Betting for beginners

Whether you are brand new to wagering on golf or you just are a casual golf bettor who only wagers on a few tournaments a year, there are a number of mistakes that can cost you money.  Here are a few of the most common ones.  Avoid these, and you will have a much better chance of winning your golf wagers this year.

Sunday 7th February 2016 saw the clash of the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers in the 50^th Super Bowl game.  Much to the surprise of just about everyone, the Broncos won.

The odds in Vegas favoured the Panthers by a fairly narrow margin—around 4 points when I last looked.  One Associated Press sports journalist predicted the Panthers would beat the Broncos 31-18.  Many pundits thought that the lead would be a lot bigger than that—30 or more points.

Thinking of wagering on the European tour or another golf tournament?  Betting on golf adds an extra dimension of excitement to the sport, and it can also be very profitable if you win on a long-shot.  What types of wagers can you place?  While there are many different types of golf bets, here are the most common ones:

If you are a die-hard football fan and you bet through the entire season, you probably have a pretty good idea what you are doing, even if you are just starting out.  But if you are the casual football fan who just wants to take a shot at betting on the World Cup or one of the other major tournaments, you will want to steer clear of some common newbie mistakes.

1. Putting too much emphasis on public hype

While handicapping football is the art of predicting results accurately enough to wager on them and win, now and again something happens that hardly anyone predicts.  If you’ve recently bet on a favourite only to lose all your money in a shocking defeat against a team that seemed to have no chance, you need to figure out what it means before you bet again. 

Planning on betting on one of the big international football tournaments?  If so, good for you!  The World Cup, European Championship, Confederations Cup, and other international events are some of the most exciting spectacles in all of sports.  Betting on them can be an amazing experience, and a lucrative one too if you do it right.  Part of that is managing your bankroll intelligently, and that starts with some basic planning at the beginning of the tournament.

In past years, the Super Bowl was a big deal mainly in the USA, but recently it has become a global phenomenon.

We’re less than a couple of days away now from Super Bowl 50.  With the game being broadcast to 230 countries, this is the biggest year ever for NFL around the world—including in the UK.

Following NFL football?  If so, you are one of millions of UK sports fans who have become caught up in the action of a sport which used to enjoy only a relatively narrow geographical reach.  This year, Super Bowl 50, the culminating game in the NFL season, will be broadcast in 230 countries. 

There are a number of different factors that can impact teams and players at the start of an NFL season, resulting in unpredictable performance  and predicting NFL at the start of the season challenging.  One of those factors is changes in personnel.  Staff turnover is a complex matter.  Players are traded, coaches hired or fired, and managers replaced.  When a team has major changes in its roster or management, there are a number of resulting variables that can impact a team’s performance: