| Please tell me that you are not losing money like this. | | | | specific matchups will play out. Like I have mentioned |
| Sports Betting Secret #1: Do NOT Bet On Your | | | | before, successful sports betting should not be based |
| Favorite Team! | | | | upon fundamental analysis, but rather statistical |
| I call this "Favorite Team Syndrome." This is another | | | | analysis. |
| one that can be really hard for those that are new to | | | | The only exception to this rule is when your home |
| betting intelligently. There are usually far too many | | | | team is in a game that is statistically proven to win the |
| emotions involved for it to be an intelligent decision. In | | | | majority of the time. Then and only then, does it make |
| general, people tend to bet with their heart rather than | | | | sense to bet on or against your favorite team. So |
| their brain. Also, most people tend to overreact to their | | | | please, get away from the mindset that you have to |
| favorite team. If their team has been playing well | | | | put money on all the big games just so you can have |
| recently, the fans tend to think that the team is | | | | the action. |
| invincible and bet way too optimistically. | | | | If you want to bet on your favorite team simply |
| And if the team has been playing poorly, then fans can | | | | because it excites you, know that you are probably |
| overreact negatively and assume that their team is | | | | going to be trading money for that excitement over |
| going to get whipped every time they play. The joy of | | | | the long haul. Remember, you want to ONLY bet on |
| winning and the negative stress of losing cloud | | | | the games in which you have the biggest advantage. |
| judgment and should be avoided altogether. | | | | Only those games and no other. |
| Additionally, many of these picks are made based | | | | Happy betting. |
| upon fundamental analysis and how a person believes | | | | |