Singles v Accumulators

[Charity10k]

For the sake of argument lets agree that any bet that requires more than one thing to occur is an accumulator.

Some bookies offer a bet that requires two things to happen in the one game for you to win but this is a special offer and in effect is a double (accumulator).

I am firmly of the opinion that in the long run you will make more money betting singles versus accumulators but I don't bet enough to have a really statistically relevant sample size (there are very few people who do).

If you were to try to convince someone that they could actually make a profit long term by sports betting and the two most important changes that they would have to make would be to bet singles only and use good bankroll management how would you go about trying to convince them to switch away from their weekly 5 fold accumulator.

[moggis]

On 2 February 2016 at 18:20:28, Charity10k said:

For the sake of argument lets agree that any bet that requires more than one thing to occur is an accumulator.

Some bookies offer a bet that requires two things to happen in the one game for you to win but this is a special offer and in effect is a double (accumulator).

I am firmly of the opinion that in the long run you will make more money betting singles versus accumulators but I don't bet enough to have a really statistically relevant sample size (there are very few people who do).

If you were to try to convince someone that they could actually make a profit long term by sports betting and the two most important changes that they would have to make would be to bet singles only and use good bankroll management how would you go about trying to convince them to switch away from their weekly 5 fold accumulator.

 

Hi,

In fact people who bet singles lose more money than people who bet accumulators.

 

 Betting singles is utterly utterly TEDIOUS. This is especially so when betting tiny amounts of money as most bettors do.

Thus betting singles actually leads people to bet on other non value bets just for interest.

Also,the overwhelming majority of bettors lose whether they bet singles or not.

But crucially when singles bettors go on a long losing run (as they nearly all do eventually)powerful psychological factors come into play which cause many of them to increase their stakes and chase.

This is disastrous enough but yet others actually become addicted.If not to sports betting then to other gambling outlets due to the fact that singles bets aren't enough to satisfy them.

 

By contrast,the kind of person who sticks a tenner on the 5 or more selections that you denigrate knows that most of the time he will lose.

Thus when he loses he feels no real desire to increase his stake the following week.

Moreover,he gets enough thrill from the anticipation of his bet to satisfy his need to gamble for a whole week much of the time.

 

 

Eventually of course  most singles bettors get so bored that they start doing doubles then trebles and then full blown accas.

 

 

 

Cheers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 29, 2016 by moggis