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The sports betting are is a leisure above all, but it can quickly become a nightmare. To reach the summit, climbers must follow some basic principles (verified equipments, some previous training, choosing a skilled monitor,...). We propose a course towards the profitability which need the scrupulous observation of some fundamental rules : |
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| 1) Only for adults. |
| | The first rule is a condition of age. The minors (under 18 years old) do not have to be engaged in the practice of lucrative on-line bets, because as for the alcohol there is a very high risk of not moderation and thus addiction. |
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| 2) Discipline. |
| | The regular practice of the sports betting, can become dangerous if limits are not fixed. Be disciplined, settle temporal limits (ex: less than 1h / day) and budgetary limits (ex: less than 10 % of the monthly incomes) and respect them. |
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| 3) Patience. |
| | Adopt a progressive approach, based on small stakes at first, and which grow then with your earnings. The patience is here an essential quality. Never try to get back just after some losses by increasing your stakes in a not planned way. It would be a bad choice and also a loosing of control. In the same order of ideas, never bet with amounts intended for another thing. |
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| 4) Some laws. |
| | The statistical observations, combined to some probability laws show that it is preferable to place a single bet (1 game) with odds of 3.15, rather than 3 bets (therefore 3 games) with smaller odds of 1,5 - 1,5 and 1,4 (the product of which also makes 3,15). |
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| 5) Absence of certainty. |
| | Have in mind that there is no sure thing all over the world (even for weather forecasts made by means of many powerful computers). It would be mistaken, to put a very big stake (ex: 500€) on a small odds (ex: 1,10 for Arsenal winning at home versus Coventry) by hoping to get a 50€ profit back, with certainty. |
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| 6) Number of games per coupon. |
| | The probability of earnings associated with coupons having a high number of games are very low (1 chance over 2.187 for a coupon with 7 games, and 1 chance over 4.782.969 for a coupon with 14 games) . We recommend for this reason, to begin with 1, 2 or 3 games having odds close to 2 for the victory at home. |
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| 7) Knowledge and/or boldness. |
| | The right bet often results from a mixture between the consideration of the knowledge on the level and the form of the teams involved (the well informed amateur will then be privileged), and of a touch of madness, anticipating the effects of surprise (on this point, the innocent can sometimes take the advantage). |
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| 8) Preventing Addiction. |
| | The regular practice of sports betting can contribute to bring complementary incomes but has to remain a secondary activity. This point corresponds in a significant indication for the beginning of an addiction. It is necessary to avoid this situation. The fragile persons on this question can entrust the financial aspects in a close relationship for the control of the budget . Some bookmakers suggest defining beforehand daily or weekly thresholds which bustle automatically . |
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| 9) Treatment of the addiction. |
| | The addiction in sports betting is similar to that of the other problems of the same type: nicotine, alcohol, drug.
The treatment is carried out by specialized structures, around well trained psychologists or even persons who were able to get rid of these problems. It is never very simple, that is why the preventive aspects have to dominate on the curative methods . |
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