Sports betting strategies
Betting stakes
In this part, we'll take a closer look at a crucial part of sports betting - betting stakes. This is the key to success or failure. This is why it's so important that every player chooses his own financial strategy before he starts playing. Let's take a look at some of the most popular:
Martingale betting stakes system. It's based on doubling your stake every time you lost. An example: Bet 2€ on a game. If you've won, bet 2€ in the next game and so on... If you've lost, double your stake and bet 4€ on your next bet. If you lost again, bet 8€! And so on ... Always double your stake if you lost. Once you win, you'll get everything back + make the 2€ you bet in the first round. You have to be careful to choose games with odds of at least 2.0, otherwise, you won't get back in the game and constantly loose money.
Martingale is popular with casino games, where you can play it on Roulette or BlackJack (21). Keep betting on black (always double your stake if lost) and sooner or later you'll win. The bad side - you're always limited how much you can loose. If you started with 100€ and 2€ on a bet, our loss can be 2€, 4€, 8€, 16€, 32€, and this is the end. We've already spend 62€, meaning that you can't bet the amount you should in the next round. (64€). 5 consecutive losses are okay, but six would mean loosing the entire bank. But since you cannot predict the future (can you?), you can make money with some more reliable systems. Now you must be thinking - how can make a wrong bet 10 times in a row if I always have a 50% chance of winning? The choice is yours but Martingale is not recommended.
A variation is the Positive Martingale. You'll double your stake only if you win. If you start with 2€, win a bet at 2.0, and loose - you'll continue with 2€ stake. If you've won - you'll bet 4€ on your next bet. In case you've won - bet 8€ and so on. Always double your last winning stake.If you lost, return to the 2€ stake. This system can be positive if you're on a winning streak. If you win 6 or 7 times in a row - you'll win a lot of money, but you'll need some luck.
The next one is being used by the majority and professionals.The system is called Unit Betting stakes. Choose how much 1 unit is worth. We recommend - 1% of your bank. With 100€, 1 unit is worth 1€. We'll bet up to 10 units, never go over that! If you're 100% confident that your favorite team will win, bet 10 units! If not, bet less. If you're looking for the underdog to win, bet only 1 or 2 units. The other version of this system is variable unit amount. If your unit is always 1€, and you made 110€ out of your original 100€, the unit will be worth 1.1€, not 1€. And so on. The more money you have, the more one unit is worth and vice versa. The choice is yours.
Flat Unit Betting stakes. With flat unit betting stakes, you'll always bet the same amount. Choose a unit (between 3 and 5% of your bank) and always bet the same amount. It can be more, but it increases the risk. No matter if your bet wins or looses, you'll continue betting with the same amount. This is the most widely spread system with bettors. You can change the unit amount, but choose a date. Professionals are doing it at the end of the season. For example, if you started betting on 1.1.201X, your next unit change should be on 1.7.201X.
Once again - take a look at professionals - their yearly statistics should be with over 60% of winning bets. And how much did they actually win? It depends on the size of 1 unit. Let's take a look at statistics:
| WUNDERDOG 2009 RECENT RESULTS ($100/bet) | |||
| SPORT | WINS-LOSSES | % | NET |
| CBB | 83-65 last 148 picks | 56% | +$890 |
| NBA | 190-139 last 329 picks | 58% | +$11030 |
| NFL | 72-44 last 116 picks | 62% | +$7320 |
| NHL | 12-11 last 23 picks | 52% | +$360 |
| TOTAL | +$19600 | ||
As you can see, the table is calculated, if one unit was worth 100$. This means, their betting account is between 2000$ and 10.000$. Players like this, made almost 20.000$ in just one season. And this is a huge amount everybody would like to win, right? There are more systems, but we recommend the flat unit betting and keep your odds close to 2.0! This way, one lost and one winning bet will keep your bank intact.