Sports betting - why do strong players knowingly lose to the weak?

[christmasscorpion]

sports betting - why strong players deliberately lose to the weak, it happens very often that the favorites lose to the weak.

 

[Risto234]

sports betting - why strong players deliberately lose to the weak, it happens very often that the favorites lose to the weak.

Deliberately lose ... like yeah these strong players would be dealing with match-fixing lol.
Otherwise favourites losing to underdogs - there's nothing wrong with it though cause it's sport for a reason and surprises do happen sometimes

 

[BART777]

after all it is important to understand what sport. if individual as the tennis, then of course can be also conspiracy (if you hint at it), as well as other factors. in team sports, strong teams play more matches, including with flights therefore recessions are possible.

 

[TeUnit]

If the favorites won every time nobody would watch, its like Phil would win every hand if luck wasnt involved.

 

[Synopsis]

There are a lot of factors in sports that not everyone takes into account. Travel is one, not everyone travels well. Jet lag is a very real thing, also some others simply can't sleep on plans or buses. Another thing is huge favorites often don't play their usual line ups, they let their guys rest sometimes, and also some games just aren't important in aggregates in sports like soccer. The difference between an amazing team and a average team isn't as huge as you would think. So one or two people on a amazing team not playing well can even a game out, same for the otherside, if a few players on the average team perform better than their usual, you're looking at a close game or a draw in sports that can draw. Think on this, if a soccer team were -833 they are only expected to win around 80 percent of the time.... just like pocket aces, and just like someone betting on -833 (which isnt smart to begin with), when they lose with pocket aces they complain the site is bs and so on. Fact is is that 80 percent is a advantage but that's it. It's not bullet proof.

The only games I've seen that are questionable as in possible cheating are boxing and soccer in Mexico and south america in secondary leagues and such. I'm sure there are more soccer markets that are questionable around the world but I'm not too knowledgeable about soccer as a whole.

 

[terryk]

sports betting - why strong players deliberately lose to the weak, it happens very often that the favorites lose to the weak.

I like to bet on the underdogs,,,, they pay alot more $$$$

 

[we will rock you]

parleys are sucker bets most of the time but i still do them cause of the payoffs

 

[terryk]

parleys are sucker bets most of the time but i still do them cause of the payoffs

Had a friend put it this way,,,, If a team pays 2x your bet,and another pays 2x,,,you can parlay both on 1 bet and get paid 4x your bet.Or you can bet both separately,,,,and get the same odds.Which is what you should do,,,,

 

[Synopsis]

It wouldn't be the same odds, because in your second scenario, you are investing twice the money to bet them separately to get the same total. Like what you said, +100 pays 2 times the investment, so 100 wins 200 total, 100 of which is profit. Do that twice and you spent 200 to win 400. In a parlay of the 2, it would pay 4 to 1, 100 invested, 400 total. In theory you'd want to bet slightly higher odds like +120 because after it passes the even money odds, parlays drastically increase. The best spot to do this is in baseball games where you cap x team to win by a solid amount, and another one the same way. If they were favored at like -150, then the -1.5 handicap would pay out like +140ish. That would pay out a extra 180 dollars, instead of just +80. Of course you want to find spots to do that, and not force it.

Parlays aren't sucker bets, and "only betting favorites" isn't a bad move. Those are 2 of the most common misconceptions in sports betting. Now if you're trying to hit 5+ in one parlay... that's kind of stupid, but 2 team or 3 team parlays if the games are set up well for it aren't bad. As for the only betting favorites thing... the point is to win your bet... how betting goes, the favorite typically wins on average, at reduced payout. The basis of betting is to find advantages in lines, and those tend to go with the favorites (not always of course). The key is to cap the games without looking at the odds prior. That makes it easy to find the advantages, if you pay attention to the sport, and research the games.

Had a friend put it this way,,,, If a team pays 2x your bet,and another pays 2x,,,you can parlay both on 1 bet and get paid 4x your bet.Or you can bet both separately,,,,and get the same odds.Which is what you should do,,,,