is a good streak, then raise it.
Have you encountered any problems from bookmakers? When did they refuse to pay funds or something like that?
Alexander: Personally, all my problems with withdrawing money from my accounts have been resolved positively so far. Largely due to informal communication through the betting forum, where I was a moderator, and understanding how to build official conversations in official correspondence. Although, it happened, he waited for money for several months. At the same time, there are many cases when individual bets were not calculated according to the rules or simply returned. But there are plenty of examples when offices stole money. The leader among scammers is definitely the company *****, they are *******. More than two million rubles were stolen from people whom I know personally.
Dmitry: Fortunately, there have never been problems with bookmakers. Probably because I don't withdraw large sums.
Nicholas: I don't play online at all, because accounts are blocked everywhere. I, as I understand it, was blocked for serial filming. This is when you put some money into your account, and then withdraw much more for several days in a row. Then you fall into the category of cheaters and unwanted customers. But the benefit is given to bet in cash. I only periodically change booths (departments of bookmakers - approx. Medialeaks) so as not to blur the eyes of bookmakers.
Were there any problems with yourself, family, friends because of the bets, when it became clear that it dragged on and it was hard to stop? Or has it always been just a hobby? Is there any limit, the maximum amount you are willing to wager?
Alexander: If you do something a lot, even betting, even plumbing, even music, of course, in addition to success, there will be related problems. The only question is, are you doing your job. Many in life are engaged in other than their own business, including betting. It is clear that in such cases there are more problems. At the same time, if a person makes bets as a hobby instead of buying tickets for Baskov and Leps and according to the principle “Won - have fun, lost - don't be angry”, I consider this a normal healthy hobby. I myself make specific bets on which bookmakers limit the maximums. So it's hard to cram more than two hundred thousand into an event.
Dmitry: There have never been any problems, because it has always been a hobby. Naturally, in the early years I was very worried about every loss, it really could spoil my mood for a few hours, but no more. Over time, if this is an occupation for you, and not a method of earning money, you begin to treat each bet more soberly.
Nicholas: Never had problems with girls or friends. They understand that this is my personal business. As for the money: now I probably won’t put anywhere more than 15 thousand.
Is it realistic to live only on bets?
Alexander: Really. But not everyone. Character is important, math skills are above average and, most importantly, an understanding of some markets.
Dmitry: I have no such experience, but there are real examples of people living this and living in abundance. There are 1-2 percent of them in the world. Perhaps, if you bet large amounts, you can earn consistently, but do not forget that as you easily earn this money, it is so easy to lose.
Nicholas: There are people who succeed, and it turns out very well. But I'm not that level. Although, on the other hand, there were periods when I did not work for a long time, but still did not deny myself various pleasures.
The wildest betting story you've ever been a part of or heard about.
Alexander: I had a good friend Volodya. He was a well-known priest in Krasnoyarsk, but he also sometimes had what I, a skeptic, called for myself "connection with space." There is a belief that only unexpected teams win the Euro in the Year of the Monkey: Denmark in 1992, Greece in 2004. And here is Euro 2016, the playoffs. And Volodya decides that Portugal should win this tournament. The Monkey took away her victory in 2004. And after the quarterfinals of Italy and Germany, Volodya had a revelation, that same connection with space: “Everything came together. Year sixteen. There are now fifteen draws in the tournament. So it will be the sixteenth. France now has four wins in a row. And he will come to the final with six. And there, in the final, it turns out a draw. One in the draw column and six in the victory column. Also sixteen! Portugal now has five draws. In the final, the sixth, which means that in the semi-finals there will be the only victory in regular time. And also one and six - sixteen! The monkey will repay the debt of Portugal by defeating the hosts. He said absolutely everything.
Dmitry: I will never forget this story. At the time when I studied at the university, I lived in a hostel. Three other guys lived with me in the room at that time. One of them, having learned that I started to bet, decided to support this topic, but he bet without delving into it. There was the Champions League playoffs, the second leg of Bayern against Arsenal, and in the first game the Germans had already taken out the British with a good score difference, so in the second match there was not much point for them to resist. My friend bet eight thousand on a clear victory for the German club and, as expected, lost. After that, he stopped betting, and I continued, and now I even run a telegram channel about it, which, since I bet a little, I called “Budget gambling”.
Nicholas: I don’t know if this can be called wildness, but I know cases when people lost money from the sale of cars / apartments in an evening, betting live on something like table tennis or the number of games in tennis.
Now the World Cup is underway, so many have become interested in both football itself and bets on it. Can you give advice to beginners on whether they should start betting right now?
Alexander: To be engaged is not a fact. And to test your luck - why not? The advice is simple: do not catch the wins of the favorites for small odds. You get two, you don't get the third. Stay in the red. This is what bookmakers live for. Bet one event at a time, find a position you like in the match with a good odds and bet the same amount from game to game.
Dmitry: The World Championship is a very unpredictable tournament. The national teams do not really have the opportunity to play well, and the coach has many tasks and little time, so it is very difficult to bet. Of course, if you closely follow the World Cup, you know how this or that team plays, what kind of players there are, then you can find a trend. For example, there are teams that have already been eliminated, but they have to play one more match, which does not solve anything. It is in it that they can play more effectively than usual. But in general, it is better to start betting with the start of the new season.
Nicholas: It is better to start in the fall. Many people on hype go to register without pursuing any goals other than “beer”, but psychology is a serious thing, and after losing one or two thousand, you can rush to win back on your nerves. On the other hand, having won, you can rush to play with an amount that you cannot pull, just believing in yourself. You need the most cool head and sobriety, you need to avoid betting on teams that you really support. And, if you plan to start a serious activity, you need to take into account the fact that no one has canceled irrationality. An example is the Koreans who beat the Germans.
Have you already bet on the 2018 World Cup and, if so, how successful was it? What are your predictions for the performance of the Russian team?
Alexander: I bet five thousand rubles on Germany's absenteeism from the group with a coefficient of 11.5. Russia will fight. 50 to 50. And then the grid is good. All the surviving favorites, except just Spain, are in the other part of the bracket until the semi-finals. Objectively, it's a great alignment for the Spaniards. But what the hell is not joking. Once Korea managed to live up to 1/2 in the home championship.
Dmitry: This World Cup is surprisingly successful for me. I have analyzed almost every group and brought out the most promising long-term rates. There are no teams in this tournament that are easy - and you can use it. For example, take bets that the fight will not be productive. If the teams have nothing to lose, then on the contrary, it makes sense to bet on the total and the victory of one of the teams in the accumulator, thereby increasing the odds. Russia performed much better than everyone expected, but they will be eliminated from Spain in the 1/8 finals.
Nicholas: I bet 70 thousand rubles on the victory of Croatia against Nigeria. The payout is 122,500. I don’t bet almost anything on this championship, but according to the results of rare bets, I’m up by about 35-40 thousand. As for Russia, if the championship were held in any other place, I would not doubt the victory of Spain, but conspiracy theories can also take place here, and therefore I will not be surprised at the passage of Russia. In general, a total over 2 looks like a completely normal bet, both theoretically and statistically (teams in a match will score more than two goals - approx. Medialeaks).
The best World Cup bet you can make before it ends.
Alexander: I advise you to pay attention to the penalty. With the VAR system (video replay, which the arbitrator can use - approx. Medialeaks), their number has increased dramatically. Bookmakers, however, have already reacted to this and dropped the odds to 2.4 from the usual 3-3.2.
Dmitry: The best bets at the moment are the choice of the winner of the tournament. Brazil looks more confident, collected and efficient than all. Belgium are very productive in attack, which will allow them to aim at least for the final. And here the choice is already coming, taking into account personal sympathies.
Nicholas: I would lean, for example, to bets on the passage of France and Switzerland further to the 1/8 finals.
However, even if it seems to you that someone wins a lot of money, this does not mean that he thinks the same way. So, Briton Jake Cody won 42 thousand pounds in a poker tournament. On reflection, Cody decided that it would not be enough, and went to the roulette wheel. .
But a big prize comes with a big responsibility (and danger). That must have been the thought of the New Hampshire woman who won the $560 million lottery. To receive the money, she had to do only one thing - to give her name. .
It seems to many inexperienced beginners that it is enough to blindly place a bet in the bookmaker, and you will instantly find yourself with a win. You do not need any schemes, strategies and other knowledge. But, having become better acquainted with this segment, you will probably already know the answer,. Do not forget such things that it is not enough to replenish the balance and predict the outcome of the match, you need to “turn on” all the basic knowledge in order to really always be with money when working with a bookmaker. Do not forget about the risk, without taking this factor into account, you can part with your money painfully, and even harm yourself, that is, be left without anything. Determine for yourself your bank, with which you can easily and painlessly leave, while the bankroll should not burden the family budget.
Now we need to figure out Is it really possible to make money at bookmakers? for a good life. If we turn to economists, they will tell us that the real source of income can be considered the option that provides 80% or more of regular cash flows. Now let's see what belongs to this category - wages at the factory, income from rental housing, interest on bank deposits, etc. agree, not everyone wants to wait days, weeks, or even months, when an additional source of funding may appear.
Now let's pay attention to betting, where you can also answer the question, is it possible to make money in bookmakers. Of the bulk of betting participants, only 10% really devote themselves to this business. But they thoroughly know not only all possible schemes and betting systems, but also subtly feel at what point the bookmaker can “turn the leg”. If we look at the work schedule of a professional marque, it looks something like this:
- In the morning, the analysis of the events of the past day begins and the selection of favorable odds for future pre-match competitions.
- During the day, the bettor places bets, corrects events, and determines strategies.
- In the evening, the capper begins to work closely, studying all the events online at the set rates.
In addition, a professional capper has not one, but several accounts at once in several legal bookmakers. The professional uses this moment so that the organizer cannot abruptly block his account and cut the limits, limiting the max. To tell the truth, the bookmaker doesn't really like it when the same privateer constantly wins against him, and he starts tripping him up. But even here, the bettor knows how to handle the bookmaker carefully. He does not display fabulous amounts of winnings, but little by little, without attracting undue attention to himself from the BC security service.
In addition, the security service does not like it when a capper creates fake accounts, including those of his relatives. Having "smart software", the security instantly calculates the bettor's behavioral characteristics and is able to determine whether the player is starting to deceive the bookmaker. It remains to be understood that you can neither joke nor deceive with a bookmaker, otherwise there is a risk of not only losing money, but also putting an end to making money on the network.
How much can an experienced player earn
It’s not good to count other people’s money, but you can learn something, because the bettor goes to the bookmaker not to have fun, but to earn money. However, it is possible to at least roughly calculate is it possible to make money in bookmakers professional. Imagine that an experienced player has 500,000 RUB in the bank. A specialist is unlikely to lose this amount the first time, but a professional bettor will not lose everything, as he understands that his bankroll will come in handy even in work.
An experienced capper places bets in the amount of 5-7% of the actual bankroll. The approximate amount of one bet is about 30,000 RUB. Let's take a calculation coefficient of 1.5. Roughly speaking, with one bet, a bettor can “weld” up to 15,000 rubles. But under such conditions it is impossible to linearly calculate the entire pot, since a professional can also make a mistake and lose. On a sufficiently large range of bets, the probability of winning will be higher than it will be possible to throw out conditionally “tails” or “heads” when tossing an iron coin. Based on practice, it is possible to lay an average yield parameter of 30%.
Thus, an experienced capper has a bank in the amount of 500 thousand RUR, and he can easily earn plus 150,000 RUB. In fact, this is the salary of a good manager in some prestigious company. By the way, the reviews of professionals will never be negative, they have been working for years, perfectly understand the kitchen of betting and calmly perceive blows in the form of losses, without making a tragedy out of it. The main thing for a specialist is to always be aware of events and never get out of the rut of the process.
Are there exceptions?
Some reviews on the net are full of such a message, someone invested a couple of dollars in bets and unexpectedly won millions of dollars. Yes, such situations happen, but this is most likely pure luck. Average bettors lose more often than they earn, but in general there is still a small plus. Sometimes the average bettor has a chance to win big once in a bet within 1 calendar year, and then he will be in the "flight" all the time.
For example, let's talk about one funny case. At the European Football Championship in 2004, one of the Greeks was patriotic towards the national team of his country and bet €7,000 before the start of the match. All bookmakers estimated the chances of Greece with a coefficient of 50. When the Greek national team unexpectedly left the group, then the Greek bet another €14,000, but with a coefficient of 10. As a result of the events, Greece won, to the surprise of many, and the Greek managed to earn almost €600,000 In another case, in the United Kingdom, one bettor collected a full express from 14 settlement events, where he decided to bet the pot in the amount of only 2 pounds. Then the Briton unexpectedly saw 92 thousand British pounds in his account. Such a stunning effect was given by the set of odds set plus the bookmaker's incentive bonus, which was originally laid down.
In the same Britain, an equally incredible incident occurred. The bettor bet only £10 in one calculated express on the UK quarter-final matches. But, he decided for himself to put positive outcomes only on outsiders. In this situation, the betting odds could be around 100,000, and the final calculation of the winnings would be at least 1 million English pounds. When there was only one outcome left before the final victorious end, the organizer of the sports forecasting office was ready to offer the bettor to take about 15 thousand pounds in cash without talking, but the phone was suddenly disconnected from the bettor. In the end, unfortunately, the bettor's express failed, and this truly fantastic story hit the Internet. The organizer of the event nevertheless contacted the player and offered him a consolation prize, which in total amounted to no more than 1 thousand pounds sterling.
So, for a successful win, you do not always need to be an experienced player, but it is enough to have pure luck. But such cases are very rare, and even exceptional in betting, and the information becomes public.
Are there any differences between successful and unsuccessful bettor?
For analytics, you need to take the basic differences, as well as specific ones. We'll talk about them below.
Basic differences between the two categories of bettors
It is easy to distinguish a professional from a beginner by experience. A specialist makes fewer mistakes, practically does not listen to stupid advice, gives in to emotions less, always prefers calculations and adheres to a certain strategy. A specialist in the field of betting will never win back on random luck, and will exclude betting on events or events that are incomprehensible and non-standard for his perception. The beginner wants to always immediately, and make a profit immediately. A beginner takes an unreasonable risk for himself, and never thinks about the rational distribution of the bank.
Specific features of bettors
A professional is best looking for odds that are convenient for him. If the odds of the bookmaker are equal, then the specialist will place a bet with the one who has a smaller margin. In an exceptional case, bypassing such rules, he will not receive a minimum profit for himself. Beginners almost never resort to this approach.
The specialist always makes several bets at the same time. The more a professional makes bets, the more visible his failures are to him and he can find out the reason for the failures. A specialist always has more successful bets over a long distance, so he knows that he will win in any situation. A beginner can first lose 1 time, after that several more times in a row, a panic appears, and he randomly and indiscriminately begins to place bets.
A professional will not bet on small amounts. His rates start from 10 thousand RUR and above. Winning always replenishes the bank and it is easier for him to manage his finances. A beginner, at best, will bet on 500 rubles. The winnings from such an amount will always be small, and the probability of losing will be disproportionately high. This approach always unsettles a beginner.
Conclusion
You can win at the bookmaker, both for a professional and for a beginner. If, according to statistics, only 10% of bettors are professionals, then no more than 2-3% of all bettors combined can get the probability of big wins. Professionals are faced with the fact that bookmakers can cut maxes, so they will never "cunning" with the organizer and almost rarely withdraw the entire pot. Most often, a professional determines for himself the amount of monthly earnings that he can afford to withdraw in order to live well for the whole month, to get back into work with the bookmaker. Many specialists successfully resolve financial issues with bookmakers, even if they have large bankrolls. The main thing is never to try to deceive the bookmaker, otherwise there is a risk that the sports prediction organizer will block the account and then the path to betting and good earnings will be closed forever.
At first, a beginner will not have a stable income. Most likely, it will take time, and not one day, or even one week, to understand the specifics of betting and develop an acceptable one for themselves. Some novice players build the wrong tactics for themselves, use the family budget for betting, which, in principle, should not be. A professional will never pour the family budget into betting. Thus, when starting to earn money with a bookmaker, divide the family budget and bankroll money.
Remember always, sports betting is not the last hope of becoming a completely successful person, where you can make a good fortune for yourself. Diversify your efforts and something is sure to come in handy.
We wish all bettors good luck!
- Where can you bet
- What is a tote
- Bookmaker's office
- We place bets. Training
- Choosing a bookmaker
- Bookmaker fork
- Bet on clear favorites
- Strategy "Catch-up"
- Express rates
- Getting income on bets: tips for beginners
- Conclusion
- Watch the video: How to make money on sports betting
Everyone dreams of building their own financial pyramid, based on vital interests, but fate does not always present us with such gifts. This article describes how to make your dream come true, earn money without leaving your home. One of the many ways to make money is to generate income through betting. And it doesn’t matter what hobbies it is: sports, politics or even computer games. You can literally make money on everything. So, let's take a closer look at making money at bookmakers.
Where can you bet
Bets are made in two ways:
- sweepstakes;
- bookmaker's office.
The difference between a betting shop and a bookmaker
What is a tote
A totalizator is such a system that accepts bets on certain events occurring at a particular point in time. All the bets of the players form a common treasury of the cash prize, from which the amount is paid to the winners. Here, participants compete with each other, and not with a sweepstakes, which, in turn, takes interest for services.
For example: there are 14 sporting events (hockey). It is required to guess the results of the matches (success of the first team, draw, success of the second team). Winners are received by those participants who guessed at least 9 events.
How to make money betting online
Bookmaker's office
A bookmaker is a resource that accepts bets on events (for example, sports games) and pays out winnings. The player knows in advance the amount of payments in case of victory, since the office sets the coefficients that multiply the player's bet. This is the main difference between the totalizator and the bookmaker (the participant in the totalizator does not know the approximate winnings).
Example: a football match between a clear favorite and an outsider. The coefficient for the favorite is 1.4, and for the outsider 8.4. If a player bets 100 rubles on the favorite and wins, then, accordingly, the amount of payments will be 140 rubles. From here you can calculate the amount of winnings, in case of success of the outsider team.
How to make an online bet on games on the Internet
First you need to choose a bookmaker or sweepstakes based on the prestige and feedback about them. Next, register and log in. Also, in order to receive winnings, the player needs to create his own online wallet. For this, such well-known systems as , or. In addition, you can place a bet via SMS-request.
An integral part is "professional betting". In order to increase the chance to win a large amount of money, you need not only to know who is the favorite and who is the outsider, you also need to track the statistics of sports events, read analytical articles, watch matches of specific teams, and based on all that has been said, develop your betting strategies.
Earnings on bets in bookmakers
We place bets. Training
The Internet is an inexhaustible resource from which you can extract a lot of useful information. Find everything about the right sports teams or athletes. Also look for bookmakers, cooperation with which will be promising and productive.
Look for as many offices as possible and create accounts on each of them. This will allow you to play on betting surebets (the Fork strategy will be discussed below).
Information on good sports forums is very useful, since it is there that you can get a lot of useful information about players and the likelihood of them winning in one or another branch of sports.
Professional players often keep a diary. In it, they mark the places where they themselves met betting surebets, and also record the results of the games. If you study such a diary in detail, you can easily find similar game situations that can play into your hands.
Before you go big, try doing sports betting for yourself. Search for sure bets, try guessing, and then see if the person you were counting on won. Such experience will allow you to learn to analyze games more accurately, and this will only positively affect your own betting game. (See about making money on games on the Internet without investments).
Choosing a bookmaker
Most trusted bookmakers have their own websites, which clearly describe how to place bets. Therefore, even if there is a real office near you, it is better to give preference to an Internet resource anyway. It is much more convenient even because you don't have to go to the bookmaker's office to win. To withdraw funds, it will be enough just to indicate the bank account details or WebMoney wallet number.
If you are in doubt about which online bookmaker is best to use, then here are the top three for you:
- LeonBETS- an office with a lot of positive reviews. This is due to the fact that controversial situations are resolved in favor of the player, and not vice versa. Also, the withdrawal of funds is carried out quite quickly - within 2-3 hours. In general, this bookmaker is friendly and efficient.
- Booker.ru features a simple and accessible interface. A huge plus is the presence of a large number of matches on which you can bet. Well, the main drawback is that the withdrawal of funds takes more than a week.
- Olimpbet withdraws funds very quickly, but the disadvantage is that there are much fewer betting lines.
Methods and strategies for making money on bets on the Internet
There are universal sports betting strategies. These include:
- Fork strategy;
- bet on clear favorites;
- strategy "Dogon";
- Express rates
Bookmaker fork
The main essence of this betting strategy is that the player needs to find at least two successful bookmakers. Then choose a match in which the odds for the teams will be approximately equal. Next, you need to bet on the victory of the first team in one of these offices, and in the second office, bet on the victory of the second team and wait for the result.
Example of a betting surebet
Let's imagine that the match is between two teams - Brazil and Serbia. Each match has its own betting odds, and, in fact, the amount of your earnings directly depends on them.
To use a betting surebet, find a match where the odds for each team will be greater than 2 (for example, 2.5 for Brazil and 2.7 for Serbia). By betting 100 rubles on Brazil, you will receive 250 rubles if you win, and by betting 100 rubles on Serbia, you will receive 270 rubles, respectively.
Then do the following: go to two different bookmakers from your accounts. On one site, bet 100 rubles on Brazil, and on the second - 100 rubles on Serbia. In general, you will bet 200 rubles. If Brazil wins, you will receive 250 rubles (50 rubles of net profit). If Serbia wins, then you will earn 270 rubles (70 rubles of net profit). The more you bet, the more you win. But do not forget that you need to find exactly such a match, where the odds of both teams would be higher than 2.
Pros and Cons of the Fork Betting Strategy
A bookmaker surebet is, of course, stability. But like everywhere, it has its downsides. For example, in order to earn good money, you will need a serious start-up capital, which will need to be dispersed among several bookmakers. Also, this way of earning requires you to closely monitor fluctuations in odds, which are very unstable and can change even during the game.
Surebets may appear for just a couple of minutes, and if you did not have time to make a successful bet, then alas.
In any case, success is guaranteed by 90 percent. Many will ask the question why not one hundred percent. There are situations when games are drawn. But such cases are rare, so you should not be upset.
Bet on clear favorites
Another almost win-win way is to bet on clear favorites.
Why bet on a clear favorite if the odds for it are low? The answer is simple: if you bet on several matches in which there are clear favorites, then the odds get higher accordingly. Hence the gain.
Strategy "Catch-up"
The simplest and most effective strategy is the so-called "Dogon"
The essence of this sports betting strategy is very simple. To do this, the player needs to have a certain capital in his wallet. And then you need to bet on the same result constantly, but taking into account the increase in the subsequent rate by two or more times.
You should also take into account the odds in this betting strategy. The approximate coefficient should be equal to two. Using this strategy, constant profit is guaranteed.
Express rates
The secret of this method is that you bet on the teams with the lowest odds. Only if you make these bets separately, then the earnings will be small.
For example, if you have chosen teams with odds of 1.1, 1.5, 1.7 and bet 100 rubles on each of them separately, then in the end your winnings will be: 10 + 50 + 70 = 130 rubles. If you make an express bet on 3 matches at once, then the total coefficient will be 1.1 x 1.5 x 1.7 = 2.805, and the profit from 300 rubles will be: 300 x 2.805 - 300 = 541.5 rubles.
Minus express bets - if at least one of the three bets has not played, you lose all profits.
The subtleties of making money on sports betting
For some reason, many attribute earnings on sports betting to a number of gambling, most likely the stereotype is to blame. Everyone understands that gambling will never be safe, because that's what they are gambling for.
But do not confuse games in online bookmakers with casinos. These are fundamentally different things because you cannot predict the game of roulette, but you can bet.
Luck is undoubtedly a good companion, but when making a bet, you also have the opportunity to analyze, calculate the risks and the possible outcome. With such a rational approach, the chance that your bet will play is very high.
For some specialists, earning on sports betting resembles earning on Forex.(Read also - What is it and is it possible). Maybe they are right about something, but you must admit that it is much easier to make money on sports than on multi-way currency frauds that are not understandable to an ordinary person.
Undoubtedly, it will be much easier for you to earn money if you are fond of sports and understand it a little, but even without such knowledge, you can still get money if you learn to look for the so-called betting surebets.
- For very gambling people, earning on bets is not recommended, since the loss of invested money in this case is inevitable. Excitement is the main reason for all failures in the analysis of events.
- If you do not want to lose all your money at once, then never play all-in (do not bet on a large amount of money for you), otherwise there is a risk of being left with nothing. There are times when you are lucky, but sooner or later you will lose everything.
- To start making money on bookmakers, allocate an amount of money that will not hit your own pocket and will not affect the overall picture of your financial condition. This money should not be a pity to lose! In the beginning, bet on small money, if everything goes well in your favor, then you can increase the size of the bets.
- Develop your sports betting strategies. Using a long-term game strategy, since bookmakers usually give quite high odds for such events. It is also important, when choosing your strategy, to proceed from your personal financial budget. Long-term sports betting is less popular than regular betting, but it can become very profitable.
These simple but important rules must be remembered and followed by anyone who decides to start making money on bets.
Always remember that it is impossible to beat a bookmaker, as the outcome of certain events is calculated on the probability of their execution. The bookmaker has no excitement, which is extremely rare for a novice player, and works for the long term.
Conclusion
Due to the presence of analogues of real bookmakers on the Internet, it becomes much easier and easier to make money. Internet betting is incredibly convenient, but you will never make a profit if you are guided by the likes of teams or players.
Remember that betting is a kind of investment, not a hobby, you can support your favorite team at home on the couch without losing your wallet. It is clear that an investment is a certain risk, but after reading this article, you can minimize it.
If you correctly use the above information about earning income from bets, you can forever forget about the constant torment in everyday work for pennies and creating your own budget!
We bring to your attention a selection of the most successful players who have achieved impressive results in sports betting. All five professionals have become famous for their approach to the game, analytical mindset and, of course, loud skids.
Tony Bloom
Bloom rose to fame through his successful poker game. It is called the "phenomenon" of poker. Tony Bloom's longtime friend gave him the nickname "lizard", claiming that cold alligator blood flows in Bloom's veins.
His first big win comes in 2004, when Bloom won the Australian Poker Championship, earning him around $320,000. Further more. The very next year, Bloom celebrated his victory at the London No Limit Hold'em Poker tournament. Believe me, he had something to treat his friends to: the prize money amounted to 351 thousand 400 US dollars.
Also, Tony Bloom was a member of the team from the UK, which managed to win the prestigious Poker Nations Cup tournament. The amount of his total winnings by 2008 was more than one and a half million dollars.
However, Tony Bloom's activities in gambling are not limited to poker, otherwise he would not be here. Many, I think, watched the film directed by D.J. Caruso "Money for two". Tony Bloom owns the exact same company, Star Lizard, which analyzes sports events and accepts money from wealthy investors and multiplies it on sports bets.
The minimum investment for a Star Lizard client is £2 million. The company makes bets on all the leagues of the world, placing them with Asian bookmakers, which accept tens of millions of dollars for one big game, unlike large British companies. Tony Bloom's staff includes mathematicians who develop algorithms for predicting outcomes, specialists in statistics, analysis of football trends and those who place bets. At the same time, less than 5 people in the company see the whole picture and know how much to invest and at what rates this or that analysis is carried out.
According to rumors, the fortune of Tony Bloom is more than 1 billion British pounds. What should an Englishman who loves sports and has money do? Own a football team. If Bob Vulgaris has not yet managed to fulfill his childhood dream, then in 2009 Tony Bloom became president of the Brighton & Hove Albion football club, which now plays in the Championship.
“I have been into football and cards since I was seven or eight years old. My interest in these two sports developed in parallel,” Tony Bloom repeatedly noted in interviews with various publications.
Joe Peta
We can say that Joe Peta began to bet on sports out of desperation. He was walking to work when he was hit by an ambulance. A few weeks after he returned to work in a wheelchair, the company fired him. Peta left Wall Street, but did not give up. It was this series of personal tragedies that began the journey from stockbroker to professional baseball bettor.
According to Peta himself, betting on baseball is much easier.
“Baseball games are easier to simulate. It's just a series of single confrontations. In American football, there can be many outcomes, but in baseball it is very difficult to go against the statistics. Randy Johnson has eliminated 34% of batters regardless of name or regalia."
The Joe Peta Model predicted how a team would perform in a season based on previous player performances and buffs teams had made. To develop it, he used the sabermetric research of Bill James, the father of this science. Sabermetrics is an empirical analysis of baseball, specifically baseball statistics, that measures in-game performance.
Maybe fate began to pay his debts, because in the first year of using this model, the profit was 41%.
“It's all about research. Hard work gives you an advantage over other players, which then starts working for you.”
In 2012, Peta's profit was only 13%, and he gave up sports betting.
“Profit for 2012 was 13 percent or $260,000. I agree that this is a tidy sum, but most of it belonged to investors. My share was at best 50 thousand. 23-year-old guys may be happy with so much money in their pockets, but you must admit that for a married 40-year-old man who has several children, this is not enough. I'm glad I was able to get this two year experience, but I don't belong in the world of betting anymore."
Joe Peta currently works as a Managing Director at the Novus consulting company.
Bob Vulgaris
Voulgaris' star was lit when he made a considerable fortune by taking advantage of the "holes" in the bookmakers' lines. Bookmakers at that time, determining the total points for each NBA game, simply divided it equally. Voulgaris immediately noticed this miscalculation and began to earn money, turning 80 thousand US dollars into one million in just two years.
However, the bookmakers covered up this “loophole” by starting to pay more attention to the lines.
As Voulgaris began to lose, he needed a revolutionary forecasting model that could provide unparalleled accuracy.
It took Vulgaris and his partner, the mathematician-programmer “Trickster”, about two years to do this. The model was named "Ewing" - in honor of the "Ewing theory", the author of which is considered the famous American journalist Bill Simmons.
“I don't want to brag, of course, but this program is the greatest achievement in the world of sports betting,” Voulgaris said.
In 2013, their lead over the bookmakers began to rapidly fade, and Voulgaris admitted that the winning streak could not last forever.
Now Voulgaris is fond of poker and continues to bet on NBA matches, but without the same passion. His dream is to become the general manager of an NBA team.
Bill Walters
Bill Walters is considered by many to be the biggest sports betting player in the world. He has a huge team of programmers who supply him with information, which he first analyzes and then starts betting. According to the bookmakers, he bets several hundred thousand US dollars every weekend.
Walters is also known for being the originator of the model, which used information to provide predictions for football matches. For this, by the way, he was charged with "illegal betting activities."
Of course, he did not bypass other gambling games. For example, in 1986, Bill Walters won the Amarillo Slim Poker Super Bowl. He also won $3.8 million playing roulette at a Las Vegas casino. Rumor has it that after that, the management of the gambling establishment sent the roulette to NASA so that space experts tried to find a flaw.
According to Bill Walters himself, the first time he lost a large amount of money in ten years.
“I saved up money delivering newspapers. I was ten years old. The grocery store owner in our town was a baseball fan. His name was Woody Branstedder and he was a fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers. I had about thirty dollars. I bet them all on the New York Yankees beating the Dodgers. It was a painful feeling of emptiness that appeared when I lost all the money, ”recalls Bill Walters.
Now it is difficult to imagine that this feeling will be repeated in him. Bill Walters owns six golf courses, which, by the way, he also enjoys, a hotel, several industrial enterprises and a lot of land.
“If you value something at ten dollars, then you need to buy it for eight and sell it for twelve. It doesn't matter if it's business or the last bet."
Vasu Shan
Vasu Shan, who was first revealed by Bleacher Report, literally lives off the money he wins from betting.
Vasu Shan spends eight hours a day working on various formulas that help him determine the rankings for football teams. If his calculations turn out to be wrong, the family suffers. Shang has a thirteen-year-old daughter, two preschool-aged sons, and a pregnant wife. Agree that it is difficult to support such a family.
Vasu Shan turned pro at 35. At the beginning of the season, he usually makes 100 bets a week, in the order of £10,000 each. As his rating for the football season gets closer to the optimal mark, the amount of bets increases to 50 thousand pounds each.
“When you make a rating, you need to pay special attention to individual players. This is greatly hindered by the transitions of the players. When Angel di Maria moved to Manchester United, I had a lot of respect for Louis van Gaal's team. However, then she drew with Burnley, and I returned them to their original place. We need to stay sober and not overestimate the chances of a team that signs good players. Professional bettors have no room for error,” says Vasu Shan.
