Where to bet on sports

98% of betting people are left with a nose or even without it if they try to win back. 2% are professional players, people who “know something”. A lot of useful information can be found on the Internet, but nothing can replace a live experience. We asked a resident of Kiev to share it, who has been earning money on bread with butter and black caviar for 12 years. He wished to remain incognito – hooray, this time no one can accuse us of advertising.

Before the beginning. Hack on your nose (the categoricalness is justified by experience) a few golden rules of a novice player. Don’t bet more than you’re willing to lose. How much is not a pity – the most correct criterion. Resist the temptation to win back: this thought entails sad consequences in almost 100% of cases. Do not listen to the “experienced” who whisper about the sure bets at the bookmakers’ booths or otherwise shine supposedly winning information. Bet on the sport you are good at.

Immediately determine the rules of your game – the game fund; the size of one bet; system on which you will install – and under no circumstances change them. General advice: don’t let yourself think of betting as a way to make money. For beginners, they should be fun.

To start. Practice. Being lucky is not enough. Let risk be a noble cause, let’s leave it to naive simpletons. Start with “paper”: make virtual bets. You can independently track the announcements of events, draw your own bets and compare them with the results. You can train in more realistic conditions – sit on the “line” (a list of events with bonus odds from the bookmaker), but bet only on your “paper”. Do not rush to carry real money after the first successes. Practice for a month, and preferably two. Not the fact that you will be able to get a plus. But if it works out, you can go to the real league.

Start. Determine your bank – the amount you are willing to spend on bets. From this amount, subtract a percentage of your one-time rate – for example, 5%. Decide on the field you will play on – the sport you know the most about. Determine the betting method.

Bets can be made:

  • in the “booth” – in cash at the bookmaker’s cash desk,
  • on the Internet – electronic money. Each of them has its own advantages and

disadvantages. The most balanced option, as usual, is in the middle:

  • hand over cash to the cashier, open a gaming account, and then place bets on the Internet.


Determine your favourite. Place your bet and keep your fists

Types of rates. Ordinary – regular bet: one bet, one result, one coefficient. Express – a bet on a “train”: on a chain of results, the winning coefficients of which are multiplied.

Bottom line: the highest odds, the lowest chances of winning. One miss cancels everything. System – a bet on several events. A complex scheme in which you can win by guessing only half of the results. But at the same time, the bet amount is divided into equal parts for each option. Therefore, taking a small coefficient, you can remain a loser even with a winning system. The game is difficult even to explain, and is categorically not recommended for beginners. Live – bet in real time, during the game process, which determines the result. As additional information increases the chances of winning, winning odds decrease.

Requires skill: react faster and more accurately to the events of the match than the bookmaker does. SurebetsThe Golden Fleece of the world of betting: it seems like a myth, but selected players successfully exploit it. A fork is the difference in the odds of different bookmakers, which eliminates the possibility of losing. That is, one bookmaker puts a higher odd on favorite A, but the other knows, for example, that the match is fixed, and therefore gives a higher odd on Challenger B. Rarely, but this happens. If you bet both at once, the excitement disappears – you win regardless of the result. The trick is to find the fork.

Professional advice

Our expert assures that the key to success in betting is discipline that can protect against excitement. If you understand well what you bet on and clearly follow the chosen system of the game, it is difficult to lose. The winnings are proportional to the knowledge of the chosen sport. If you understand poorly, you can only lose. It is more efficient to bet on team sports – the notorious human factor is divided by the number of players in them. Experienced players call baseball and curling among the profitable types – there are no draws, which means there is a greater chance of guessing the result. Among individual sports, bets on tennis are very popular, but also very risky: injuries are frequent, a lot depends on the mood of the player, fixed matches happen. Play “ordinaries”. The mistake of many beginners is the temptation to play at the high odds offered by the express. Know: “express” for small amounts is the main article of betting profits.