| I would hate to have to count all the different sports | | | | This is how I was brought up to place a bet, read the |
| available to fans these days, there are just so many | | | | paper pick the name of the horse I though was the |
| of them. Each sport has its own fans and following, | | | | cutest, and put money on it. Needless to say I never |
| and believe it or not it is possible to place bets on | | | | won. However I have seen horse racing punters look |
| virtually any sport your into. | | | | at the statistics for the horses in a race, and pick the |
| It is for this reason that there are loads of websites | | | | biggest outsider for a win, and they have won. Based |
| and gurus who will offer all kinds of sports betting | | | | on the information they picked up in the race stats and |
| advice. | | | | their empirical knowledge of the Jockey, owner and |
| Fans of sports such as football, tennis, rugby, cricket, | | | | trainer. |
| baseball and basketball, often place bets on which | | | | Betting for fun and betting to make money are two |
| team will win, they also place bets on which team will | | | | entirely different things. People who don't know any |
| lose, who the man of the match will be, where a | | | | better, bet for fun and usually lose their money. People |
| football team will be in the league standings at a | | | | who know better, bet based on knowledge and win. |
| certain time and even the spread or by how much a | | | | Empirical knowledge are the things you learn from |
| team will win by. | | | | observing something, like the Eskimo, knows the ice will |
| If you can think of it, chances are you can bet it, and | | | | melt on this day. You learn things from watching the |
| what better way to make watching your favorite | | | | sport of your choice. This knowledge arms you in your |
| team play more exciting, than by placing a wager on | | | | sports betting quest. |
| the outcome of a game. | | | | Statistics are pieces of information which are fact and |
| Counting on your instincts to ensure you have placed | | | | they are gathered over time. Looking at these |
| the correct sports bet is not the way to go about | | | | statistics, the sports better is often able to see a |
| things. Not unless you really want to lose your shirt. | | | | pattern of behavior, or activity in past performance. |
| Leaving matters to luck don't generally work in the long | | | | Both empirical knowledge and statistics are what |
| run, there is a special science involved in sports | | | | allows the punter to be knowledgeable about the |
| gambling. | | | | activities of the team, player or horse they have |
| You have to read as much material as you can about | | | | chosen and see that it will be a sure bet. They know |
| your team, and investigate what the statistics are. | | | | what to expect from the performance and if the |
| Your pick has to be made when you know what you | | | | probability of winning will be higher. This is what makes |
| are doing, not by taking a pin, blindfolding yourself and | | | | betting a science as apposed to just another lucky |
| stabbing the pin into the paper only to find you have | | | | guess, and not many guesses are lucky. |
| chosen the worst donkey in the entire race. | | | | |