subject: Betting strategies [print this page] A betting strategy or betting system is a structured and smart approach to gambling intended to win againts the opponent, which can be house in casino and card games or bookmakers in horseracing and sports betting such as football, baskeball, baseball, hokey or even some motor sports or winter sports. A smart and successful strategy should increase the odds of winning in order to produce long term profits from a pursuit which under normal circumstances will only ever result in a long term loss. And that is why you need an excelent betting strategy, which will allow you to change the odds of winnings, so you can be the house (House always wins). Learn how to win and how to beat the house or bookmakers!
All betting systems are predicated on statistical analysis, seeking to exploit the rare circumstances when the odds are in the favour of the player. Though the basis of all risk is fundamentally the same, betting systems vary in relation to the rules and circumstances of each particular game.
The most known betting strategies include:
- Card games - Card counting
- Roulette - Martingale
- Horse racing - Hedging, Arbitrage
- Sports Handicapping
Betting strategies bellow apply to games which operate on independent events. For such games, the odds of a particular outcome are identical for every bet played: Martingale - doubling bet after each loss until a win is achieved, Kelly criterion, Split martingale, Regression , Anti-martingale, d'Alembert, Contra d'Alembert, Paroli of Three and many others.
Here are a few important tips (or we can call them a secrets!) you need to know before you place your bet:
- It is best to not bet on the team that you supports.
- You must study the odds of each game before you can pick a few matches that you are confident in betting on.
- Fo not bet under the influence of public opinion (or alcohol). Go to internet forum and do your own researsh of the matches and odds!
