Popular sports
After the euphoria from the first bets in the bookmaker passes, each player begins to think about how to make bets a profitable activity and what sport is best to bet on.
Each sport has its own advantages and disadvantages. This is not to say that one sport is easier to analyze than another.
At the same time, you will find a lot of information about any football match in the Premier League, and it is already problematic to find it for the match of the Norwegian championship in bandy. We will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of betting on popular sports.
Football
Benefits of betting
- A large number of national and international tournaments for betting;
- Mass of information about the leading football tournaments;
- Bets can be placed all year round. Some leagues follow the spring-autumn scheme, others follow the autumn-spring scheme. In addition, major international competitions for national teams take place in the summer.
- A wide range of bookmakers;
- High odds (only in top leagues).
Cons of rates
- National tournament matches are usually played on weekends. On other days, it remains only to bet on other sports;
- Match-fixing often occurs;
- For a full analysis, you need to study the form of each team player, and this is as many as 22 people, not counting the substitutes.
Hockey
Benefits of betting
- Frequency of matches. Hockey teams play 3-4 games a week;
- Large volume of statistical data;
- A wide range of bookmakers;
- Lots of resources about hockey and analytics for upcoming games.
Cons of rates
- Nothing to bet on in the summer. 3-4 months a year, hockey fans are left without matches for betting;
- Relatively low odds. Only in the NHL, bookmakers offer high odds, but they are also inferior to the odds of the
- leading football leagues;
- A small number of tournaments for betting;
- Low betting limits.
Basketball
Benefits of betting
- Large betting limits and low margins (in NBA matches);
- Regularity of games. Every week basketball club teams play 2-4 games;
- Availability of high-quality video broadcasts;
- Large statistical base.
Cons of rates
- Weak painting (not for NBA matches);
- A small number of serious basketball tournaments. You can count on the strength of 6-8 tournaments that are suitable for bettors for betting.
Volleyball
Benefits of betting
- No draw result;
- Relatively easy command analysis;
- Rates all year round.
Cons of rates
- Modest painting;
- High margin;
- Little information for analysis;
- A small number of major tournaments;
- Low betting limits.
Tennis
Benefits of betting
- Regularity of tournaments. The tennis season is interrupted only in December. In addition to the Grand Slam tournaments, dozens of smaller ATP tournaments are held annually;
- Wide line. Tennis is presented in any bookmaker’s office;
- Tennis is suitable for playing Live. Tennis players during games and sets often seize the initiative from each other, so you can make back bets and earn income with any result of the game;
- Simple analysis. Analyzing the performance of an individual athlete is much easier than analyzing each member of a football or hockey team.
Cons of rates:
- Low odds. High quotes can only be seen in Grand Slam tournaments;
- Low betting limits;
- The dependence of an athlete’s performance on his mood, mood, motivation, etc. In this regard, team sports are better, since the weak game of an individual player does not become fatal here.
American football
Benefits of betting
- High odds;
- Large betting limits;
- Lots of information about teams and individual players. Mass of statistical materials;
- Relatively even composition of participants (NFL).
Cons of rates
- Minimum betting tournaments (essentially NFL only);
- Extended calendar. One gaming day a week is hardly the ultimate dream for novice bettors.
We have listed the advantages and disadvantages of only the main sports. Undoubtedly, there are other sports that you can bet on such as golf, handball, boxing, baseball, swimming and others.
These sports are not so well covered in the press, but bookmakers also experience difficulties in obtaining up-to-date information, so players and bookmakers are on an equal footing.
You can become an expert in any sport, you just need the desire and a lot of free time to study it.
Players tend to invest their money in the sport they know best. If you are aware of this, you will most likely be able to make a well-informed bet.
Another key factor is the overall level of popularity of the sport. Since football is the most popular, popular and supported sport worldwide, it dominates the listings of most bookmakers and online casinos.